Over the
next 7 days we plan to post “A Week of Water” and tell stories about the
importance of water in a developing nation like Kenya. Hope you’ll engage with
us!
The African
sun scorches Kisumu this time of year, putting an abrupt end to the stormy El Nino
rains. Seems like overnight our compound has gone from lush foliage to baked
brown grass. Hot afternoon winds layer grimy filth across everything. When the
weather gets like this, water becomes like liquid treasure to many who amble
along the dusty parched roads. That’s
where our story starts…
Jackie and Dorine are widowed sisters. Together they raise children in a
place where opportunity is small and wages are smaller. When they realize a bio-sand
filter has been donated to their household situated along a busy access, the
idea of selling clean cold water to thirsty passersby initiates. However,
these Christian mamas know that water is not the real need, but offering
occasions to share Christ, the Living Water is their ultimate goal.
The plan: Fill
new plastic bags with pure water from the filter and place in them with ice in
a used cooler purchased from the market. Outside their gate, under the shade of a Jacaranda tree, chilled water will be sold for 10 bob a bag (10cents). They asked
us to help design a small Swahili tract that tells the gospel message, which
they will offer with the disease-free water.
The bio-sand
water filter donation provides potable water for the family, a small business
venture, and a platform for sharing the Hope that lives within them. Want to join these mamas for some real
thirst-quencher? Please pray for their meaningful success, for the tract to be culturally appropriate and touch the hearts of those who read it.
Bwana
Asafiwe! (Praise the Lord!)
We have a date for Henry’s non-immigrant visa appointment at the USA Embassy
in Nairobi – February 18th. Please pray with us for favor. Thanks for standing with us
through this amazingly long process. It’s beautiful to see the lengths
God goes to welcome a son into a family.
We have a date for Henry’s non-immigrant visa appointment at the USA Embassy
in Nairobi – February 18th. Please pray with us for favor. Thanks for standing with us
through this amazingly long process. It’s beautiful to see the lengths
God goes to welcome a son into a family.
Asante sana for your prayers, support and encouragement.
hugs from the haugers Ooo0o
