Inside Story

Fashion for Jesus

by Sandra Dombrowski

A fashion show in New York City is about to start. Photographers get their cameras ready to take pictures. The models wait to walk down the runway. They wear the newest and most beautiful fashions.

The woman who runs the show is Isabelle. Isabelle is backstage. There, she prays with the models before she sends them down the runway in front of the crowds.

Isabelle knows many famous people who make clothes. She also knows many famous movie stars who wear them. But these things are not the reason for Isabelle’s happiness. What gives her joy is the work for God that Bryant Park Life Hope Center is doing. This center is in the city. Here, Seventh-day Adventists are touching lives and teaching people about Jesus.

Isabelle grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was taught that we must win people to Jesus. Isabelle was a ballet dancer, a model, and even a skateboarder. Now she makes beautiful clothes for people to wear. Whatever Isabelle does in life, she does for Jesus. In the past, Isabelle got injured badly. Jesus healed Isabelle from her terrible pain. Now Isabelle wants to serve Jesus even more.

God healed Isabelle just before the Life Hope Center opened, in 2021. Isabelle says, “At that time so many miracles happened. I wanted everybody to know what God did for me. So, when Life Hope Center leaders asked for volunteers, I said Yes.”

God gave Isabelle much success in the fashion business. She can meet people few Seventh-day Adventists can meet. She can go places where few of us get the chance to go. Isabelle uses her fashion shows to bring people close to Jesus in their hearts.

Isabelle’s ads for her fashion shows share her love for Jesus. Isabelle explains, “In every collection of fashion I do, I always ask the audience to look into their hearts. I want them to think about their actions and behavior. I want them to ask, ‘Is there a God out there? Should I change? Is there hope for me?’ ”

Isabelle adds, “After Fashion Week, the people who worked with me call me up on the phone just to hear my voice! They say my voice gives them peace. I know that’s God, because I talk too fast to be peaceful!” Isabelle prays with her models, her workers, and anyone in the fashion business who is nervous or under pressure. Some people ask Isabelle what church she goes to. They say, “Wherever you go, I want to go.” Then Isabelle brings them to Life Hope Center for a program or Bible studies. Or she takes them to a nearby Seventh-day Adventist church.

Isabelle uses every part of her life to win people to Jesus. What if every follower of Jesus today did the same thing?

Provided by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission, which uses Sabbath School mission offerings to spread the gospel worldwide. Read new stories daily at https://AdventistMission.org .