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Hookers for Jesus founder, Annie Lobert wed in Las Vegas
She was a call girl working the streets of Sin City. He's a guitarist in a heavy metal band. They found commonality in their Christian faith and Friday evening, the two were married in a Las Vegas, Nevada, ceremony broadcast live via the Web.
Its Web site says Hookers for Jesus "addresses the realities of human sex trafficking."
Annie Lobért, who founded Hookers for Jesus, and musician Oz Fox of the Christian band Stryper said their "I do's" at the Church of South Las Vegas in front of an applauding crowd and an audience on the Internet. The wedding had been widely touted on several Christian Web sites.
Lobért, 41, walked up to the stage in a white strapless gown, gloves and veil. Earlier this week, she wrote on her MySpace blog: "I am getting married. It's about time."
She had worked as a prostitute for 11 years, making as much as $500 an hour. She said she hit rock bottom when she overdosed on cocaine and everything went black, according to an ABC interview posted on her Web site. She asked Jesus to help her and became what many jokingly call a "porn-again Christian."
Lobért says her mission now is to save the souls of women who sell their bodies. She often spends time at night on Las Vegas streets handing out Bibles to prostitutes and seeking to convince them there is a better way to make a living.
The Hookers for Jesus Web site describes the organization as "an international, faith-based organization that addresses the realities of human sex trafficking, sexual violence and exploitation linked to pornography and the sex industry."
link to another story: http://my.nowpublic.com/strange/annie-lobert-hookers-jesus-founder-weds-oz-fox-vegas
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at 01:25 on July 18th, 2009
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh praise God Jesus thankyou for your mercy when i saw on the first time on tv screen i was crying cose of the mercy and the grace of god through Jesus christ is how much more than any ellse.......... but thanks our Dad our heavenly father may be our father in these planet they may be killed us but the who is the true father in heaven and we have agood father so i praise him moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
there is no one loves to u like Jesus so Jesus loves u moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee GBU
urs bro in christ ephraim
at 08:00 on July 27th, 2009
Annie is a prime example that women who are led astray into prostitution could still make a difference for themselves and turn themselves around. As long as they have faith in God, faith in themselves and the willingness to do so, then there's always a brighter future ahead.