Living water for those who thirst - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
On a trip to Ghana, West Africa a few years ago, we were driving along to find some kids playing in a filthy, mirky gathering of water. It was the same water that the nomad Fulani tribesmen (associated with the Islamic terror group Boko Haram) had driven their cattle through. It was the same water that local villagers drew from for drinking and cooking. Most of us wouldn't put our hand in it, let alone wade in it or play in it, let alone drink it. But this is every day life for some in the rural areas of Ghana. It is where The Daily Jot reaches out with its ministry partner Redeem West Africa to bring the gospel along with food and clothing as an alternative to the fast growing Muslim population in the area.
Last year, we distributed water purification kits to rural villages in response to the Ebola breakout that threatened the area. This project was very successful and received government accolades for helping abate the problem. This year, we have been working on a new project--a well to provide potable water to a rural area. You see, This teeming mass of needy rural folks, forming 70% of the nation's population of some 27 million, lives on daily basis without running water. For most, mainly women and children, the day begins with a trek of several miles in search of water for survival. They carry whatever they can, irrespective of its unwholesomeness, in huge containers balanced artistically on their head.
William Agbeti, our ministry partner in Ghana for 23 years, writes: "The few water bodies they can utilize as sources of drinking water have multiple uses and multiple users.These water bodies are used by both animals and humans, and for both laundry (items are washed directly in the waters) and for swimming. In most areas, Fulani herdsmen drive their cattle right into the water bodies to quench the thirst of the animals; and nobody has the guts to stop them. Any opposition to their inhuman acts can easily lead to instant loss of lives! The situation gives rise to water-borne diseases and preventable deaths from contaminated water; not excepting rape of women and kidnapping of children along the way."
We have worked together to drill a well 370 feet deep that will provide enough clean water for folks miles around. The water flow is strong and it meets all but two of the purity requirements of the World Health Organization and the Ghana government. Already news of the well has caused families to line up and wait for the water. Trouble is, we have to install a commercial reverse osmosis filtering system to meet the government requirements. We need your assistance for this project. Our plan is to give water to the needy as a ministry outreach and offset the cost of operation by selling to commercial interests.
Children from the village came to fetch water from the new well. Previously, they were getting water from an abandoned septic tank filled with dirty rain and surface water.
For each drop, cup or gallon of water we give out to those most in need, including Muslims, we will be doing so in Jesus' name--to show and practically express the love of God.
Would you please join us to accomplish this divine mission? As God says in Isaiah 41:17: "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst"--like it is happening in rural and even in most parts of urban and suburban Ghana today,--"I the God of Israel will not forsake them." Thanks to your partnership with us in this rural area, clean water will be given in the name of Jesus to the satisfaction of both physical and spiritual thirst.
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