Songs.

Temporary Home, by Carrie Underwood.


Little boy, 6 years old
A little too used to bein' alone
Another new mom and dad,another school
Another house that'll never be home
When people ask him how he likes this place
He looks up and says with a smile upon his face
"This is my temporary home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through
This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this is my
Temporary Home."
Young mom on her own
She needs a little help got nowhere to go
She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out
Because a half-way house will never be a home
At night she whispers to her baby girl
Someday we'll find a place here in this world
"This is our temporary home
It's not where we belong
Windows and rooms that we're passin' through
This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going
I'm not afraid because I know this is our
Temporary Home.
Old man, hospital bed
The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers don't cry for me
I'll see you all someday
He looks up and says "I can see God's face"
"This is my temporary Home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through
This was just a stop,on the way To where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this was
My temporary home."
This is our temporary home

I absolutely love this song its so true, I mean this world is just our temporary home people are going to stab us in our backs, guys are going to brake our hearts, there is going to be lots of let downs. but this is only our temporary home its just a place we are passing through. When we get to our destination it is going to be amazing!




Joe Nichols, Gimmie that Girl.


Hang up that red dress,
let down your hair,
cancel those reservations
don't need to go no where.
As good as your looking right now,
girl bet your thinkin I'm crazy,
there's a side of you that I wanna see
that never ceases to amaze me.

Gimme that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimme that girl.
Gimme that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimme that girl, gimme that girl.

Gimme the girl thats beautiful,
without a trace of makeup of on,
barefoot in the kitchen,
singing her favorite song.
Dancing around like a fool,
starring in her own little show,
gimme the girl the rest of the world,
ain't lucky enough to know.


Gimme that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimme that girl.
Gimme that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimme that girl, gimme that girl


I dont know why I just love this song =)

Snow <3

So we finally got snow like three or four day ago. I acted like such a little kid haha. I absolutely love the snow, Me and my brother kept bugging my parents until they finally let us go out haha. We had loads of fun, there was so much snow in some parts of our yard that it came up to me knees. I think that it was the best snow we have had that i can remember haha. Well anyway we made a big snow man Jacob helped us her looked pretty cool, until the other day he started melting and his head fell off well i tried to put it back on but I dropped it and it broke so Christopher told me I murdered frosty =/ oops my bad haha. Then when we were sledding Me and Christopher made a ramp out of snow and well when I tried it out it went pretty fast till i hit the truck at our neighbors haha. But it was still fun. Well anyways her is some pictures.

Christmas Time is coming.

So I absolutely can not wait until Christmas, I love it when they start playing Christmas music and i love all the Christmas cartoons. haha.

So Savannahs birthday was the 9th, and she had her party the 11th. I was lots of fun, instead of a cake her mom made this huge cookie and we cut it like a pizza it was pretty yummy. Its was funny we were eating the cookie cake and waiting for Jennifer and Tony to get back with the pizza and Matt (savannahs brother-in-law) says lets watch rudaulf So we all sat down in front of the tv to watch our Christmas cartoons haha.

Then today we went to the Christmas parade. I like froze half to death haha. So when I was little I only went to the Christmas parade for then candy. Well im not sure whats wrong with kids now, they would just look and watch it hit the ground and not pick it up. When I was little if there was canday I was in the middle of the road getting it haha. I guess its better in a way haha, you dont have to worry about them eating all the suger. But dont worry I still filled my pockets =) haha.

Well im getting ready to go to a Christmas Party so I guess this is all for now.




Until Next Time,
Jessie <3

December.

Sorry I know that I havent wrote in awhile ive been a little busy haha. I went in November to see New Moon with Savannah,Amy, and Katie, and of course it was amazing. I repainted my room Savannah helped it was loads of fun, we mad some what of a mess but my parents should have known we would I mean they left a 14 & 15 year old home alone to paint a room hahaha, we had a blast I painted it lime green & turquoise Blue. Me and Savannah had a paint fight while we were at it haha, we went over to her house after we painted it to get something and her mom looks at us and we were covered in paint and she says I will never let you help again, I think she was joking though haha.




My awful trim job (hahahahhahaha)

Hahahaha That's what Besties are for!




We had fun! That's all that matters!







On Thanksgiving we went to my Grandmas and had a big supper, it was pretty fun.

But lately ive pretty much spent my time in school, at Savannah's, working on my Christmas play part, or reading.
I'm not really sure what to wright about haha, not much has happened.

Well it's December which means cold weather, I really like the cold weather that much unless it snows. I absolutely love the snow, im praying we have a big snow this winter. My dad said when he was little that they would have up to two and three foot of snow, so that's my prayer for this winter is that we get a lot of snow. I would even be happy with a foot as long as its more then three inches haha. I don't really think we are going to have a big Christmas this year, but as long as its spent with Family I guess that's all that matters. Our Christmas play is December 20th and I am so nervous. I have one of the main parts thanks to Savannah haha. You see I was sick and could not make it to the first practice so Lisa let Savannah help pick parts, well this year they had six big speaking parts and Lisa was trying to figure out who would put there heart into it and be good at it, So Savannah said Jessie will do it hahaha. So in our skit thing I now have the role of the older sister. But I guess that's what Friends are for because if it were not for her I would have said no way and never would have stepped out of my comfort zone, our drama teacher tends to say that you know you are doing a good job when you fell stupid. Well my part I have to have a cocky attitude, and I definitely feel stupid doing it, so maybe ill do a good job.

