A friend of mine posted this video on her blog a few weeks ago and I finally had a chance to watch it. I am so glad I did. A family who is adopting through the same agency she is using (my friend and her husband are in process of adopting their daughter from Ethiopia) made this video to show why they chose Ethiopia. I think they captured this perfectly. Not only does this video captures perfectly why they are adopting from Ethiopia, but it also reflects my feelings of why I keep going back. The tears were flowing as I watched this video. I've had people ask me "Why Ethiopia?" so many times. I say "Why not Ethiopia?". And I think this video definitely answers the "why" and shows exactly why I keep going back.
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
Monday, February 7, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Gift Card Giveaway Has Been EXTENDED!!!
I have decided to EXTEND the Target gift card giveaway! You will have one more week to enter the giveaway. Also any donations that were given since the giveaway ended will also be counted. The new deadline for the giveaway is Saturday February 12th. It will be the same to qualify as before. For every $15 donation to my mission trip to Ethiopia you will get one entry into the giveaway. That means if you donate $15 you get one entry, donate $30 you get two entries, and so on.
You can donate online by clicking on the I Need Africa button on the right side of my blog. Make sure you put my name (Sarah Connelly) into the team members spot. Fill out the rest of the form accordingly then click donate. You will receive your tax deductible receipt as an email. You can also give by check. You can find directions for giving by check under the button for donating online.
Please help me get back to Ethiopia! I appreciate your help and donations toward my mission trip. Please also share on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter. Spread the word! Thank you for your donations, spreading the word, and mostly your prayers.
You can donate online by clicking on the I Need Africa button on the right side of my blog. Make sure you put my name (Sarah Connelly) into the team members spot. Fill out the rest of the form accordingly then click donate. You will receive your tax deductible receipt as an email. You can also give by check. You can find directions for giving by check under the button for donating online.
Please help me get back to Ethiopia! I appreciate your help and donations toward my mission trip. Please also share on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter. Spread the word! Thank you for your donations, spreading the word, and mostly your prayers.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Today is the last day to enter the giveaway!
If you haven't entered the gift card giveaway or if you want to enter again, make sure you do it today. Today is the last day to enter. For every $15 donation to my mission trip to Ethiopia you get one entry into the giveaway for a $50 Target gift card. To donate online click on the I Need Africa button on the right side. Make sure you put my name Sarah Connelly into the team members spot then fill out the rest of the form accordingly. Once you click donate you will receive your tax deductible receipt as an email. You can also donate by check to my trip, but that will not count towards this giveaway because the check will not be received in time. Those directions can be found to the right as well.
Once I get a financial update, I will see who qualifies for the giveaway and a winner will be randomly selected. I will make a post when this happens. This is a great deal, I think! Donating $15, which is tax deductible, for a chance to win a $50 gift card. That is pretty sweet! Today is the last day! Spread the word around. Share on your Facebook, post on Twitter, do what ever it is that you do. Lets make the last day of this giveaway the best day of the giveaway!!!
Thank you all for your support and generosity. It is because of your partnership, you coming along side of me, that I will be able to raise the money I need to go on my mission trip and I appreciate it more than I could adequately express.
Once I get a financial update, I will see who qualifies for the giveaway and a winner will be randomly selected. I will make a post when this happens. This is a great deal, I think! Donating $15, which is tax deductible, for a chance to win a $50 gift card. That is pretty sweet! Today is the last day! Spread the word around. Share on your Facebook, post on Twitter, do what ever it is that you do. Lets make the last day of this giveaway the best day of the giveaway!!!
Thank you all for your support and generosity. It is because of your partnership, you coming along side of me, that I will be able to raise the money I need to go on my mission trip and I appreciate it more than I could adequately express.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Time is running out! Enter the giveaway today!!
Time is running out to enter the $50 Target gift card giveaway!! You only have until Monday January 31st to enter. You don't want to miss out on this! For every $15 donation to my mission trip you will get one entry into the giveaway.
