Hey Y'all!
I hope everyone is doing well and that support raising and final exams for school if you have them are going well. 
I just wanted to encourage you guys to keep up the good work in support raising.  God is so faithful and so much bigger than we give him credit for sometimes.  He has been orchestrating each and every one of your trips for so much longer than you have been planning it and you will see his faithfulness.  He is going to use people in your life in ways that you would never expect.  A couple of weeks ago, or maybe months now, gosh time fly's, I was truly awakened to how big and how in control God actually is.   I knew it before but I think I just get caught up in my day to day life and forget.  My mom called me crying one night and I was so confused.  She then proceeded to tell me that my Grandmaws friend (who I had met once when I was a baby, I don't know this lady and her husband at all and they only know me through updates my Grammy gives them), felt a while ago that God was putting on their heart to start putting money aside for a particular person.  They didn't know who this person was or why God wanted them to save money, but in faith every week they began to put money aside.  Then one week they began to feel a sense of urgency that it was time to give the money away.  They began praying, feeling that God was telling them whoever they had been saving for needed the money now and it was time.  They got my letter the next day and immediately broke into tears and knew that the money was supposed to go to me.  They sent me a personal letter as well as the money to adventures in missions and we have been emailing.  This was a huge expression of Gods faithfulness.  It showed me that he has been planning this for much longer than I have been wanting to do it.  He is using people in my life that I barely know, and did not expect to give and just completely blowing my mind.  God is so good and he has all of us in his hands and is going to walk with us, beside us through this process.  Our obedience in taking a leap of faith to bring glory to Gods Kingdom will be rewarded! Have a fantastic weekend all!

God Bless,
Kristen Aperfine