Well I guess im going to head to bed we have our Christmas Parade tomorrow, i cant wait.


Until Next Time,
Jessie

Bored

sorry I haven't wrote in awhile ive been pretty busy.

so the last time I wrote was a month or two ago so alot has happened lol

lets see well we had our county fair and this year there was not much there at all it keeps getting worse every year I wish they would just get a good fair group in there. But even though there was not much there I had alot of fun, I hung out with Savannah, Andrew, Amy, and Tiffany, haha and I got on the dizzy apples with Andrew & his friend and the kept spinning it really fast so I wound up making myself sick =/ oh and then we were looking at the animals and Andrews friend (i don't remember her name to save my life) but she took Andrews hat well I took it from her and Savannah had just started to pet the horse well I ran past her and when I did I scared the horse well it jumped up and scared Savannah well then I screamed and everyone around me started laughing, I felt so stupid haha.


and we had game room at church and for once in my life I was good at voile ball haha most of the time I cant even hit it over the net lol.


and Lisa & Danny (youth Pastors) took us to the Classic Dixie Fair it was so much fun we separated into groups and were aloud just to go and ride stuff well me, Tyler, Cullen, & Savannah could not figure out how to read the map so we did not even get to ride half the stuff there cause there is four different parts and we could not find our way around lol. But it was so much fun, and Savannah finally talked me into riding the zipper it was so much fun until it flipped and I hit my head on the bar in front of me. HAHA and I spent $15.00 on games and did not win a single thing and I played like five games haha I wasted alot of money haha but it was fun!


oh and My bunny died a little over a week ago =( So momma got me a puppy and I named her Allie she is the smartest dog I have ever met. She is six months old, if I leave her alone for even 5 minutes she starts crying real tears its kinda funny, but I have not heard her bark since I got her she is like the best dog in the world =) and she is very spoiled lol.


well I guess im going to get ready for bed I just thought since I was bored I would wright


Until Next Time,

Jessie <3

Friends

Sometimes we have to find out hard ways who our true friends are but in the end you always find out there was always that one person who will stand by you no matter what, even if you did not know they were there. So called friends will surprise you with things like that, if they think they are going to look bad because you do whats right, and then your left standing there by yourself feeling like your whole world just fell apart because someone you thought was your friend pretty much just walked out of your life. But then you realize the one person you always thought was a little more weird or got on your nerves was the one person willing to stand beside you when everyone else walked out. I hate it when stuff like this happens but I guess in the end its good, I know now that some people I thought never even cared the least little bit about me was the only person willing to stand by me. and to me thats a friend sent by God, I friend that you should always stick by, and even thought I had to get hurt to find out who that was im glad I did. So thanks for being my friend when no one else would.


until next time


~Jessie~

missions trip

so i am not going to wright 9 more blogs for the nine more days I was gone because right now im using a really slow computer so it takes forever to wright a blog and post it but I will tell you about most of it in this blog.


So we finally make it too New York and we all were very excited. They pulled the bus up and told us to leave our stuff in it that we were going to eat lunch, so we had good ol peanut butter and jelly lol, and we met some of the metro staff. we were suppose to have to eat pb&js for the rest of our trip but the people who worked for metro found that mean so they said we would only eat pb&js for lunch that they would cook us supper. and after all that they took us to where we were going to stay and it was in a really run down building and there was only 4 showers for 50 some girl and we only had 30 minutes in the mornings to get ready and we had to clean the place every morning but we had no cleaner so we just had to find ways to make it look clean, I found out since our group was so big that I would not be going to Manhattan I would be going down in the Bronx which is a really ruff part of New York. and then we went to church later that night and got to meet a bunch of the kids from around there.


after a few days we started going out and starting side walk Sunday school, it was so much fun to get out there a play with the kids, but it was not all fun and games. We started out doing alot of games and giving out prizes and as it got later we would get all the kids to come sit down and then we would start our lesson and drama it was amazing at what alot of these kids had came from and how broken they felt, when alter call came they would just come up front and start crying and asking how they could know more about Jesus. But the first few day I really did not feel I was doing much good I had not really got into a conversation about God with any of them and so I started praying that the Lord would just use me in whatever way possible. Through side walk Sunday school we did not only try to reach the kids but we tried to reach the adults too, after I had prayed it was the first day we got to do our drama and a little old lady came up to me and gave me a hug and told me I had changed her life, I told her it was not me that God had only used me. and come to find out she was the grandma to some of the children there and she was trying to raise them by herself so before she left I made sure that she got a bag of food to take with her. Its amazing how God works I saw him do so many things while I was in New York, its way to many to ever tell. The last day that we did side walk Sunday school that asked all the teens with teen mania to come up front that they wanted us to pray with the children who wanted prayer so we were standing up front and a little girl who i had played with all day came running to me, she was 9 years old, I cant remember her name to save my life but I remember everthing she told me, she asked me to pray for her mom and dad that they were always really mean to her and her sister but she would not tell me what they did to be mean to her so I prayed with her and when I was done I told her that God loved her and that I loved her and she looked at me and started crying and just kept saying YOU LOVE ME, I dont know if anyone had never told her they loved her or what but she just sat in my lap carying and then she begged me not to leave her when it was time for me to go and I just started crying, and I knew right then and there that thats why the Lord wanted me on this trip to show the kids that people did love them and that he loved them so much that he would die to save them. I know I want to go back to New York sometime I just dont know when. Oh and I talked to one of the ladys who works with Metro and she told me that that little girl got saved.




