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Former Stripper Encounters the Peace of God
“I had this sort of pride,” Paige spoke. “…and being in the industry gave me this sort of false empowerment.” Attention wasn’t the only thing leading Paige Lohman to become a stripper. The 21-year-old college senior needed money for school, and her addiction to heroin. “Drugs would get dropped off at the club so I could get high all night, work, make fast money, spend it on drugs, and go do it again the next night.” She explained. Paige grew up in Reno where her parents worked late into the evening, leaving her feeling lonely and unloved, especially from her mom. “I developed a stronghold in my mind that if you perform and if you achieve great things, you're going to receive love.”
Paige lost her mom after her five-year battle with breast cancer. When her dad gave her the news, the now 13-year-old was in the hospital with a feeding tube, fighting her own battle with anorexia. “I was just numb.” She stated. “My dad said that I was one of the few at her funeral that didn't even cry…that's just how checked out I was.” It was then Paige started smoking marijuana. By the end of high school, she was addicted to heroin. “I was battling severe depression and anxiety. I was diagnosed with depression as well at the time…and it all came from losing my mom.” She expressed. “I felt rejected, abandoned, lost, and felt like I didn't know how to function in this world. I couldn't trust anybody and felt like at any moment I could lose somebody that I love. It was just a deep insecurity and fear.” Still, she managed to finish high school and go to college, where she conquered her anorexia.
Her addictions continued and in her senior year, she started stripping to make money. Then, after barely graduating college she plunged further into the business of sex and became an escort. “I told myself that I was only going to do this for a few months.” She stated. “But one month turns into another month, then another month, then another month, and you're just sucked in.” Paige never asked for help, and kept her life secret from friends and family, especially her dad. Then, after a year as an escort, she began to question the life she built herself. “I started to think, what if I died this way?” She said. “What if I was living like this when I died? Where would my soul go? That took me deeper and deeper in this hole “ One night a group of women came into the dressing room with warm food, a kind word, and prayer. They also encouraged the girls to write down their prayer requests and put them in a prayer box.
Paige decided to put one in of her own, in hopes that something would change. Shortly afterwards, she felt compelled to reach out to a friend and tell him everything. “I said, this is what I'm doing. You know, I'm working here doing all this stuff.” She explained. “He sends it to my dad. My dad finds out and calls me and says, ‘I'm basically giving you an ultimatum Paige.’” “It's either you're going to rehab, or I'm done. I cannot watch you kill yourself. I've already watched your mom die. We've already lost her. I can't stand by and lose my daughter.” Paige realized her dad did care after all and entered a 30-day rehab facility where she got clean. Afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles hoping for a fresh start. While she would never use drugs again, she would fall back on old patterns. Making a living in L.A. was tough, so she turned back to escorting. Then one night, she says it hit her. “I just hit my knees in my room, and I cried out to God.” She spoke. “I said, Lord, I know what I'm doing is wrong. Please forgive me. I realized when I was at the worst in those clubs, at the escort agency, He died for me in that moment for me so that I could have a relationship with Him so I could be forgiven…that's when I felt His love just wash over me. I was in my bedroom, me and God…and I repented like I was sincere. I said, God, I want to stop, and He just led me through this natural process of repentance.” Paige fully committed her life to Christ. She never returned to the escort agency and, instead, joined a church where she was loved and mentored. “I'm living with women of God, getting discipled, consecrated, made a vow of purity to the Lord. I felt so close to God during that season.” She exclaimed.
Today, Paige is married with a daughter and a son. Through her work for a nonprofit organization and her own ministry called “Girl Redeemed”, she’s helping and ministering to victims of sex trafficking, and those trapped in the adult sex industry. She tells each one about the joy, freedom and love that come through faith in Jesus Christ. “It's the biggest high you could ever have,” She expressed. “Especially when you're out there doing things for the Lord, and you feel this closeness with Him…it's better than any high I could have ever had in the past. It doesn't fade. He's there with you. Seek after him with all your heart, and when you seek Him, you will find Him.”
Blind Hurricane Survivor Experiences God’s Love
For Joseph DaSilva, the night Hurricane Milton struck his Sarasota home is one he’ll never forget.
“The winds were really powerful. It just felt like it was going to tear the roof off the house,” says Joseph.
The hurricane was especially scary for Joseph who is legally blind. He lost sight in his left eye due to an injury and has limited vision in his right eye.
“It was very terrifying. We were very concerned. And we got a lot of debris in the backyard. You could just hear stuff hitting it almost like almost sounding like bricks.”
Downed trees were everywhere, and his blindness made it particularly difficult for cleanup around his home.
