NovemberNov 2 Monday 09
Experiencing God in Guatemala
In July, a team of twelve people traveled to Guatemala to drill a well and share the love of Christ in Champerico, a town on the country’s western coast. Jenny Thompson was a member of that team. Here, in her own words, she shares some of her experiences from the …
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OctoberOct 28 Wednesday 09
LWI Partners with HopeMongers
884 million people in the world don’t have access to safe drinking water. That’s a pretty big problem. Sometimes, it’s easy to feel discouraged—like whatever we can give isn’t enough. Like 10 or 20 dollars is just a tiny little drop in the bucket.
Now, all …
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OctoberOct 27 Tuesday 09
Photofeature: The Kids of Bayaha
The faces of these kids will stay with me for the rest of my life. Bayaha, the village in eastern Haiti that they call home, is one of the poorest places I’ve ever seen, but these kids, like kids everywhere, played and laughed, skipping down the dirt paths between …
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OctoberOct 26 Monday 09
An Impossible Decision.
MALAWI—Chamba 2 Village, Nkhotakota District
GPS: 12 56.155 S, 034 14.470 E
At first, it seems you have three choices: get your family’s drinking water from a mud hole swirling with dirt and bacteria, risk life and limb drawing water from a crocodile-infested river, …
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OctoberOct 19 Monday 09
A Mother’s Journey
EL SALVADOR – Los Vertientes
Safety. It is a cherished part of our American culture. We want to live in the safest neighborhoods, drive the safest cars, put our kids in the safest schools, and stay away from “unsafe” parts of town. As a mother of 2 small …
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OctoberOct 12 Monday 09
Houston Gala tells the Story of the Thirsty
On Friday, September 25th, Living Water International hosted its Annual Houston Gala. More than 700 people attended the event, each one a part of The Story of the Thirsty.
In the grand foyer outside of InterContinental Hotel’s Legends Ballroom, guests mingled among …
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Houston Gala tells the Story of the Thirsty
On Friday, September 25th, Living Water International hosted its Annual Houston Gala. More than 700 people attended the event, each one a part of The Story of the Thirsty.
In the grand foyer outside of InterContinental Hotel’s Legends Ballroom, guests mingled among …
(via LWI News Center)
OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
Washing Away Resistance
ETHIOPIA—Kimpe Village, Lake Langano
GPS: 07 31.826 N; 038 48.465 E
The communities on the southern shore region of Lake Langano in the Rift Valley are considered some of the poorest people in Ethiopia. They live marginalized lives and support their families as …
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SeptemberSep 28 Monday 09
A Different Kind of Miracle
Did you know that the average Ugandan has only a 3rd grade education? Considering how much time they spend gathering water from distant sources or how many fall seriously ill with cholera, typhoid, or dysentery from drinking dirty water, a 3rd grade education could be …
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AugustAug 26 Wednesday 09
Drawing Near
Andie Kincaid was the winner of this year’s student film contest, The Watershed Project. Her prize? A trip to El Salvador with her mother to see the water crisis firsthand. She recently returned, and sent us her story.
“Draw near to God and have faith that he’ll …
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Photo feature: Hope for the Future
EL SALVADOR - El Porvenir is a community of about 200 people, most of whom work as farmers and live on less than $10 per day. Two Houston-area churches, Pathways Church and Fellowship of Memorial, recently teamed up to drill a well that will serve the people of El …
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AugustAug 24 Monday 09
Prayer Letter: Fall 2009
Dear Friends in Christ,
Living Water International’s vision “To Reach the World with Water and the Word” takes on many forms of expression. Reaching communities around the world with desperately needed clean water is relatively straightforward. However, the …
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Five Wells for Zing
NIGERIA – Zing Community, Taraba State,
GPS: 08 56.864 N, 011 52.180 W.
Number of villages: 5.
Number of people in each village: 5,000.
Number of pumps providing clean water to these villages: 0.
Those were the statistics for Zing, a region along the eastern edge of …
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Storms in Sonaguera
HONDURAS – Sabanas de Lorelay Community, Sonaguera
GPS: 15 38.540 N, 086 11.650 W
In the fall of 2008, severe flooding and terrible storms battered the northern coast of Honduras. The Sabanas de Lorelay Community is only one of many villages in the Sonaguera area …
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JulyJul 29 Wednesday 09
Changing the River’s Course
NORTH INDIA - Sister Rajini is a woman with a simple vision. “It’s all about our Lord,” she tells me. After talking to her for only a few minutes, I know that she understands the gospel better than most. She sees that the work of the Kingdom of God means both …
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JulyJul 28 Tuesday 09
Chick-Fil-A: PLUS $ONE
A few months ago, Chick-Fil-A in Pearland, Texas approached Living Water International about a partnership. Chick-Fil-A’s purpose is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to them,” and the Pearland team couldn’t imagine a better …
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JulyJul 27 Monday 09
8 Coconuts and 5 Mangoes
EL SALVADOR - Campenaro Numero Dos
All Jorge has is eight coconuts and five mangoes. It is not enough. But it will have to do.
He raises his machete, slicing the coconuts in half and urging us to eat. He plucks five mangoes from his mango tree. None remain on the …
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JuneJun 12 Friday 09
Photo feature: Listen to my cry
“Listen to my cry for I am in desperate need.” Psalm 142:6
HAITI - The need here is so great. The need for clean water… for hope… for salvation. I recently returned from a pump repair trip in Haiti with Living Water International. We worked in communities …
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Sign the Petition for the Water for the World Act
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, “let clean waters flow.” With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.
Senators Durbin and Corker …
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The Africa we came to serve
Earlier this year, Staci and Beau Abdullah (along with their children, Madison and Braden) moved to Kampala to establish a headquarters for a new LWI program in Uganda. Over the next three years, their goal is to implement 140 new water solutions. To get this started, …
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