"God wants you to have great sex," Pam Stenzel said Tuesday atEmens Auditorium.
"It just needs to happen in the boundary for which it wascreated," she added.
That boundary is marriage, the abstinence speaker said, andthroughout her "Sex, Love and Relationships" program, Stenzel mixedSTD statistics with Christian values.
The facts and beliefs balanced well, sophomore Jenna Doerfflersaid.
"She didn't push God so much, and that was important," Doerfflersaid. "The statistics helped. That way we knew that she wasn't justmaking it up."
For example, Stenzel said only 30 percent of the world's 30known STDs are curable. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) kills morepeople than AIDS, and tests for it cost $1,000, she said. Eventhen, detection could take up to three years, she said.
Facts like these shocked sophomore Kristina Wood.
"That's something we should have heard before college," Woodsaid.
The teenage girls who Stenzel counseled at the Crisis PregnancyCenter in Chicago were always afraid of pregnancy, Stenzel said.But they should've worried more about diseases, Stenzel said,because the girls had four times greater chance of contractingthem.
Wood said she was so impressed by the speaker's program that shebought the CD and book "Sex Has A Pricetag" for her roommates.
"I think everyone needs to hear this stuff," Wood said. It'sworth the $15. At least I know that I did something to helpthem."
Freshman Kim Cherry said she already knew the show's facts andpunchlines. She attended five of Stenzel's prior performances,including the Teen Mania's youth conference "Acquire the Fire" inIndianapolis.
"It's always interesting, " Cherry said. "The way she speaks...she tells the truth blatantly. She's really dynamic."
Stenzel's speech featured an opening act. Jeff Hughes, theOnEighty (180) youth worship leader at Muncie's Union Chapel,performed songs with four of his friends.
"I thought they were awesome," Jones said. "I'm a big fan ofworship music."
Stenzel will visit Muncie's Southside and Central high schoolson Wednesday. Southside student Whitney Jones hopes that studentswill receive the same performance they did at Emens.
"I'm praying that God will open kids' hearts, minds and ears."Jones said. "(I hope) that her message doesn't fall on closedhearts and ears," she continued.
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