Thank you for your prayers for our son Eric and our family. If you are one to send Christmas cards, please consider sending one to Eric who is in Matsqui prison in Canada. God willing, this is Eric’s 4th and last Christmas spent in jail….we believe he is more than ready to come home. Eric’s statutory release date is July 14, 2015 and we are hopeful he will come home to live with us in Gibsons when he is released although he may have to do some time at a half way house in the city.
Your prayers, the cards and letters he has received these past years from many of you mean everything to him; our friends in this forum have given Eric hope, have helped him develop and strengthen his faith! If you have sent a card or letter before had it returned, the prison is very strict! No glue, don’t insert postage stamps, no glitter, no metal!
Eric loves the funny ones and he loves receiving mail from around the world. Postage stamps are removed before he gets the mail.
His address is:
Eric Fike
Matsqui Institution
33344 King Road
Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 8A3
Many thanks for considering this request! Most of all, thank you for your prayers!
Love always, always love, Jeanne
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The other one was in the Czech Republic (the country of my origin) -- I forgot the details of his situation, but remember his sharing what the situation in the prison was like and his concerns about adjusting after being released -- as nothing was done in the prison -- such as skill development, counselling, or even a giving the prisoners something to keep occupied -- to prepare people for reentering the society. He was released a couple of years ago, but we lost track of him after that, so don't know what happened.