Jessica Jones

Starting Date: August 2010

Home State: Wyoming

Prayer Requests:

-That God would continue to grow me

-That I will learn more and more about the Bible

-That I will stand up for my faith and that I will share the Word of God everywhere I go

-That I will be a good example to others

Testimony: In 2006 I went on my first team to the Faroe Islands. I had heard all the stories about what Boot Camp was like from friends who had gone before. I had no desire to go on a team because I thought that God was a waste of time. I remember that for the past year people were always asking me, “So how is your relationship with the Lord doing?” and “What have you been reading in your Bible lately?” I would get so mad at them and completely ignore their question and walk off. Every once in a while I would give a good Christian answer like, “Oh I’m reading about David and Goliath.” I hated God, I hated my parents and I hated my brother. To me, my life was fine without God. I found pleasure in doing mean things. When April 2006 came around, I was practically forced to go on a Teen Missions team.

So I went on the team and all during Boot Camp I didn’t talk at all. I thought people were stupid for coming on a Teen Missions team to serve the Lord. I didn’t like any of the classes and I couldn’t stand devotions. I was horrible; but half-way through the summer I decided to give it all to Christ.  After getting several SB’s, I had finally realized for the first time in my life that I had sinned and that I needed God in my life. So I repented of my sins, apologized to my leaders, and accepted Christ into my life. From then on, the rest of the summer was enjoyable. I began to fall in love with the Bible and I wanted to know more. It became hard for me to put down the Bible.

Since that time I have been on three other teams. In ’07 I went to the Philippines, ’08 Malawi Choir and in ’10 I went as a leader on Peru Church. Each year God has grown me, taught me lessons, and I have matured more. In 2008, God placed in my heart the desire to go to BMW. But after skipping a year of Teen Missions, I began to lose that desire or just kind of ignored God because I was too scared to go to BMW. But He kept at me – He would bring up Teen Missions in conversations that I had with random people. Pretty soon I felt the need to go back to Teen Missions. He provided everything I needed. It has been a blessing being here and I am so happy that I am where God wants me.