Hello crazy bloggers, if you are new to My Crazy Adoption blog, I want to welcome you! In case you’re wondering if you heard the rumors correctly – YES YES YES I’m giving away a mission trip with Visiting Orphans Ministry. Well, in honor of my son’s 18th birthday TODAY I’m throwing a mini-giveaway party!
(Happy 18th Michael- we love you!)
This is a Mini Giveaway! I will give away 1 mission trip tee shirt (you pick) and 1 Free Mission Trip entry. This is huge… someone could WIN a mission trip just participating in the mini giveaway fun! Even if you have already purchased a Simply Love/Man Up tee, you can still play the mini!! Please limit to 1 comment only
Here’s what you need to do to enter the mini: (you pick 1)
1. Add MY CRAZY ADOPTION button on your blog located on the right side column. Just copy & past code.
2. Shout out on FB, Twitter, or an email blast and share the Mission Trip Giveaway to your friends!
3. Write a blog post about the Mission Trip Giveaway craziness and inspire your readers to enter the contest!! (you can use any of my posts & pics)
4. Share with me why you want to win this mission trip giveaway.
Now, leave in the comments how you entered to play the Mini Giveaway today. I will randomly select a winner and update post [here] on Monday, November 14th. Get ready, get set, goooooo!! Please limit to only 1 comment.
Q- What do I win?
You win 1 mission trip giveaway tee shirt (you pick) and 1 FREE entry to WIN the mission trip!
You can purchase mission trip GIVEAWAY tees here.
November 10th, 2011 at 8:04 AM
Posted on Facebook.
Great giveaway.
Thanks.
–Kristen.
November 10th, 2011 at 8:29 AM
I am so excited about this! I have already purchased a shirt and have 1 entry, but I am excited about possibly winning another! I will be adding the link to your website on my blog.
Happy Birthday to you son!
November 10th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Love Simply Love! i mean, really, isn’t that all we’re called to do? thanks for doing such good works!
November 10th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Posted on Facebook Mama Kiki! Would SO love to go back to Uganda and bring my new hubby with me!
Amanda
November 10th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Because? I wanna go back. xoxoxo
November 10th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Why do I want to win? I want to be able to pass on this shirt to a friend or family whose eyes have not been opened yet. God has broken my heart for the orphan and I am so truely thankful and blessed and now want to be a part of breaking others hearts so one day there will be no more orphans, as they will all be in loving homes!!! My prayer is that everyone will go serve on missions trips and what a great way to help with this!! Thank you for your ministry and following God’s lead!!!
I also shared your link on Facebook!
I can’t wait for the man up shirt I ordered to arrive and have my husband where it and hopefully inspire others!
Happy 18th Birthday Michael!!!
November 10th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I am posting on facebook and telling sharing with you why I want to win. I would love to win a free missions trip because I feel that serving in missions is one of the many things that God has called me to do and to get to do this from winning a trip would be amazing!! Love you Mama Kiki!
November 10th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
I desperately want to go on a mission trip! Being a stay at home mom saving that kind of money isn’t a reality right now. I already have a heart for the orphans but I want to go, I want to see, I want to help more than I am. It would seriously be a dream come true (no Disney World for me..lol) I’m sharing the giveaway on Facebook right now and I’ll also be adding your button to my blog! Thank you SO much for this opportunity. Someone will be forever changed because of it…JUST AWESOME!!
November 10th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Why do I want to go on a mission trip??? Oh, let me count the ways – um, WHY’S!! Too many to begin to list. I already have your button on my blog, and am doing a FB shoutout now! Love you, Mama Kiki!!
November 10th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
I added your button to my blog: http://weareunderthesamesky.blogspot.com/
Here is why I would love to win the give away. It is hard for me to retyp so I will share what I wrote Grace in a message on Facebook…
Missions have always been on my heart since I was a little girl. I was nine and would tell my parents when I grew up I wanted to move to Africa. When I met my husband he said his desire was to help those in Africa. I found out someone who wanted to be my partner in missions. We also are planning to adopt in a year or two from Africa or whenever God calls us.
I have not had the chance to go yet but I hope someday I will. My husband and I were going to go this year but in March we found out I was pregnant and I was too sick to go. We lost our first baby in May. We started praying about Gods plan for us on whether or not this was our time to go to finally go on a mission. We were doing lots of research and reading lots of blogs. I have followed Katie Davis for a long time but I started to search for more.
