Hello fellow team members and blog readers! My name is Amanda Kloeppel and I am a senior at the University of Southern Indiana where I am majoring in Business Education and Economics. I go to school about four hours from home and love it. I have a younger brother who is 19.  I have found a church at school that is awesome and I am very involved there as a youth leader, high school small group leader, college Bible study leader, and on a collegiate leadership team. I have made many close friends through serving at my church.  I love to read anything and everything! I also enjoy working out and listening to music. I love to visit zoos and I am looking forward to maybe seeing some of the animals I love so much at the zoo in their natural habitat! I am so excited to have the opportunity to go on this trip. Going to Africa has been a dream of mine for a very long time. I can't wait to get you know you all better throughtout this process!