The Lord is going to bless someone in a real BIG way

He’s going to bless their socks off their feet TODAY!

 

He’s got a plan, and He will make it clear

Everyone, let’s stand up and cheer!

 

The winner will go to the other side of the planet

And be radically changed for good, can you stand it?

 

Faces gazing at them, young and old,

Looking for love, same as gold.

 

Joy, praise, and love of the Father above

Will fuel all the actions wrapped in love.

 

Two packed weeks in a faraway land

And an opportunity to reach out a hand

 

Love BIG for Jesus and draw people in

TODAY is the day!  Let the adventure begin!

(Thank you Sue Bee for writing this amazing jingle for my blog today!! Love you!)

Crazy bloggers, I will announce the GRAND PRIZE WINNER on Saturday morning on My Crazy Adoption! Visiting Orphans will video the drawing LIVE at the Give2Go Event! I can’t wait to see WHO God has chosen to win the mission trip!!

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ONLY 1/2 DAY LEFT TO ENTER THE MISSION TRIP GIVEAWAY HERE!!

Grand Prize Winner will be drawn on Friday, December 2, 2011 at our 2nd Annual Visiting Orphans Give2Go event in Nashville, TN. You do not need to be present to win. Winner will be notified by Monday, December 5th.

(Deadline for online purchases are Friday, Dec 2 at 12 noon CT!) Purchase one of these special tees designed just for this giveaway! You get your name in the drawing for every one of these tees that you purchase. So if you purchase 5 men’s and 5 women’s – you get 10 entries!!!! It’s that easy!

Anywhere

in the world

on a Visiting Orphans missions trip….

Open your hearts to Go, Be, and Love orphans!!

El Salvador, Costa Rica, Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, China, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India and Ukraine!

If you have enjoyed or learned from this post, please share it:

{UPDATED WITH MINI WINNER: Random Result: 23}

I wanted to throw one more mini-giveaway to help you win the grand prize- FREE Mission Trip on 12/2! I’ve received so many emails this month and a few of you are still feeling afraid to go and serve on a mission trip. Opportunities [like this] to go on a life changing trip, without paying a penny, to live James 1:27 in a radical way- don’t come around often. I want to challenge ALL Men, Gals, High School and College students to GO on a mission trip in 2012 and radically live James 1:27! Let go of your fears and allow God to direct your steps. He has already chosen the winner! If you don’t try, you might miss out on a supernatural blessing!

This is a 2-day mini giveaway- and crazy easy to enter!

How to enter:

1. Leave a comment. (this makes it official)
2. Click any of the SHARE IT buttons at the end of the post: “Like”, Facebook, Twitter, etc… help spread the word! I will randomly pick a {mini winner} at the end of the day on Thursday, 12/1.

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 MISSION TRIP GIVEAWAY HERE!!

Grand Prize Winner will be drawn on Friday, December 2, 2011 at our 2nd Annual Visiting Orphans Give2Go event in Nashville, TN. You do not need to be present to win. Winner will be notified by Monday, December 5th.

(Deadline for online purchases are Friday, Dec 2 at 12 noon!) Purchase one of these special tees designed just for this giveaway! You get your name in the drawing for every one of these tees that you purchase. So if you purchase 5 men’s and 5 women’s – you get 10 entries!!!! It’s that easy!

Anywhere

in the world

on a Visiting Orphans missions trip….

Open your hearts to Go, Be, and Love orphans!!

El Salvador, Costa Rica, Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, China, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India and Ukraine!

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER THE MISSION TRIP GIVEAWAY HERE!!

Thank you so much for all your support for my 2011 Mission Trip Giveaway! Your shout out’s have helped spread the word all over blog land and beyond! We have (as of today) 406 people entered for the grand prize! Let’s break some records and double that number in the next 3 days! I don’t want anyone to miss out on going on a mission trip to love orphans!

