Hello everyone!
I just wanted to report that support for Africa has been coming together pretty quickly! God is providing in many ways. I currently have about 2/3 of my financial support needed for Niger and I have purchased my tickets for training in Charlotte, NC. I leave June 19th, six days after my graduation and will be gone for a week. At this point, I am planning to buy tickets to Niger for the middle of August.

I'm looking forward to my Senior Trip to Ecuador this weekend and I can't believe how soon I graduate! My graduation is June 13 and it's a little scary that I will be an "adult" and independent soon, but I know that God will strengthen and teach me each step of the way. I'm going to enjoy my last couple of months in Perú, but I will definitely be sad to leave my friends here. Growing up is hard, but God is comforting me through this whole process.

It's officially "winter" in Lima and the neblina (darkness) has set in for good. It feels extremely cold even though the temperature remains above 60ºF (15.5ºC). Less than a month ago I was complaining about the heat which had a high of about 93ºF (32.2ºC)... I'm preparing to get my mind blown by the the balmy weather that averages in the mid 100's (over 40ºC) in Galmi! I'm not sure I'm ready for such intimidating weather or the mosquitos quite yet, but I'll get a small taste of them beforehand when I visit hot, muggy North Carolina! I can't wait to go back for my training, as NC was also my home for two and a half years of my childhood.

Prayers would be appreciated as my graduation is coming up. Thanks :) More to come soon...

New Hair!

Last week-helping sponsored World Vision kids in Perú to write letters to their supporters.

Praise God for new committed prayer and monthly support! As of right now, I am at approximately 30% of my total support for the year! There is still a long way to go, but God is always faithful and I know He will provide whatever is necessary in His timing for me to serve in Africa.
Today we reserved a flight for me to attend a required 3-day missions training in Charlotte, NC in June. Please be praying alongside me for continued and increased support and that I will be able to purchase my ticket to Niger soon. God is so good!

For those of you who would like to know more about where I am going, Galmi is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The hospital there has 120 beds and provides medical care in a place where there is one doctor for every 30,000 people. The clinics at Galmi serve up to 300 predominately Muslim men, women, and children daily. Loving medical care is a bridge to share the love of Christ. Each day the staff there shows the Jesus film and patients have the opportunity to hear the Gospel through Bible teaching and prayer. Please be praying for more qualified, committed staff and that God will use this ministry to bring many to know Christ.

This is the Zoolkoski family that I will be working with!

Praise God that I've decided which school to go to when I return from Niger! BIOLA has accepted my deferment  and I am on for the 2013-2014 school year! 

Also, thank God that people have been responding well to my first newsletter and please pray that He will continue raising up prayer warriors and people to support me. The Lord is awesome and I know that He will provide no matter what! 

Hi again!
I would like you to join me in prayer as, along with planning on going to Niger, I must also decide within the next week which college I will go to when I return to the States.
I have narrowed it down to two colleges; Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL and Biola University in La Mirada, CA. I have already been accepted to Biola with a good scholarship and grant package, but still need to decide if I will accept their offer. It gets slightly more complicated because if I do choose to go to Biola, I will need to ask for an enrollment deferment until next year. I have yet to apply to Moody, and even though I have already been accepted into Biola, I am still very interested in Moody's ministry program. Students who go to Moody are required to do ministry hours weekly, and double major in Bible and another subject.
Both are great Christian schools and I would be happy to go to either one of them, but I'm torn between the two. If you would please be praying for me to make wise decisions concerning school, that would be great. I know God can use either one of them to help accomplish His purpose in my life.

Hello everyone!
I would like to invite you to join me as I encounter a new culture. I'm not only entering the culture of a people in a different country with different customs; I'm also entering the new culture of adulthood. I've been a kid all my life and now is the time for a change. I don't have to change who I am because God can use anyone for His glory, but I do have to change my heart. I can't live for myself because there is no purpose in that. I MUST live for Him. I'm dedicating my life to whatever God wants me to do. I am going wherever God sends me, and at least for now, that place is Africa. I have been so blessed to have grown up in Perú and I'm so excited that I get to be a part of His ministry in Niger!