And the winner is......

Vashti!

Congratulations, Vashti. You have won our very first give away prize. Wahoo!

I've actually already contacted Vashti and am in the process of getting her prize to her. She let me know it was okay to share her info with you here. I think you all would be inspired and amazed at her work in South Africa. This is from her bio, click the link to read more:

About Me
I have a fantastic husband and 2 adopted little boys, Joe is 3 and Jesse is 2. I grew up in England but now live in South Africa. This Blog is about the things that I love most in life.

These post on Vahti's blog will give you a sense of her life's miracles and mission:
http://littlefingersandfrosting.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-family.html
http://littlefingersandfrosting.blogspot.com/2008/10/me-and-mo.html

Go read her blog and leave her a congratulatory comment.

Oh, yeah. Here's her AWARD WINNING recipe. She's even converted it to measurements I can understand. Thank you, Vashti.

Yummy Pumpkin Bread

INGREDIENTS
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.