H2O - Help to Others

I have always been a person who loves to be around water. It brings me so much! As a young girl my family lived where the Columbia and Snake rivers collided. You could find me and my siblings at the river bed almost everyday. Our skin would become darker as the summer progressed and our already blonde hair would grow lighter, if that is even possible.

We lived in a dry climate and enjoyed the warmth and the water. But, as a child I did not realize the value to have clean water running so freely outside our house door.

Just recently I was considering the bottle of water in my hand. I had swallowed the water with no concern to the cleanliness of the contents. As I held the empty bottle, I remembered the recent trip to Pakistan and the concerns about what water I could drink and what I could not. Here in America our bottled water is clean and available to drink. Not so there. You see even their filtered water is still not at a good pure level. As Americans we were told which bottles we could drink from and which ones to decline. It was uncomfortable to decline water provided by our many hosts, and also to have to specify which bottle water we could drink. But, it was a needed concern for us to stay healthy and to do what is needed while there.

The water in the large cities do go through a type of purification. Yet, it is not enough and people are regularly sick either from drinking the water or from not drinking water. Do you choose to drink although you know it is contaminated? Or do you deny yourself the water you desperately need to survive on because you do not have money for purified water?

In January of this year, we arranged for a water purification system to be installed in a community on city water. Within 2 months the local town physician reported a 60% decline in children illnesses. One woman had decided to commit suicide because her and her family could not drink their water and had no food for two days. At this water treatment place we provide free water to whomever comes. She came and her life and her children's lives were saved. All because of clean water and people willing to provide.

It comes with a cost. A monthly cost for minerals, rent, workers and the water coming from the city through the system. It saves peoples lives, it shows the love of Jesus and it provides for community.

We desire to see more communities helped in this manner. The joy of water!

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