In September we were still praying for God to show us his will. We felt adoption tugging really hard on our hearts. That same week I found out that I was pregnant again. We thought maybe Gods plan was different from ours and were thrilled with whatever was brought our way. We found out on Nov. 4th that our baby girls heart wasnt growing properly and it stopped. She was born on Monday. God is moving in a big way and we are not sure of where to go. Adoption is in our future and we hope God has us doing missions as well. Financial reasons are the only hold up right now because of all my medical bills. We are praying God will show us where we are supposed to be.
I dont tell my story to seek pity or tears but to let others know that God can work ALL things together for GOOD. Even in the middle of the storms, when you cling to God, He will take care of you. I know missionary work is heartbreaking and backbreaking and I am thinking God is using these hard times to make us stronger and closer to him.
Sorry this post is so long :/
November 10th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I have already purchased a t-shirt to enter! Trying this way too, I am excited to not only attend a mission trip but take some high schooler with me. I am working on being the change I want to see in the world!
November 10th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
I’m going to share this on my facebook wall! Thank you for doing this for the Fatherless!
November 10th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Simply..half my heart is elsewhere. Especially Haiti and Africa. My desire is to be able to go on at least one mission trip a year but financially we cant afford that. I stepped out in faith and applied for a mission trip and I am praying God will help me find a way…figure it doesnt hurt to try this too:)
Shared on FB
November 10th, 2011 at 12:13 PM
I put it on facebook and sent an email to my friends! I entered last time you gave away a mission trip, and didn’t win, but LOVE my shirt! I am pregnant and don’t want to stretch it out, so another reason I’m excited for this baby to come is so that I can wear my Love shirt again! :0)
November 10th, 2011 at 12:23 PM
After adopting my daughter from Ethiopia and living there 5 months trying to get her home, I fell in LOVE with the country. I saw a few Visiting Orphan groups come through the guest house I was at and I thought it was such an amazing organization and great opportunity. I would LOVE to join a VO trip and return to the country where I left my heart. But, after an adoption, financing a trip like that is difficult, at best. That is why I would LOVE to win this trip!
And I shared this on my fb too.
November 10th, 2011 at 12:44 PM
FB and share. I would love to win bc I love to give and I would give the trip and tee to the one God shows me bc I know many who desire to go on a missions trip to so much and as I have been on so many before I know how life changing they are! win to give baby!
November 10th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
FB and comment
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this trip!!!! My hubs and I have two bio sons. We felt so incredibly blessed by them and “thought” we were COMPLETE…ha ha ha…God had other plans!!! hee hee. I unexpectedly got pregnant while we were building our new home. By the time we had gotten used to the idea of a child and began to prepare our home for our newest addition, I had a miscarriage. This was so difficult, but we didn’t allow this to defeat us. We cried out to God and wondered what He was trying to reveal to us through this trial….we now know that He was setting the lonely in this family…but we almost sensed it wasn’t from my womb, but from HIS. He began to stir our hearts and drew us to the idea of adoption. We began the process to adopt a daughter from China. The timeline continued to increase, so we felt the Lord leading us to complete a concurrent adoption from Ethiopia. Through many many GOD MOMENTS and MIRACLES we now have a daughter from Ethiopia- 2 and 1/2 years old (repaired cleft lip and palate) and a daugter from Ethiopia. Since being home, it has been so difficult to live the way we do in American, knowing what we know after visiting China and Ethiopia. I would LOVE the opportunity to GO. Be. Serve. LOVE!!!! Thanks for this amazing opportunity!!!!!
November 10th, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Kari, it was such a privilege to serve with you in Ethiopia and I would LOVE to do it again! I will share this on FB and I already have your button on my blog
November 10th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
I liked you on FB and also shared on FB about your giveaway. We adopted a baby girl from Ethiopia-my heart and passion is to return to that country and do good for the people that I fell in love with. I am a registered nurse in Labor & delivery and would love to be able to use my medical skills to help those in need…it is my dream. We have 6 kids now and there is no way I could afford to go over right now so when I saw the contest, I jumped on it! LOVE this idea!!! Thanks for doing this-whoever gets to go is SO blessed!
November 10th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Happy Birthday Michael!! I love seeing your kid’s hearts for orphans, Kari!
