Welcome to the Jesus Calling Video Story. Today we visit with Donna Edwards, the

First Lady of the State of Louisiana. Donna shares a little bit about her

life and background, including partnering with her husband, Governor John Bell Edwards,

in public service.

As part of that service and in devotion to God, Donna felt led to share Jesus calling

with women inmates in her state and visited them in person

to deliver the books. She talks about this day and how this gesture of kindness and

service blessed her and the women she interacted with that day. We also interviewed two of the women who received

Jesus calling from the First Lady at the Louisiana Correctional Institute and hear their stories

of hope and redemption even while facing extended prison time.

My name is Donna Edwards.

I'm the first lady, Louisiana.

My biggest blessing is that I'm married to my high school sweetheart 28 years and we have three children.

I was born in Mississippi. My mom, we always laugh and say she was a domestic engineer.

She is one of those women who can put out a

spread of food and have it cleaned up before you you know go back to the kitchen

she's just she is like the hostess with the

mostest and she was always there when I came home and literally I remember her

having a Tupperware bowl of cookie dough and it was baccon cookies and she would scoop out every

day and have fresh cookies. I mean, literally it's something right up a book. And my dad worked

for International Paper Company and you know I was the youngest

of two brothers so I was the baby girl and I was tough and you know he would take me out in the

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