“Having your sight is just about everything in your life. With my blindness, it’s really hard for me to get out there and you know do anything in the yard because chances are I’m going to trip on something and probably end up getting hurt.”
That’s when Operation Blessing’s Disaster Relief Team provided Joseph help, including cleanup of fallen trees and debris. Joseph’s girlfriend Linda was on hand to help him navigate the property along with OB volunteers.
“You are giving us peace of mind. You guys coming over and helping us oh takes a huge, huge load off my mind and takes a lot of stress off of me you know, so I really appreciate it. We feel so blessed that you guys are here to help us.”
Then, as the day ended, we took a moment to pray for Joseph.
“Thank you so much. God bless you guys and as soon as this whole thing with the storm is over and we get back to normal here, I’m going to become one of those donors too.”
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He Thought Pain Medication Would Be His Buddy Forever
“I've never, you know, suffered such an agonizing pain before in my life,” June Perez said as he recalled his injury. “Like something pulling continuously on a muscle and just kind of stretching without, uh relief. That's what it feels like.”
“It was a weekend, and I went to go visit my sister,” June said. “I decided to go outside through the garage and the floor was slick. I lost my footing, and I went up. I hit the floor, and I lost my sense of consciousness.”
“When I made the attempt to get up and I put my right arm to the floor to lift my body that's when I felt the pain on my shoulder,” June said. “That was it, I didn't think much of it. I didn't think I broke anything. Been athletic most of my life and figured, okay, another football hit. But it was more than that.”
“That pain in my shoulder was not alleviating at all,” June remembered clutching his shoulder. “It just was there continuously. I was taking Tylenol and over-the-counter medications, just to see if I can subside it and just, you know, wishful thinking, make it go away. With this pain constantly on the shoulder, it would take two to three hours because of my positioning myself to sleep.”
“Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months,” June said. “I work at a nursing facility and one nurse spooked me so bad. She says, ‘You're gonna have to go under the knife.’ I said, ‘No, I'm not going under the knife. I'm not. I'm just gonna – I'm gonna live with Tylenol the rest of my life. We're gonna be buddies.’ I would not go see a physician, because in my mind, you know, ‘This, too, shall pass.’ Unfortunately, it didn't pass.”
“One day, uh, I was home, and I was sitting before the television, and I was watching The 700 Club,” June said. “And there’s a segment in the program where they're going to pray with the audience.”
“There’s somebody with a rotator cuff issue,” Terry Meeuwsen prayed. “It’s not torn exactly, but it’s just very, very sore especially when you move your arm around or you try to lift anything above the height of your shoulder. God is healing that for you. You’re just going to feel a warmth come into that part of your shoulder and it’s just being all put back in place.”
“And as soon as she said, ‘God is healing you,’ I felt the heat hit my shoulder,” June said excitedly. “I can feel it right on the spot. When I felt the heat hit my shoulder, I couldn't help but to – my tears were coming out of my eyes. I was just standing there like, ‘This is me! This is no one else, this – she's talking to me!’ And then I didn't feel the pain anymore. The pain subsided from my arm. I mean, I couldn't do anything with this arm. I was marveled, because I was perplexed. I stood there, I'm like, ‘Is this real?’ I mean, did this just happen to me?"
“There’s nothing, absolutely nothing wrong with my shoulder,” June said gratefully. “My doctor – His name is Jesus, because He came and He visited me that day in my house. And He did it for His glory. Time did not heal every wound. I'm happy, I'm good. I feel great. My God is alive and He's well and He's on the throne and He testifies to His greatness and to His Word. He’s magnificent, He’s amazing.”
Unexpected Conversion: Timo Finds Faith
11-year-old Timo was confused by his parents two religions. His dad was Muslim and his mom was Christian. At one point, he tried to practice Islam. “Dad told me to practice the Muslim daily prayer, but it was hard for me because I didn’t know how to do it.”
One day, Timo accepted an invitation to visit an after-school program supported by CBN’s Orphan’s Promise. There he received snacks and free tutoring. He also learned about the Bible from CBN’s Superbook. “I remember the first story was about David fighting Goliath. I liked when David stood bravely and was not afraid to fight Goliath, even though he was small. David believed that God was with him.”
Later, the episode where Jesus died on the cross finally grabbed Timo’s heart. He says, “I actually teared up when I saw that part of the story where Jesus got whipped, then carried His cross, and was finally crucified.” That day Timo prayed, “God, please forgive me for my sins.” He also prayed, “Jesus, I invite you to come into my heart to be my Lord and my Savior.”
Timo loves sharing Superbook stories with his family and prays that one day they will all go to church together. He says, “I am thankful to Jesus and to the people who gave us Superbook.”
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