I would love to win this Mission Trip. I wanted to go on the Korah trip with you last February and we couldn’t wing it, now we’ve got a newly adopted baby ( whose middle name is Michael,btw!) and I’m on fire to adopt from Ethiopia, I would love to visit and serve there.
November 10th, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Posted on twitter. I want to win because I want to go back and see the precious kids I met last summer.
November 10th, 2011 at 1:54 PM
Shared on Twitter. I want to win so I can go to Korah and see a 10 years old boy I met this summer.
November 10th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
I would love to win the mission trip for my 16 year old son, Abrham, who is adopted from Ethiopia. He would like to go back at some point and this would be an awesome way to give back to his country. I wouldn’t mind going along for the ride. LOL
Gena
November 10th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
I have your button on my scrolling sidebar.
I would love to win the giveaway because I have been forever changed since the adoption of our son from Ethiopia. We love the country of Ethiopia and the people. To be able to go back again this summer would be an amazing blessing.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Blessings,
Amy
November 10th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
I shared the mission trip giveaway on Facebook (Jessica Fields Rudder).
If I won, I would send my husband on a mission trip (even though I’d really, really want to go myself). He’s a very responsible person, so, he would never spend our limited finances on a mission trip for himself. This means the only way I can get him out there is to win the trip for him. He has such a great knowledge of scripture and love of God and an amazing way with people (especially kids) that I think he would be a huge asset on a mission trip too!
November 10th, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Why do I want to go to Africa? I love bigger than the united states and see the necessity for loving.Africa the way we love America, and I want to see Worldu again !! Love you Mama Keke
I hope I get to see you guys again real soon!!
November 10th, 2011 at 4:50 PM
God has been opening my heart to care for orphans ever since my best friend adopted her daughter from Ethiopia. I have never been on a missions trip but I have caught a glimpse of the need and feel like my whole way of living and thinking is being transformed. I would love this opportunity to enter. I’m checking out your blog and looking at the shirts too! Thanks for all you are doing!!
P.S. Posted on FB for all my friends to see as well!!!
November 10th, 2011 at 4:55 PM
I posted the link on FB and would love to win! We adopted our precious Esther Selam 1 1/2 years ago and my dream is now to go back and serve. To somehow serve the precious people of Ethiopia in Jesus’ name. We are doing what we can from here and yes, there is much to do from a distance. But half of my heart is still there and going back is my dream
November 10th, 2011 at 5:24 PM
1. Posted your button on my blog!
2. I would love to go on a Visiting Orphans Mission trip to Ethiopia. I have always wanted to volunteer at an orphanage in Ethiopia and show precious children the love of God.
November 10th, 2011 at 6:35 PM
I would so love to win a trip! I really want to go and love on the orphans, but lack all the finaces right now to make it happen. I am also posting this on facebook! Thanks!
November 10th, 2011 at 6:52 PM
I added your button to my blog under my FAVORITES section.
November 10th, 2011 at 6:53 PM
I would LOVE to win the mission trip giveaway! God has really hit me hard with a desire to serve those in Africa for the past year, and a mission trip would be PERFECT to help fulfill this desire he has planted in my heart!
November 10th, 2011 at 7:32 PM
I would LOVE to win a mission trip to giveaway again for someone who would want to join my team in July in Uganda! Good luck girl!
November 10th, 2011 at 9:04 PM
I Would love love love this trip!!! And the t shirt!! I will also shout out on Facebook! Pick me pick me!!
November 10th, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Hey Kari,
First off…I blogged about the missions trip giveaway on my blog: http://www.proverbs24twelve.blogspot.com.
Secondly…..here’s my reason for wanting to go on the missions trip:
(I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO stoked you are doing a mission trip giveaway again.)
There is only one thing that I can think of that I have not done in my life that I REALLY wanted to do…and that is go on an overseas mission trip. God planted this seed in my heart as an older teenager. Lots of time has passed and I’m now in my mid-30s. In the last couple of years, God has opened my heart and made me aware of the orphan crisis and the need around the world. I realized that we all have so much to give. This past January, we brought home our new 4 1/2 year old son from Ethiopia. We are also sponsoring an 18 -year-old boy from P61 to go to boarding school. We have been writing back and forth for about a year. He is wanting to know when I could come visit. Since I am a stay-at-home mom again, our resources are limited and the funds to fly are non-existent. The thought of being able to go, love, and serve would be wonderful. (and a visit to my sponsored child and helping at p61 would be icing on the cake!)
