instructional designer creating educational and training courseware. I was with an online startup and then later started a multimedia instructional design production company. I have been in the startup space twice, so I didn ' t have any fear of starting a nonprofit, and although the nonprofit world is completely different, I knew the startup landscape pretty well. In 2015, I joined the FAA as a multimedia producer creating safety training for pilots and controllers and became a pilot as well. It ' s just awesome to see how God continues to weave everything together. Now with Invisible Angels, I am using every skill I have learned in my past. Only God could weave a career like mine together.
Q: Talk about how your partnership with some brand name retail stores started.
A: In 2022, just after we started, God gave me a unique instruction one day. I simply heard Him say go to the mall and start talking to clothing stores about donating their returned items. I literally got up from my desk at that moment, hopped in my car and drove over to the Tampa outlet mall and started talking to stores. On that very first day, I walked out of the Lucky Brand store with two huge boxes of brand-new donated items and commitments from Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, and Brooks Brothers. Every month since then they have been donating brand new items that we provide to survivors. These clothes are all beautiful, from high end retail stores.
I wish the managers of the stores could see where these donations go because it makes such a major difference, and it ' s so important in the lives of survivors. I am grateful for all the partnerships that we have with our clothing stores, and we hope to partner with more retailers in the future.
Q: Why did you decide to write this book?
A: I had no intention of writing a book at first. The thought didn ' t even cross my mind until one day I literally woke up with the picture of the finished book in my mind. Simply, God told me to write this book. It took about two years, and I wrote it amid the certification process with the FAA. Every penny of this book will go to fund the mission of Invisible Angels. I also want people to understand how important it is to find God’ s will in their lives. John 14:13-14 says:“ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” Some may read this verse as a personal guarantee from God for a genie in the bottle. We do not fully understand the“ in my name” part. The last thing Jesus is talking about here is a bottomless credit card for answered prayer. Rather these verses are an invitation to alignment. If you are aligned with God’ s will, He will give you whatever you need to accomplish it. I have seen that happen over and over again, and that is why I know God is in this fight against human trafficking.
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