To donate online click on the I Need Africa button on the right. That will take you directly to the Mocha Club page for donating to the one month Ethiopia trip. Make sure you put my name (Sarah Connelly) in the trip member's name box. Fill out the rest of the form and click donate. You will get your tax deductible receipt by email. If you would like to donate by check, you will find that information on the right side of my blog. Your check needs to arrive by the 31st to count for the giveaway, though. So get that in the mail on Saturday!!! Or better yet just give your donation online so you know it's in and you know your entry is in. :) All donations are tax deductible through Mocha Club. That makes it even better, right??
Thank you again for all your support of my trip and any donation you can give. I appreciate it all!
To donate online click on the I Need Africa button on the right. That will take you directly to the Mocha Club page for donating to the one month Ethiopia trip. Make sure you put my name (Sarah Connelly) in the trip member's name box. Fill out the rest of the form and click donate. You will get your tax deductible receipt by email. If you would like to donate by check, you will find that information on the right side of my blog. Your check needs to arrive by the 31st to count for the giveaway, though. So get that in the mail on Saturday!!! Or better yet just give your donation online so you know it's in and you know your entry is in. :) All donations are tax deductible through Mocha Club. That makes it even better, right??
Thank you again for all your support of my trip and any donation you can give. I appreciate it all!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Update On The Give-A-Way!
Just a quick update on the gift card give-a-way. No one has entered yet! This is an awesome give-a-way! Everyone likes Target, right? What's better than being able to spend $50 at Target?!? Get in on this!! You don't want to miss out!! You have until January 31st to enter, but why wait until then?? That is one week from today. All it takes is a $15 donation to my trip to Ethiopia. That is a great deal. A $15 donation for a chance to win a $50 gift card....and no one has entered!!
All donations are tax deductible. To donate online click the I Need Africa button on the right. It will take you right to the donations page on the Mocha Club website. If you want to donate by check, follow the directions on the right side of where to send the check. To be counted for this give-a-way the check needs to arrive by the 31st so I would mail it ASAP.
I've also been questioned about why am I fund raising. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this, but I will give an answer. Majority of people who go on mission trips fund raise. I have come across very few people if any now that I think about it who have been fortunate enough to be able to pay for the trip out of pocket. I will say I have given a bit of money to the trip so far. And I am doing what majority of people do when going on mission trips...fund raise.
There is only one week left on the give-a-way so make sure you get in on it. You don't want to miss out on this! And remember you can donate to my trip at any time regardless if I have a give-a-way or anything else special going on. You can donate through the same methods. Either online or by check. I really appreciate all donations and prayers.What I would ask of all of you is to share this on your Facebook or your blog. I need to spread the word about this. No one has entered this give-a-way yet! I think that is from lack of exposure. Let's spread this and get this out there. I cannot get this out to everyone so I need your help. I would be so grateful if you could share this. Thank you.
All donations are tax deductible. To donate online click the I Need Africa button on the right. It will take you right to the donations page on the Mocha Club website. If you want to donate by check, follow the directions on the right side of where to send the check. To be counted for this give-a-way the check needs to arrive by the 31st so I would mail it ASAP.
I've also been questioned about why am I fund raising. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this, but I will give an answer. Majority of people who go on mission trips fund raise. I have come across very few people if any now that I think about it who have been fortunate enough to be able to pay for the trip out of pocket. I will say I have given a bit of money to the trip so far. And I am doing what majority of people do when going on mission trips...fund raise.
There is only one week left on the give-a-way so make sure you get in on it. You don't want to miss out on this! And remember you can donate to my trip at any time regardless if I have a give-a-way or anything else special going on. You can donate through the same methods. Either online or by check. I really appreciate all donations and prayers.What I would ask of all of you is to share this on your Facebook or your blog. I need to spread the word about this. No one has entered this give-a-way yet! I think that is from lack of exposure. Let's spread this and get this out there. I cannot get this out to everyone so I need your help. I would be so grateful if you could share this. Thank you.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
So, What will you be doing in Ethiopia??