Its amazing a how great God is and yet we take him for granted everyday, he died so that we can live yet most people in the world today are ashamed to even tell there friends about Jesus Christ and what he did for them, I challenge anyone who is reading this blog right now to be the one to make a diffrence in this world to step out of your confort zone and tell atleast one person about the love of Jesus Christ. People talk about all the time how bad schools are getting and how bad we need jobs, and what all this world is coming too. Sure they can talk about how bad it is but they wont step up and try to change that, as many churches there is around the world im sure if atleast one person out of every church steped up you could see change in no time. So if you are reading this I challenge you to step up and make that change, nothing will ever change if no one even trys. I never realized how lazy we are about our faith until I went on this trip, as many people as there are in New York you would think that these people would know about the love of Christ but 99.9% of the people I talked to in New York had never even heard about Jesus, I think that I remember talking to one person who really knew about Jesus, and we should feel ashamed for that, because we are the ones suppose to being spreading the good news of Christ.

I dont know why I wrote all that I just felt that someone really needed to hear it.




Until Next Time,


~Jessie~

Day 3

So I got up the next morning and ate breakfast and then we went to sessions, and praise and worship was awesome it was just like God was in there. Then after all that they showed us some dramas, and they told us that our leaders would pick one of those dramas and that's what we were going to do when we were in New York. So after they are done talking they told us to go fill our water bottles and then meet them where the phones were, So we all get down there and it where we make all our calls home and its outside under a huge tent, and instead of having cement they had shredded up shingles and plexyglass on the ground and we found out that where we would be practicing our drama. So they told us all to get in a circle and then they mad us make angry faces and excited faces and happy faces just stupid stuff to figure out who could have what part, then they told us to find a seat that they would tell us what our parts were, so we all sit down and the start roll calling. Well they finally get to my name and I find out that I'm one of the people in the very back and at first I was mad about my part I guess you could say I thought I deserved a bigger part, because i knew that I was good at drama and I knew that I could be good a big part. So holly my team leader talked to me about it and told me on her first missions trip she had the same part and that if it was not for the people in the back that the drama would make no sense at all and that I had a bigger part then I thought I did, But I still did not see it that way I still thought I deserved a better part i don't know I guess that was Satan just trying to get to me. So we start practicing and at one part in the drama I had to throw myself down on the ground well when I did the shredded shingles and plexyglass just cut into my skin and it hurt really bad, but I decided that I was not going to complain that I would just get right back up, so I did and then they made us practice is like 75 times literally because no one would act serious about it, and every time i would throw my self on the ground it would make my cut on my knee even bigger and it was 114 f. outside so i was ready to stop. Well they finally told us that we had it down pat and we could stop, well we finished before everyone else so we got to sit and watch others practice, and watching them practice made me realize what Holly was talking about and how big my part was and then I felt bad about having a bad attitude about it. Well when everyone was done we went and talked about what all we were going to do on our trips and then they told our group that we could go and pack and get showered and to meet them at the bus at 11:45 that night, so we get all our packing done and are all excited about finally getting to go to New York. We went down to the buses like 15 minutes early and was going to help pack up all the stuff to find out that our bus was late and was not there yet, well finally at 12:3- a.m. the bus got there and we were on an old ran down school bus that had no air and there was no where for our bags so we had to hold them to whole two hour ride to the air port. Then we finally get there and get our bags checked and get on the plane and we were on our way to New York.



