The prison bus dropped Andy off in Sayre, Oklahoma to spend the next however many years, not Mississippi! What a surprise! Still far away from home, but at least closer than the deep southern state. I wanted to find out if there were any LDS services at the prison so I checked on lds.org's meetinghouse locator. I called the Bishop of the nearest Ward to ask if he knew of any members who might have a prison ministry. There aren't. I noticed the town of Edmond, Ok on the locator. I have a friend who lives there who just happens to be the Stake President. I asked the Bishop's wife (he wasn't home) if the name of their Stake President is Kevin Graves. YES! Sister Turner also told me there is an LDS guard at the prison who belongs to their Ward, and that my friend is Andy's Stake President! Needless to say I've talked to my friend and he is going to do all he can to reach out to my son. He is thrilled with the opportunity to fellowship him. I remember when Kevin was in our Bishopric here, how tickled he would get as he visited the Primary and watched Andy, as a Sunbeam, crawl around me and under my dress when I would conduct Primary. He knows my son, and he loves him. What a sweet Mother's Day gift to me.