This is a question I have been asked and thought I would post a little bit more about that for all of you to read. I, along with the rest of the Mocha Club team, will be traveling to the capital city of Addis Ababa to serve at various Mocha Club projects. One of the projects is Women At Risk. This organization is in Nazaret and rescues women out of prostitution. The women are offered a 10-month rehabilitation program that includes social, personal, spiritual, as well as job training. We will spend time with these women and hear their stories of how this organization has changed their lives.
Mocha Club has recently partnered with Women At Risk to help the women make gorgeous hand made scarfs that are being sold to help these women earn an income. You can find them on the fasionABLE website. I just got one the other day and I love it. It's gorgeous!! Go check them out.
We will then travel to Ambo where we will visit two projects. First is a church that operates a school for 250 children. If this is the church I remember, which I am pretty sure it is, I visited here the first time I went to Ethiopia. The children here are amazing. I remember vividly playing with them in the yard of the church. I had a great time. When I was there the school was not complete, but I am really excited to see the school. We will be organizing an English summer camp.
We will also be visiting with the large local street boy population. I remember being with them during my first trip. This was another part of that trip I very much enjoyed. God has placed a huge part in my heart for these boys. I cannot wait to get back and see them all again. We will organize games/activities and further build relationships with these boys.
I can't wait to find out more of what we will be doing on the trip. The team should be starting our weekly conference calls soon, I would guess, where we will learn more about the trip and bond as a team (before we meet each other in person. The excitement of the trip is building and building each day. I cannot wait to be back in Ethiopia. I feel so at home when I am there and I have been away from home for 2 years. It's been way too long.
I still have the gift card give-a-way going on if you would like to be a part of that. Every $15 donation gets you one entry into the drawing for a $50 Target gift card. You can enter until January 31st. You can donate online by clicking on the I Need Africa button on the right side of my blog. You can also donate by check. Directions on how to do so are right under the button for donating online. You can also check out more about Mocha Club by clicking on the Mocha Club button directly under the check donation instructions. If donating by check and you want to be a part of the give-a-way, please make sure you mail the check in time to be received by the 31st. I will be getting financial updates with names and donation amounts. That is how I will know who gets an entry into the drawing. You can also donate after the give-a-way is over. I need to be 100% funded by June 7th (2 weeks before the trip). The last I knew I have $3, 150 left to go. (I have not received a financial update yet so that is only the donations I know have been donated.)
I thank you for any financial support you can give me. I appreciate everything. I am so very thankful for all your prayers. Prayers that I raise all the funds needed, prayers for a safe trip, and prayers for myself. I will continue to update on what I will be doing in Ethiopia once I learn more on the conference calls. I will also continue to do financial updates as well. I know I am not doing this alone...I want all of you to be a part of this with me.
Mocha Club has recently partnered with Women At Risk to help the women make gorgeous hand made scarfs that are being sold to help these women earn an income. You can find them on the fasionABLE website. I just got one the other day and I love it. It's gorgeous!! Go check them out.
We will then travel to Ambo where we will visit two projects. First is a church that operates a school for 250 children. If this is the church I remember, which I am pretty sure it is, I visited here the first time I went to Ethiopia. The children here are amazing. I remember vividly playing with them in the yard of the church. I had a great time. When I was there the school was not complete, but I am really excited to see the school. We will be organizing an English summer camp.
We will also be visiting with the large local street boy population. I remember being with them during my first trip. This was another part of that trip I very much enjoyed. God has placed a huge part in my heart for these boys. I cannot wait to get back and see them all again. We will organize games/activities and further build relationships with these boys.
I can't wait to find out more of what we will be doing on the trip. The team should be starting our weekly conference calls soon, I would guess, where we will learn more about the trip and bond as a team (before we meet each other in person. The excitement of the trip is building and building each day. I cannot wait to be back in Ethiopia. I feel so at home when I am there and I have been away from home for 2 years. It's been way too long.