November 10th, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Yahh!!! Oh I am so excited Kari!!! This is my year that I finally move for God like CRAZY!! I just know it and feel whether, I win your givaway or not!!! However, I did tweet about your givaway and blogged about it!!! Thank you Kari!! I love your sweet heart and love for our Father!!!
November 11th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Posting on Facebook! Would be super awesome to win a T-shirt and a chance to win the trip!!!
November 11th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Button is on my blog! Also, Why would I like to win a Mission Trip? Well, we are in the process of adopting from Ethiopia, so we have been in saving mode for months. Since it looks like we will have a longer wait than anticipated, my husband and I decided we could take a few months and save for a missions trip. I was totally blown away when he said HE wanted to be the one to go!! Our church is partnering with a church in the Dominican Republic and we are helping build an education center there. Tyler will be traveling with 19 other people in July to help make this happen. I am so proud of him for stepping up and wanting to go serve (totally jealous he will get to meet our sponsor child while he is there too!) All that to say while I am so incredibly excited and happy for him, I WANT TO GO TOO! As we wait for the day we see our child’s face for the first time, I want to make the most of this time and DO something. I can’t think of anything better than going and loving on orphans and sharing the love of our Father. Thank you Kari (and the whole Gibson family) for all the love and support you pour out!
November 11th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
This is awesome! Hope it is me! And Happy Birthday Michael!
November 11th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Happy Birthday to your son!!! Missions has always been on my heart, but recently God has placed Africa on my heart too! My hubby and I are saving up to go on a trip @ the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013. It will take that long for us to save up, but it will be sooooooo worth it! I shared this on FB. I also just finished reading Kisses From Katie. God is so so good. Your blog is new to me, but I look forward to reading it!!! God Bless!!!!
November 11th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
I would love to win a trip because Jesus commands us to go and make disciples of all nations and God has grown a deep desire in my heart to continue to serve not only in my own community but also all over the world!
November 11th, 2011 at 11:29 AM
This is amazing! I posted about it on my twitter
November 11th, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I tweeted about your giveaway (@2sweetthings)~ I’m already going with VO next summer, but I’d love for it to be paid for! Can’t wait to see what God has in store!
November 11th, 2011 at 11:45 AM
I shared this on FB. I’m hoping to go on my first out-of-the-country mission trip this spring. Thank you for all you do for the “least of these!”
November 11th, 2011 at 11:53 AM
This would be an amazing opportunity that I could never afford with our family expenses with 2 beautiful children with special needs.
November 11th, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Kari- I would love to win, then I could use my money saved to go on this trip to maybe go on another mission trip!!
November 11th, 2011 at 12:09 PM
I posted on Facebook.
November 11th, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Bought a shirt the 1st day and shared today on Facebook because you SIMPLY ROCK!!
November 11th, 2011 at 12:41 PM
I shared on Facebook and will be purchasing a t-shirt as well. Thanks for all that you do! Blessings!
November 11th, 2011 at 12:50 PM
I’m planning on heading back to China this summer for my sixth mission trip. Winning my trip there would mean I would have more to spend on the kids I’ve fallen in love and built relationships with. But no matter who wins, thanks so much for doing this! I believe going overseas is such an important experience that everyone should have, yet I hear so many people tell me about not being able to afford it, as they are gulping down their daily $5 latte! By the way, I gave you a shoutout on my fb page:)
November 11th, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Simply Love is the business! Hah If this is a random drawing then count me in. If it is not though still count me in. So looking forward to the trip this summer and possibly staying further. Your awesome Kari!
November 11th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
I have taken a leap of faith and applied for a mission trip this summer to Ecuador. I do not have the finances but know that God will provide them and maybe this is how he will:)
November 11th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
This is my comment
love you!
November 11th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
I would love to win. I would love to experience the love, service, joy, and beauty of people in need in another country. God is so BIG and I can’t wait to hear how he works through this mission trip.
November 11th, 2011 at 1:45 PM
WOW!! Incredible! Posting on fb for sure
November 11th, 2011 at 2:27 PM
I have a heart for adoption and would like to visit Uganda before I graduate highschool(:
November 11th, 2011 at 2:29 PM
Are you still eligible to win if you do not have a blog???
