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Imagine -
a glass of cool, clean water on a hot summer day,
a refreshing plunge in a crystal clear pool, a spray
of mist as the sprinklers water our lawns, or a wave
in the lake as a water skier blasts by.
All of these images are easy for us to imagine, because
most of us can easily experience them. Even in the
worst weather conditions, our biggest sacrifice may
be that we have to stop watering our lawns.
For
a moment, let's travel to India or Nigeria, where
the sun bakes the ground hard and dry. In the steamy
summer heat, you sweat, and the dust from the ground
sticks to your body. Wouldn't
a glass of water taste wonderful? But you have
no water, no sink, no faucet. In fact you have to
walk for a long distance to collect pond water - if
you can find it. Then, you may be driven away by other
people who got there first. Once you do find water,
it must be filtered before you can even think about
drinking it. Your filter is a bucket of sand. Once
filtered, you may have your drink, but you know you
are facing disease with every swallow. A shower? Forget
it. You may have a half bucket of brownish water to
bathe yourself in, but it does little to refresh you,
and you may only get to bathe once in a week. These
are the conditions that our brothers and sisters are
facing daily in places like India and Africa - and
many other nations. In fact, the World Health
Organization says that more than a billion people
- one in every five on earth - don't have access to
safe drinking water. In the time it takes you to read
this sentence, somewhere in the world a child will
die from a disease that is related to unsafe water.
India's number one health hazard isn't AIDS, or car
accidents or cancer, it is poor drinking water.
The
need for fresh water is so immense, that when a water
well is placed in a village, a remarkable door to
the Gospel is opened.
Just
2 water wells, placed by GRM in villages of Nigeria
(photo above) resulted in the entire villages giving
their lives to Christ! Now GRM has planted churches
in these villages, and lives are forever changed by
the miracle of God's love. If only 2 wells can reach
so many, think of the impact we can have on the lost
by placing water wells in the many hundreds of unreached
villages being targeted by our native pastors!
Give
a cup of cold water in the Name of the Lord.
Your part is so easy. Prayerfully consider all the
blessings God has poured into your life, and sow a
little bit of that blessing into GRM's Water of Life
project. On average, $3,000* will place a basic water
well in a village, supplying fresh water to hundreds
of people, and deeply touching every single heart.
And every time you enjoy a cool glass of water or
a dip in the pool, you'll have the joy of knowing
you have helped to save many lives in the Name of
Jesus Christ. *only
in India. Prices vary depending on terrain, work conditions,
availability of contractors, depth of well, etc.
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Water
in India is so contaminated, it must
be filtered before it
can be used. In rural villages, the only
filtering available is a bucket of sand and gravel.
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Water
scarcity makes
a shower or bath impossible in India. In this village,
each person gets 2 partial buckets of water to wash
with!
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