Alumna
of the Year 2003!
On February 8, at the Youth Challenge (YC) of Connecticut Alumni Benefit Banquet, Jamie was the recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award. She was honored for her consistency and perseverance as a graduate of the Youth Challenge Mission for Women. Below, Jamie will tell her story of how she got from where she was 18 years ago, to where she is right now in the year 2003. |
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Jamie’s
Journey... I grew up in the northend of Hartford, Connecticut, and I relocated to Wildwood, Florida in 1996 to become an instructor and Dean of Women at the Youth Challenge International School of Ministry. In 1997 I got married to the Reverend George Shaw, who I had met in 1994 while on vacation in Florida. George is the Resident Director for the Youth Challenge of Florida Rehabilitation program of which he is a graduate. We are truly blessed to be able to do the work of the Lord together. We are determined to help others get their deliverances and healings and to achieve their destinies in God. |
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In the fall of 1988, I enrolled in Youth Challenge Bible College in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. I graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies. I returned to the Youth Challenge Mission for Women to give back to hurting and broken women the teaching, counseling and care that I had received. Only God knew what He had in store for me. In 1994 I was credentialed to become a licensed minister with Youth Challenge International. I give all the glory and praise to Almighty God. My
life was not always successful! I started using |
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marijuana
and graduated to cocaine at a young age. It was a lifestyle that
would lead me down a self-destructive path until one day at my job,
I made friends with a co-worker Mickey and his fiancé, who
is now his wife. He A
Message To Parents And Children
Please pay attention to the feelings of your children and include them in the decisions that you are making for their future. Children, learn to express your feelings to your parents, listen to them and learn from them. REMEMBER, DRUGS ARE NOT THE ANSWER!
As a child, I enjoyed dancing. Between the ages of twelve and sixteen, I was involved in the art of ballet. At age thirteen, I had the opportunity to travel throughout the United States with a dance company. I loved ballet! It was the joy of my life, and I excelled in it. Then, one day a decision was made by my mom and it was devastating to me. I turned to drugs! But my story does not end there. Jesus healed me of my drug addiction. Thank God, I am free! free! free! What Jesus did for me at Youth Challenge Mission for Women, He can certainly do for anybody! |
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