I was in chapel this morning along with my chaplain and the members of our choir...
A dozen of us go into the chapel well ahead of everyone else in order to set up all our equipment. We do everything from putting Bibles out for the men to use, to setting up the sound equipment which includes several keyboards, microphones, speakers, an amplifier, and even a full piece drum set. And when we're done setting up, we join our hands together and ask God's blessings upon the day's events.
Normally our worship service begins promptly at 10 A.M. So we were puzzled when, by 10:15, no one had showed up. But about this time a guard entered the building and told us to return to our housing areas, which we did. And by 10:30 I was back in my cell wondering, like everyone else, what was going on.
Now it's 10:30 in the evening, and we're still on a facility lockdown. The morning service was cancelled, and so was the evening service that would normally begin after six o'clock. In addition, I missed the birthday party the guys were going to give me tonight. I wasn't supposed to know about it. But earlier today, I spotted the bags of cookies my co-workers had tried to hide in a storage locker inside the chapel. They were going to pass out the cookies with our coffee and tea.
And I've got the feeling I may be on lockdown status tomorrow as well. For now, however, I don't know. All the inmates remain in our cells.
D.B.
Normally our worship service begins promptly at 10 A.M. So we were puzzled when, by 10:15, no one had showed up. But about this time a guard entered the building and told us to return to our housing areas, which we did. And by 10:30 I was back in my cell wondering, like everyone else, what was going on.
Now it's 10:30 in the evening, and we're still on a facility lockdown. The morning service was cancelled, and so was the evening service that would normally begin after six o'clock. In addition, I missed the birthday party the guys were going to give me tonight. I wasn't supposed to know about it. But earlier today, I spotted the bags of cookies my co-workers had tried to hide in a storage locker inside the chapel. They were going to pass out the cookies with our coffee and tea.
And I've got the feeling I may be on lockdown status tomorrow as well. For now, however, I don't know. All the inmates remain in our cells.
D.B.
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