Until Next time,



~Jessie

Day 2

So I woke up the next morning to find out that my alarm clock did not go off and I had over slept 45 minutes so I rushed around and got ready really fast. Then I went down to the lunch room and I really did not have time to eat so I grabed me an apple and started walking over to the big building we had our sessions at. So we get our seats and the adults were just pretty much welcoming us, and telling us how amazing it was going to be, but I was just sitting there letting it go in one ear and out the other (haha) So we have praise and worship but I guess you could say I just stood there mad not paying any attion to what they were singing, because I was still made over the day before and that morning. So then Pastor Ron gets up on the stage to preach and he started talking about love and how when we get to New York we would just have to pour our love out on these children because most of them dont even know what it feel like to be loved, and he was talking about how before we went that we needed to make sure that we were not doing this for just doing this for the fun of it, we needed to get rid of all our selfishness and pride. And it just like hit me right then and there I knew whith out a shadow of a dout that this was what the Lord wanted me to do and no matter how hard my first few days had been that I did not need to keep carying around all this anger and fustration so I went up to the alter and prayered and it was like and big load was just lifted off of me. After service we had what they called Qiuet time, and in this time we went and found and place in the room where no one was at and we could just have our time with God, we could read in our bibles, pray, or wright in our Jurnals. So I stayed in my seat and I pulled my bible and Jurnal out and I had no clue where that I wanted to read so I just let me bible fall open and it fell open to the scripture talking about the armor of God, and I guess you could say I turned that scripture into a prayer and just asked God to help me to have on my armor of God and be perpared for this trip. So when we got done with that we had to find our team leaders and they led us out side beside a pond and told us to find a seat so we all sat done on the ground to find out that we were sitting on a fire ants nest, so Michal our project director goes and stands in front of us and starts telling us about what all we were going to do on our trip and how much fun it was going to be and about the lives we would change and how it would change our live, but then she started talking about how we were going to have to have an open heart and have faith that we could do this. Well she started talking about how much Christians now days just want to go to church on Sundays and then out on the weekdays they want to go out and do whatever, and she used a rock as an exzample she through this little bity pebble into the pond and of course it made a really really little splash and she said thats how Christians are today they just want that little splash, well then out of no where Jon jumps up and goes running and jumps in the pond, and of course it made a huge splash and Michal said that how we need to be we need to be so into Gods work that people can just see it in us and they will want to know more about it. well then we split up into our teams and the rest of the day we just played game like you would in 4-H to get to no everbody. and then later that night we had a bond fire because the kids going on othere trips were leaving that night well we go outside and they have all these crosses set up well you had to go to the cross that had a flag of where you were going, so we all get to our cross trying to figure out what in the world is going on, and we get up there and there is a huge bucket of water and a huge bucket of mud. so we get over there and they rub mud all over our hands, and they told us that stood for whatever we were holding on to and not giving up and is long as we were still holding that we could not do what God wanted us to do on this trip, and they told us that they wanted us to pray and decide what that was, and well I knew right off that it was my fear I was afraid of getting out there and messing up or not doing something right. So when everyone was done praying we went up to the cross and washed our hands free from the mud which stood for leaving it at the cross. When we were done we went back up the hill and took our showers and got ready for bed and I made sure this time that I had someone to wake me up in the moring. (haha)




Until Next Time,


~Jessie~

My missions trip Day 1

So as you all know I left July 12th at like 5:00 in the morning to leave for Texas. I was going to Texas for three days for training. So I get to the air port and im all excited im really doing it im finally getting to go on my missions trip, well we get there and where I have a later birthday and was not 15 yet I had to pay a flight attendant to follow me around, So they made me be the first to get on the plane. So I say my good byes to my family and I get on the first plane that I have ever been on in my hole life going on a two week trip and I had never been that long or far away from home, so I get on the plane and the put my in the very first seat, and I was getting all nerves knowing that I would not be able to go home that this was really it I was really leaving my family for two weeks to go on a missions trip. I was starting to get really freaked out worrying about anything and everything, well between already missing my family and being nerves about my flight I started to get sick feeling, so I was just sitting there praying that I was not going to up chuck every where. So the lady sitting beside my decided that she wanted to talk so she started asking me all kinds of questions and I was nice and talked but the whole time I was sitting there thinking lady would you please shut up before I throw up all over you,. So we get to the next air port where im suppose to switch planes well they make me wait until everyone is off the plane and then they walked me to the gate guard and he made me wait while he called someone up there to come get me, so I was standing there praying the whole time that I was not going to throw up everywhere. So someone finally comes up there and then I got to ride a golf cart all over the air port not fun at all (hahaha) so the lady takes me to the brake room place and makes me wait with all the flight attendants, so im sitting there plum sick feeling and they are talking about some famous person who was in the air port, which I had no clue who it was. Well then one of them looks at me and then there watch and said oh you were suppose to be at your plane three minutes ago, so here i am ready to throw up and they make me run through the air port to get to my next plane, well needless to say I made it in time but I was really angry. So I get on the plane and get my seat and I was so tired I wound up going to sleep, then the flight attendant wakes me up to ask me if I want orange juice which made me even madder. So I finally get to the air port in Texas and they take me to the place where you get your lost bags, so I sit in there with the gate people and waited and waited and waited, well finally one of the guys going on our trip saw me sitting in there and came in there and told me where everyone was, so I had to ask him to go get one of the leaders to come and sign for me so that I could leave (I felt like a package or something that just kept getting tossed around.) So I finally get to go over to where everyone was and I signed in and then I found out the my bags got lost and were now in Detroit, I was getting so frustrated I did not get why my trip was being to hard when this was what God had wanted me to do. So they tell me that they will get my bags later that day and they will put them in my room, so then they lead us out to this huge charted bus and the give us all a bottle of water, well of course we pretty much just chugged it down because it was really hot out side and we had not had anything to drink in awhile, do we chugged it down to find out that the bathroom on the charter bus did not work so after drinking all that water we had to drive little over two hours before we could go to the bath room (and I was sitting there thinking great this trip just keeps getting better and better.) So we finally make it so the place we were staying in Texas which was a big college so we go inside and get signed in and all out papers filled out, and then they send us to sit at a table with the other kids that were going on our trips. So I get to the table and sit down and of course im the more shy person who is not good at walking up to complete strangers and making friends so everyone else is sitting there goofing off talking about how excited they are, and then there I am sitting near the end of the table by myself looking at the map of the place trying to figure out where I was staying. So random people just started coming up to me trying to make conversation so i finally meet some of the people going on my trip and then I got to meet my team leaders and project directors. So I called home and lied and told my parents that I was having a great time so far, well it was later that night and we were walking back up to where we were staying to find out that where I was staying was all the way at the top of a hill way back in the woods the highest place up, so I walk up the hill to find out that they are short beds and my bags arnt there, so I went to my project director all upset well we were standing in the middle of the parking lot and she looks at me and says just cry go ahead cry and I look at her and go what are you talking about, and she bust out laughing at me and started telling me about her first trip and how her bags had got lost and how much she hated the first few days, well I wound up braking down and telling her how awful my day had been and I just stood in the middle of the parking lot and cryed, well you would have thought I would have been embarrassed but it helped a lot, and no sooner then we were done talking a bus pulled up with my bags I was so happy, so they found me a bed. And we were staying in these big like green house thing that had a bunch of bunk beds in it and 60 or 70 girls shared that room, well I got a bottom bunk to find out the only thing to keep you cool at night in the 114f. weather was one fan and all the air blew on the people on the top bunk, but I was just happy to have a bed and I finally went to sleep after about an hour of just laying there.











