Jessica Varley

Hi! My name is Jessica Varley. I am 27 years old. Born, raised and currently reside in the lovely and quirky town of Bryan, Texas!  I am a Customer Accounts Manager at a company called Legal Monkeys (if you ask, I'll tell you what the heck that is) and I absolutely LOVE my job!  My passion is music--I love to sing, write music, and as of a little over a year ago, play guitar.  When I am doing any of those things, everything around me gets quiet and the babbling in my head is silenced. I can just worship my Lord...it's just me and Him.

Emanuel and me leading worship 

A little background--I was raised in a Christian home by my loving and wonderful parents, homeschooled until 8th grade, and began the colorful journey that is my past.  I made some good choices back then but also made some very bad choices. I turned away from my family and God and endured a lot of pain and suffering because of it. But God was not done with me.  My older sister, Rachel, turned her life around several years ago and began praying for me and working on me.  She showed me love and understanding, patience and acceptance during a time in my life when I deserved none of those things. I gave my life back to Christ on November 3rd, 2010 during a First Wednesday service after witnessing my niece, Reagan, getting baptized. I knew at that moment that the path I had been on, although messy, was what brought me there and that God would use my testimony to change the lives of others who may think they are in a hopeless place, unworthy of His mercy.

Sweet baby Esther

This is my second mission trip to Africa but my first to Uganda!  I visited Kenya last summer and what an amazing experience. I know that God has called me to missions--I LOVE children more than anything in this world, they are so precious and so darn real! I am looking forward to seeing Kari and Jason and their sweet children and am so honored to be chosen by God to be a small part of His plan through Healing Faith. Thanks for reading!