- [Narrator] As a childgrowing up in Mexico,

Corrine Martinez didn't understand

why her parents were always fighting

or the alcoholism tearing them both apart.

What she did understandwas her father's love.

- That was the one lovethat I always held onto,

even though I wouldsometimes be in the middle of

him and my mom having a fight,

I felt that he truly loved me.

- [Narrator] But thatlove would be denied.

Late one night, her mothertook six year old, Corrine,

and her two sisters andhopped a Greyhound bus

bound for her hometown inIndiana to start a new life.

- I remember feeling alone

but then I had a deeper feeling of fear.

- [Narrator] And it only got worse.

Her mom dated and lived with abusive men

and was often absent for daysor even months at a time.

(ominous music)

At age 12, Corrine startedhaving panic attacks daily.

(ominous music)

- I was afraid of death,

thinking I'm gonna die every day.

I literally would feel likeI was having a heart attack.

It was a thought in my mind all the time.

Am I gonna die today?

Am I gonna die today?

The only way I can go aboutmy day is if I wasn't alone.

(ominous music)

- [Narrator] As a teen, shefound the company of boys

and sex eased her anxiety.

By 19, she was a high school drop out

and making money as a stripper.

- And something clicked.

Guys loved me

and I thought, "Well,I'm good at something.

"I feel in control and I'mmaking a lot of money."

- [Narrator] For the next five years,

stripping and boyfriendswould keep her loneliness

and anxiety attacks at bay.

Then at 24, she moved back in with her mom

after breaking up with herboyfriend of three years.

- The next day, I hada severe panic attack

and I said I haven't had it this bad

in the past couple of years.

I don't know what to do.

(ominous music)

Well, eventually within that week,

I said, "You know what?

"If God is wonderful and all these things

"then maybe He can be my medicine."

- [Narrator] Corrine's onlyexperience with God or church

was when she went toSunday School as a kid.

Now, somehow, she knew that'swhere she needed to go.

(hopeful music)

- People are praising theLord with their hands up.

These people seemed so free.

I want that

and I sat there Sunday after Sunday

for a couple of weeks.

The pastor preached about,

if you never give yourheart to Jesus Christ,

your eternity won't be with him.

It would be in Hell.

I suddenly became afraidto be forever separated

from true love.

I just remember praying.

Remove this panic, this anxiety from me.

If you are who you say you are,

all loving and if you're a healer,

and I get to feel that forever?

I really want that.

- [Narrator] The next dayshe realized something else.

- Oh my God.

I went all day and Ididn't have a panic attack.

I hoped so bad that this was real.

But to be honest, I still wasn't sure.

I've always carried an attitudeof expecting the worst.

I'm gonna find something wrong

where I can say, "Oh,I hoped you were real,

"but it turns out you're not."

- [Narrator] Corrinewas afraid she couldn't

fully trust God withher heart and her life

so she kept dancing on occasion for money

and going to church on Sundays.

One night at the club,her dance was disrupted

by a worship song she'd heard at church.

- And I am like, "Oh my goodness.

"I think I'm hearing things,like God is speaking to me."

(dramatic music)

It was like I was alonefor a moment, me and God.

Then the scripture that says,

"I purchase you for a price,

"therefore honor me withyour body," fell on my heart.

It wasn't just knowledge anymore.

I had Godly insight.

That void in me allalong was a lack of love.

I was spiritually dead.

He raised me from the dead that day

and love will do that.

Love will chase youdown and it took for Him

to come inside the strip club to do that.

- [Narrator] Corrine immediatelywalked out of the club

and never looked back.

She went on to finishschool and earn her degree

as a physical therapist.

She now has a strongrelationship with her mom

and after years ofsearching for each other,

she and her dad reunited.

Today, Corrine is married to Mike

and runs a ministry to share Jesus

with women in the adultentertainment industry.

- I went back to theclubs with such excitement

that I wanted to share withthem the love of Christ

because in my mind, Jesuscame to visit me in the club,

so if Jesus is with me everywhere I go,

then He's gonna go visitthem in the club too.