Alright.  My name is Amy Knapp.  Simple enough.  Some people call me Napkin, because I literally am a "Knapp kin."  But I like being called Amy.

I was born in San Diego, but I moved to Colorado when I was about eighteen months.  I've lived in a suburb area called Highlands Ranch most of my life, a little south of Denver. I have a wonderful set of parents; my dad is an electrical engineer at the United Launch Alliance and my mom teaches third grade (bless her soul).  I also have a sister, Sandra.  She'll be a Junior at San Diego Christian College this coming fall. My brother, Tyler, is fifteen.  He'll be a sophomore in high school.  Oh, and he's aaadorable.   Holy cow.

I actually just graduated high school in May.  Ha.  My graduation was at Red Rocks, and it was thirty-five degrees and pouring rain the whole time.  I was literally going into hypothermia.  It was fun.  Anyway, after Cambodia, I will spend the spring of 2012 working.  Then, I'll go up to Colorado State University and major in equine science.

I am happy to say that I have two jobs.  The first is at Noodles and Company. I hope some of you know what Noodles is!  It's a restaurant that serves pasta, soup, salads, and sandwiches.  And it's delicious.  Mmmm.  Even though I work in the food business, I love it.  My coworkers are some of my best friends, and they make the stress of working in a restaurant worth every minute.  Hey, want to know something exciting??  There was a fire in the kitchen three days ago!  The restaurant had to close down, which was fine with me because I was scheduled to work from 10 am to 11 pm that day.  On another note,  I also teach horseback riding lessons!  I mostly do private Western style lessons.  I used to teach a class called Kiddie Corral for 5-7 year olds.  Dang, those kids wore me out.  So now I stick to private lessons. :)

Yeah...I'm a horse person.  I've been riding Western for over six years now, and I bought my first horse in March of 2010.  I love that mare to death.  She's the reason I'm working so much.  I'm the only horse person in my family, so I pay for her.  I hope to compete in barrel racing someday (barell racing is a rodeo event).  I also am a freak for long distance running.  Before I started working like a dog, I ran about five miles a day, because I'm weird and I LOVE it.  Now I try to get in a good run a few times a week.

I have an obsession with my beautiful home state of Colorado, and love hiking, biking, fishing, etc.  Also, I am a dork for country music.  Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Josh Turner, Brad Paisley...yessss.

I have been on two mission trips before.  The first was to Chinle, Arizona when I was....twelve.  I think.  The second was just last summer.  I went to the Dominican Republic with my youth group.  Both trips were incredible and life-changing!

Honestly, I can't believe I'm going to Cambodia.  I don't think it'll sink in until we get there...heh.  But I hope and pray that God will prepare my heart for this trip, and that He will bend me and mold me while I'm there.  I also hope to be humbled...to spend my time there pouring my heart into what we will be doing. 

I can't wait to meet all of you and spend the fall with you!