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What the teachers and parents are saying:
(students' comments further below)
"I have been principal of Redemptorist High School for twenty years, and this was the most effective assembly we have had during that time. You could have heard a pin drop during the hour-long program."
- John C. Fabre, Principal, Redemptorist High School (Baton Rouge, LA)
"The superintendent said that has never had such a response positively by parents and also the school district. They had over 100 calls saying that this had opened up the door of communication. And I believe for every 100 that made that effort that there were many more who did not."
– Parent, MN
"Words cannot express how happy I am with Jason Evert's presentation today. The students were 'raving' to use a word from one of the faculty. The adults seemed thrilled. One described Jason as 'fabulous' and 'the best speaker I ever heard.' If I could say 'Thank you' a million times, it would not be enough. You have been a blessing to us."
- Fr. Bernard Ezaki, PA
"Jason captured the attention of the student body and genuinely touched their hearts. His combination of humor, emotion, and fact kept the students attentive and listening. As an educator and principal, I have had the opportunity to listen to many presentations and speakers. I cannot recall any other presentation that was so well prepared, organized, and geared to the level of the students as this one."
- John A. Wray, Principal, Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan High School (Baton Rouge, LA)
"The seniors are actively planning their Baccalaureate Liturgy and Graduation and one thing that will make this year's stand out from the rest is that they are including your Pure Love Booklet and one of the Pure Love Pledge cards as part of the Offertory at the Mass. They are trying to include different aspects that represent important parts of their 4 years at PMA and they truly consider your talk one of the BEST things we've ever done for them at PMA. Thank you again for all you do for our young people. We pray for you every day and for all the young people who have yet to hear your message of hope!"
- Theology Teacher, MA.
"When we got back to school, I asked if anyone would like to write you a thank you letter and to my complete shock they all did. Remain firm in your calling."
-8th grade English teacher.
"What a positive impact Jason had on everyone present! The day was a gift; like that advertisement we have all seen on TV: Priceless. He stayed and talked with kids until the end of the school day. My daughter said his approach and words with the kids in these small group and individual sessions was "gold". The line to meet with him got longer during the day, not shorter, as kids dropped by and asked to be seen. It has been a week today, and the kids are still alive with his talk. I saw kids wearing the Mary medallions, I saw a freshman with the rosary hanging in his locker, kids are still asking if there will be more promise cards available, but of course, the biggest changes we do not "see." It is within individual hearts and souls. And yes, Jason changed lives forever. How do we thank you all for helping us to make this day possible? We are a small school, but I feel it was a ripple which will spread. The kids went home and shared their experience last Wednesday with their parents and families. The football coach said he was going to begin practice by saying he stands by every word Jason said and he expects the team to do the same. The theology department is passing out the information for the Pure by Choice conference in Denver where Jason will speak again in March. To close, my daughter said every student came into the assembly with a closed mind, thinking, 'Man, they've been preaching chastity since grade school. What could they possibly say that would impact on my life? This will be a drag!' Within two seconds, every individual was absorbed into Jason's talk, with the feeling he was addressing them individually, personally and with so much heart and faith, they would be able to look back on this day and say,'My life was changed on February 18, 2004, at St. Mary's High School. Thanks, Jason Evert.'
Thank you and blessings,"
- Carol Duster, Parent, Board of Directors, St. Mary's High School (Colorado Springs, CO)
"I very enthusiastically endorse and wholeheartedly recommend to you Mr. Jason Evert and his presentation on chastity. Jason has a wonderful ability to present his material in a very frank and straightforward way, while also being respectful and reverent about God's gift of sexuality. He helped the students see just how loving and beautiful and truthful the Church's teaching on human sexuality really is."
- Fr. Max Striedl, Asst. Principal, St. Edward Catholic High School (Elgin, IL)
"I just wanted to thank you sincerely for your presentation. It touched me personally and is helping me to strive for a higher level of spirituality. Many of the kids said you are the best abstinence speaker they've heard."
- Spanish Teacher, (Los Angeles, CA)
"We received a call from a local OBGYN who said that her office has been literally bombarded with girls going in for examinations and testing. She said, 'Whoever this speaker was--bring 'em back! It worked!' We've seen a lot, lot of fruit!"
– Teacher
I just wanted to Thank you for the outstanding message you conveyed last week, at my daughter's high school, in Bakersfield. My daughter came home and talked and talked about saving herself, and the affects of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. I was absolutely delighted to see her interest in your important message. It is just wonderful to know that you presented a message that my daughter has talked about and continues to talk about, in such a positive manner! She has even put the pure love card in her backpack! Thank you, again, from a grateful and thankful parent of a 9th grade girl.
-Parent
Your talk had a powerful impact on our students. Whatever supply of chastity cards and booklets that we had were wiped out. We ordered 200 more of each, and most of those have been given out as well. I think that says a lot about how your words affected our students. I would also add the following. Each year I have my students write a final, year-end essay about any one topic that impacted them the most during the entire school year. While your presentation was not formally a part of the theology curriculum, a number of students nonetheless chose to identify it as the one thing that struck them the most. I even had several students saying to me things to the effect of: "When I heard we were going to have a speaker on chastity, I immediately thought it was going to be a boring presentation with no relevance to my life. But after hearing Jason speak, I thought what he had to say was great and it really influenced my thinking." As you certainly know, the fact that teenagers would think these types of things is itself miraculous. It's even more miraculous to hear them actually verbalize such thoughts to you! Several faculty members (including myself) felt that your presentation was the best assembly the school has EVER had--bar none. So God bless you, Jason, for having done such a wonderful job. You have a tough subject to address, and I believe you do if effectively, prayerfully, and lovingly.
-Teacher
"Hi Jason, Thanks for spreading your message with us today. I teach Sophomore Morality and your message was perfect! We talked about it today in class and the students loved you, thought you were down to earth and spoke their language. It's so important the work you're doing. I'm sure it's exhausting and the traveling must be hard, but I'm so glad you're out there, doing what you're doing. Please know we prayed for you, your wife, baby and all the students you speak to today, and will continue to do so. All the best to you Jason! Blessings to you."