I still have the gift card give-a-way going on if you would like to be a part of that. Every $15 donation gets you one entry into the drawing for a $50 Target gift card. You can enter until January 31st. You can donate online by clicking on the I Need Africa button on the right side of my blog. You can also donate by check. Directions on how to do so are right under the button for donating online. You can also check out more about Mocha Club by clicking on the Mocha Club button directly under the check donation instructions. If donating by check and you want to be a part of the give-a-way, please make sure you mail the check in time to be received by the 31st. I will be getting financial updates with names and donation amounts. That is how I will know who gets an entry into the drawing. You can also donate after the give-a-way is over. I need to be 100% funded by June 7th (2 weeks before the trip). The last I knew I have $3, 150 left to go. (I have not received a financial update yet so that is only the donations I know have been donated.)
I thank you for any financial support you can give me. I appreciate everything. I am so very thankful for all your prayers. Prayers that I raise all the funds needed, prayers for a safe trip, and prayers for myself. I will continue to update on what I will be doing in Ethiopia once I learn more on the conference calls. I will also continue to do financial updates as well. I know I am not doing this alone...I want all of you to be a part of this with me.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Gift Card Give-A-Way!
The gift card give-a-way is still going! You have until January 31st to enter so make sure you get in on it. This is something you are going to want a chance at wining. A $50 Target gift card! All it costs to get one entry is a $15 donation to my trip. The chance to win a $50 gift card for $15?! I say that is a pretty good deal! You can donate online by clicking the I Need Africa More Than Africa Needs Me button on the right side on my blog. It will bring you to the page to donate for the one month Ethiopia trip. Just remember to put my name (Sarah Connelly) in the team member spot and then fill in all of your information. Click donate and your tax deductible receipt will be emailed to you Make sure you hold on to this because you will need it when you file your taxes next year if you choose to claim it.
You can also donate by check. Make all checks payable to Mocha Club. You can send checks to 963 Missions Attn: Mocha Club 12160 N. Abrams Rd. Suite 320 Dallas, TX 5243. Please include with your check a giving note which states "Sarah Connelly One Month Ethiopia Trip". If you are sending a check in and want to be a part of this give-a-way, make sure you send the check out early enough so it counts by January 31st. You can also give checks to me (payable to Mocha Club) and I will mail them in.
For every $15 donation you will get one entry into the give-a-way. For example if you donate $30 you will get 2 entries into the give-a-way. If you donate $45, you get 3 entries. And so on. There is just one (1) Target give card for $50 that will be given away. The winner will be chosen after I receive a list of the financial donations and verifiy who is eligible by the $15 equals one entry rule.
Please share this on your Facebook or your blog. Let's make this a successful fundraiser! I have a goal in mind of what I would like this fundraiser to raise, but I'm not going to say. I want to see what God is going to do. I want to see how He is going to move. Let's see what the Lord can do! Thank you for all your prayers, sharing of my blog, and your giving to my trip. I can't adequately express how much I appreciate it all.
You can also donate by check. Make all checks payable to Mocha Club. You can send checks to 963 Missions Attn: Mocha Club 12160 N. Abrams Rd. Suite 320 Dallas, TX 5243. Please include with your check a giving note which states "Sarah Connelly One Month Ethiopia Trip". If you are sending a check in and want to be a part of this give-a-way, make sure you send the check out early enough so it counts by January 31st. You can also give checks to me (payable to Mocha Club) and I will mail them in.
For every $15 donation you will get one entry into the give-a-way. For example if you donate $30 you will get 2 entries into the give-a-way. If you donate $45, you get 3 entries. And so on. There is just one (1) Target give card for $50 that will be given away. The winner will be chosen after I receive a list of the financial donations and verifiy who is eligible by the $15 equals one entry rule.
Please share this on your Facebook or your blog. Let's make this a successful fundraiser! I have a goal in mind of what I would like this fundraiser to raise, but I'm not going to say. I want to see what God is going to do. I want to see how He is going to move. Let's see what the Lord can do! Thank you for all your prayers, sharing of my blog, and your giving to my trip. I can't adequately express how much I appreciate it all.
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