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UPCOMING EVENTS
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January 6-9
AEE Vegas Outreach 
Please pray daily for Shelley and her family and Pink Cross team members. Please give financially so we can continue this very important and historical work!
Together we are making a HUGE difference and changing history!
To read more about Pink Cross events click here. From porn conventions to fighting porn in court to rescuing women and men out of the sex industry and helping those struggling with porn addiction, Shelley is relentless in her efforts and needs your support!
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Volunteers needed in many areas! Sign up here and see where you fit at Pink Cross!
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Pink Cross is growing so fast and many women and men are contacting us for help DAILY.
We are the only organization that continuously focuses on helping women and men get out of and recover from porn as well as fight porn in the court system so we REALLY need your help financially. We also send missionaries all over the country to raise awareness about the harms of pornography, spread the Gospel, and reach out at porn conventions to porn stars and porn fans with love AND truth. To say it boldly, we do it all! But we really NEED your support. Churches and Christian organizations are often afraid to get involved so we rely solely on caring and compassionate individuals like yourself. (Even though over 50% pastors admit to struggling with porn - Covenant Eyes porn statistics) If your church is bold enough to join us, then please let us know immediately at info@thepinkcross.org We need churches to sponsor us as missionaries We thank you for being part of this great move of God and we speak a HUGE blessing over you for your generous gift! You may donate securely online below:  We sincerely thank you for caring! You may also send donations to our address below: Pink Cross FoundationPMB Box 336077 Coffee Rd 4Bakersfield, Calif. 93308
Or if you prefer sending supplies please visit our wish list on Amazon to see what our needs are by clicking below:
THANK YOU FOR CARING! Volunteer:
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Pink Cross Foundation Newsletter
December 2010
At this time, we are in URGENT NEED of financial support. We have the 2011 Adult Entertainment Expo outreach coming up, and our funds are severely depleted. We need $10,000 this month to pay for outreaches and for Pink Cross operations. Expenses include the ministry booth, hotel and travel expenses for our missionaries, and donations of gospel tracts, Bibles, Cds, books, beauty supplies, and other items for goody bags.
We are also still sending out Christmas boxes to women trapped in the sex industry. We need your help so that we can send Shelley's book, "Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn", to women all over the world and women right here in California who are trapped in porn. Shelley's book literally teaches them how to get out, stay out and live powerfully. Sex workers keep asking her for her book and she gives it as a gift to them so let's support Shelley so she can keep giving those books away! More and more women are coming to us for help.
Also, the Lubben family is in desperate need of a building so that they can get the porn fight OUT of their house. If you are in the Bakersfield area and can donate a building or can give a generous donation at this time, please prayerfully consider doing so.
Check out all the updates in this issue. God is doing amazing things here at the Pink Cross and we hope this newsletter inspires you and shows how your prayers and support are making a HUGE difference in the lives of those trapped in the sex industry.
God Bless and Merry Christmas from Pink Cross!
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HIV and Herpes Infected Porn Stars Talk
Ann was diagnosed with HIV after making a porn movie in 1998. Known as porn star Brooke Ashley, she also contracted Herpes, HPV and Hep C during her porn career.
Today she suffers with AIDS and the long term effects of sexually transmitted diseases. Ann is an AIDS survivor.
Shelley was diagnosed with Herpes and HPV after her last gangbang movie in 1994. Known as porn star Roxy who worked in porn between the years of 1993-1994, she later developed cervical cancer and had half of her cervix removed. Shelley is a cancer survivor.
Ann and Shelley have courageously joined forces to tell the hardcore truth about porn.
Click here to watch their video.
You can read Ann's amazing testimony, and watch her baptism, here. Please pray for Ann as she continues in her recovery. You can donate to her recovery, too, through our website.
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Porn Clinic Shut Down
Former porn actresses from Pink Cross as well as former HIV+ performers have been speaking out courageously and it seems state officals are finally listening! This is a HUGE win against the illegally operating and fraudulent porn clinic (AIM) where mostly young women and men are tested for STDs and offered limited care by a fradulent "Doctor" Sharon Mitchell who makes false promises, "We keep the adult entertainment industry safe." A link to that video can be found here.
"Doctor" Sharon Mitchell does NOT have a medical degree but walks around in a white lab coat offering a false sense of security to young and naive porn stars. She blatantly admits on her web site:
"Basically, I put Band-Aids on shotgun wounds all day."
She also says, "We deal with everyday with Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis all types, A, B, and C. We deal with Gonorrhea of the throat. We deal with things you can't possibly imagine that are not normally a sexually transmitted disease that are a sexually transmitted disease in porn." Video here.