- Religion teacher, (Minneapolis, MN)
"We heard you speak last night, and my 16-year-old son--though dragged there sighing and rolling his eyes--was blown away by your talk. Thanks."
-Mother
"Excellent! This should be in every school. Self-dignity is so important!"
-Teacher
"Great Presentation. I honestly think this was the best approach to abstinence that I have seen."
-Teacher
"The humor and strightforwardness was perfect and refreshing. I know now how I can talk to my own children someday about abstinence, even though I made some poor choices myself."
-Teacher
"I was skeptical at first, but now agree with the idea of training yourself in faithfulness and how that can be effective for a successful marriage."
-Teacher (NY)
"Christ's light was sure shining through you. I know that your talk really affected many of the students. I overheard students talking in classes about things from your talk that they could relate to. Many of them told me that 'you were so real' and that you 'were able to relate to them well.' "Miss R., it was cool that he treated us like high school students and not little kids.' 'he really made you think.' so, go you!!! Keep on shining your light and spreading Jesus to others. What an incredible example of Christ's love you are."
-Spanish Teacher
"Fantastic! If anyone can get through to high school students, it's you. I'm sure you made a positive impression on everyone there, and the information you presented was invaluable."
- Mrs. Rapp, Teacher
"My teacher said that you were the first speaker that every teacher in the school agreed upon. There's usually at least one teacher who doesn't like the speakers, but every single teacher agreed that you were an incredible speaker and you knew your information well! Knowing the teachers at my school, and knowing how critical some are, that's a huge accomplishment!
- (Student)
"I have never seen the student body so attentive during an assembly!"
- Mrs. Bembas, Teacher
"Thank you so much! You and Crystalina were amazing! Your presentation really turned many of the students around completely. We have confession available for them this week, due to the many requests after your presentation. Also, I've had many students through writing and verbally tell me how this seminar changed their lives. So much, that there were a few break-ups that week, due to pressure about sex and other sexual activity."
- Teacher (Camden, NJ)
"I was thinking about those kids who come up to you, hardly knowing you at all, and just talk to you about their past. I think it's because they see you as a friendly figure, one who is not going to condemn them, and one who can be trusted. A trustworthy figure is probably the rarest and most important person in a teenager's life."
- Teacher (Houston, TX)
"We were so blessed to be able to hear Jason's words! Our teens loved it - especially the boys! I can't tell you how many moms came to me and said how much their boy loved it! They are reading his book and one of the girls even shared at our Life Night some of the info in the book. Some of the other girls looked at her with a questioning look, and she said, 'I learned it from Jason's book!' The girls were amazed, as she is struggling quite a bit right now! Anyway, keep us in your prayers that we will be able to bring Jason to Bay City! We will work on it until it happens!"
- Mother, (Bay City, MI)
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What the students are saying:
"Earlier today you did a talk in front of the freshmen and sophomore class. It really inspired me. I've had a bad past and now I want to change my life. Thanks so much for always being there for all of us kids. You have no idea how many of us have no one."
"Befor today it was my goul to have sex befor my 8th grade graduation. but now I do respect womens body more. thank you."
"What you had to say was the answer to all the questions I had been praying about. Thank you again for helping me to stop having sex. You truly are an angel in disguise."
"It really helped me more than you know because just last night i was giving up if you know what i mean God Bless You, and may the rest of your life be filled with as much joy as you put into others' !"
"Well I feel very relieved right now. I feel as thought you have lifted a big weight off my shoulders. I have made a commitment to my self that I will not do the things I used to do. It is not going to happen anymore after today. You totally changed my outlook on everything."
"Yesterday's presentation I thought was very informative. I just wish we would have had it six months ago. Well, right now I'm three months pregnant, and honestly think that this would not have occured in my life if I had heard this talk six months ago. Well, you live and you learn. This may be what God wants for me."
"You see, my parents were divorced by the time I hit the age of five and I don't think it's fair to the child. That's why I hope that God will make sure I end up with the right girl. I thought that if I maybe quit with the whole sex scene until I was married, then maybe he would repay me with putting me with my soulmate. Both my parents have been married three times and divorced three times and they are both dating people right now. So I really never had anyone to look up to, to tell me that I would regret anything sexual that I did. That's why I am glad that you came and talked to my school because now I have someone to look up to."
"You are my LIFESAVER, Dude. You have NO IDEA! I can't begin to explain to you the profound impact you have had on my life. I am sitting here crying as I write this. In one afternoon you changed me completely."
"I cried while listening to your talk. It was almost like you had taken my heart and read it out loud. I had reservations in going to see you speak, but as soon as I got there, I knew I was in the right place. A good friend of mine had seen you at NCYC and kept telling me how incredible you were. He was telling me how you talked about how I should love my future husband and abstain. He said that the way to love him is to love and respect myself as well, and by having sex I didn't respect myself. He told me I should go. I always said thanks, but no thanks. Then last Friday I was over at this guy's house and I started thinking about what he had told me. How I wasn't respecting and loving myself. I got up and left. And I decided I would go see you speak before I would do anything else. I went to the college last night with reservations. I didn't know what was going to happen and how I would feel afterward. But I am so grateful I went. It changed my whole outlook on myself. Thank you. God put you on this earth to help heal. I consider you to be an angel in my life. Jason, thank you."
"I am a freshman who attended your talk at the University in Philadelphia. I was blown away to say the least. Your talk was absolutely amazing and approached sex and relationships in a way I have never thought of them. Instead of looking down on sex and making it seem like it was a terrible thing, you made me look at it in a totally different light. You made sex seem so beautiful, that it is worth waiting for."
"When you talk to God again, tell him thank you for sending you - my angel - to me when I needed you the most!! And please keep praying for me."
"Hi. My name is Kelly, and I just wanted to e-mail you and tell you that I really enjoyed your talk today. It made me realize that I do want to save myself for my future husband and I do want to be chaste for him.