I would love to win a mission trip, because I believe that God has called everyone of His children to missions. When I graduated from highschool I spent a month in Nicaragua, and worked at an orphanage. I loved every minute of it; the good and the bad. I felt like for once I had a purpose. I knew that I wanted to continue serving people that others easily forget about, because they are so far away, but since I go to College of the Ozarks, I haven’t had time to do all of the things that go into planning a trip. With graduation approaching, my heart is more open to God’s plan than ever, and I hope that it I won a trip, and if I and my fiance could go on a trip together, God would give us more clarity in the plan He has for us.
This is an awesome give away! Happy Birthday Michael!
November 11th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
I already purchased the shirt but would love another
Posted on FB and would love this generous opportunity to help serve since I lack the funding on my own. Thank you!
November 11th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Hello,
First of all- Happy Birthday to your son!!!
I posted on my facebook and would like to share with you why a mission trip prize would be an amazing blessing in my life. Over the last two years, I have felt an overwhelmingly incredible urge in my soul to visit Africa- more specifically Uganda. In just the last couple of months, several of my friends have had the opportunity to go- one of my friends with the visitingorphans organization, of which I have only heard great things.
I have fervently prayed for direction,wisdom, and provision and am eager to see how God will work in my life.I am a newlywed and am so excited to serve with my husband in Africa (something we discussed since meeting one another). I have asked God to show us how (my husband and I )will get to Africa and feel that this opportunity just might be a way! ( : After all; it is every person’s responsibility to care of the fatherless, the orphans…to go, be, love. God is soooooo good! Thank you for doing this life changing giveaway!
Have a blessed day!!
Whitney
November 11th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I would love a tee, but oh how i would “simply love” to join a mission trip. When it doesn’t seem like there would ever be a chance, this opportunity simply might be an answer to prayer. Thank you.
November 11th, 2011 at 4:45 PM
This is very cool, God has been breaking our hearts for Africa so much, my husband has been able to go to many trips by Gods grace and I cannot wait to add some trips to my belt as well. God’s heart is where the poor are…
Thank you!
Sarah
November 11th, 2011 at 4:46 PM
oh and I posted on Face book! oops I forgot to mention…
November 11th, 2011 at 5:18 PM
I would love to win a mission trip because it is my heart’s desire to use the gifts God has given me as a nurse to care for those in need in foreign countries!
November 11th, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Chiming in as a husband here. My wife has already been to Africa and it changed her life in so many ways. I know that God is preparing our family for more international ministry work and I would love to start with Africa if it is His will!
November 11th, 2011 at 5:28 PM
…..simply love to have the chance to love like Christ does
November 11th, 2011 at 10:38 PM
I have your button on my blog already. I will add a link on twitter
Blessings,
Amy
November 11th, 2011 at 10:46 PM
Posted on Facebook! So looking forward to see what God has in store. Growing up, I’ve been exposed to missionaries and seeing the work they’ve started. God gave me that experience for a purpose – to open up my heart for the glory of his work. Children all over the world need God’s love – so God is using people to share His love for them.
November 11th, 2011 at 10:48 PM
I have your button on my blog.
November 11th, 2011 at 11:10 PM
I posted on Facebook. I’d so love to win this & take my Husband with me on a mission trip
November 11th, 2011 at 11:58 PM
I posted the link to the contest on Facebook. Five of us in our family are hoping to go to Africa in 2012, so this would help a lot!
November 12th, 2011 at 12:06 AM
I would love to be able to go back to Ethiopia. In a previous visit, I found a great part of my heart for orphans there. I would love to be part of making their world a little better.
I shared this on my facebook page.
November 12th, 2011 at 1:06 AM
Would Love to go back and take my husband!!
November 12th, 2011 at 3:17 AM
Wow, what an opportunity you are giving to someone. I am truly happy for whoever is chosen. My husband and I have two Ethiopian sons. One son has been home since ’10 and our other precious son passed away Nov.’09 while waiting for us to bring him home. Part of my heart is buried in Ethiopian soil. I wasn’t able to go to Ethiopia to get our son or visit the cemetary where our other son is buried. I stayed home to take care of our 3 older children. My husband went. I would hope it is my turn now. Thank you.
I shared this on FB too.