Kindle Fire Giveaway Winner Announced!

The Kindle Fire Giveaway is over! The drawing is done! Altogether there were 24 entries! That's $240, and as you know my goal was $400. So, sadly there can't be a Kindle Fire given (refer to rules in the original post to find out why). 

But what is being given is half of the amount raised! Which is $120! 

So without further ado.... 

here are the pictures and video of the drawing before and after: 

All Entries

Ready to draw the winner

Here is a video of me drawing the winner from the basket:

Congratulations Mary Krizay!!!!

You won the pot of $120!

(Coming your way soon!)

The WINNER!

So that leaves $140 to add to my goal of $7,000 for YWAM Missionary Training School!!! This is amazing! I cannot thank each and everyone of you who entered, enough!! Thank you so much! It really means so much to me that you would support me in this journey that God is leading me on (in 78 days) to become a missionary!

*If you have any questions or concerns please leave a comment! 

2 Years Ago...

2 years ... that's way too long!! 

Oh Uganda how I miss you!! 

When can I go back God??

June 6th 2010 was such an amazing day! So much fun, fellowship, and food with our Uganda family! 

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Kindle Fire Giveaway- Extended!

So, I've decided to extend the Kindle Fire Giveaway for one more month.

Right now there are 24 entries ($240) and only 16 entries ($160) left to go!! This is really good, but in order to reach my goal, I feel like an extra month will really help. (This is my first time doing a giveaway like this, so I wasn't really sure exactly how long it should last). I hope this doesn't upset anyone! This will be the only time I extend it, so if the goal isn't reached I will draw a winner and split the pot (which is at $120 right now!!). I really want to see someone win that Kindle Fire!! :)

So, I will draw a winner on:


July 1st, 2012 at 6pm (ET)!!!!! 

Are you excited to see who wins? I know I am!!

If you'd like to enter please click the "donate" button on my sidebar and put this in the notes section: "for kindle fire giveaway".

Thank you so much!!
I couldn't do this without each and every one of you!!

Wow!!

Just broke $2,000 in donations today!! The new total is $2,125, (not even counting Kindle Fire entries)!! 




This means over half of my YWAM tuition is PAID for!!!!! God is so good!! Thanks so much to everyone who gave in some way (including prayer)!! I couldn't do this without you!! It means so much to me to have support from each and every one of you! 


Stay tuned for more fundraisers, giveaways, and opportunities to give! 


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Only 9 more days to enter the Kindle Fire Giveaway!! You don't want to miss out on this amazing prize! (If I could enter I totally would! :)) 
Please share with your friends and family! 


The total for the Kindle Fire is up to $180 right now. Which means I still need to raise $220 to actually purchase it. If I don't meet that goal I'll be splitting the pot with the lucky winner. As of right now the pot is at $90, so that's a good chunk of change! Enter now by clicking on the "donate" button up above! Please put in the notes: "For: Kindle Fire Entry" so that I know. 


Thanks again everyone!! 

Giveaway for Adoption!

This family is bringing home 2 little ones from China very soon and needs to raise the travel funds. Check out this awesome giveaway they are doing and get involved!

http://browneyesandbarefeet.blogspot.com/2012/05/giveaway-time-ipad-and-other-prizes.html?showComment=1337622551004#c130702922062262483

I Love My Church!

    So, I've been going to an amazing church for the past 2 years and I am so honored that God has allowed me to be a part of it! Just last night we had a Vision Event were we looked back at what God has done and what God is going to do in the future. It was awesome! So much life change has taken place through NewSpring Church in my own life and in thousands of others lives as well! Even with it being such a large church God speaks through our pastor (and others) to each of us individually every week! From just last night I got so much out of the message that pertains to my future in missions and with YWAM. It's just awesome! Here are a few quotes that really jumped out at me from the message: 


"What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?" 


"Faithfulness is not something God does, it's what He is!"