Thank you for all the factual information. I know that I'm not the only one that got something out of the talk. One of my closest friends is dating a guy that is 19. She is only 15. I tried explaining that that is not quite normal. I don't think they are sexually active, I at least hope they aren't. He doesn't treat her very well and that really bothers me. Anyway, I've tried talking to her about it, but I think that today really hit her. I think it especially hit her when you were making comments on older guys not having enough social skills to date girls their own age. I turned around right after you said that, and she had this "deer in the headlights" look on her face. Hopefully it sunk in and she realizes she's dating a loser. Anyway, thank you very much for all the information and helping me see what is clearly the right choice to make. I appreciate it greatly. I hope you and your fiancée are doing well."
"To be honest, I didn't really believe in chastity before the talk. If it weren't for your speech, I might have been stuck with a child before 18. For that one hour I truly thought about my life and how I want to live it. Well, now I know how I want to live it: to the fullest, for my future husband and children, for my God, and for myself."
"I used to be addicted to porn, but after your talk I promised myself that I would quit once and for all. I have tried in the past to quit, and have gone to reconciliation every time it got really bad. But you finally hit the right spot on my conscience. I would like to thank you."
"My purity had never been that big of a deal to me, until I went to your speech. I realize how important it is to not let someone take advantage of you for their own pleasure. I am so happy that I went yesterday and I've decided to stay a virgin until I get married."
"Jason, now that I think about my past, I really regret some of it. But on Wednesday, I decided to start completely over. Once again, thank you soo much for taking your time to fly down to Alabama. You touched many of our hearts and helped me look forward to a better future. Thanks for all your help."
"Recently, I was made fun of for being a virgin. I went to my mother and I told her what happened, and she told me that I should feel proud. Your talk made me really understand what she meant."
"On the bus ride to your talk, which is about a 1 hr and 45 min drive, I was thinking this is just going to be some boring speaker and a wasted long trip on a bus without AC. After your speech, on the bus ride home, I thought to myself I would go on a 6 hour bus ride to listen to you. I know that when I go to high school next year I will be temped to do a lot of things that could hurt or haunt me for the rest of my life. Never stop giving your speeches because one voice can make a difference, and you proved that. You touched my life and I will always remember you! Thank you."
"I am a guy. I look at porn at least once a week. I will never do it again now. Looking at it is not something I am proud of. It's over now. Your speech has changed the way I look at girls now. My life will never be the same."
"I think I was going towards the wrong way but you made me really think! Thanks a lot!"
"I thought I was going to hear another stupid lecture like all the others. My plan was to sit in the back and heckle you the whole time, but when you spoke, you didn't give me the chance. Thank you for making me look at chastity in a different way. Now I'm starting to see it like it might be a good thing."
"You changed a while outlook on life for me. I never thought about women really in a non-sexual way, but you changed me. Before your talk I was a guy who looked at porn. I couldn't help myself. It was like Satan urging me and I let him in. I was a porno maniac. I was paralyzed, couldn't even blink, so many thoughts going through my head. After your talk I even had a movie I was going to watch, but I threw it away. And I thank you for that."
"All that my girlfriends and I have been talking about since your seminar is the part of your talk when you talked about abortion. Some of my friends believed that if you have a good enough reason, that it's fine. But after your seminar they couldn't even talk about it because they would start to cry because they couldn't believe that they were actually considering killing someone."
"I definitely have a sex-drive that has a Hemi with a V-8 engine that is ready all the time. But I look at sex and women a little differently. I look a little deeper into them now. Instead of seeing a hot chick walking down the street and thinking of what I could do with her, I think more of how her personality is like. What kind of person she really is. I look at the more than skin deep."
"While you spoke, it clicked. I don't want to just give out my most sacred gift to some guy who claims he loves me. I have a boyfriend, and I talked to him about what you discussed, and he was very interested. We were getting closer to being sexually active, but I believe you saved me, us, from making a huge mistake. Your wife's story made me tear up because I knew I was also so vulnerable, boys are always trying to convince me to have sex, and tell me it's o.k., I have come dangerously close. I knew next year going to high school would make it even worst. The story taught me that if she could say no, so could I. Thank you again. You have truly changed my life."
"The one section of your talk that really jumped out at me, and made me feel like you were saying this to me, was the topic of the way a girl should dress. It really does make sense that a guy would be interested in a girl longer if she were more covered and it was a mystery. It really changed my perspective of what is right to wear, and also which companies I shouldn't support. This meaning Abercrombie and Fitch and MTV. It is disgusting that these companies think they can control us, or think that we can't control ourselves. Also, I really enjoyed the part where you talked about your wife. I have never met her, but hearing her story has inspired me to wait till marriage."
"Thanks again for setting my life straight. My girlfriend and I are so excited and I feel that we could very realistically make it. I told her about what you said and told her about the books and dvd and she seemed as excited as I was. Jason God has given you an amazing gift to reach out to youths. I believe God had me at that conference, at that tent, for a reason. That night I said a rosary on the one you gave me and I thank you for that gift. It seems foolish but I think of you now as my roll model. Just once again thank you in more ways than I can express for turning my life and relationship around. God bless you and I wish you, Crystalina, and your kids all the best. May you all continue to live life with God smiling upon you."
"Your speaking really helped me out. I didn't even know what I was going to do when I got in a more mature relationship. I mean should I move in with him or not? Should we have sex before we get married? I had no idea until you told us that we should wait."
"The greatest thing about your talk was that you weren't an adult who was trying to reach down to our level of thinking and use our language. You are an adult who is really not that much older than we are and who understands the way things are today and talked to us comfortably. It really made a difference with a lot of the people at our school, and just the fact that everyone was so well behaved at the assembly is a tribute to you, because we're known for having some of the worst behaved kids around."
"Hey, thanks for all the help. It really helped me to talk to you. When I got home, I got my pornography (without looking at it) and trashed it."
"I am a senior, and we have a lot of different speakers come in, and in my time here none have touched our students like you did. I myself am not usually the kind of person that normally thinks twice about anything I've heard, in fact I'm usually the girl in back sleeping. But something about your presentation kept me awake and actually provoked a lot of serious thinking. I am definetly not the only one, to be honest our whole school has gone through a transformation... rumors of one girl throwing away her wardrobe and going shopping with her mom for more sophisticated clothing, and the idea that chastity is okay in the minds of other high schoolers are some of the changes being made. As someone who thought it was to late for me, no one had ever told me you could start over and still demand respect; I could definetly relate to a lot of your stories and I really can't explain how moved I was and how much it all took me by surprise because like I said I'm not usually the kind of person who is motivated enough to take time to consider some of these things. I don't know whether or not everyone who is talking about your speech will never have sex until thier married but you definetly planted a seed in the minds of everyone and you have definetly impacted my life, and I guess I feel that I owe you a thank you. I don't know how often people follow up on these things, so I wanted to let you know how much your ideas inspired us and again I want to thank you!"
