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schoolers because of what I was
like,” Jessica said.
She also has taken voice lessons
off and on for several years.
Although she’d like to take voice
lessons on a regular basis, she
hasn’t been able to afford it
Laura-Jean said that she felt
badly that they couldn’t afford
voice lessons for Jessica because
she has a really good voice. “But
God’s tuning always works every
thing out Doors open up and
things turn out better.”
Although Jessica cannot afford
voice lessons, she has been invited
to sing at more than SO churches —
giving her great experience and
training. She also sang at the
National 4-H Congress and at the
National Talent Revue.
Sometimes opportunites are not
pursued because involvement
requires Jessica to compromise her
beliefs. Recently Jessica was tak
ing modeling lessons, but the cbm- >*
pany told the models to lie about
their ages when approached by
clients.
Jessica refused to lie and, of her
owitvios£on, dropped out of mod
eling, not because she wasn’t
talented but she didn’t want to be
involved in anything that encour
aged bpr-'tb lie.
schooling requires adapting curricu
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Another opportunity opened up
that she enjoys much more.
Almost immediately after her res
ignation with the modeling agen
cy, she was asked to be an actress
in the Chet Bitterman Story, splay
about a martyred missionary. The
play was only expected to run for
three performances, but it has been
so popular that it has been per
formed more than 1,000 times.
“It’s been great because I’ve
gotten to play different roles,” Jes
sica said.
In addition, Jessica is an actress
on the children's show “Pete’s
Place” on cable 11.
Jessica said that she can look
over a script and basically memor
ize it within IS minutes.
hi addition, Jessica is music
director for Youth Feu Christ
(YFQ and works with preschool
ers through fifth grade in an inner
city program in Lebanon.
“It’s sorewarding helping child
ren. So many suffer
and emotional abuse. We want to
give them hope for the future, tell
them they can do something posi
tive with their lives. We want to
help diem develop talents, abili
ties, and give them love,” Jessica
said
Jessica is finishing her senior
year of home schooling plifitaMp
courses at Franklin and Marshall
College and at Lancaster Bible
College. In the fall, she plans to
attend Bible college full time and
concentrate on Bible and youth
ministry courses.
Because she needs to earn the
money for college tuition, she is
entering youth competitions and
several pageants, which are known
as the best source for scholarships.
While being interviewed for this
article, Jessica was notified that
she was awarded a $1,250 scholar
ship from the Soroptimist Club
regional division. '
Some of her other awards
include the Bronze Pennsylvania
Discover Card Tribute, 1995
Myers town Voice of Democracy,
1996 Lebanon County American
Legion Essay Contest, WCTU
Diamond Speech Medal, semi
finalist 1995 Miss Pa. Teen USA,
listed in Who’g IVho American
High School Students for three
years, 4th runner-up MiSsPa. Teen
Sunburst, and the National 4-H
Congress leadership teen.
She has attended the 1995 and
1996 PCC/PSU Summer Institute
and was selected to attend NICE
where she served as vice president
and sales manager of foe co-op.
Not every competition Jessica
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