Prison Ministry Needs Help with Postage

There are over 300 devotees practicing Krishna consciousness in our nations prisons under some very hard conditions and they depend on us for books, beads and correspondence. We are asking interested Vaishnavas to please help by donating stamps and postage.

Hare Krishna
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Some time back a very beneficial ministry was started to bring Srila Prabhupada’s books into the nations prison system. There are over 300 devotees practicing Krishna consciousness in our nations prisons under some very hard conditions.

Many of these men and women are very sincere and have altars in there cells. Many are severally persecuted by the administration in the institutions and they undergo some sever ordeals and still keep chanting and preaching. Not having the sumptuous prasadam dishes but only beans or macaroni and cheese to live on for years they still follow a strict vegetarian diet.

I received a letter from an inmate devotee before the holidays telling me how he was handcuffed and beaten because he was causing “trouble” by asking for a vegetarian plate to be served him. After this a plate full of meat was pushed into his face and rubbed around. He was told he would eat it.

These men and women are devotees and they depend on us for books, beads and correspondence.

We are asking for interested Vaishnavas to please help us by donating stamps and postage.

Everything we send comes from our pockets and we just cant keep up with the amazing amount of inmates who are wanting to correspond and receive books. If any one could donate so much as one stamp it would be a beginning.

We have packages ready to be sent but no postage so please take compassion and help us spread Krishna consciousness and Prabhupadas books to those suffering, contact us here:

matthews97@aol.com
or
matthewsipmp@aol.com
or
Vaishnava Prison Ministries
Bhakta Chris Matthews
980 S Old Sevierville Pike
Seymour TN 37865

Hari Bol

your servant

Bhakta Chris Matthews