Hi all my name is Veronica Vela or Vee for short, I recently became a member of Antioch Church in Tempe, Arizona.  A month ago I was baptised and decided I would follow God in his footsteps and accept him as my Lord and Saviour. Every Thursday I go to Awaken which is for all the college students in the area where we get together have a small worship, sing songs, and goof off at the end. One night this guy came in to talk, and he talked to us about miracles and how God changed his life through these miracles. Literally like healing people in the presence of God - isn't that insane?! It moved me and It got me thinking for weeks, about that guy that came in, and yes I wish I could remember his name, but, it just made me realize I wanted to experience the hand of God. I know God’s plan is for me to see a miracle, I just know it is. Recently my two best friends Kenny and Hallie went to a mission trip in Tijuana, Mexico - at the time, it was too late for me to ask my parents and raise money for that trip, but they went, and boy oh boy the stories they told me had me in full body chills. I kid you not, the look in their eyes and body language was so surreal. It was like I was there with them in that moment, that they healed all these people. So, anyways there is this mission trip coming up in Mongolia, how awesome is that?! I feel compelled to go, all these signs from God have just been reaching out to me. One of the many reasons why I want to go to Mongolia, is because of my friend Shannon Stovall who passed away 7 years ago, she was always so big into her church and did mission trips all the time. I feel like if I go I will become closer to her, I feel like she led me in the sense of meeting my two best friends, pushing me to go to Antioch and then leading me to go to Mongolia. When and if I go, I feel like God will show me miracles and bring me close to Shannon, even though she isn't here. I feel like I will see things everyone at the church talks about, and I get incredibly moved thinking about it. So I am asking you, not for a lot but for whatever you can to help me get to Mongolia, and I would be forever grateful for contributing whatever you can so I can get closer to the big number up there. By April 23, 2015 I need to have a deposit of $1,800 and then the rest ($3300)before I leave. Estimated date to leave is last week of May, and returning first week of June. Ya'll this would mean the world to me if I could go, as would your generosity in the form of a contribution. I can’t stop thinking about this trip and how it could change my life and how I could change people’s lives in Mongolia.