"In order to step into our destiny we have to step away from our security."


"We have to be willing to walk away from the ordinary to experience the supernatural"


"Some people say: 'I'm only going to give when it's convenient for me', and these people don't change the world."



"God's will is God's bill."


"What the King wants the King pays for."

   God, You are awesome! Thank you so much for using others to prepare my heart for Your service! It's not going to be easy to leave my church in September when I move to Wisconsin, but: "God calls us to take up our cross, not our pillows". God doesn't call us to the easy things! If He is maybe we need to listen closer for His still small voice, and actually question if it's really God's voice we are hearing.  Growing People Change! If we aren't  changing, we aren't growing! 


So "Here I am Lord, Send me"!!

KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY!!

Sunday Snapshot: My Heart for Missions

(And Kindle Fire Giveaway)!

Ever since 2008 God has been breaking my heart for orphans and needy children around the world. In 2010 I went on my first mission trip to Uganda, Africa. It was an unbelievable experience! The two weeks went by entirely too fast, and honestly I did not want to go home! During our time there we had the amazing opportunity of traveling around to different parts of Uganda to show God's love to the people. 

My favorite part was spending time with the children, many of which were orphans or needy children. These children changed my life! So, of course when I got back home I could not stop thinking about them. I never will forget their joyful personalities and precious smiles! 

Being able to hold the babies in one of the baby homes was such an awakening experience! These babies had been abandoned because their families could no longer take care of them, some dumped in dumpsters, some left in trash bags on the side of the road. I wanted to cry every time I would hear their stories. But there was hope for every one of the babies we held! They had been rescued! And each one of them had the now had the opportunity to be adopted into a family that they could call their own, forever! (Not long after returning home all of the babies we met had been matched with amazing families! Now most of them are living here in the US! I was beyond excited to find this out! I love adoption!)

I will never forget all the amazing people we met in Uganda! 

Now, almost two years later, I am getting ready to begin my missionary training with YWAM (Youth With a Mission)! I am going to Wisconsin in September for the Children at Risk Discipleship Training School. This is a 6 month program where first we will learn in a classroom setting, then we will GO and serve overseas. I am so excited for this journey into missions that God is leading me to! 

I am currently raising funds to help pay for my school tuition and my time overseas with YWAM. God has already showed up big in prompting you guys to give! So far $1,405 has been raised in 4 months! 

And I have 4 (and 1/2) months to go!
(I need $7,000 total)

So, I've put together another fundraiser! 

This one is going to be fun! 

I'm giving away a 

BRAND NEW KINDLE FIRE!

Here's how you enter:

Every $10 you give will equal 1 entry! 


(So, $20 equals 2 entries, 
$30 equals 3 entries, etc.)


There is no limit to the amount of 
entries you can have, 
so give as much as you'd like! 

You can make a donation through my paypal button on my sidebar (on the left). Please leave a comment telling me the amount you gave, and your email address so I can enter you into the drawing and I can contact you if you win. 

I will randomly select a winner (and post pictures of the process) on July 1st, 2012 at 6pm EST! 

Details:

*I am setting the goal at $400 for this fundraiser. (If this goal is met, half the funds will go towards purchasing the Kindle Fire, and the other half will go towards my YWAM training). Of course, if the donations exceed my goal all the rest will go towards my training.*

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Please Note: 

*If $400 is not raised during this time I will still draw a winner, but that person will instead get half the amount of money raised, not the Kindle Fire.*

Please, please, please share this on Facebook, blogs, twitter, etc. Thanks so much! 

*(Paypal will charge the receiver, which would be me, a fee unless the funds are coming from your bank account or your paypal balance. So please make sure that this is where your donation is coming from, or if you are using your credit card or debit card please give a little extra (59 cents for $10, 88 cents for $20) to cover that fee so that your donation will still equal $10, or however much your donation is. I normally wouldn't mind paying it, but I want to make it fair for everyone. Thanks!)*