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
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Would it be possible to post your blog and future blog entries on this topic of your trip to Malawi onto the Water For People blog? Did you win the trip through a Workplace Giving campaign (which company)? I would love to publicize this a bit. You'll be going on the 2009 trip? Thanks!
absolutely!
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