Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Life as we know it.

So it's been a few months since Ive wrote, I love to write, but i always end up writing in a notebook instead of on here. Writing is my escape from life, I write my thoughts, My Dreams, My plans, My fears, I write absolutely everything. Because in writing it can end however you want. You can start out writing a sad story and it end in an amazing happy story. When your writing you have full control over it, no one else has say so in what you write it's all you and that is what i love about it. I know what your thinking or have thought before, to bad we can't write our lives right? Well in all honesty we can in a way. Here is my out look on life. We are like a coloring book page, and God is the artist who made it. When you buy a coloring book the page is white and all there is, is an outline and we color it in. Well our life is like that, We are the coloring Book page and God made the out line. Yes he has a plan for us but we have to choose if we are going to fulfill that plan or take the other path. We have to choose how we are going to color our picture. Sometimes we think we want to color it one way and when we start coloring it we realizes that it looks bad and that's not how we really want it but its to late you cant erase it so you just have to be careful what color you pick after that to make sure it turns out the way you want it. It is exactly like our life, Sometimes we do things we wish we could take back but we don't have a time machine so we have to learn from our mistakes and make better choices from then on out.
I guess that is a funny way to explain it, but it is so very true.
 
I've learned that life is hard and 99.9 % of the time something is always going to wrong, someone is always going to be talking about you, something is always going to be bothering you, there is always going to be something that needs to be done but you just don't have time, sometimes your bills are going to be late, sometimes we get pushed past our limit and say things we shouldn't and sometimes we just want to move 40 states away and change our names and numbers and never give it to anyone. But I've learned that moving 40 states away and starting over still wouldn't fix everything, there is still going to be problems. But what i have also learned is that we need to learn from those problems they just make us stronger and we need to remember that when we have it tough God is always there for us and he never  gives us more then we can handle. We have to learn to take the happy moments as they come and make the most of them, live like you don't have tomorrow because you never know if you really will have tomorrow. 
 
I guess there really isn't a point in this post other then giving you my outlook on life. I used to have the out look that life sucked and wasn't going to get better so you just had to deal with it. But lately Ive been doing a lot of soul searching.( i guess you'd call it that.) and Ive realized how much of my life Ive taken for granted and i wont let that happen anymore. I will fulfil my dreams not matter what it takes, i wont let peoples stupidity get my down, i will hold my head up high and keep going on because i know that with my God nothing is impossible.

Friday, June 1, 2012

2012

So it has been awhile sense i wrote. Ive been pretty busy. I am not finally going to Africa this year i am going to wait until next summer, but i am defiantly going then! Ill be 18 in September and im pretty excited, but dreading it at the same time. I'm ready to get my life started and grow up, but then again im afraid tooo. It was so much easier when i was little, if i had any problems i just ran to my mom or dad, but now that im growing up i have to face life and learn how to handle my problems myself. Which is pretty scary but i know i can do it. (: I got a job at a nail salon right now im just cleaning and helping out with whatever need, but im going to school soon to be a nail tech. Ive always loved painting my friends nails and now im gonna get my license to do Gel nails and stuff like that, its pretty exciting. I plan on going to college at some point in time to become a pediatric nurse but i want to be able to get my own place (as in an apartment or something rented) before i do. I'm not really sure what else im going to do with my life yet just taking it one day at a time and waiting for mr. right. haha. So im sure you could care less about any of this but oh well.

I have decided im not going to date for awhile. It seems like all the guys around here that are my age only want one thing and im not willing to give that. I am ready to grow up and start my life and they arnt, so for now im good with staying single and waiting for him. I don't need to be tied down with a guy to be happy and God will send me the right person when the time is right. Hmm well i guess thats all for now.

Until Next Time,
                  Jessie<3 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Help send me to Africa!

Dear Friends,

I Jessica Bowman recently decided to go on a mission trip to Africa with an organization called Global Expeditions!

Global Expeditions is part of Teen Mania Ministries and in the last 25 years they've taken over 67,000 missionaries like me, to more than 69 countries worldwide.

I'm excited about this trip, because Global Expeditions is committed to equipping me to be affective in reaching out to other in Africa, while also challenging me to become more aware of the needs of others in my own community. I cannot think of a better way to spend my time than sharing the Gospel with others and allowing God to change my own heart and life in the process!

I will spend a total of 53 days in Africa. Ethiopia and Uganda is where we will be ministering. I will be leaving on June 11, 2012 and returning home on August 2, 2012. I will be ministering through drama and street evangelism. The total cost of this trip is $5,141.00 which includes all expenses: airfare, accommodations, food and training. However, this price does not include my round trip from here to Texas where i will be meeting Global Expeditions and the rest of my team.

I cannot accomplish this task alone, I need you help. During the next several weeks I will be working very hard to raise the finances to go. My first deadline is May 29th for $2,500. You can choose to sponsor me for day in Africa for only $97,00. Any amount given will be greatly appreciated, and because Global Expeditions is a registered non-profit, your donations will be tax deductible.

Your support is a key part of seeing salvation and touching peoples lives in Africa. If you have any questions you can reach me at 276.692.4547 or you can call Global Expeditions support line and talk to a Global Expeditions representative a 1.866.545.6239. You can donate online at globalexpeditions.com My missions I.D. is 2568438 or you can mail it to me, Jessica Bowman at 73. Maple St. Patrick Springs VA, 24133.

Thank you for your prayers and support,


Sinserely,

Jessica Bowman.