"You gave a talk today and I just wanted to say thank you so much for everything. When I found out that we were having another chastity speaker, I felt like ok great another person to bore us to death for an hour and having us fall asleep. But when you started taking, from the very beginning I felt that I wasn't going to feel guilty about my past. After your talk though, it was the first time ever after a speaker like that I, that I didn't feel guilty. Whenever my boyfriend and I used to get together, it seems that we would have sex every time. But now after your talk I feel that I have the strength to say no to him and now I have the courage to tell him that I don't want to have sex with him anymore because I want to save myself for marriage. So thank you so much for helping me turn my life around and showing me that saving myself for marriage is definitely the best thing to do."
"Hello! My name is Tara. I am a senior at a public school in Ohio. You went to the local Catholic high school a couple weeks ago and did a speak about chastity. My boyfriend Eddie, goes there and listened to your speech and was really impacted by this. I have been going out with him for 3 years. After the speech, he came to me and said that he would like to stop having sex. Instantly, I thought that next thing he was going to do was going to break up with me so I started crying. After he reassured me that this wasn't the case and that he still loved me and just wanted to love me for my mind and not just my body. I was overwhelmed by this and asked him what made him change his mind. He didn't say anything. It was then that I asked my friend who attends his school and she informed me that they had a couple come and speak about chastity. I was glad that Eddie had said this and I supported his decision and agreed. The one thing that I was curious about was what kind of speech made such an impact on someone who thinks God is dead and has no faith. I found out that the speaker was you and your wife. I have been on your website and have ordered your wife's book. What I was wondering, is there any tape or video recording I can receive to listen to the talk that has changed Eddie's point of view. I would greatly appreciate the tape of you and your wife's talk if there is one available. Please let me know and thank you so much for making Eddie and my life better."
"I just want to thank Jason for being my angel. He has come in a time of my life when I needed him the most. I related to him on so many levels it would be unbelievable. Right now, I realize that as a Catholic I want to start over. So tonight I am going to sign my pure love promise card. I am not a virgin, but yet I feel that I need to wait for my future husband. I have made mistakes in my life and I want to go to reconciliation and start anew. Jason and his wife have inspired me. I used to think I would never find true love because its not out there. I know how it is out there, I have just been looking for it in all the wrong places. I am going to make a difference, I'm not going to be treated with disrespect. I'm going to start over, thank you Jason-you will never know how much your talk really meant to me."
"I wanted to tell you that I was really moved and inspired by you're speech at my high school today. I'm 17 years old and a senior. I've been dating my girlfriend for about 3 years, and we feel that we are in love with each other. We both agree that we want to spend the rest of our lives together. About 2 years ago, right around our one year anniversary, we had sex for the first time. Since then, we have been having sex on a regular basis. I can relate to what you said today in you're speech about trying new things with each other, and not wanting her for who she is, but rather for her body. I really wanted you to know that you're speech inspired me so much that I told her this afternoon that I want to stop having sex. I told her that I feel that I'm losing interest in her for who she is. I really want to be with her for the rest of my life, and I hope it's not too late and I haven't lost the bond we shared in our relationship before having sex. I know that I have a very tough road ahead of me with resisting the temptation of being sexually active with her. I didn't get a chance to sign my name in you're prayer book, so if you could please pray for me, I could really use the prayers. I can't explain in words how much you're speech today meant to me, but it has changed my view on sex. Thank you for taking the time to come and speak at our school today."
"Your seminar was absolutely amazing, i can't even tell you how much you have touched me. Even though they give talks all the time on chastity at my school they have never reached me on the kind of level that you did. I feel so much closer to God now, that i have decided not to get sexual with my boyfriend. We weren't doing anything yet but i was thinking about it. And you gave me the strength to say no. And my boyfriend is wonderful, he totally agrees with me. So i just wanted to say thankyou for the wonderful things you do! You really make a difference in teenagers lives."
"I remembered what u said at your presentation four years ago. It really made me think I was making a big mistake so I dumped the guy and found someone who was willing to wait till marriage so thanks a bunch."
"Thanks again, man. Seriously, if it wasn't for your speech to my school, and your books, I would probably know nothing of love. Even after you spoke to my school a year ago, I been spreading your wise words to the others. In fact, this one person, if I hadn't spoken to her about waiting for sex after marriage, she would have with her boyfriend months ago. Those two broke up a few months back. thanks to me she is going to wait, I tend to... when I get wind of anything sexual that might be in a relationship, I try to talk to the girl about saving it until after marriage then passing it on to her boyfriend. trust me, it has helped a lot."
"There are like a million things I would like to say to you, but unfortunately, I don't have the time to put it all in one simple letter. One of the biggest things that would sum up a lot of the feelings I have about this, is THANK YOU. I'm sure that a lot of teens who heard your talk feel the same way as I. Your talk changed a lot of how I looked at things. I absolutely loved it. I think that it had a major affect on me. It was the best talk I had ever been given and probably will be the best I will ever have in my entire life. The way you presented it was so cool. I understood it and I felt as if you understood me. It made me think about a lot of things. I also think that it was no ordinary "talk". Your "talks" probably have more affect on us teens because you are a younger couple, make things funny, you think about our feelings and how we understand things and turn them around. Also, you explain things more clearly, show us things that the media doesn't want us to know, use your own personal stories to show us what happens, and you make us\me feel as if I can completely open up to you. You make things funny, but yet at the same time it seems serious, and it is, but you use humor to make us understand more clearly and it comes to me\us. What I mean by you being a younger couple, is that if some old 47 year old couple were to give us that same talk we would not take it as seriously. I think that if teens listen to younger couples such as you guys we would listen and take it seriously. I think that couples like you should also give talks about, suicide, death of loved ones and other things like that. I am glad to know that you guys are doing this for a good cause for teens everywhere. Once again you really had a great affect on me and turned around my thoughts. Like for example, modesty on how I dress. I don't wear belly button shirts and mini skirts, but I could dress better, and because of you, I will. I like how Crystalina dresses, like a lady. I loved your talk."
