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(chaplain) You guys did such a good job singing today.
(Kimberly Greway) I'm Reverend Kimberly Greway.
I'm an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and
I'm the director of chaplaincy services
at the Allegheny County Jail.
It's a difficult kind of ministry.
It's relentless.
Often times you have people return to jail multiple times.
(Leland Chalmers Raymaley) My name is Chipper Raymaley.
In the past five year, I was locked up six times.
(Kimberly Greway) We found something to reduce the
recidivism rate, the rate of return to jail,
from 65 to 18 percent.
It's called the HOPE Program and it stands for
Helping Open People's Eyes.
It's a residential, therapeutic community that is interfaith.
They have a term of eight weeks in which they have classes
three times a day.
(Inmate reading)
(Kimberly Greway) In each of the small groups,
they were given the challenge to come up with a covenant
that they would all sign. So it could be things like,
"I will be kind to my family on the phone."
"We will meet for devotions at 7 o'clock every morning."
As their accountability to each other went up,
they earned the right to sponsor an orphan in Zimbabwe
so that child could go to school.
I feel called to be in ministry with the people of Zimbabwe.
I just have a great love of the country and the people.
And I think every child has the right to go to school,
and if we can make that happen child by child,
so much the better.
Now, obviously, the inmates couldn't send the money over
to sponsor the orphans.
So, I looked around in the community for people who would
be interested in sponsoring in honor of the inmates.
(Leland) Our group sponsored Constantine Zinhumwe.
We wrote to this kid and the kid wrote back and it was amazing.
I write this letter to tell you that you will by my friend.
He wanted us to come visit.
He was so excited about this sponsorship,
and it was only $60.
He was kind and loving.
And what love does he know?
He doesn't know his parents; they're gone.
I plan to sponsor an orphan from Zimbabwe for the same reason
that The United Methodist Church does it.
I want to make a difference.
(Kimberly Greway) There is an idea out there about restorative
justice, giving back to the community you've hurt.
I think this goes one beyond that: giving back to somebody
who has even less than you do.
That gives the inmates a sense of pride that they have done
something good even while incarcerated.
(Leland) The most meaningful thing I learned while being
on the HOPE pod was the meaning of love.
(Kimberly Greway) In my capacity as chaplain,
there are many humbling moments.
God's image is on each person, whether a chaplain, a volunteer,
inmate or Zimbabwean orphan.
We all bear the image of God on us and since we do,
we need to treat one another as a child of God.