so im going to wright these blogs in the days I was gone because its to much to wright in one night, I will right the next day of my trip as soon as possible.


until next time,

~Jessica~

Update

Sorry I have not wrote in awhile, but just to let everyone know I will be posting a blog about my trip here really soon.

Savannah surprise

So Savannah had planed a surprise going away party for me,It was lots of fun, shes so sweet. I love her and im going to miss her lots. Well I cant wright much because im getting ready to leave, but I would just ask again that you all keep me in your prayers, and thanks to everyone who has helped me with getting all my things for this trip, its was greatly appreciated. Well im going to miss you all and I guys that I will see you all in two weeks.


Until Next Time,


~Jessie

I little bit of everything!

So as most of you Know im leaving Sunday for my missions trip, and at first when I realized how close it was I was pretty much freaking out haha. I ran into a lot of road blocks, Satan was trying his best to keep my from going on this trip, my plane ticket was messed up I found out I needed more money, I could not get my ID in time, it was just a lot of stuff and I was starting to get worried that I was not going to get to go. Well I went to church Wednesday and I talked to pastor David about it and he prayed with me, And I was starting to feel a little better about it, well I walked out in the hall and started talking to Gabriels daddy (sorry I cant remember his name haha) and he was asking about my trip and stuff, and he told me that he knew I was going on this trip no matter what, that I may have to run into a few of satans road blocks but he knew this is what the Lord wanted me to do, and that the Lord would use me through all this. Well we had praise and Worship and went to class, well after church Gabriels dad walked up to me and said Pastor wants to speak to you now, but he said it all rude like and I was like umm what did I do, so I told him he would have to tell Jennifer because I was ridding with her. (well come to find out Gabriels dad was just trying to scare me haha) so I get to where Pastor is at the talk to him and he hands me the offering plate and tells me to count it that they had taken up offering for me, so I counted it and in the end I wound up with $205.oo before I left. I was like wow God and to thank I was doughting I was going to get to go, you really no how to show someone how big you are. So im so excited about Sunday I would just ask that you all still keep me in your prayers thanks and God Bless.


ok now on to the rest of the stuff haha



So Savannah came by last night and asked my parents if she could take me Saturday night before I leave, But she wont tell me where in the world we are going. Im kinda scared haha she told me that I better not hate her after this, and that I had to dress up and she helped me pick an outfit out. So I guess I will have to wright about it when I find out where we are going haha.

well I guess that all for now

Until Next time

~Jessie~

My Missions trip!

So ive been like freaking out not knowing what I was going to do, because I got like ten days and still needed over $200.00. Well I had decided to stay the night at Savannahs house, and we wound up going to the pool, well i came home at like 7:00 P.M. today to find out that a man my dad works with his church gave me $150.00 I was so excited, its amazing at how great God is, well I now need $62.00 plus money to get clothes and all the things I have to take with me on my trip, So if you would everyone please keep me in your prayers. I know that the Lord will see me through getting the rest of my money. I just cant wait to leave I am going to miss my family and friends but I know this is going to be a life changing event. Well I just thought I would update yall on my trip stuff.

Until Next Time,

~Jessie~

Another one of my crazy stories!!

So be prepared to hear another one of my super long crazy stories!

So Savannah and Jennifer had came over to my house and Meadow and Christopher as normal was bugging us, so me and Savannah decided we were going to sneak and go climb in the tree in her front yard because they never find us there, remind you its dark out it after ten at night. So we went outside to find that Christopher and Meadow had hid Savannahs shoes so we started to walk over at her house and saw Meadow peak out the window so we squatted down on the ground behind the car so she would not see us, well when she left the window we ran all the way to Savannahs house trying not to get caught. So we get to her house and go inside to find more shoes for her, so she gets her shoes and puts them on and we go outside to climb in the tree, well we get under there huge tree and here something, and of course it freaked us out. So we dicided to go and sit on my back porch. Well we had just got acrose the road when Meadow walks out the door, well Savannah just throws herself on the ground and I run like 2 foot up the road and hide beside my naibors fence, well then she started to walk to the end of the drive way and Savannah had no where to go so she stayed face down on the ground and I just knew Meadow was going to see me, so I layed down on the ground. Well Meadow looked around got scared and ran back in the house, so me and savannah knew that Meadow would be watching out the door for us so we crawled all the way around the car port to the back of the house and then we stood up and ran to the back porch. Well we were sitting there laughing so hard because they had never saw us, and then we decided we were not going to stay hidden any more that we would go inside and tell our moms how hillarious it was. Well we get inside and both start talking at the same time really really fast, well our moms bust out laughing and say they wish they had a video camera.

