Living Water
A few weeks ago, Steve mentioned during one of our QT morning bible studies how Daniel (in Kenya) went and visited another village and how poor this particular village was.
Well, through Hopeshines Ministries, we felt led to donate a cow, feeling that this would certainly help the village (willing to give what the ministry thought was most needed, but we were thinking “cow”). Steve and Marty passed on the message to Daniel who replied, “COW?” As great of a gift that would be, and it is so needed, the village doesn’t even have the ability to give the care required for a cow because they don’t even have water!
This is when we really opened our hearts to seek out what God wants us to do for this village. We replied back, “Let’s get them water.” But wait, even Daniel’s village doesn’t have water. “What?!” God, what are you showing us through all this? These villages do not even have water in their village!
After seeking and stepping out in faith, we reached out to a couple of drill companies in Kenya to get estimates on how much it would cost to bring wells to these villages. That’s when Steve forwarded us a link that someone sent him.
The Village Drill (you can read and watch exactly what was sent to us). https://youtu.be/_B54HYuBkwc?si=0TQdHT6hyVuNrC8p
Wow! Really?!
More prayers, Lord are we really going here? Only God will make this happen. Is this the way You want us to go? And doors start opening.
They say, "Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime." The Village Drill is the fishing pole.
So let’s talk about The Village Drill
A “manual drill”, yep(!) man powered! The village (with the oversight and instruction from a Drill Master/Team Leader) will help in the digging of their own well! The people of the village will have to come together and work as a team. Along with the Village Drill, comes the Message of HOPE and Life changing water to their village.
Living Water! We help bring water to the village - in Jesus' name. He is our only motive in this ministry! Jesus saves and we will be bringing the Gospel to not only Daniel’s village but to the multiple villages this ministry will be able to reach.
The Village Drill can reach locations and remote villages where trucks and other equipment are not able to access. And the drill can be used multiple times, bringing fresh water, and more importantly, the Living Water of Jesus to the ones who desperately need to see His Love in action.
The Village Drill - a human powered mechanical drill that digs deep into the ground to reach beyond groundwater to the aqueducts to provide a stable water source.
A highly “mobile” unit that can be taken apart and put together and reach villages and areas where big drill rig trucks can not access
The overall cost of the drill, tax, shipping, customs and fees, tools required, etc total $42k - $45k. The drill will be able to be used multiple times, and will require a Drill Team Leader. This Team Leader will be trained for 3 weeks by the Master Driller from the company who builds The Village Drill (also included in the purchase of the drill).
Each time the drill will be used to drill a borehole, the Team Leader will be the “foreman” of the project. This team leader will be a paid individual who will be the one responsible for the ongoing oversight and progress.