But former porn actresses are fighting back and sharing their painful stories about the TRUTH about the hazardous work conditions and the rampant sexually transmitted diseases they were subjected to while on the porn set. HIV, Herpes, Hep C, Chlaymida, Gonorrhea, and HPV, which leads to cervical cancer.
It can also lead to death. Over 100 porn performers have died from AIDS.
Click here for a video of Shelley Lubben speaking in Washington D.C. about the fraudulent clinic and the illegally operating porn industry.
Shelley was recently on Fox News in LA to talk about the porn clinic shutdown. Click here to see that video.
For years, the Pink Cross has been speaking the truth about the rampant STDs and violence against women in the porn industry which has all happened under the watch and care of this 'clinic' which is run by the industry itself!
In September, 2009, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 2,396 cases of Chlamydia, 1,389 cases of gonorrhea, and five syphilis cases among porn performers. It was also reported that Chlamydia and gonorrhea prevalence in porn performers is ten times higher than that of Los Angeles County 20-24 year olds and five times higher than that of one of Los Angeles County's highest risk populations. Just recently, another porn performer was tested and found to be HIV positive which adds to the previous 25 cases of HIV that were reported by Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM) since 2004.
Thanks to your prayers and support, we see the authorities doing something about it. Please continue to pray that the fraudulent clinic will remain closed. Please also pray the modern day porn slave trade will be wiped off the face of the earth and that God continue to rescue and heal the lives of those trapped in porn.
With God nothing is impossible!
We need you to get behind us as God is not done yet! Your efforts are not in vain! You are making a difference. We will continue to fight!
We will continue to fight against porn and sex trafficking.
We will continue to rescue men and women from porn.
We will continue to fight for state and federal law enforcement.
We will continue to educate the world about porn.
We will continue to fight for human lives!
Can we count on you to support us?
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4th Annual Christmas Porn Star Outreach
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Our 4th Annual Christmas Porn Star Outreach was a huge success. Thanks to all of your generous donations, over 50 gift boxes were shipped across the country to hurting and lonely ex-pornstars and those struggling to leave porn. This was definitely our most successful and eventful outreach ever, and we cannot thank you enough for your generous donations and your prayers.
Five ex-pornstars from across the country gathered together in one place to fill beautiful gift boxes with Bibles, books, DVDs, bath and beauty supplies, jewelry, festive Christmas candles, chocolate treats, and of course Shelley's book, 'Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn', which she personally signed with her own special message of love and encouragement. Team member Heather personally knitted gorgeous pink and white scarves to put in the gift boxes, and there were even some baby scarves and DVDs for the children. Even Howard Stern received a handmade scarf and gift box!
As Shelley signed each and every book, Ann Marie Ballowe made out lovely Christmas cards for each special recipient, while Melanie, Jan, April, and Maddie filled the boxes to practically overflowing. One of the things that made this outreach so special was that most of the girls who packed the boxes were actually recipients of these gift boxes in the past. It was a wonderful reminder of what God brought us out of, and how far we have come. Shelley's husband, Garrett, even baked delicious homemade goodies for the occasion.
During the outreach, Shelley recorded video updates of Madelyne and Ann Marie, and all 5 porn stars gathered together to sign a "Proclamation of Emancipation," declaring freedom for themselves and everyone else still trapped in porn, and an all-out war on the industry itself. It was a powerful and historic event, as each woman opened up about the personal abuses and secondary negative effects that she experienced, while signing a document demanding that the industry be shut down.
We are confident that the impact of this year's Christmas Outreach will continue for years to come. Only through your generous donations was this event even possible. So many people were blessed this year, and many more lives will be impacted through the videos and the truth that went forth. We at the Pink Cross thank you, and wish you and yours a very merry Christmas.
(Pink Cross Foundation is a Nonprofit Corporation in the state of California and is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity.
Contributions to the Pink Cross Foundation, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are entirely tax-deductible. We will send out receipts the end of the year. Our tax id number 80-0142359.)
You may also send supplies and donations to our address below:
Pink Cross Foundation
PMB Box 33
6077 Coffee Rd 4
Bakersfield, Calif. 93308
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How to Pray for Shelley and Her Family and Pink Cross Missionaries
Pray for us as the spiritual battle continues to intensify.
Shelley and her family receive death threats and have also recently had identity theft. Our websites and emails are being spammed with porn robots. An array of computer problems and failures have hampered online communications.
Shelley's Facebook profile has been disabled as well. Facebook friends were her best support for Pink Cross and now it's been disabled and we have a HUGE convention coming up and we really need people to continue to give. She wants her Facebook friends to know she did not delete them! It was an attack on her!
