In 2010, Maxim Magazine named her one of the top female porn stars in the world. Little did they know, she was already on a rocky road to sanctification as a new creature in Christ.<\/p>\n
Brittni, who used the professional name Jenna Presley, started dancing to earn extra money as a freshman at Santa Barbara City College in 2005. Two men approached her after one of her performances and asked if she would like to make \u201cromance movies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean porn?\u201d she joked. They nodded affirmatively, but it was no joke.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to expect,\u201d she admits now. \u201cAt 18, I was only a baby. I was looking for love in all the wrong places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brittni was insecure as a result of her upbringing in a home with a \u201cverbally abusive\u201d mother and passive father. For the first time in her life, she began to receive positive affirmation, and it felt good. She traveled to L.A. and shot her first pornographic scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt so loved that day because they did my hair and make-up. I was told I was beautiful and that I was going to be a star. In the first few months it felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Producers worked her relentlessly in the early phase of her career because of her youthful, fresh appearance. \u201cI already looked like I was 12,\u201d Brittni recalls. They dressed her in \u201clittle girl\u201d clothing and pigtails, which made her uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
The inescapable conclusion is that filmmakers wanted to appeal to the depraved fantasies of men with pedophile tendencies. \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting how they can portray you as a little girl,\u201d she says today. \u201cIt\u2019s complete perversion.\u201d<\/p>\n
During this period, she worked as much as 60 days without a day off, shooting two and sometimes three sex scenes a day. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to say no,\u201d she notes. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to stand up for myself. Before this, my mother made every decision for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The youthful spark that made her such an attractive commodity began to fade. \u201cIt left me feeling drained,\u201d she says. \u201cI was so robotic I was like a rubber Barbie doll. I had no emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Initially, she made $900 for each sex scene she filmed, but the money quickly disappeared. As hopelessness and emptiness overwhelmed her, she turned to drugs to numb the pain. \u201cI started with cocaine. Then it became a downhill spiral to heroin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had many lonely nights when I cut on my wrists. I tried to kill myself. I spent all my paycheck on drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n
After three years in the adult film industry, she was fed up. She placed a 911 call to her grandmother. \u201cI need you grandma,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m done with this. Come and get me.\u201d<\/p>\n
During her stay with her grandparents, they took her to the Rock Church in San Diego, led by Pastor Miles McPherson. Brittni was \u201cbawling\u201d through most of the sermon. In response to his invitation, she raised her hand to receive Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior.<\/p>\n
The church gave her a Bible and after she got home, she devoured Genesis. \u201cI always wondered how we became human. Finally I had the answer and I was so excited. I couldn\u2019t put it down.\u201d<\/p>\n
She began to date a man she met at church, but the relationship had a tragic ending. As they sat together at Los Panchos restaurant in San Diego one evening, men from a rival motorcycle gang approached their table and began to beat her boyfriend with brass knuckles. \u201cHe got murdered, stabbed in front of me,\u201d she recalls. The attackers were in and out of the restaurant within minutes.<\/p>\n
Traumatized by the incident, her burgeoning faith was derailed. \u201cThat began another spiral into more drugs and suicide attempts,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
She began to date someone close to her former boyfriend. He encouraged her to get off drugs and get baptized, and she began to get involved with church again. In another bizarre turn, this man turned out to be a wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing. \u201cHe ended up being a pimp and got me back into the adult film industry,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Brittni began to straddle two worlds ruled by opposing powers. \u201cI was on the Howard Stern show preaching the Word and I was preaching on the set.\u201d She kept making adult films for two more years to make ends meet, as she battled contradictions that left her weary and dry. \u201cIt was a big mess,\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe devil wanted me back, but God kept tugging at me,\u201d Brittni says. \u201cThe devil had a plot, but God has a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ministry of XXX Church, which employs creative outreach strategies to the porn industry, caught Brittni\u2019s attention at a porn convention. Their booth at the Exotica convention blares to attendees, \u201cJesus loves porn stars.\u201d Remarkably, they distribute hundreds of Bibles at these venues.<\/p>\n
One of the young women who ministers to the girls, Rachel Collins, made an impression on Brittni. \u201cShe brought coffee, Bibles, lip gloss to the girls in the industry,\u201d Brittni recalls. \u201cShe was so sweet and loving; there was a glow to her.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Brittni saw Rachel\u2019s photo in one of their magazines, she contacted the ministry and eventually filmed an interview with Rachel about her experience with adult films.<\/p>\n
In November 2012, Brittni filmed her last sex scene. \u201cIt was seven long years,\u201d she laments. \u201cI hated what I was doing, but I wondered what I would do next.\u201d After Brittni left adult films, she found work with a limousine company and makes a decent income.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to waking up every morning,\u201d she says. \u201cThere is life after porn; there is life after drugs and prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brittni also reconciled with her parents and has a wonderful relationship with them today. Recently, her entire family sat together in church. \u201cI love my mom so much,\u201d she exclaims. \u201cMy sister got baptized with me and my brother prayed the prayer of salvation with me on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGod is alive and He is working!\u201d she says. \u201cHe is in the business of miracles. I have finally encountered the unconditional love of God and I will never go back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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