"I'm from Newman, and I just wanted to say thank you. I know for a fact that your speech touched a lot of people and I think helped a lot of us in a way. Newman was long overdue for you to come and talk to us. It touched me personally because I am a virgin and for so long I had been uncomfortable about that. A lot of my good friends aren't anymore and I didn't feel comfortable when they talked about it. In a way I almost felt "uncool." For a long time I wanted to have sex so I could experience it. When you said all the things you did, I had never felt so proud of myself for respecting me and my body. I guess it was just a wake up call for everyone. I have gone this far without having sex and I know I can wait until marriage. I think it will be amazing on my wedding day with my husband. I think the wait is long worthwhile. You made it sounds so good to wait. You are an amazing guy and you deserve an awesome life. You reached through a lot of people that day and you really opened everyone's eyes. It was so nice to finally have a speaker who actually related to us students. You made me realize that there is so much to look forward to and that not having sex is not a big deal at all. I was really touched by your speech and I know everyone else was too. Thank you Jason for everything and for making people realize the truth. I want to thank you personally for making things a lot clearer for me and for saving me from doing something I know I would have regret in the end. You are awesome and I wish you the best of luck with your family!!! Thank you again...I know to many you acted as a messenger from God who finally got people to realize the truth about what really goes on."
"Hey, how are you doing? I am Nick, the one you talked to at BHS. Out of all the people I have talked to, you are the only one that seemed to understand everything that I felt. However, about the sex talk, I must say that I am a virgin, and that talk had a big impact on me. Well, out of all the friends I have, I am one of the few that is a virgin and I had a lot of pressure on me. But after that speech, My friends and I had a change in heart. I am gonna save myself for marriage, and I will keep that promise with me until I am married. But what I am trying to say is, thank you so much. You and Crystalina changed my life, and I thank you both so much for it. I will keep you both in my prayers, and I know that it was a blessing that the both of you visited our school, especially in a hard time during my life. Oh, by the way, can I still keep in contact with you both later on in this year, and college?"
"I just wanted to give a big 'Thank you' to you, Mr. Jason Evert. The assembly that you spoke at Wednesday was absolutely wonderful. Your speech about staying pure until marriage touched my heart more than any person ever has. I hope that one day I find a guy that truly values the importance of abstinence as well as you do. You're a inspiration and I can truly tell that you have changed the lives of many people. I'm one of them. I felt that God was speaking to all of us through you. You're an angel."
"Hey man...listen. First I have to tell you once again how amazing your speech is. You've changed me. Then on top of that, I had the blessing of hanging out with you after that whole deal at the restaurant and talking to you in the bathroom, as funny as that sounds. Ha ha - I'm laughing because you were talking to us about what women talk about in bathrooms, and then an hour later, there we are talking. But yeah, that was something that I sooo needed to hear from someone. I don't know how you'll take all this, really. Maybe you hear it all the time, or maybe not, but I have this belief. No one has told me, I just kinda believe it, that there are certain people among us who truly are angels sent in human bodies and who may not know it themselves. I think that if you're lucky enough, you get to meet at least one in your lifetime and you never forget it. Guess what? Last night I spent a good fifteen minutes in the bathroom of IHOP talking with one of them. Dude, maybe you won't remember me that well a year from now, with all the kids you'll talk to and meet and whose lives you'll change, but I will remember you for the rest of my life. I'm not joking, man. I was touched by you in a way that I had been praying for for so long. You are the miracle I've been praying for, man. Thanks!"
"Yours was the best talk I've ever heard. Especially a sex talk. Usually people are like, "Okay, sex talk." I groan and hope that it's short, but when I heard you, I wanted you to talk forever. What you were saying really made me want to pray for my future husband and make myself better for him."
"You came to my school and gave us the chastity talk about 3 1/2 months ago. In our health class, my teacher noticed that there were a number of students who were not here for it, so she played a video of you and Crystalina (or however you spell her name). And it was right there in that health class that I noticed how much I've grown since I decided to take your advice. The main reason behind this E-mail is that you deserve to know what your talk did to me. I just wanted to say thanks. If it wasn't for you, and what you do, and if I hadn't been at the right place at the right time, I would have continued on with such a vicious cycle that I can't even begin to describe. Now, instead of going on a wild goosechase for a little lust, I waited to find love, and I tested my boyfriend at the time to see if it was real love. Turns out he passed the test, and I couldn't be happier with my life. Thank you SOO much for doing what you do. Trust me, you had a HUGE impact on my school, and I'm sure that they all feel the same way as I do."
"Today is a day I will never ever forget. You and your speech changed me and I am grateful for that."
"The last time I heard your speech was a year ago, and I still think about everything you said all the time. You really do make a BIG difference in a lot of people's lives. Thanks."
"Your talk was by far the best morality-oriented talk I and many of my peers have ever heard. I know for a fact that you influenced many students' lives. I know personally many people who have permanently changed the way they make their choices regarding sex. The work you are doing is getting through to teenagers everywhere and is so unbelievably important and valuable."
"I really want to thank you. I have been struggling with not knowing how to help my friends for a long time now. It feels to me like God answered my cry for help by sending you to our school today."
"Thank you again for you wonderful speech. You are an excellent speaker and you really had a way of captivating my attention unlike other speakers who have come. No one could hold my attention like you did and I feel changed, even though I am a virgin. You speech helped me realize I want to keep it this way until I am married! Thanks again!"
"Okay, last night was a turning point in my life. I was debating on whether or not I should just give up on love and just start abusing what God gave to me by selling myself to others and lose my innocence, or should I really wait for what God has in store for me. I was kind of stuck in the middle. I'm so overwhelmed, but joyful that I went to your speech. It really touched me and I must say that no one else has ever convinced me with such correct statistics and true stories. I am sticking to being a virgin until I'm married and I give myself to God. I trust God enough to send me a great husband. I just want to thank you for helping me get through this doubtful, insecure situation. I still have a lot to learn, but you saved about 10 years of learning for me...so THANK YOU, JASON! Great job and keep up the awesome enthusiasm that you have."
