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Announcing A World Vision Giveaway

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The World Vision Bloggers are leaving for Sri Lanka one week from today!

To celebrate this coming journey, we’re doing something that has only happened on SFL one other time in four years: having a little contest/giveaway. We’ve put together four identical prize packages, a collection of  books, music, and World Vision apparel. To each of those four prize packs we will add something from Sri Lanka, a unique prize made by the people of Sri Lanka.

Our hope and prayer is that you’ll follow our journey, find hope and inspiration in the stories we share, and perhaps be moved to join the story by sponsoring a child from Sri Lanka through World Vision.

This is what each of the four winners will receive:

-A copy of World Vision’s Faith in Action Study Bible
-A copy of The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns, World Vision’s president
-An autographed copy of Love Story: The Hand That Holds Us from the Cradle to the Grave by Nichole Nordeman
-A copy of Praying for Strangers: An Adventure of the Human Spirit by River Jordan
-A copy of Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life by Nick Vujicic
-A copy of From the Library of C.S. Lewis: Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey by James Stuart Bell and Anthony P. Dawson
-A copy of One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp (as well as a copy of Ann’s “gift book” called Selections from One Thousand Gifts: Finding Joy in What Really Matters (this book features Ann’s words and photography)

-A copy of Music Inspired By the Story, a compilation CD that includes music by Amy Grant, Nichole Nordeman, Michael W. Smith, Natalie Grant, Jeremy Camp and many more.
-A copy of Hurt & the Healer by MercyMe
-A copy of As Long As it Takes by Meredith Andrews
-A copy of Who I Am from American Idol alum Jason Castro
-A copy of The Reckoning by Needtobreathe
-A copy of Hundred More Years by Francesca Battistelli

-A World Vision t-shirt from its GIVEN apparel line
-An official World Vision track jacket

-And a handmade item from Sri Lanka…

To enter for your chance to win, simply “like” World Vision’s Facebook page and each of the bloggers’ Facebook pages using the handy Rafflecopter tool (Note: you will need to be signed into your Facebook account for it to work) and you will automatically be entered to win one of the FOUR amazing prize packages.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This contest begins on Thursday, August 16, 2012 and will end at midnight (PST) on Wednesday August 22, 2012. Winners will be selected at random. One winner per household. You must be 18 years or older and have a valid United States address to enter. No purchase is necessary. Winners will be contacted by email on or before September 10, 2012.

38 thoughts on “Announcing A World Vision Giveaway”

  4. Holy cow, you’re giving away prizes now? *Sniff, momma’s boy is all grown up. Today, you are a REAL blogger 😉

    2. Well, World Vision and some associated folks are the ones giving away the prizes. I am merely the humble messenger. 🙂

  5. I have read “One Thousand Gifts” ! Read it about a month ago.

    It is amazing! Emotionally engaging and challenging.

    Haven’t read “The Hole in our Gospel” but have heard great things about it!!

    1. The “Hole in our Gospel” sounded interesting to me so I went to Amazon to check out the reviews. It was rated very highly but I thought I would read the 1-star reviews (about 10 out of 455 reviews). They all read like a fundy playbook:

      The book is nothing but a social gospel.
      We need to save people first then all their problems will go away.
      He is misinterpreting Bible verses.
      Etc. etc. etc. etc.

      Makes me think if fundys are against it, it must be a good thing. I will probably buy or download it myself. I am not on Facebook so I can’t enter this contest.

      2. I’m not on FB either.

        And yes, I’m with you and Big Gary, if the Fundys think it’s all social gospel and don’t like it, then it must be a GREAT book! 🙂

    1. Whaaaaat???? Canadians can’t enter???? I just did!!!! I hope I can win anyway… Ann Voskamp lives in a community not too far from me. Have yet to hear her speak in person, but have read some of her writing and she’s good!

      1. It’s “Hollywood Houswife” not “Housewives” LOL. That’s the name of the blog of one of the ladies who is going on the trip.

        1. Got it! My bad! 🙂

          And now I guess I have to come out of the closet to some extent because up until now I hadn’t “liked” the SFL page on facebook.

          What I’ll do for a chance at some free books/music! lol

  10. I hope I did it right; I liked all eight pages of Rafflecopter. Here’s hoping for a win! 😎

  11. Oooh I’ve seen Nick Vujicic! He did the intro for the Never Quit 5K this year! Amazing.

    1. We hope you’re enjoying Episode Two of “Ranting and Raving with Irascible Rednecks.”

    1. For good clean fun, nothing beats hating on Muslims, Arabs, and other people we know next to nothing about. It reminds me of all those things people say right after they say “I’m not a racist, but …”

    3. Do you think they paid a licensing fee for using the Spider Man song and costume there?

  16. When my daughter was little she won a plush Barbie (the kind she could sleep with) in a Nickelodeon contest.

    That has nothing to do with anything except to pass along that ‘real’ people do win these things. 😀

    1. I won a boomerang at a sporting goods store grand opening when I was in about 5th or 6th grade. When we moved a few years later, I tried to throw it away but………………..I just couldn’t do it.

  18. My apologizes to all the Canucks (and other furrin types) who can’t enter the giveaway.

    I’m given to understand that World Vision Canada has its own social media presence, which is one of the reasons why this giveaway is limited to the US.

    1. It’s OK Darrell, as Say-Tay Townsend would say outside of a Chick-Fil-A in August, the Canadians all hate the word of God anyway.

  19. Books look great! Wow how long has it been since I’ve had an actual CD! Lol
    Thanks for passing this along Darrell 😛

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