DIRTY FACTS about water-More people die from lack of water then from TB , Malaria and AIDS combined.
-A body needs 1.7 liters of water a day to avoid dehydration. -1.4 billion people do not have access to clean water. -The equivalent of 12 jumbo jets full of children die everyday from sanitation related diseases." That is 1 child every 20 seconds!!! · 2.5 billion do not have access to sanitation. · Primarily, women and children fetch water in rural communities of poor countries. They carry the water on their heads in buckets that often weigh over 20 kilo. · In developing countries children, girls in particular, are prevented from attending school because they need to fetch water. -On average children walk about 4 miles to fetch water everyday. · Water does not respect national boundaries. Over the past 50 years, about 500 armed conflicts have started about water. · By 2025 the UN estimates 2/3 of the world population will be living in area with a water crisis. Below is an article from Samaritans purse. It tells of the impact a water well can have on a community. The sun is bright, and a pleasant breeze takes an edge off the heat. A group is gathering in a peaceful and rural village in central Sudan. The sound of drilling carries over the hill and throughout the community. It is the sound of renewal, for the drilling rig will bring life-giving water to many. Pastor Peter is standing in front of the drilling rig, surrounded by members of his community. He wears a traditional Nuban shirt, representative of the mountain region where he has lived and served for most of his life. Today, he is wearing something else proudly: a smile. His enthusiasm and appreciation is evident as he stands near the rig that is drilling deep into the earth to provide much-needed clean water to his community’s residents, many of whom have had to travel for hours to fetch water. Women and men stand and watch the rig, wide-eyed with anticipation as water begins flowing from the ground. They begin to clap as water flows. “I am really happy today. Can you see it on my face?” Peter asks with enthusiasm, talking loudly over the sound of the rig and the excited voices behind him. “I am happy to be with Samaritan’s Purse. They have a good heart to help the people here. ”He points to the water flowing from the earth. “This water is life for us,” he says, looking up at the rig, his eyes squinting under the noonday sun. “Before, we didn’t have anything for bathing, drinking, washing. I don’t know how to thank Samaritan’s Purse.”In addition to the new water point, Pastor Peter’s church was also rebuilt through the Samaritan’s Purse Church Reconstruction Project. He shares the impact that this has made on his village. “Our church was ruined by enemies. We were overwhelmed and sad, but we didn’t give up. We knew God would make a way, as he always does.” He pauses to emphasize the next statement. “And He did, through Samaritan’s Purse. We are happy to have a safe place to worship now. People were scattered then, we had no stability. But the church serves as this now,” he says, nodding with assurance. “Samaritan’s Purse was a part of this.” Peter gathers everyone around to join in a prayer. In the shadow of a machine that is working to bring the life-giving gift of water, an offering of thanksgiving is lifted to the Giver of all good things. He raises his hands and smiles broadly. “There is no end to our thanks. Thank you for the work you have done for us." |
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*We have a ton of new producs that will make the most perfect presents for the ones you love and care for!!!!!!! *Check out my blog on the next page *We may have a walk-a-thon in the cooler months. Most children walk 4 miles to get water eveyday. Our walk would be 4 miles and you will pick up a 5 gallon container of water and try to walk back (home) with it. You could have people sponsor you per mile or for finishing your walk for water. *If anyone one of the "thirsty" crew has an idea to raise money please email! Continue to pray. OUR CALL TO HELP “Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. One particular part of the passage stood out. The lame man had been waiting at the pool for 38 years. No one was willing to reach out to him and put him into the water to be healed. He felt forgotten, neglected, unloved. But Jesus saw him. He picked him out of the crowd and healed him physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. God has given us an incredible opportunity to show God’s love to people like ones at the pool of Bethesda. They are desperate for healing and thirsty for the living water that only Jesus can give |