"I just can't tell you enough how much I needed that talk you gave. It really took a lot of pressure off of me and in a way it brought me closer to God. I'll pray for you as you go to all the other schools and hope that you can help other girls or boys as much as you've helped me."
"When you got up there and spoke I was totally focused and I just loved your whole presentation. You were very blunt and straightforward and I think every word you spoke was the truth. Your an amazing presenter, when you spoke, it really touched me, I almost started to cry becuase everything you said was the truth, and I know God was speaking those words through you and that you're very passionate about your job. I probably would have never heard sex talk that involves God in it because like you said they only say that sex is bad and dont go much deeper into it. Before you talked to us up there I was planning to stay a virgin, but your encouragement has given me a deep strength and now I know that I'll stay pure for not only my husband, but for the Lord."
"I listened to the tapes and such and they where really, really good! You are so inspiring and actually i have some friends listening to your tape at this time and i they really loved it! You are changing lives dramastically! God Bless!"
"I really appreciate you coming and talking to our graduating class about that. I feel it really hit home for alot of girls and I have seen a big change in the way girls have been dressing and acting this past week. Thanks!"
"To be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to it because they are usually like don't have sex...blah blah blah... I can't even begin to tell you how much your speech hit to home. For the hour and 15 minutes that I sat and listened to you, I began to revaluate my life. I am a 17 year old senior girl, and I lost my virginity at the age of 16 to a boy who I thought I was completely and totally in love with. After about 6 months we decided to have sex. We broke up a week before our one month anniversary because he wasn't comfortable being around me anymore. I was devastated, what did I do wrong? I thought we were getting closer. After a few weeks we started talking again and me, a huge idiot, thought I was still in love with him, we turned into friends with benefits. Not smart. Still completely emotionally attached I kept thinking the more I did, the more he would want me back. Not the case. We stopped for awhile while he was involved in another girl and for me I decided to completely forget about it. How do you forget something like that? Jason you rock. You brought out my whole story in your whole speech. Thank you for everything you have given back to me...my hope especially. You are one of God's angels and I can't thank you enough."
"I was really shocked at how good your speech was and how it made me want to change. Since I have started high school I have had oral sex with at least 8 different guys just this year. I didn't realize what I was doing to my future husband or myself. I thought it was ok to want oral sex and to do it because it wasn't sex and because I have 7 sisters and I've heard a lot about it. Now I really want to stop. Thanks so much for changing my life. I will never forget ur speach."
"I loved your talk. I can't even begin to tell you how much it has changed me and my thinking! Just to let you know my school has started looking at rings and stuff, and we have a ceremony coming up. I am buying a ring and will be proud to wear it! Thank you for everything!"
"I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming to talk to us. You were an amazing speaker. I have to admit, at first I wasn't looking forward to it at all. You made it fun and interesting though. Kept my attention the whole time. And you also taught everyone (hopefully) something. I know I learned something. I learned it's ok to say no and it's ok to not get too involved with a guy. I used to think it was cool to say "I've done this with a guy" or "I've gone this far" but now I know that's not really what's important. So I just wanted to say thanks. You've touched me in a way no one else has or will be able to, for that matter. I can see you really care about what you talk about, and that means a lot to me as one of your listeners. There's so much more I want to say, but I have to get going. Thanks again!"
"I've read my book and I've signed my card. I feel like a changed person. The boy whom I like now respects me for who I am and understands what happened that day and thinks it is amazing I made that choice. Thanks to you I could set those rules for myself and have a back up if I needed it. Thank you to you and your wife. You both have had a big impact on my life. Thank you for helping me get back on the right track and changing myself. Again, Thank You!"
"It's amazing what a profound impact you've had on my life! First, you're the reason I wear a chastity ring. You made me see what I'm worth and what I deserve and because of that I've never lowered myself. Your book is truly inspirational!! I am buying it for all my friends as graduation presents and I'm spreading it rapidly. I keep it in my purse and even my hairdresser wants a copy! I know you'll agree when I say you gain so much more respect for someone when you're not very physical. Since my boyfriend and I stepped back I've gained so much more respect for him. We've grown closer, we respect each other more, we know we're doing what God wants, we've grown in our love, and we have so much more fun when we're together. All because we got rid of the stress of all the physical things. So I need to THANK YOU once again for saving me. And for helping revive our relationship because the physical-ness (is that a word?) was starting to slowly kill us. It's truly amazing how much we've grown by simply taking away a lot of the physical aspects of our relationship. It's so much better now! So thanks again, Jason, you've truly made me a better person. And you continue to do it every day. 'If You Really Loved Me' is truly amazing and it is so affirming. I just want to hand it out to every person I meet! :-)"
"Hello, my name is Ted, and just wanna say, first and foremost, that I, along with all of the students, thank you so much for giving us your talk. When you came 3 years ago, your talk truly changed my life and the way I look at sex. Today, I talked to tons of fellow students who said that you truly touched them and made a difference. I, along with every other teen in the world, have struggled with "sex stuff" throughout my life. Since hearing your talk today, though, I have been thinking non-stop about what I wanna do with my sexuality...that is, save it. I'm tired of being told by other people that I (and my peers) should have sex! It's so refreshing to hear somebody speak so passionately about saving sex till marriage."
"I just wanted to say thanks. You really got a good message across to my friends in and outside of my school. You really made some awesome points that you backed up with facts. There is a definite change in a lot of people in their views on chastity. I never really saw how much advantage there was to waiting. But now when I think about it I don't see how people don't wait. In high school there is SO much stuff that doesn't make sense, but finally you taught me something that makes complete sense."
"Thanks for bringing me closer to where I should be."
"I just wanted to say to you again how much I appreciated what you said in your speech, for it really affected my ways of thinking about God and myself. This is odd for me to think of God this way and feel the way I feel for myself. You made me feel as if I am free. I felt that I was hiding something inside of me and I was unable to express how I feel about my life and I felt scared, actually. Thank you and God Bless!"