And well thats my story haha it was very very funny at the time!

Until Next time

~Jessie~

Smile =)

Smile because it’s contagious
Smile because it’s healing
Smile because it makes people wonder
What you’re thinking.

Smile innocently to hide the guilt
Smile mischievously to make others skeptic.
Smile lovingly to butter up the retaliator
Smile dreamingly to make others lovesick.

Smile because it’s raining
Smile because you’re tickled.
Smile because you’re happy
Smile because you’re idle.

Smile affectionately to show your love
Smile smugly as you’ve done your work.
Smile pleadingly to get what you want
Smile forgivingly to pardon the jerk.

Smile because you’re confused
Smile because you’re lost without a plan.
Smile because you want to
And smile just because you can!

By.Kaity Larkin

I love this =) So many people take life for granted, when we really need to live everyday like our last because we never know it might just be.

my week

I am so glad the sun is finally coming out again, i was getting so tired of the rain.

Lets see, hmm im hopefully doing a car wash/back sale this Saturday to raise money for my trip, pray i dont get rained out like i have every other time. I was so excited to day, because ive been worried about how i was going to raise $525.00 in nine days well my mom checked the mail today and told me i had mail well i opened it up and it there was one hundred dollers in it for my trip, i was so excited, so now i only need $445.00 which is still alot but its better then $545.00 and i know that the Lord will help me raise the rest of my money. I am getting to excited about my trip i leave in eighteen days, im not so excited about flying for the first time by my self but i know the Lord will see me through it. I still need to pick up some things to take with me, but its getting so close i cant believe it. It seems like it was just yesterday when i got the phone call saying that i was acepted to go, im going to miss my family and friends when i go, but i know this is going to be a life changing event. I would just ask that you all keep me in your prayers. Thanks

Until next time~
Jessie

Boredom

So im really bored so I decided to wright on here, im not really sure what im going to right about either but will see. (haha)

So Kelley got a cat her name is Sophie and yeah I know Kelley with a cat wow, but any ways she got a cat and Jacob got a dog. He got a Dotson but my brother and his friends call it a wiener its pretty hillarious.

We went and fed cow the other day which was actually really fun, and then the cow licked me haha. That part not so much fun.

I started trying to learn Spanish and I will tell you someone who speaks Spanish would never be able to understand me lol. But its pretty fun.

and its now 26 days until I leave for my trip I still need $545.00 but I know the Lord will supply it. I am getting so excited I can not wait to go it is going to be a life changing event. I'm hoping to do a car wash here soon to raise money for it that is if I dont get rained out again the past four times I have planed one I got rained out. Just please keep me in your prayers. thanks.

oh and at church on Wednesdays we started a new class they separated guys and girls for eight weeks and at first I thought it was going to be really lame, But I like it a lot.

So if you are reading this you are probably getting really bored but oh well.

Oh and I was trying to paint my toe nails today and I went outside to sit on the swing well then Meadow and Christopher came over, I had my nails perfect and I was painting the last heart on my big toe and the Meadow plopped on the swing. Well of course she messed me up so I was trying to fix it and I asked her to sit still well then Christopher found it funny so they kept messing me up and doing everything they could to get one my nerves, well then they started being nice and they gave me a half a cookie well I started eating it and then they told me that the dog bit off of it and ate the other half I was so mad. I still dont know if it really did but they really no how to make me mad.

well I guess I will wright again later and it will prob be about something with no point at all lol.

My life!

So I am getting so excited I have I think its 32 days until my missions trip, I only need $545.00 to go. But I know that God will help me raise it, he has already brought me this far. So when you sign up for a missions trip you get assigned to someone to talk to and they call you every other week. Well the lady I got assigned to her name is Lauren, and I guess you can say I got really close to her because I talked to her so much, But I am not going to get to talk to her again until 2 days before I go on my missions trip because she is going on a missions trip her self so im pretty bummed about that. I hope I like the new person I will be talking to as much.

So besides my missions trip stuff.

