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Thank you for the honor of allowing Pink Cross to minister to you and help you be free from pornography! Thank you to all of those who donated to support us. You have no idea how GRATEFUL we are for your support. Keep sending in that support so we can keep helping women, especially with a new year beginning when so many of them want a fresh beginning.

Please help these precious girls begin new lives in Christ! You may continue to support us at www.thepinkcross.org.

We also reach out to men in the porn industry and those struggling with porn addiction so with your continued help we can do it all!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Need help for porn? We invite you to our FREE web site where you can join our forums and get help from our loving team members. We are ALL ex something so come on by and let us reach out to you and encourage you. It's safe and non-judgmental!

For help out of the porn industry please visit www.thepinkcross.org or email help@thepinkcross.org

WE LOVE YOU ALL AND BELIEVE 2010 IS YOUR YEAR! RECEIVE GOD'S GIFT TO YOUR LIFE AND REALIZE YOU ARE MADE FOR GREATER THINGS THAN PORN!

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 Big things are happening around here! We can’t even keep up with what God is doing so we've decided to shoot out some bullet points to share our big news with you:

  Garrett and Shelley were ordained as Chaplains on April 4 and are now authorized to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, perform marriages, baptize and confirm and to practice all Biblical and religious activities pertaining to this office in accordance with the laws of the United States, as directed by the Board of Leadership Servants of the Order of Saint Martin. We were ordained by Jeff Hetschel, Vice President of the Southern California Chaplains Assocation.

In a nutshell, we are ordained to serve and love all people with the love of Jesus Christ and especially want to offer these services to people in the porn industry who need help to rebuild their lives after porn. So, if you’re in porn and want out and need to get married, baptized or learn about the amazing love of Jesus, you know who go to. (smile)

We especially want to thank Chaplain Jeff and Chaplain Kurt for recognizing the call on our lives and ordaining us. We are deeply honored.

  We are VERY pleased to inform you that Pink Cross Foundation is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The IRS has determined that Pink Cross Foundation is a Public Charity. WOO HOO!!

In a nutshell, this means we can offer tax deductible receipts and are qualified to receive any gifts, properties or transfers YOU want to give us!! After much hard work and waiting for almost 8 months to receive any word back from IRS, we FINALLY received the IRS Determination letter that we are approved and we bawled our eyes out and praised God for giving it to us just in time! Thank you to all of you who stood by us and helped us during this tedious process.

  God sent Shelley a precious and amazing woman who voluntarily left everything she knows and loves to move across the country all the way to California to assist her in the office and help women who are leaving porn. Shelley’s whole life has changed since Heather came along to help her. God finally answered my prayers for a personal assistant. Ladies and Gentlemen, I want you to meet Heather!!!

Heather is an energetic and talented 25 year old who is a graduate of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelors Degree in Professional Writing. On staff for three years with Campus Crusade for Christ’s music ministry, Keynote, she managed and toured with bands, wrote for the marketing department, spent time as a lead singer as well as discipled college students inspiring them to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ back to their campuses. She has a passion to see her generation touched by the power of God as well as help women who are recovering from the sex industry.

Pink Cross Foundation has rented an apartment where Heather can live with women who have recently left porn and mentor them while they are healing from the porn industry. We really need your help to pay the monthly rent and expenses. Heather is an awesome mentor and helper to these women so any help you can give is greatly appreciated.

PS: We are seeking other missionaries who feel called to move to California to help us. If you are serious and have a heart to love and help people in the sex and porn industry please email info@thepinkcross.org along with your resume. Serious applicants only please. Porn is not glamorous and either is this ministry.

  Pink Cross Foundation went up to California State Capitol on March 10 and 11 to speak with Assemblymembers and Senators about the harms of the porn industry. Three former porn actresses were able to courageously share testimony and educate lawmakers who were shocked and some even outraged to hear about the illegal operations of the porn industry. We brought indisputable evidence and handed out over 30 large packets to lawmakers.

We were offered by one lawmaker to use their office as a home base if we ever needed anything while up at the Capitol. God truly gave us favor and continues to give us favor at the State Capitol. We even found a way to get a packet to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger so let’s pray he reads it and does something about the abuse happening daily in the porn industry. We plan to go back in the near future and continue educating lawmakers about the illegally operating porn industry. Hopefully next year we see new bills introduced to crack down on the porn industry.

 (Photos taken by Patrice Roldan, Photographer)

 (Heather, former porn actresses Maddy, Patrice and Shelley)

In a nutshell, porn is coming down!!

  Pink Cross Foundation was able to give Maddy, former porn actress Michelle Avanti, a baby shower thanks to many of you who donated. Maddy said she was so blessed and thankful so many people cared enough to give her baby supplies and gifts. We were even able to purchase for her a crib and stroller. She is having a baby girl in mid July so there is still time for you to send gifts and supplies in for Maddy. A sincere thank you to those of you who cared enough to donate. It was such a joy to bless her as she begins this new chapter in her life. Please keep Maddy in your prayers as she rebuilds her life after porn. Please pray she has a beautiful healthy baby girl and for her life and family to be totally restored.