Winner will be drawn on Friday, December 2, 2011 at our 2nd Annual Visiting Orphans Give2Go event in Nashville, TN. You do not need to be present to win. Winner will be notified by Monday, December 5th.

(Deadline for online purchases are Friday, Dec 2 at 12 noon!) Purchase one of these special tees designed just for this giveaway! You get your name in the drawing for every one of these tees that you purchase. So if you purchase 5 men’s and 5 women’s – you get 10 entries!!!! It’s that easy.

Anywhere

in the world

on a Visiting Orphans missions trip….

Open your hearts to Go, Be, and Love orphans!!

El Salvador, Costa Rica, Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, China, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India and Ukraine!

Come back tomorrow [here] to My Crazy Adoption and check out the last chance mini-giveaway!!! Don’t miss out on an opportunity to DO THIS ….

(photo used with permission by Wynne Elder)

The message is simple.  The message is clear.

“It starts with One.”

A mission trip can radically change someone’s life in so many ways.  Whether it be signing up for a future trip, inspiring others to go on a trip, starting a new ministry, interning in or moving to a foreign country, or adopting—lives are being effected because ONE person responded to James 1:27 and then said, “Yes.”

You are that One.

And we would love share your story.  Because you have taken that step to JOIN ANOTHER TRIP, ADOPT, AND START A MINISTRY, because you have said YES, we want to share your testimony at our Give2Go event on December 2^nd.  We want to share as many stories as we can of how ONE trip has changed a life and how important it is to GO.  We will be printing the bio’s of people like yourself and featuring your picture on our Wall of Glory for others to read.  For others to be inspired.

We’d be honored to have you.

If this is something you’d like to share, please send us your story by Wednesday, November 25^th.   A one page bio would be great! Please send us a high res photo.

Amanda Herdina, Executive Assistant

We can’t thank you enough for taking the first step and we’d love for your help in inspiring maybe just ONE more. Join us for a night filled with inspiring testimonies and amazing performances. PLUS – we’ll be drawing a winner for our Mission Trip Giveaway that night. You don’t want to miss it!

Visiting Orphans 2nd Annual Give2Go- Nashville, TN
Featuring:
Jeff Slaughter as MC
and performances by Johnnyswim, Christa Black and Chris McClarney
Friday, December 2, 2011
Doors open at 6pm
Concert starts at 7 pm
at Rocketown
Nashville, TN

FREE EVENT!
($10 suggested donation)

BUY YOUR GIVEAWAY TEE AND ENTER TO WIN HERE (ENDS DEC. 2ND)

Last year, I was sitting at a women’s conference at my church, minding my own business, when the Lord directly impressed upon my heart to invite the red head singing with the worship ministry … that he needed to go to Africa. I remember clearly thinking, but wait, Lord, I don’t even know his name… are you sure? Trust me, He was sure. For weeks, every Sunday I saw him singing on stage, the Lord reminded me. I finally told a friend, I was supposed to invite (pointing to the man 3rd to the left) on my mission trip. “Oh, that’s Trevor Birch,” she whispered. Great, now the mystery man had a name and the pressure was on.

Honestly, I kinda felt like a stalker every time church ended trying to hunt down Trevor. I never had the opportunity to “bump” into him, so I finally told the Lord that He would have to introduce us…

Trevor’s Story (it’s all true)

One year ago, this month, I did not have a trip to Africa on my radar. I had been telling my friends that I really wanted to go on a missions trip someday but I wasn’t planning on going anytime soon. A friend of mine saw Kari Gibson’s Mission’s Trip Give Away and suggested that I enter. I didn’t win the free trip, however, God had some cool things in store for me.

A few weeks later, I met Kari (aka Mama Kiki) for the first time at a restaurant and she approached me (attacked me…no joke) about going with her on a missions trip to Ethiopia. We immediately clicked and she encouraged me to step out in faith and trust the Lord to provide the finances. I took a step of faith and signed up for the trip. Over the next several months, God miraculously provided all the finances I needed for the trip.

