{"id":455,"date":"2007-08-16T09:04:58","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T09:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/08\/a-free-trip-for.html"},"modified":"2007-08-16T09:04:58","modified_gmt":"2007-08-16T09:04:58","slug":"a-free-trip-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/08\/a-free-trip-for.html","title":{"rendered":"A Free Trip for 2 to Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EMI and <a href=\"http:\/\/hopechest.org\/\">Children&#8217;s HopeChest<\/a> are giving a way an all expense paid trip for 2 to Africa. All meals, accommodations, safaris, everything is paid for. You will accompany me and a small group to Swaziland, the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. If you win, you get to pick who you want to come with you! 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