Shelley has created a new personal profile at Facebook which can be found here. Come be her friend on her new page.
Also, check out her new Fan Page here.
Pray for all of us to be filled with the Holy Spirit and supernaturally empowered for the task ahead of us. We need God's strength, wisdom, protection, and power!
God bless you and thank you for praying for us!
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Jesus Swoops Down On Howard Stern: Porn Star Turned Reformer Visits
Monday, Nov. 8, Shelley Lubben visited the Howard Stern radio program to share her amazing testimony and dispell the destructive myths that porn is glamorous and porn stars love what they are doing. For almost 30 minutes, Shelley talked candidly about her life of prostitution, sexual abuse, homelessness, STDs, suicide attempts, and life after porn. For Shelley, it wasn't just about dispelling the fantasy behind porn, but about proclaiming the healing power of Jesus Christ in her life.
Howard and Robin listened intently to everything that Shelley said, including the horrific details of her contracting herpes and cervical cancer. They were clearly shocked at what she revealed. Towards the end, Howard commented "You're lucky to be alive, aren't you?" to which Shelley replied "Thank God through Jesus Christ that I didn't die."
They agreed with Shelley that the porn stars who visit their studio are "full of it" and do not enjoy making porn. In talking about 2 porn stars who recently visited the studio, Howard said "They had me convinced that they really loved sex and loved this lifestyle." Shelley explained that porn stars are constantly trying to prove themselves, and are caught up in this lifestyle that, in reality, they do not enjoy.
Howard was clearly inspired by Shelley's story, and expressed how happy he was that she had turned her life around. When asked about her marriage and her sex life with Garrett, Shelley explained how the two of them invite God into their sex life. This clearly piqued Howard's interest, to which Shelley replied "Porn sex is violent and horrible - marriage sex is hot and beautiful. God blesses our sex life."
Howard admitted that pornography destroys relationships. "If you are in a relationship, it (porn) does take you out of the relationship." Howard and Robin not only heard Shelley's message, but clearly received it as well. They were very receptive to everything that she said, and Shelley continually brought it back to God and His sustaining and healing power in her life. "God is practical," she told them. "God's wisdom in the word is what taught me how to live."
For the gospel message to be preached so boldly on a show that openly promotes pornography can only be a work of the Holy Spirit. Shelley will continue to reach out to Howard and his staff in the future, but the impression that she left through her testimony and the truth she laid out was powerful. In the wrap-up segment, the reporter referred to Shelley's work as "evangelism against porn," and even said that she brought Jesus into the studio.
You can listen to her radio appearance here.
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Shelley Lubben Rips Mask off of Pornography in New Book!
Shelley Lubben was a porn star.
Now she tells the hardcore truth.
In her new book, "Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn: The Greatest Illusion on Earth", former porn actress Shelley Lubben rips the seductive mask off of pornography and exposes the hardcore truth behind the "greatest illusion on earth".
Her spectacular journey from childhood sexual abuse to prostitution to the deadly unglamorous realm of porn sets, Shelley is brutally honest about her past. But that's not all. Having escaped the porn industry at 26, Shelley now shares her powerful story of redemption offering a message of hope to the entire world.
The first ever book exposing the "secret" side of porn, Shelley wants you to know the hardcore truth. Pornography is modern day slavery for thousands of women and the millions of porn addicts who can't stop clicking.
But you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!
 Chapter 1: Under the Big Top
Sex-packed porn films featuring hot dirty blondes whose man-eating eyes say, "I want you," are the greatest illusion on earth. Trust me, I know. I hustled for eight years in strip clubs and whorehouses, manhandling my way to the Big Top, where I was promised fame, fortune and glamour. I was 24 years old when I entered the world of porn.
I put on a good show but I never liked performing tricks in the sex circus and preferred spending time with Jack Daniels rather than the male performers I was paid to fake it with. That's right, none of us hot blondes enjoy making porn. In fact, we hate it. We hate spreading our legs for sexually diseased men. We hate being degraded with their foul smells and sweaty bodies. Some women hate it so much that I would hear them vomiting in the bathroom between scenes. I would find others outside, smoking endless chains of Marlboro Lights...
Chapter 2: Send in the Clowns
When we entered our adult years we became sexual spectacles and demanded higher payment in the form of attention and cash as compensation for the neglect and sexual abuse that we suffered as children. I like to call it porn star currency. We will lie to get it. We will steal to get it. We will prostitute ourselves and risk our lives to get it. Porn stars can juggle HIV, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia while we fearlessly reinfect our-selves with even more STD's. We can do amazing feats with our minds and bodies that would terrify most ordinary people. We can walk a thin line of death and life at great heights without any fear of falling. With the help of drugs and alcohol our skills are enhanced to tolerate huge amounts of physical, mental and emotional pain. Our infected bodies are covered with sores and traces of bruises hidden beneath our daring and flaring images. We are pornographic superstars performing in the world's greatest freak show at a website near you!
