I am Nicole Mae Klug. 18 years old and will be joining you all on the African Expedition. I have 2 lil sisters, a step-sister, and an older step-brother. As well as having an older sister that is not realated to me legally or by blood but I will forever call her my sister. I graduated from High School last May and almost immediatly after graduation went to work at an outdoor ministry/bible camp.

Last summer was such a blessing. I will admit that one of the only reasons I went to work at Camp Metigoshe is the fact that I wanted to get away from my parents. I had been a camper there for 10 years and thought it would be a nice escape. When I got there though, I met my big sister, we instantly became inseperable (literally known as the inseperable idiots.) With her help I started to see how prominent God was in my life.

In high school I was beyond stupid.

I did things that were not okay in any way.

Put myself in situations where I could have gotten killed.

I went up to camp not knowing how strong my faith was, and the people up there helped me realize who I really am. At one point during the summer, after a friend of mine had died in a motorcyle accident, I told my sister that I wasn't strong enough for all this, I didn't have the faith in everything that she did. All she told me was that she knows my past and that she knows that without faith in something, whether I knew what it was or not, I would still be completely lost.

Not long after that, I was looking at my sisters route details for the World Race. I accidentally clicked on something and ended up reading about the African Expedition- Spring 2013. I just talked to God and said if this isn't a sign I don't know what is. I took a leap of faith and applied.

A couple weeks later I was accepted.

Throughout the rest of the summer, my relationship with God strengthened beyond anything I ever imagined. I know what I want to do with my life now, and He's given me the oppertunity. He's calling me to missions, & I have happily answered his call.

I hope this little bit of insight into my life helps you all to get to know me a little bit more.

I've been praying for you all since the day I got accepted, without even knowing you. Getting to know you now only makes the prayers increase. I can't wait to get to know you more, and get to training camp... and AFRICA!!!

Feel so blessed!

-Nicole Mae Klug