Laurie Ishii

I am so grateful and blessed by Harmony Dust and her team at Treasures http://iamatreasure.com/ - an amazing organization/ministry who helps women in the sex industry. Harmony, Crissy and a number of the girls from Treasures have shown me love and support unconditionally and have been such amazing examples of Jesus' love to me and I love them so much! Harmony asked me a few weeks ago if I had found a ministry yet, where people could make donations to me financially during this difficult recovery time and receive a tax receipt. I had found a ministry out of state who would take 10% of whatever donation people made (for their expenses - credit… Read More

Well, this morning I texted Pastor Matthew about starting a cell group going through the 12 Steps - he's really excited! So, I am praying about how to get this going, and I've had a couple of people refer me to Celebrate Recovery, a "Christ-Centered, Group Program to Help Hurting People in Your Community." They go through the 12 Steps as well as eight recovery principles. Pastor Matthew said he'd have someone call me soon about starting the cell group, so I want to begin to prepare. First of all, I NEED LOTS OF PRAYER!!! I am asking for prayer warriors to pray about this cell group as well as I need a dedicated group of people who will pray for… Read More

Real quick: I've been trying to figure out a way to lower my phone bill. Right now my contract is up. I have an old 3G iPhone and my monthly bill is on average $130.00!!! I had unlimited minutes but I don't really use very many minutes at all (I keep my phone on silent and rarely even talk, mostly text) - I had 900 min. a month because I had to make so many appointments with my doctors/hospitals/landlines (I didn't want to have to be checking my minutes all the time) and unlimited text and I but just changed my plan to 450 min. (free mobile to mobile) a month cause so far I've only used 150 in this cycle! My question is, would anyone who has… Read More

I've been reading this morning, and one verse that really stood out to me was 1 Peter 4:8 ~And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”~ and then I read James 5:20 ~let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.~ Now I'd like to know, what do you think those verses mean? Okay, in 1 Peter 1:22 it says, "Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart," so I get that we are to love each other fervently. But… Read More