We got another dog that makes 4 now. My mom wanted her, she is a Cocker Spaniel and her name is Sandy Joe Bowman. My best friend Savannah has been grounded for like a month or more now so I pretty much have no like. (hahahaha) We got to where we hung out almost everyday so its a big change for us, I miss her so much, She is like a sister to me. I am hoping that we will get to hang out some before I go on me trip. Out of my family she will be the person that I miss the most, I have known her since she was born and we have been best friends ever since. Ummm hmmm is the anything else new?? Oh yeah so I have finally I think found out who my real friends are, believe I have had many so called friends but I found the people who are really your friends will sick by your side no matter what wether its cool or lame, and I just want to thank the friends who have been there for me. Saying I know who my real friends are reminds me of this time I was with Savannah. It was about two years ago and we had went to winter jam with Savannah's youth group, And you know when you go to a concert you are suppose to have fun well for me it was one of the worse days of my life. So at the time Savannah was dating Austin Coleman well he did not like me that much so he was trying to do everything he could to keep me from hanging out with Savannah, well she finally just told him to go on some where (it was so funny) but any way. So we had went out to eat, and we finally get there well we has listened to a few bands play, and we decided to sit down (worse thing I ever did) well we were trying to act all cool of course because there were teenager guys sitting behind us. Well they had asked us our names and where we were from and we just thought it was so cool, so a band started playing that we liked and we dicided to stand up, well then they started laughing and pointing and making fun of me and I relized that before I sat down the had stuck gum in my seat. Well I was so mad I was ready to cry and Austin sat there going whats wrong whats wrong and he was making me even mader. Well one of the guess sitting behind us asked if there was something he could do (he was being a smart butt) well Savannah turned around looked strait at him and said yeah you could try shuting your big mouth. Well needless to say they sat down and shut there mouths. So me and Savannah went to the bathroom to try and get it off my butt, well there was just no luck it would not come off, so of course my butt was all people were staring at because I had a big hunk of gum on my butt. Well we went and sat back down to find out they put trash in my seat so it would stick to the gum on my butt, I was getting so mad. So we decided to try and ignore to people behing us but it was really hard, we were still trying to have fun though, but I could not wait to get home. Well at the end of the night I saw one of the guys walking up to me, and I started to turn my back to him I was just ready to leave, well ha taped on mine and Savannah's sholder and we turned around to see what he wanted, and Savannah goes WHAT ( all rude like) well come to find out, when they were doing alter call he had got saved and wanted to come back and say he was sorry. So of course me being a nice person said it was ok. So I guess it turned out good in the end, but they still messed my jeans up (haha) but thats one youth trip I will never forget!

Well before I tell any more big long story's I guess I will get off here.
Just thought I would share that big long story with you (hahahaha)

Pop Sickles & a Tree

So me and my Best Friend Savannah found out the hard way that its not so smart to eat pop sickles in a tree, so here is what happened. Savannah has this huge oak tree in her front yard well we had not climbed in it since we were little, well we were very bored so we decided that we would climb the tree. Well then we got the bright idea that we could sit in the tree and eat our pop sickles and talk, Because we were trying to hid from Meadow and Christopher (our younger siblings) Well I was sitting on the branch over top of Savannah well we got to laughing really hard because Meadow and Christopher walked right under the tree and never saw us, Well I was laughing so hard that I dropped a huge hunk of pop sickle on Savannah's shirt. Needless to say we made a really big mess and that is why it is not a good idea to eat pop sickles in a tree.

30 hour famine

At Harvest Worship Center they did the 30 hour famine this past weekend. We fasted for 30 hours and slept in boxes, We were trying to see how the homeless and hungry feel, but we also had lots of fun, we did a scavenger hunt but on this scavenger hunt we had to go out a pass out tracks and witness to people and pray at the schools, it was fun but we were also learning. We play several other games too, But the scavenger hunt was my favorite. I am really glad that I got to be part of this amazing experience. We built our boxes and slept outside just like the homeless do, and then the next morning they had the cops come and wake us up and tell us we had to move, we also marched in front of the court house to raise awareness. It was so much fun, but we still learned in the proses. If its something you have to opportunity to do I suggest you try it, its an amazing experience. I just think that it was a great experience for me, because I never really realized how hard it is go with out eating or get a good nights sleep in a box. I defiantly brought me closer to the Lord. I think it was easier for us to go with out eating because we had each other, and when we got hungry we would just pray together. well anyway I just thought that I would tell you guys a little about it.

My missions trip!

April 20, 2009 73 Maple Street Patrick Springs, Va.24133 I have recently made the exciting decision to go on a mission trip with an organization called Global Expeditions, a part of Teen Mania Ministries. For more than 15 years, they have taken thousands of teenagers to countries all over the world. This year, I want to go to Manhattan, New York. Global Expeditions is a ministry totally dedicated to reaching my generation and equipping us to touch the world through missions. I cannot think of a better way to spend my time than sharing the Gospel with others and seeing my life changed as well. New York is located in the United States where my team will be based out of the city of Manhattan. I will be leaving on July 12, 2009 and returning home on July 24, 2009. The entire trip, I will be busy ministering through drama and street evangelism. The total cost of this trip is $ 1,588.00, which includes all expenses: airfare, accommodations, food, and training. I cannot accomplish this task alone, so I am asking you to be part of this mission trip with me. During the next several weeks, I will be working very hard to raise the finances to go. My first deadline is May 13, 2009 when half of the amount , $794.00 is due. Any amount that you can give will be greatly appreciated. If you would like to support me in this opportunity, please send a check made out to Teen Mania Ministries. Must have my Id # (not name) in memo of check. If you would like to pay by credit or debit, please go to www.globalexpeditions.com Scroll down to quick links and click on “ Support a Missionary” , then follow instructions. Your support is a key part of seeing salvations on the field this summer. If you have any questions, please call me at 276-694-6144 You can also reach Global Expeditions at their Missions Supporter Hotline at 1.866.5.GLOBEX. Thank you for your consideration. Your prayer and support are greatly appreciated! God Bless You, Jessica Bowman ID#2568438 The Daughter of: Brad & Tammy Bowman Global Expeditions Atten: Processing Center, Missionary PO Box 2000 Garden Valley, Texas 75771-2000

Missions trip =)

