Who is Stefanie Peters?

Well, I will start with my parents background history. They have traveled around the world since before I can remember. My dad was a youth pastor and a national youth evangelist for many years. They have put many teens on the right track and helped them reach their full potential.

I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal lord and Savior at age three and I’ve continued to grow in Him ever since. I was in Christian school until sixth grade when I asked my Mom to home school me. In ninth grade I went to a public school for the first time. Wow, has that been an eye opener! I’ve experienced many things that I never could have anywhere else. I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to persevere even when everything inside of you says you can’t. I have strived to be an example of what a Christian is and how one acts at my high school and college . Even though I haven’t always been treated fairly, God helps me climb to the next level through the hard times.

Through it all I’ve gotten closer to God and tried to share the love of Christ with all the people I come in contact with. I’ve encountered different classmates in my school that were hurting, and it has been very fulfilling to reach out to them when they are open to God. It’s at those tough times that I’ve been used by the Lord, so I’ve tried to learn to be sensitive to the Spirit so I don’t miss the opportunities.

I am an enterprising and determined young woman. When people meet me, they often tell my parents that they have rarely met someone so young who is as determined or focused as I am. I feel like the Lord has called me to be a shining example of a godly woman, in leadership, showing the integrity and discipline to surge forward in life. The Lord has given me many gifts and now it’s my turn to glorify Him with them, in high school and college, but ultimately in life.

The Lord has put in my heart to be in business so I can further the gospel through funding the advancement of God’s kingdom, and to touch the heart of the people I come in contact with through my testimony and ethical business practices. Attending Normandale has been an amazing experience and I'm very excited about going to Costa Rica. I think it will be an incredible experience for me to grow and learn a lot.

I'm getting ready for Costa Rica!

I’m seventeen years old and I am attending Normandale through the PSEO (Post Secondary Educational Opportunity) program. I love attending Normandale and I am very excited about graduating in the spring. One day as I was surfing the internet I came across an opportunity to study abroad. There were two options, to travel to England or Costa Rica. I have taken Spanish ever since I was little, but I really started to study Spanish since 7th grade. I thought traveling to Costa Rica would be a great opportunity to experience another culture and expand my horizons. Here is a picture of my current spanish class at Normandale.


I have to admit that I sometimes feel like a hermit and I can never get out of my shell. I feel comfortable in my shell, but I know that I need to do something that will help me to break out of the mold. I might be crying, laughing, weeping, or giggling when I write to you, but I will be writing to you none the less for the next few months. Why, you ask? Because this is my Journalism assignment and I want to keep in contact with you. I was in the Jounaliam class at Normandale in the fall and I published the newspaper on the web. My favorite assignment was going to the Target Center and interviewing American Idol hopefuls. Here are some pictures of that experience.






I had my first official meeting on December 4th, 2006 for getting ready to go to Costa Rica. I signed up for all my classes and now I just have to wait until orientation in January. I’m taking Intercultural Communication, Biology, Spanish + Culture, and Journalism (so I can keep in contact with you when I’m in C.R.). I leave on February 17, 2007 and will get back on April 21, 2007. It all begins now, the preparation will be intense, but it will totally be worth it.

“The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”
Robert Cushing