Just wanted to share with you what’s new over at the Dirty Girls Ministries website. Check it out for yourself or get the lowdown below.

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NEW DGM FORUM

We are very excited to announce the addition of a discussion forum to our website. Meet other women struggling with pornography addiction, share your own story, submit prayer requests, pray for others and much more. We pray this forum will expand our reach and bring hope to even more women feeling they are alone in their addiction right now. Visit the forum today!

FEMALE INTERNSHIP POSITION

Dirty Girls Ministries is looking for a female intern to assist with the ins and outs of our ministry. This position is voluntary with flexible hours and can be done remotely from anywhere with a reliable internet connection. Responsibilities could include email correspondance, moderation of the new DGM Forum and typical administrative tasks. Applications due April 1. Apply now!

BECOME A SPONSOR OF DIRTY GIRLS MINISTRIES

Dirty Girls Ministries is now offering a limited number of advertising opportunities to products, companies and organizations that we feel are a good partnership with our ministry.

We consider each partnership a sponsor—because with each ad purchased—they are helping fund our current ministry and our vision for the future. Learn about our financial needs here.

If you feel your product, company or organization would partner well with the ministry of Dirty Girls, check out our pricing and complete our sponsorship inquiry form.

Okay, I’ve got some pretty awesome news to share with you guys!

Most of you probably don’t realize that my full-time job is in Church communications. This blog is primarily monopolized by Dirty Girls stuff. But I’ve actually been working at Westside Family Church for 6 years now… as 1 of 2 members of our communications team. I oversee all of our project management, web content, social media and various other tasks.

I.LOVE.IT.

To me, church communications is so much more than good graphic design. It is about creatively and effectively communicating the gospel as well as the vision of the Church so that the Body has everything they need to keep the message going. Thus, going into the community and to the world!

I was recently asked by Cynthia Ware from the Center for Church Communications to be a part of a volunteer small group of creative individuals across the country to help support and promote ministry comm professionals. I am excited about this opportunity to help those who are spreading the gospel through creative means. Seriously incase you didn’t know, the CFCC is behind many great projects (the most popular being the Church Marketing Sucks blog).

The group (referred to as Regional Network Coordinators) is made up of some down right amazing, creative and passionate individuals.  I’m truly humbled and honored to be serving with all of these great people:

• Greg Atkinson (Dallas, TX)
• Tiffani Barnes (Nashville, TN)
• Shelley Chesney (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Nathan Davis (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Danielle Hartland (Erie, PA)
• Rich Kirkpatrick (Temecula, CA)
• Matt Knisely (Lawton, OK)
• Craig Littlejohn (San Jose, CA)
• Vince Marotte (Austin, TX)
• John Saddington (Atlanta, GA)
• Tim Schraeder (Chicago, IL)
• Ryan Spilhaus (McLean, VA)
• Vin Thomas (Portland, OR)
• Camron Ware (Dallas, TX)
• Heather Whittaker (Atlanta, GA)
• Brian Wurzell (Chandler, AZ)
• Benji Zimmerman (Las Vegas, NV)

If you’re in church communications and I don’t know you, please leave a comment or email me. I would love to connect and see how I can help support and promote what you’re doing.

Earlier this week I had the privilege of visiting Covenant Eyes in Owosso, MI. I was invited by FireTrigger to be featured in a documentary title, “Scratching the Surface.” This documentary will feature some of the leading minds on the issue of pornography… and me… discussing how to equip people on the battle of pornography addiction today.

I am so excited and immensely humbled to be a part of this project and be the voice for millions of women addicted to pornography. This was an incredible opportunity for networking and for a real synergy among those of us who are doing this kind of ministry.

I will certainly let you know when the documentary is available for viewing.

But for now, here’s a sneak peak of the shoot:

I am writing this post today with an incredibly overwhelmed heart.

October 1996: My porn addiction began at 10 years old.

October 1999: Started attending church at Westside.

July 2000: I accepted Christ at church camp… but still actively engaged in pornography and sexual addiction when I got home.

November 2003. I had just revealed my porn addiction for the first time. I was in the beginning of my recovery. I was beginning to know what it meant to be accountable to my behavior. Not just to someone else, but ultimately to God.

February 2004: I started working at Westside in an administrative assistant position. No one there (except Anne) knew about my past. Three months later, I switch positions on staff and found a sweet spot in Communications.

February 2008: I began leading my first recovery group for women at Westside.

February 2009: I launched Dirty Girls Ministries.

February 2010 and as I write this: I am about to pack my suitcase for a day of travel on Sunday. I’m visiting Covenant Eyes headquarters in Owosso, MI.

I was invited to be a part of a networking meeting with other pioneers in porn ministry (all men of course, except I was able to ask/force/wrangle Nicole Wick to come out for a day). I’m going to be interviewed as part of a documentary on porn addiction. I will be speaking from the perspective of female addicts. And if that wasn’t enough, Covenant Eyes has asked me to present to their team—the causes, effects and factors behind female porn addiction.

March/April 2010: Dirty Girls Ministries (and I) will be featured in the April issue ofChristian Today Magazine for the column, “Who’s Next: People You Need to Know.”

And I am presently having an active conversation with a well-known Christian publisher regarding my book. I’ll know in just a matter of weeks whether this a-go.

Wha?

If you doubt that God could or would use your story … I’m a testament that He will literally scrape the bottom of the barrel in order to bring glory to Himself. He never wastes an experience. No matter how painful or ugly it may be.

I feel like sooooooo unworthy of this.

Any of this.

Yet, I know it isn’t about me at all. And that’s what is so cool about it.

Humbled.
Overwhelmed.
Appreciative.

And I beg for your prayers.

Today is my baby’s 11th birthday.

But more importantly, it is my bff Anne’s birthday. To celebrate, she is trying to raise $5000 for Blood:Water Mission through her Ride:Well Tour happening this summer.

Go check it out.