Meet Porshe Smiley of W.A.I.T. (Women Abstaining In spite of Temptation) in Cobb and Fulton County

Today we’d like to introduce you to Porshe Smiley.

Porshe, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
Since graduating from Clark Atlanta University, I’ve made it my personal mission to mentor young girls in all areas of life. Through my love of helping others and obedience to God, I started a non-profit organization entitled W.A.I.T. that stands for Women Abstaining In-spite of Temptation. The Organization focuses on abstaining from sex until marriage while providing a plethora of programs for girls to grow and become noble women in their respective communities. After a failed five-year relationship, I felt as though God was telling me that I needed to take sex out of the equation of my life and focus on my assignment from Him. I felt as though I was talking to God all the time about His will for my life and never hearing His voice. He, then, revealed to me that He was there all the long and because I was so distracted, I could not hear him. Over the past four in a half years, God has revealed so much more to me. I found purpose, peace, and real answers to why God wanted me to wait. It is not easy, but I know I’m ‘Worth the Wait.’

Currently in a healthy, loving, growing relationship with a man who loves me and respects all aspects of what I stand for.

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
This has not been a smooth road and the odds were definitely stacked against me. I mean for one, I live in Atlanta. As a young, beautiful, educated professional (as intriguing as that sounds ;-)) women with those titles come a dime a dozen in this city. To add to this difficulty, the infamous man to woman ratio in Atlanta is three to one. Once you narrow that list down to eligible men that you would actually date, the ratio jumps to six women for everyone eligible man. Now, last but certainly not least, let’s throw in the fact that I have decided to abstain from sex until I am married. Once guys figure this part out, they are normally out the door. The ones that stay a few months leave after they realize they are not going to be “THE ONE” that changes my mind. I honestly take it all with stride. Every time I meet someone new, I have a conversation with God, asking him to reveal what’s real and to also remove anyone that he didn’t send. Honey, they drop like flies. At first, this was a real struggle, I felt as if maybe my abstaining was something I should keep to myself and not be as upfront so that they could get to know ‘me.’ I have since realized that being obedient to God’s word IS ME. Period! It started to be a sigh of relief when a guy would randomly stop calling or disappear. I would say to myself, “YES” glad I didn’t have to wait two months, six months, eight months to find out his real intentions. Eventually, it felt good to know I was choosing God over my temptations.

We’d love to hear more about your work.
With W.A.I.T., I wanted to create a platform that not only allowed me to be obedient to what God was telling me to do, but I also wanted to create something for other young women like myself who wanted to challenge the norm. I wanted to create a community of women who wanted to love themselves more than their current situations. A place where women could come together, share their experiences, inspire one another through testimonials and to also be an inspiration to women who have never even thought about abstaining. After three years of traveling to conferences all over to speak, last year, I put on the First Annual ‘Worth The Wait’ Women’s Forum. I invited married couples who abstained to share the ups, downs, good and bad of waiting until marriage. I invited handsome men who were abstaining between the ages of 24-30 to share what it’s like from a man’s perspective. There were beautiful, successful women there to share their experience along with musicians, food, giveaways and so much more. In less than four years, it brings me real joy to know that I have inspired thousands of women around the US. Every other day, there are young women reaching out to me just to say thank you. Women who are inspired by my story and intrigued to learn more about ways to overcome temptation. Mothers reaching out to thank me for encouraging their daughters and women who have always given in to temptations telling me they want to give abstaining a try. This reminds me that the platform is much bigger than me. I believe what set me apart is, even though I started this because of my personal religious views, I don’t make people feel as though they have to believe what I believe to join the abstaining family. I show women that you can be beautiful, successful, outspoken, and live your BEST life, all while treating your body as a temple.

What were you like growing up?
Growing up, I have never been one to just do something because everyone else was doing it. In high school, I was very athletic and in the top 10% of my class academically. After realizing paying $1000.00 to be on the dance squad for the football team was of the question, I started my own dance squad for the basketball team. I was the vice president of my senior class and the only virgin of all my friends until my last year, the second semester. Though I was really good at leading my own way and setting my own trends, I gave in to the temptation of sex at the age of 18. Like so many other puppy love relationships, I just knew I would be with my high school sweetheart forever. Forever turned into two months of me being away in college. Since then, I have learned so much about my body, soul ties and sex and the importance of abstaining.

Contact Info:

• Phone: 2055864965
• Email: letswaitinfo@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/letswait1
• Other: https://www.paypal.me/lletswait

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