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| The original water source 1/4 mile away |
As a first step in our partnership with Desire, The Global Orphan Project informed us that before anything else, the project needs a well. When we visited back in March, I was struck by the fact that the caregivers have to walk a quarter mile to a ground well to draw water. So Faith got busy raising funds for a new well to be drilled on the property of the orphan project. As a church we participated in a 5K run that allowed people from Faith to raise support funds for the well. The response was overwhelming- we needed to raise $6,000 for the well and instead raised almost $15,000!
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| God's new source of fresh water! |
In the months that has followed, Haiti is in the midst of their rainy season. The situation with the rain has forced the open ground well to be closed because it is contaminated with cholera and is deadly. Knowing that the well was the only source of water for the 60 orphan kids we sponsor, I was very concerned about how the kids will survive until the new well is drilled. The rains have made it nearly impossible for vehicles to get back to the project- meaning the well is delayed until the road and weather improves. Faith has sent funds to help repair the road. So God has provided a spring where fresh water is coming out of the ground! Talk about a miracle- close by the project water started coming right out the side of the dry river bank. The community is currently getting their water from the new, God-given source!
Our team leaves in two days to go to minister to the children of Desire, and no doubt, we will be ministered to by the kids, the caregivers and Pastor Jeannot and his family. I am super excited to see all the changes occuring at the project including the building of homes for the kids, and maybe perhaps with the timing, the well will begin to be drilled! Please pray for our team and continue to pray for the kids of Desire!
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