Peru (MNN) ― What comes to mind when you think of women prisoners in Peru? Probably not a Bible study.
"They have committed murders and robbery, prostitution, drugs, all kinds
of things. But they're just women you know? I mean, they're people,"
says Louise Reimer with The Mission Society. "They've made mistakes; they've had a rough time in their lives perhaps."
Reimer is an avid advocate for redemption; she spent 20 years in the U.S education system working with troubled kids.
"Sometimes, these children would end up going to prison, and I just have
a heart for that segment of society because I know that they have
experienced things in their lives that would lead them to this kind of a
lifestyle," she explains. "I just believe that there's always hope.
"God is a god of second chances, and I want to be there to help them find that second chance in God."
Or maybe when you think of women prisoners in Peru, you remember Lori Berenson.
On November 30, 1995, she was arrested in Lima and accused of gathering
information for the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). Bent on
overthrowing the Peruvian government, the MRTA planned to kidnap members
of Peru's Congress and exchange them for detained rebel leaders.
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