"Hey Jason, worked everything out with my bf and he did change a lot of things according to your speech. He was extremely sorry and to this day and forward we are going to be totally free from any sexual activities thanks to you! You have made a tremendous difference in my life and I want to thank you so much. If it wasn't for you and your outstanding speech I would probably still be in my unhappy relationship and in a world of confusion. I read you wife's story and it was amazing... tell her thank you so much! i was also wondering if you had any of those cards left that maybe you could send me and a couple of my friends!"
"You're speech still gets to me. I'm so happy that God put you on my path in life. I was highly depressed and had just given up. Now, I believe I'm worth something and I'm no longer sexually active. I'm very thankful for all that you have given me."
"I just wanted to thank you once again for speaking at our school in Wisconsin Rapids, you really touched my life, because the day before you came, yea I was pretty much in denial of God and my faith."
"Actually I am really happy with myself and I really think you are part of it. Yes, attention from boys feels good but knowing that I'm too good for half of them feels even better."
"I thought that the speech that you gave my school was the best that I have ever heard...My classmates also thought so too. You covered the topics well, you could relate to us, and you kept our attention on a subject that we hear about every year-I didn't get sick of listening to you talk about chastity. I'm a virgin and all of my friends are too. Before you spoke, we all thought that we were doing something wrong and were weird... we kept wondering if maybe we acted a different way, guys may like us and want to be with us. After your talk though, my friends and I were so happy and had a renewed kind of strength to keep on being respectful to ourselves- but also respectful to guys and God. We know now that there is absolutely nothing wrong with us and we are just doing our job as daughters and future spouses."
"I thank you both so very much. I am a teen who is has a hard time changing my mind, and my friends know I'm a hard person to change, and I'm not into the whole religions or church stuff. I have had one girlfriend and I lost my virginity to her, about three months later we broke up. I thought whatever know I need sex and wanted to just hook up with another girl with no worries, and I watch a lot of porn. I didn't think much of it and thought this is what I was just going to do. But the seminar you gave today at my school, I thought we were going to have another boring talker come up and lecture us about how we should be, and "your all bad if your not like that" bla bla bla... But you and your wife could actually relate to us telling us things that will, and may have already happened to us. Also telling how telling about your past and how you both had messed up, but then changed and moved on. This made me start to think like wow maybe I shouldn't do the stuff I was thinking about it might effect my future relationships and possibly ruin and relationship with a girl a want to be with. Because what you said is true if they really love you, they can wait to have sex till marriage, because you will hopefully be with each other for the rest of your life so there is something to be looking forward to with each other. What you both said to me today helped me greatly, I'm sorry if I'm boring you, but this to me is a big deal, because I have never responded back to someone before that I have heard in a assembly, or have been so inspired by two great people's stories and advice, so I thank you both so very much, I talked to Jason after the assembly for a minute then I picked up a little pamphlet and the book you had outside, but when I went to get a Chastity card they were gone so I asked the campus minister about it and she said you will be sending more and I can pick them up later, the first chance I get I will pick one up and sign it, a keep it in my wallet and one day give it to my wife to show here that yes I messed up, but I changed and I have proof, I will follow this card, to show my future wife that I respect her before I even knew her, just as you two had chose to do. Some of my friends were effect by your talk just as I was and I was happy to see it, but some saw it as and let down which made girls start to think they could say no, so their "hook-ups" would stop, which mad me pissed, because they completely missed the point of what you had talked about. I can honestly say I am a good guy, who just happened to do some things that on the outside made me different, but was not who I truly was, so now that you have talked to me the real me will start to shine. I'd like to thank you both so much again you have impacted my life greatly and I will always remember it and share this story with my future wife who will hopefully gone through a change such as me, or have even been so pure to stay and wait until she meet and married me. But I will not be able to give my future wife my virginity which I regret, but I can show here that I made a change in my life the day I was talked to by an amazing couple who helped me, and I can show her that I respected her enough that I stopped what I was doing wrong and turned my life around for her before I even knew her I could do this for her. Now, I don't care if my friends laugh and make fun of me because I know you Jason were right when you said "It doesn't matter what they say to you now or make fun of you, because you can write it all down then when your standing at the alter looking at your beautiful wife, you know you did what was right and it got you here". Thank you again so much."
"I just wanted to email you and thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving your speech and reminding me of my morals. Before you came to our school I was in a 9 month off/on relationship with a junior (I'm a freshman). All my parents did was complain about our 3 year age difference, but I didn't care at all...I was in love. After a while all this guy wanted to do was oral sex...now I had always promised myself that I would wait until my wedding night for sex, but I figured with him since it was just oral and I was really in love it was ok. Then he started not to care about me as much, I couldn't tell at the time, but now I can see it was so obvious. At the same time this was going on, my parents found out that I had a cutting and alcohol problem, so I began to see a counselor once a week. But my counselor also began to talk to me about my dad, and everything came out. I told her the way my dad would come home drunk all the time and begin to yell at me for things I hadn't even done, tell me a was worthless and didn't deserve to live in his house, then he would punch me, slap me, anything, and go to bed. I also told her about my boyfriend. She told me how she could tell that he was not the right guy for me and I deserved much much better, but I told her I was in love with Ryan and all I wanted to do was be with him. She explained to me that many times, girls who don't have good relationships with their fathers often don't have good relationships with the other men in their life. I wanted to believe her...but I was scared to lose my boyfriend ...he was my security blanket. After a few weeks I realized that my counselor was right and I was wrong, but I still couldn't give up Ryan, but then you came to our school!! Hearing what you said, everything my counselor told me, was amazing. I don't know if it was hearing it from someone else or just the way you presented it, but it sank in. The next day, I told Ryan we were over for good. It was one of the hardest things I've done, but instantly I knew it was for the best. I regret the things I did with Ryan, but I am so happy I got out of that awful relationship, before I gave him the most precious and valuable thing I have...MY VIRGINITY!!! Thank you so much again."
