An open Bible rested comfortably in the hands of Eva Smith, its pages worn and fixed on the words of First Peter.
“Tend the flock of God which is among you,” she read aloud.
It was those words that led the 78-year-old North Charleston woman to take on a position 15 years ago as head chaplain at the Charleston County jail. And it’s those words that continue to guide her ”” a source of strength that allows her to endure.
“If I must say something, it’s that God loves his people no matter what they do,” she said. “It’s up to the people to accept his word.”
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