Shelley loves to feel babies kick! Thanks for putting up with me Maddy.

In a nut shell, Pink Cross loves you and is so proud of you Maddy!!!

  Tamra, Jan and Shelley were on MTV's True Life episode "I'm addicted to porn" where we reached out to porn star Jayden Jaymes. It was actually a great episode and we encourage you to watch it. We will soon add it to our video section so check back soon!

In a nutshell, we love you Jayden and pray you will see the truth and do something better with your life. You are an amazing young woman who is made for greater things than porn!

PS: Please pray for Shelley, Jan and Tamra as we fly to appear on another TV show the end of this month. Lately we have been asked by media and TV shows to share the truth about porn and we need your help and prayers. We usually have to pay our own expenses to travel and would appreciate any help you can give to us. Our main goal for making media appearances is to spread the truth about the porn industry and the harms of pornography.

There are a million more things I could write but due to space and time, I can only share with you some of the things happening at Pink Cross Foundation.

I want to sincerely thank all of you who support Pink Cross because without you in no way would we be as far along as we are. God is using you to be the hands and feet to reach out to those stuck in porn and those who are struggling with porn addiction. God is also using you in His powerful movement to end pornography for good and heal the families of America.

I am deeply grateful for your love and help,

Shelley

To see more pictures of the above events check out our gallery page.

To donate to Pink Cross Foundation click here. Thank you for caring!

We are so excited to offer you many new and powerful features to help you overcome porn addictions, sex industry abuse, victimization from pornography and more. We are here to love and support you through whatever you are going through.

We invite you to join our free web site and become a member. Everything is free! We want you to be part of our family and join us in recovery where we love, support and pray for one another.

At this site you will find stories of ex porn stars. You will find inspirational videos, powerful articles and help forums and chat rooms where we offer a safe and non-judgmental place you can share your struggles, partner with others in recovery and learn to live a porn-free life!

We really want you to know you were made for greater things than porn. Jesus even said so:

“For you are God’s masterpiece. Created to be made new in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advanced for you to do”. Ephesians 2:10

You are God's masterpiece and made for something awesome! See you in the forums and chat rooms! 

Love,
Shelley
President, Pink Cross Foundation

New Partnership Teaches Parents and Community Leaders How to Make Internet Filters Better with Pornography-Detection Tools

Contact: Matthew Yarro, VP, SurfRecon, Inc., 801-705-4234

MEDIA ADVISORY, October 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- SurfRecon, Inc., Shelley Lubben, and the Pink Cross Foundation have partnered to bring the latest Internet-safety software to families and communities struggling with Internet pornography and to raise awareness about the Pink Cross Foundation, which helps individuals trapped in the adult-entertainment industry start a new life.

"We realize that parents are struggling with trying to protect their families from Internet pornography, and filters cannot do the job by themselves--especially when someone in the home has a pornography problem," said Shelley Lubben, Director of the Pink Cross Foundation, "Filters are great, when they work. But I have heard too many scary stories about smart, tech-savvy kids bypassing an Internet filter to access Internet porn.

"We all need to do a better job watching our kids, and SurfRecon is the tool that parents to do just that."

The new internet-safety software the partnership promotes is the SurfRecon pornography-detection tool, which works hand in hand with a filter to offer "protection + detection" (http://www.surfrecon.com/get-help/detect-porn.html) in a home or business.

Besides raising awareness about SurfRecon pornography-detection tools, the partnership also provides much-needed funding for the Pink Cross Foundation by contributing a portion of all purchases of SurfRecon products through the Pink Cross Foundation's website back to the foundation.

"I thought teaming-up with the Shelley Lubben and the Pink Cross Foundation was a great idea, because not only are we working together to help parents protect their families from pornography," said Matthew Yarro, Executive VP for SurfRecon, Inc, "But we are also solving another problem. We are helping individuals, performers and sex workers, leave the adult entertainment industry and start a new life.

"We are proud to be contributing to the Pink Cross Foundation."

What Is a SurfRecon Pornography Detection Tool?

The latest wave in Internet-safety tools is a pornography-detection tool, and SurfRecon is the leader. A pornography-detection tool leverages digital signatures, similar to fingerprints, that uniquely identify a pornographic image or video. SurfRecon currently maintains the largest collection of digital signatures with over 200 million in its database.

The SurfRecon software comes pre-installed on a standard USB thumb drive, which can be used on almost any Windows, Macintosh or Linux computer system. The software is easy to use and allows an individual to quickly and accurately scan a computer for pornographic content. The tool also offers a number of safety tools for individuals reviewing any content found.

About SurfRecon, Inc.
SurfRecon, Inc. is an Orem, Utah-based company that develops cutting-edge digital detection technologies. It's flagship product, SurfRecon, is a pornography-detection tool that is in use by families, businesses and law-enforcement agencies around the world.

After eight years of recovery at the Champion's Center, Shelley conquered the horrible effects of her past and became a Champion in life through the power of Jesus Christ. Ten years later Shelley is on a mission to go back to the sex industry to reach out to porn stars and sex workers with the power and love of Jesus Christ. Shelley is also on a mission to smash the illusion of porn and help people overcome pornography addiction.