Deval Ellis

I cried, and for three days laid there, but then I had to get up and wash my face, and I had to continue to start back to throw, God say, throw it in his face. You know how people throw something in your face, they did for you? That's what I do with God. God, you said that you would set the prisoners free. All right, hello, I'm still a prisoner. When are you going to set me free?

I cried, and for three days laid there, but then I had to get up and wash my face, and I had to continue to start back to throw, God say, throw it in his face. You know how people throw something in your face, they did for you? That's what I do with God. God, you said that you would set the prisoners free. All right, hello, I'm still a prisoner. When are you going to set me free?

And I begin to say, you know, Greatest he that's in me than he that's in the world. I had to begin to speak that thing over my life. And you know, January 13th, I walked out of prison. A free woman.

And I begin to say, you know, Greatest he that's in me than he that's in the world. I had to begin to speak that thing over my life. And you know, January 13th, I walked out of prison. A free woman.

You don't understand it. Crystal, Crystal Reed. Had you not been there, Crystal would still be there.

You don't understand it. Crystal, Crystal Reed. Had you not been there, Crystal would still be there.

For the good of those who love the Lord. But Lord, you know for yourself. When you're in the middle of it, you can't see. You'll be like, now God, what you up to? Or it was times I'd be like.

For the good of those who love the Lord. But Lord, you know for yourself. When you're in the middle of it, you can't see. You'll be like, now God, what you up to? Or it was times I'd be like.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Yes, for sure. Always.

Yes. Yes, for sure. Always.

God sent the, I call her my mother of another color. She, you know, Caucasian woman. And when I tell y'all, this lady fought for my freedom as if she had birthed me herself. Mm-hmm. She fought and she said, I'm going to see you to the end of the door. And that's what she did. So when she came into my life, it was like, okay, I'm still here.

God sent the, I call her my mother of another color. She, you know, Caucasian woman. And when I tell y'all, this lady fought for my freedom as if she had birthed me herself. Mm-hmm. She fought and she said, I'm going to see you to the end of the door. And that's what she did. So when she came into my life, it was like, okay, I'm still here.

And then just the things that was not even directly tied to my freedom, like me asking God to keep my parents, because that was a fear of mine. You know, I was older when I got in trouble. I was 30 years old. My parents was already in their 50s. So I was saying, God, please don't allow my parents to leave this earth. Why? So he covered me. Yeah. Doing COVID and all of that. Yeah. He covered them.

And then just the things that was not even directly tied to my freedom, like me asking God to keep my parents, because that was a fear of mine. You know, I was older when I got in trouble. I was 30 years old. My parents was already in their 50s. So I was saying, God, please don't allow my parents to leave this earth. Why? So he covered me. Yeah. Doing COVID and all of that. Yeah. He covered them.

He kept them. They 73. They alive and well and not on any blood pressure medication. Lord, keep my kid, you know, and he did it. So it was times that he always showed me like I got you and even some of the officers. was super nice to me when I was in confinement for 17 months.

He kept them. They 73. They alive and well and not on any blood pressure medication. Lord, keep my kid, you know, and he did it. So it was times that he always showed me like I got you and even some of the officers. was super nice to me when I was in confinement for 17 months.

17 months confined in a room because the government is just trying to get me to tell other people using me as intimidation factor. It was still like God still had me in that moment. He still kept me. He was just like, no, you my daughter. I got you. And I used to tell them to, you know, some of the guards that sneak me, you know, fool because they just felt bad.

17 months confined in a room because the government is just trying to get me to tell other people using me as intimidation factor. It was still like God still had me in that moment. He still kept me. He was just like, no, you my daughter. I got you. And I used to tell them to, you know, some of the guards that sneak me, you know, fool because they just felt bad.