Chapter 24: Building a Champion Mind
I found rest in God's gentle arms during those peaceful hours on the beach. Proving to me His personal and great love for me, I began to understand what a Father's love truly was. Unlike my earthly father who was too busy, God was available, tender and concerned with every detail in my life. Finally, I received the attention and approval I always needed. Sad that I missed out on a relationship with God in the past, I recounted the wasted years I looked for approval from men in stripping, prostitution and porn.
What a waste of eight years, I miserably thought as I tossed down a cracked shell to the ground.
But God answered and promised me back, "Shelley, I promise you that not one ounce of your pain will be wasted. I have a powerful plan for your life and will use all of your suffering to help others someday." I held onto His promise.
- excerpts taken from "Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn
The Greatest Illusion on Earth".
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Help Women and Men Recover From Porn!
Below are some of the precious women and men we have helped to rebuild their lives after porn. We are not able to share all of their stories due to some wishing to stay anonymous but they are definitely recovering and receiving help from Pink Cross.
To continue helping precious women and men we need Target cards to help them with new clothes, baby needs and household supplies, books, Bibles and resources to recover and also need bath and beauty supplies for outreaches. We also accept vehicles and property!
We currently reach out to THOUSANDS of women and men in porn throughout the year and because of your generosity, hundreds of women and men have walked away from a life of porn.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT MISSION AND HELP US CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO PRECIOUS WOMEN AND MEN BY DONATING HERE. We can not do it without you so please have a heart and invest in these beautiful lives below. Thank you!
 Ann Marie, formerly known as porn actress Brooke Ashley, contacted us and wanted to share her story with the world. She has been silent for too long. She will now be heard! Porn is being exposed as the truth is boldly and courageously told! Please pray for Ann Marie as she daily has to live with the effects of AIDS.
Marcy, formerly known as porn actress Neesa, came to us for help with an apartment, food and a job. Marcy is so grateful for your prayers and support! You may read Marcy's story here and watch her powerful testimony about the truth about porn here. Please continue to pray for Marcy as she rebuilds her life from the pain and trauma of porn and for her powerful voice against the lies of pornography.
UPDATE: Click here for a Christmas 2010 video update from Madelyne.
Madelyne, formerly known as porn actress Michelle Avanti, came to Pink Cross for help in January, 2009, when she cried out to God because she couldn't live the porn lifestyle anymore. God heard her cry and she is now living a new life thanks to many of you who donated! She also gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in August, 2009, so please send in baby clothes in good condition for size 1 year and above. Madelyne is now enrolled in school and we were able to help her fix her car. Praise God! Thank you for helping Madelyne receive a second chance at life! Madelyne has also been a huge help to Pink Cross and courageously testified at California State Capitol along with Shelley and several other former porn actresses so please let's do our best to take care of this courageous Champion! You may read Madelyne's story here. Thank you to all who donated to her recovery.
Click here to read about more women and men who have come to the Pink Cross wanting help to escape porn.
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About Shelley
 Shelley Lynn Lubben, born on the heels of revolution on May 18, 1968, is one of the world's leading advocates in the antipornography movement. A former pornographic actress who performed under the stage name of Roxy, she left the sex industry in 1994 when she caught Genital Herpes, a non-curable disease. Upon her eight year recovery at the Champion's Centre in Tacoma, Washington, she reentered society as a new Champion woman and began teaching and preaching in prisons and rescue missions in Central California. Ordained as a Chaplain with the Order of Saint Martin, Shelley is also a graduate of Vision International University where she received a Bachelor's degree in Theological Studies. Now, fifteen years into recovery, Shelley has appeared on both Christian and secular television and radio shows and speaks out passionately about the harms of pornography as well as shares her inspirational story of redemption through Jesus Christ. Shelley also serves as the Executive Director of Pink Cross Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers hope, healing and support to adult industry workers around the world. Shelley Lubben is sought worldwide to speak, educate, testify, and counsel individuals, organizations, professionals and governments regarding the illegally operating porn industry, pornography addiction, recovery from sexual abuse and the sex industry and the Champion life. Shelley is a mother of three beautiful daughters and married to Mr. Wonderful, Garrett Lubben, for fifteen years. To learn more about Shelley please visit her personal web site at www.shelleylubben.com or watch videos of Shelley speaking on the videos page.
Porn is not glamorous. Get the facts. Get help.
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