My experience in Ethiopia was unlike anything I could have imagined. From getting the dreaded diarrhea with no American-style toilet for over a hundred miles, to the slaughtering of goats for a BBQ. Needless to say, it was quite the experience. Despite all of that, one of my greatest joys was being able to share the love of God to orphans through music and also by simply spending time with them. God really taught me a lot about love on this trip. We encountered so many orphans who were desperate for love. At times, their situation was overwhelming but you could feel how special it made a child feel by simply spending quality time with them. My heart was so full of love for these kids, and it reminded me that God loves these kids and me more that I could imagine. I wondered if I was really making a significant impact because the need was so great. However, my prayer is that God will use that time there to remind those children how special they are to God that He would send a group of thirty individuals halfway across the world to simply love on them.

Trevor was such a blessing on our mission trip using his gift of music to bless hundreds of beautiful orphans we met throughout Ethiopia… God wanted to bring the best to his children. Don’t ever miss out on the God-ordained opportunities. I think back on how easy it would have been to ignore the Lord’s prompting and chose not to stalk hunt down Trevor. He could have been freaked out having a crazy lady pounce on him at the restaurant, but thankfully both of us listened to our hearts. The best part, a year after the mission trip, Trevor is such a dear friend of my family. Check out his cool website here.

So, here’s what I want to challenge you today … listen to your heart. If you have always dreamed of going on a mission trip, but the money fear keeps you from moving forward, this opportunity to WIN A MISSION TRIP is right here in front of you to grab. Buy your tee shirt today and see what God has in store for your life. The challenge is on …. now it’s up to you!

What is holding you back from joining a mission trip- I’d love to pray for you!

PURCHASE YOUR MISSION TRIP GIVEAWAY TEE HERE- contest ends 12/2

 

{UPDATED WITH WINNER} True Random Number Generator- Result: 29

#29 Fies Says: November 17th, 2011 at 1:44 PM e I love the black Tee and would love to be sporting it on the man up trip this summer in Ethiopia & Uganda!

 

For the past two weeks, I’ve loved reading all your comments, tweets, and Facebook shout outs sharing my crazy mission trip giveaway! I don’t want anyone to miss out on going on a mission trip to love BIG and serve the fatherless in a radical way… especially winning a mission trip.

Today, I’m throwing my 2nd mini-giveaway!! You have the chance to WIN a Visiting Orphans mission trip to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD- 13 countries to pick from: El Salvador, Costa Rica, Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, China, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India, and Ukraine. The Grand Prize Giveaway announced 12/2!

This is a one day only mini giveaway!! I’m giving away 1 new tee shirt (you pick) + 1 Free Missions Trip entry.  This is huge… someone could win a mission trip just participating in the mini giveaway fun today!!!

Here’s what you need to do to enter: (you pick 1)

1. Add My Crazy Adoption blog on your permanent blog roll.  https://mycrazyadoption.org/
2. Shout out on FB, Twitter or your blogs and share the Missions Trip Giveaway to your friends!
3. Share with me where you will pick (if you win) to go on the mission trip to simply love.

Now, leave me a comment how you entered the Mini Giveaway today.  I will randomly select a winner from the blog comments and announce here on Friday (11/18). Please leave only 1 comment. Stay tuned for final mini coming soon!

(Visiting Orphans Team Uganda 2011)

Q- Who can enter the mini giveaway?

Everybody- men, women & teens!!!! If you have already purchased a tee and entered the BIG giveaway, you can still win the mini! I will randomly pick a winner and post here tomorrow the winner  Get ready, get set, goooooo!!

Q- What do I win?

You win 1 giveaway tee and 1 FREE entry to win the grand prize.

Thanks for all your cheers, support and prayers for the missions project!

PURCHASE YOUR TEE SHIRT AND CHANCE TO WIN HERE!