Jesus Please Don't Touch Me There with Mitzi Carrasquillo of Loved, Healed, & Restored (Part Two)
Victoriously surviving Sexual Abuse and Rape, Mitzi’s primary purpose in life is to love, heal, and restore all women suffering from childhood Sexual Abuse and teenage Rape. She expresses her knowledge and wisdom through God’s Word – The Holy Bible. Her first book, “In Jesus Name, Please Don’t Touch Me There” (2006) reveals her journey of how the Word of God saved her life and how there is nothing you can’t overcome in Christ. Raised in the inner city of Boston, Mitzi has continually searched for answers throughout her life. God’s love, healing, and restoration changed her life and have given her the courage and strength to move forward in her assignment to help others. She received God’s assignment to “bring those out of darkness” under the leadership of Extraordinary Pastors Dwayne and Kitt Brewington while attending Victory Christian Church International in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The vision for Loved, Healed and Restored is derived from 1 Peter 2:9, But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Her commitment is “To encourage and empower others there is restoration from darkness and a purposeful life after any storm”… Last year (2017) Mitzi released her second book, the “Loved, Healed & Restored Daily Journal”. This book is an excellent tool to journal, pray or for simply capturing your thoughts, visions and dreams. Since 2006, Mitzi has diligently worked as a Victim Advocate engaged primarily with victims of sexual assault. She is a passionate and inspiring speaker who uses her traumatic experiences to advocate for sexual assault awareness. She served as a member of the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) Speaker’s Bureau, the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization; Volunteer Outreach Worker, Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program (VASAP); and on the Victims In Need, Inc. (VIN) Board; member of Christian Authors On Tour (CAOT), among other related experience. Mitzi gave public presentations on sexual assault issues and statistics for purposes of training, information and awareness development. She does volunteer event planning and training. She is also the Founder of the Loved, Healed and Restored online newsletter. She has received many praises and positive reviews for her recognition and appreciation for her excellence, commitment, dedication and tireless devotion to victims and survivors of sexual assault in their journey towards healing. Mitzi resides in Brockton, Massachusetts, married to her loving husband Jose: they are the parents of three beautiful children and two adorable grandsons. She attends Jubilee Christian Church in Stoughton, Massachusetts under the guidance of the highly favored Pastor Matthew and Mona Thompson. In this episode, Mitzi discusses: How the support of her husband, therapy, the advocates who worked her and her daughter's behalf, and a neighbor her introduced her to Christ finally brought her healing The different elements of her own advocacy work and how she's helped other women after being able to help herself Her intentions to author her third book on healing after the sudden loss of her mother and younger brother and how she's used the same tools to be able to cope with death and sexual trauma