Oh Water.

I tried to thoroughly enjoy running water while in the states. I also really appreciated having it for about 2-3 weeks, when I first came back to the states. I was sort of amazed and said a little prayer every time I turned on the faucet. But after a good month I lost some of the gratitude and amazement of this magical thing called water. I still was pretty impressed with water fountains and with ice cold water, hot showers and of course ice makers. The last few days I was trying to prepare myself for the return to no running water again in Haiti.

I fell right back into the rhythm of Haiti though. I filled up the 2 gallon jug, to put in the cooking pot to wash the dishes in. I filled up the gallon jug by dipping it in the large drum of water and using it to fill the 5 gallon bucket to take a sponge bath. As the water level in the drum gets lower and lower, I wonder when someone will go and fill it up and if we will have it in time for showers later in the day. I know we will and if we don’t someone will go get it when we arrive. Water is such a blessed thing! It really is, I don’t even think we give it a second thought in other countries. So the next time you turn on your faucet say a prayer for the people in the world that walk for miles to get a gallon of water. And see what you might do to help all people of the world have clean drinking water.

Last Spring our ‘Group of 20’ Poverty Intervention team wrote grants for water distribution and wells in their communities. Whenever you ask Haitians what one of the greatest problems they see in their community is; they will respond ‘lack of clean water’. This summer the artists in the area did a art show based on water. These are some of their paintings.

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Artist: Jean Baptiste Gere


Artist : Georges Dinipy


Artist:  Astrel Joseph

I will keep you updated on what becomes of the grants. There was also a water filter distribution too made from donations from a team in the U.S. Thank You to all who think about their water and do something about water for everyone in the world. We have to continue to work together on this problem so everyone can have water and have clean water to drink.