"There used to be a time where I wanted to have sex with a guy just to get him to like me, although I never did. I know now that I want to abstain from sex until marriage. I know that the relationship with the guy wouldn't last, he would only be using me for sex and it's not worth me giving up my self worth just to have a boyfriend who doesn't even like me. I want to thank you. I feel like I can tell you anything and that makes me extremely happy. I watched you and your wife's video in my health class and thought it was pretty good, but seeing and hearing you in person was even better. I have friends that once didn't care if they have sex before marriage now going to abstain until marriage and I am one of those people. Thanks so much."
"Me and my friends have all made tremendous achievements with all of our relationships thanx to the both of you! you guys are so wonderful and are greatly appreciated and are truly a blessing gift from god! thank you so much!!"
"I want to say that I've always known that I was going to save sex for marriage, but that would be not true. I didn't always know, but lucky for me I got to hear you speak before I made the mistake of losing my virginity. I want to tell you that I believe what you're doing is wonderful. You changed my life. You made me soo how important I am, that I am more than my body. I have a brain, a personality, a sense of humor, a heart. You showed me that I don't have to be afraid to set my standards high because anyone who really loves me, who cares about me, should look deeper than the outside and should see that I am worth waiting for, I AM worth more. Someone who really loves me for who I am would wait a million years for me, I see that now. I know some people who think only unattractive people save themselves because they can't get anyone to have sex with them, well I don't believe that's true, because I am attractive. I am a very competitive person and a "I do what I want" kind of a person, to a limit of course, and personally if a boy makes a remark such as "don't be prude" I walk away knowing I'm not prude, I'm just better than that, thanks to you. Before that little voice in my head was very soft but now it's loud, and very much there- thanks to you. I don't believe I will ever be able to tell you how much you have moved me, Honestly. You are blessed Jason, you are blessed with a gift from God. You really are. He blessed you and you are strong enough to take that gift and share it with the world. Thank you so much again."
"At first when I heard that we were having a chastity talk i'll admit I was sooooo thrilled..(sarcasim) but when we got in the gym from the moment you started talking to the moment you were finished, I was amazed. I know you probably get a gazillion emails like this almost everyday, but it has to make you feel good that you might of prevented at least one couple or maybe over 1000 couples from having sex and staying chaste and pure for later on in their lives. You did for me. Me and my boyfriend of a year and four months have been contemplating doing it for a while now. We were gunna try it one night, we came really REALLY close, but we decided not to because we didn't have a condom. But now after your talk him and I already talked about it and we decided that we are going to wait, then we signed our chastity cards together. It meant so much more to me then I thought it would. We've done alot of stuff so far, almost everything but, and I told him I don't know how much I want to do it anymore. He knows this now and he always has but now he knows for sure. Kids everywhere should hear your talk."
"I just wanted to tell you that I was really touched by your speech.. normally I don't pay attention to those things at all… but when you were speaking you got to me… you really pointed out things that got my attention.. I've decided that I want to change my life.. and that its possible for me to turn around my life.. I haven't done anything I think is bad.. but some might.. I have only been with one guy..and I thought I was in love with him.. I know I did love him.. we were together for a year and then we decided to have sex on both parts..and about 6 months after that he broke up with me.. telling me that he didnt want to be with someone right now.. and it crushed me.. I felt the lowest in my life..and I felt like I had made the biggest mistake of my life... and it took someone like you to help me realize that even though we have all made mistakes you can make up for them..and thats what im going to do.. make up for it..i just havnt had anyone like you tell me its okay.. that we all make mistakes.. and it doesnt make you a bad person.. I thank you SO much for that.. and I hope you touch many other lives like you did mine.. I wish you and your wife the best of luck.. she seems like a great person..and I hope one day I will have what you and your wife share.. LOVE."
I just wanted to thank you again. You really changed my life. And i truly believe if it wasn't for your speech and God's advice I would have done something I would have regretted. You have really changed my life and for the better. I find this really funny but because of temptation I have downloaded your talk onto my ipod and I listen to it when I'm down or thinking about doing something that could jepordize my purity. But anyways thank you very much!!! You have touched my life in more ways than one. I am very glad you came to my school.
My name is Jeff. Going into today's assembly, I really did not know what to expect. I figured that we would get a sex talk about sex. The way you told things was an eye opener to me. Your words have changed my life forever. After signing my card, I feel better about things. For me, the card acts like a reassurance. When I'm in a sexual situation, I will know that that card is helping tell me what is write and what is wrong. Ever since you were in our auditorium today, I've been running through my mind, all the things we talked about. I must have learned at least 100 things from you today. I cannot even begin to put into words what an effect you have had on my life. The timing of your entrance into St. Joes could not have been any more perfect, and I speak for my school when I say that. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for coming to my school today to talk. I wasnt sure what to expect going into the talk and I'm not going to lie, I thought it was going to be a joke. But your talk made me think so much and I
actually feel a lot better after hearing it. Two months ago my on and off boyfriend/best friend of three years broke up with me and I hadnt seen it coming. In the past year he and I had started having sex but I felt as if it were okay because I loved him. I felt as if I had given him everything I possibly could have, and that it just didn't matter to him. I've felt used and empty since we broke up, but your talk today made me realize that I can start over, regardless of what happened in the past and that I need to learn to respect myself a lot more and I thank you for that.
I know im not pure ne more and i long for that back , and have decided to wait until marriage, and turn my life around and become more like god. Jason, i couldn't thank you enough in a lifetime in how much an hour can change someone's life like you do. It's amazing. You changed my life, and some of my friends. I love to e-mail with you more, because I feel like I already trust you. Thank You.
I'm 15 -years-old and a sophomore. In my opinion, this was by far the best assembly that we have had all year. I could tell that the whole school thought the same as me because absolutely everyone was talking about how you changed their thoughts and in every class the teachers had time throughout the class to discuss you lecture. Also, I wanted to thank you because when you told one of the stories it described mine and my boyfriend's situation perfectly. We have been going out for 6 months and I know that he loves me because the only thing that we've done is kiss and he doesn't rush me into anything that I don't want to do. It was only last week that the both of us decided to have sex. We haven't because I only brought it up last week. I thought I was all ready and absolutely nothing was going to change my mind, but your t
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