Thursday, February 10, 2011

Love Africa Magnets and Gift Card Giveway Update

Here is another option for you to purchase. There are Love Africa magnets. You can see what they look like here. I will be selling these for a $6. I have a very limited supply of these magnets. I have only ordered 10 magnets! First come first serve. Once they are gone that is it. Unless I get an overwhelming demand for them I will not be placing another order for them. The sale for these will start on Sunday just like the bracelets. I want the gift card giveaway to end first.

On Sunday I will make a post of how you can purchase both the Love Ethiopia bracelets and the Love Africa magnets. Remember to get your entry into the $50 Target gift card giveaway. You only have until Saturday to enter! A $15 donation gets you one entry into the giveaway. I will be picking the winner on Sunday. There will be a winner. The giveaway will not be extended again. If you want to be in the giveaway, make sure you get your donation in by Saturday. All donations are tax deductible. All donation information is on the right side of my blog. Remember when giving online to put my name in the team member's box (Sarah Connelly).

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Love Ethiopia Bracelets

Starting this Sunday, February 13, 2011, you can buy rubber bracelets to help support my trip. These bracelets are like the Livestrong bracelets that a lot of people wear. I have designed these bracelets myself. They will be dark green and say Love Ethiopia. When I think of Ethiopia I think of the color green. For some reason I associate colors with some things and when I think of Ethiopia my mind just goes right to green....dark green specifically. When trying to come up with what to put on these bracelets I knew Ethiopia I had be on it somewhere. I came up with Love Ethiopia. This has a couple different meanings. First of all, I truly love Ethiopia. I love the people, the country, and being there. I feel at home there. I am more myself in Ethiopia than any other place I have ever been in my life. And I was also thinking Love, Ethiopia. It's like a message from Ethiopia itself. Ethiopia is sending its love right back. I can't tell  you how many hugs I have gotten from children over there or how welcoming people make you feel, or the honor you feel when someone does a coffee ceremony for you.

The bracelets will be sold for $5 each. I will give more information on Sunday as to how to purchase them. For now I just wanted you to be aware that this will be coming up. Once the sale starts it will be on going until they are sold out. I am putting in the order tomorrow for a certain number and believing they will all be sold. If I have to order more I will. The order I place tomorrow will not arrive until March so the first shipment will not be mailed out until the third week of March. So if  you order before then, don't worry you will get your bracelets it will just take a little longer. And of course I will post as soon as they come in. If I sell every single bracelet that I will be ordering, it will be just under half of what I still have left to raise. Please spread the word about these bracelets. The ordering starts this Sunday!!! Post this on your Facebook, Twitter, or Blogs.

Remember the $50 Target gift card giveaway is going on until Saturday. Don't forget to get an entry in! A $15 donation to my trip gets you one entry. All information for that can be found in the post below this. Spread the word about the giveaway as well. Mark your calendars for Sunday!! These bracelets are going to be awesome! And I'm sure will go fast!!

LOVE ETHIOPIA!

Update on the giveaway!

You have 4 more days to enter the giveaway! Saturday is the last day!! It will not be extended again. As it stands now someone will win this gift card!! The question is, will you be the winner?? Remember you have to be in it to win it! Have you entered yet? To enter all you need to do is make a $15 donation to my upcoming mission trip to Ethiopia. Each $15 donation will get you one entry. So, if you donate $30 you will get two entries and so on. I think that is a pretty sweet deal! A $15 donation and you have a chance to win a $50 gift card to Target!!

For all information on how to donate see the right side of my blog. To donate online click on the I Need Africa button. Information to donate by check is right below that button. All donations are tax deductible. Remember when giving online to put my name in the team member's spot, Sarah Connelly. You will get your tax deductible receipt from Mocha Club after you give your donation.

Time is running out to be a part of this giveaway! Like I said, this giveaway will not be extended again. Someone is going to win this gift card! Please share this on your Facebook, Twitter, or blogs. Spread the word about this giveaway. Thank you to all who have entered already to be a part of this giveaway. Also I want to thank you all for your prayers in support of my trip. I appreciate them all so much. Again, please spread the word about this giveaway. Let's see how many more people we can get to participate!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Why Ethiopia?

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

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.

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. 

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!