So I went to winter Jam with my youth group, and My youth pastor put my name in this bucket to have a chance to go on a mission, well then a few weeks later I went to battle cry with some real close friends of mine, and they helped me sign up to get a chance to go on a mission. oh by the way I did not know my youth pastor put my name in the bucket. So I get a call from teen mania and they want to help send me on a missions, well I told my dad about it and he looks at me and says know im not sending you off some where with a bunch of strangers I do not know. But then a few secounds later he looked at me and said well I wont just say know I will pray about it. So I told mama that night and she thought it was a cool idea, she just wanted me to pray about it and make sure that it was what God wanted me too do. So I told them both to pray about it and I would too, well we had four days to decide. Well to day an hour in a half before I was suppose to have my answer I asked daddy what he thought and he said he thought no. I got really mad and went in my room prayed and read my bible, and then I went outside to play with the dog. Well I was outside and mama and daddy hollered out the door for me to please come inside. Well in the beginning I wanted to go to Austrailia and new york, But I found out that the trip to Austrailia was a month long, So I picked new york as my second option. They said that if they were sure that I thought this is what God wanted me to do then I could go, I was so excited. So this summer I am going to New York on a missions trip (YAY)

My fun filled week!

Sorry I have not wrote in along time but Ive been pretty busy, In the past week my great grandma moved in with us, and we got Ducks. I'm glad she moved in with us though, Because she did not like staying in the nursing home, and now I can get to know her. I did not get to see her much when I was little I only remember seeing her two times, that I remember. And since she has moved down here I have grown really close to her, Before she went in the nursing home she was living with my mea-mal (grandma) Well I stayed the night with her once, and that's all it took. She told me all the story's of when she was younger and when she worked as a cook. She showed me how to sew these really neat things, I'm not sure what they are called. We went to bed a 8:09 P.M. I will never forget because that is like the earlyest I have ever went to bed, Well I woke up at 7:55 (which is early for me) and she said (man you slept late you must have needed the sleep) and then she asked what I wanted for breakfest, and I dont usally eat when I first get up, so I told her I dont know. Well she went in the kichten and decided since I stayed the night with her that she was gonna fix a big breakfest, She fixed eggs, toast, fried spam, and she made me hot tea. That was the first time I had ever had sunny side up eggs, and I tell you they were gross, but I ate them anyway because I did not want to hurt her feelings. But we spent the hole day together, talking about anything and everything. Well and now she lives with us, and I am glad she does. Now the Ducks story. Logan Christophers friend had came over here to play with him, well he was talking about the chicks he got for Easter, and well he told Christopher he could have one if he wanted one. So Christopher came running inside asking if he could get a baby chicken, and mama told him no that we had tried chickens before and no one liked them, So Kelley says well why don't we get a duck ive always wanted a duck. Well as soon as daddy gets home from work Christopher runs up to him and ask if he can have a chicken, well daddy came inside and asked what in the world Christopher was talking about. Well he went down to granny A's (other great grandma) to get a t.v. box. Well mama called the store and asked if they had any ducks, and they said no but they could order some. Well so then she calls another store and ask, and they said yes they had some but thats all they were getting and they were closing in thirty minutes, so we called daddy at Granny A's and he said i'll be home in a minute. So we begged him, and he finaly said yes. So we hurry up and got to the store, and Christopher picks out a Yellow duck and named him old yeller, Kelley picked out a black and yellow duck and named her Lucy, and I picked out a Black and Yellow duck too I named him Ben. But I think that was the best Easter prensent ever, they are so much fun. We let them swim for the first time today, because we cant leave them outside they are to little they will freeze to death, but anyway we took them out side to swim and they loved it, they did not want to get out of the water.

Christopher and old Yeller
This is my Duck BenOld Yeller,Lucy, & Ben.
There first swim.
Me & Ben
This is Old Yeller
Swimming
They were having fun!

So in the past to days we have had the most snow I have seen since I was little. I was amazing to me, because I have really never seen so much snow where I live. It was so pretty our roads and yards were just covered in white that's all you could see. I the snow was like dust you pick it up and it was just so soft, and it was pretty but dust is not pretty ha ha. Me & my sister & my Best Friend tried to make a snow man for my Granny A (great grandma) but our snowman failed, It just looked like a big pile of snow it was hilarious. But anyway we went sledding up at the school & me & Christopher were racing Savannah & Meadow, Well Christopher wanted to sit in the front so he could control where the sled would go, well we were half way down the hill when Christopher leans so we would turn, well he leaned to far over so we flipped, & I rolled over top of Christopher & got a mouth full of snow. Needless to say Savannah & Meadow won. Oh & we figured out that you can stand on a sled and use it like a snow board. I wish we would have more snows like this one, It was the best winter ever.

A couple poems I wrote.

Fall
Refreshing breeze colorful tree's

Working together for clear cool weather

Leave's so yellow apples so mellow

Leave's fall crow's call

Caterpillar's crawl garden wall

Beautiful day's give God praise the one who mad it all.

Spring

Spring is near so I here

flower's are blooming car's are zooming

The sun was bright until the night.

Thunder Storm

I hear the thunder

I see the lighting

I begin to wonder

It's oh so frighting

I run and hide

I'm afraid of what's outside

I'm almost in tear's

Why does it have to be this time of year

When the thunder storm's come

Now it's almost done

The sun's coming out

Now lets all give out a shout

Let's go jump in pudles

And play with my dog cudles

It's the time of year

When the thunder storm's are here.