Sunday the seventh of October was a great day of celebration in El Doradito! That was the day every house in the village got running water into their homes! It may be difficult for North Americans to understand just how life-changing an event that is...to be able to walk to a tap inside your home, turn it, and see water flowing out of it must be a most exhilarating experience. Remember that last October they were living in shacks made of mud, tin, wood, and any other scraps they could find. They had dirt floors, no electricity, no water...and most times they couldn't even keep the rain out! Now they have new homes, electricity, roofs that repel even the hardest of rains; and now...running water INSIDE the house! No more walking to the pump, pumping the bucket full, and then carrying it back to the house (5 gallons weighs over 44 pounds).
God is showing Himself to this village in different ways almost everyday. The well turned out to be another of God's proofs that He cares for them and is there for them. The village hired a 'professional' to clean the well with an air compressor, but after 4 hours of working he declared the well to have not enough water to bother with and he left. I arrived as he was leaving and after meeting with the water committee we decided we needed to walk by faith, and not by sight. We decided there were some things we could try with the pump we had purchased. After explaining the process I left the work to them and returned home last Saturday. Spending the day in silent prayer (they didn't call me) I tried to keep my belief high as they continued 'developing' the well. Finally at 10:00 p.m. Saturday night I received a call and they asked, "how full to you want the tank?" THEY HAD WATER! What the 'professional' had declared dead; God brought back to life! The well that was empty; was now filled with LIVING WATER!
Arriving Sunday afternoon for our church service I saw the well for myself and learned the details of what took place. The committee purchased the valves, pipe, gauges, electrical boxes needed and went to work. First they pumped the well until the water was clear and then they began filling the tank...by the time I arrived the tank was FULL! Not only that, but Sunday morning they opened all the valves and EVERY home in the village received fresh, potable, running water...and we believe Living Water! Our church service was one of shouting and praising God for all He's doing for us in El Doradito.
It is so exciting to be allowed to be a part of what God's doing...all of you who have come and labored, all of you who have given so sacrificially, all of you who have prayed so faithfully...all of us! God, for whatever reason, has chosen to allow us to be a part of the rebirth of an entire village! And not only that, but one by one we're seeing the rebirth of souls!!!
Now it's your time to celebrate, to praise God, to jump up and down and cry out, "Hallelujah, He lives!" Now is the time to take advantage of the "open door set before us"!
Join us in prayer, in giving, or in coming to labor...the choice is yours!
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