Jessica Hurley is from St. Augustine, Florida. She had a very bad mentor to make her loose and a Great Mentor that turned her life around radically but it wasn't easy. It took a lot of time and years to keep Jessica believing she was worth more than she could ever believe.
She had been arrested multiple times as a teen because of the influence of a cousin. She now has her Masters Degree and helping run AMIKids in Tampa, Florida. She was designed by family never to go to college. Her mentor stuck by her for more than 4 years and made college a reality for Jessica.
To Youth Pastors. We talk about her encounter with the church. Jessica, a non-churched teen that felt like an alien and an outcast when she went to church with friends. It took Young Life and direct encounters from God to help her, because the church often gets in its own way when it comes to the unchurched. This episode is an incredible guide and gift on how to actually help those who have no clue but want to hear and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior if they had to someone would guide them with empathy and no judgement.