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Water for Kenya

Posted by Chris Case | March 24, 2008 .

This past weekend was extremely significant. First off is the obvious celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. Secondly, though, was the celebration of World Water Day.About one in six individuals on our planet do not have access to any clean drinking water. A large number of those individuals reside in Africa. This has led to sickness and death for many, particularly to children, within these areas. The estimates are almost 4500 children per day die from diseases related to unclean water. Of the 2.2 million drinking water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under 5.

World Water Day is a day of activism and awareness on March 22nd, focused on the plight of water crises around the globe. Jesus himself constantly used water as analogies to himself, the Spirit, and more, and how difficult to understand that Jesus offers living water, when water often leads to death and distruction.

4:10 Bridge and BigStuf camps have partnered together to sell Water 4 Kenya (H2O4K). They asked individual churches to commit to help raise money for water relieve in their mission villages in Kenya. Here’s a promotional video they played during the camps:

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They also sold H2O4K water bottles during the camp sessions which also went towards the fund. For church leaders, I urge you to find more information about the water crisis around the globe and how you can get involved, and church members, talk to your leadership about it, and see what you can do. If you don’t partner with one of the organizations above, maybe seek ways to raise funds, through selling water during services or other creative methods.

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” - John 4.13-14

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