Things you don't hear every day...

there are just some things that you don't hear every day. Things like - "wow, great job!" or "Happy Birthday!" But there is something that I never thought I would hear someone say to me...

"You have won a trip to Malawi"

Aside from the pure stun that I won something, a trip, my first words were "Great! Umm.. where exactly is Malawi?"

It wasn't totally out of the blue. A few months ago, I was helping a campaign for Water for People through work. Water for People is a great organization that helps people in developing countries by supporting the locally sustainable sanitary water supplies. My work published a contest through on-line donations and one person was going to get chosen to go on a Water for People country tour. I made my donation, as I did in years past, and briefly (for about 3 seconds) wondered what it would be like to go on a tour of these facilities. I quickly dismissed the idea, I never win anything. Well, I can't say that anymore and I'm sincerely looking forward to the opportunity to see how clean drinking water can change a person's life.

~me