Water Filters

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 I arrived safely last week and thankfully the water filters that I shipped also arrived safely.  The ability to ship the filters is truly a 'game changer' for water filtration projects.  I had a wonderful meeting with THCH (Tenwek Hospital Community Health), they reach into the communities and support pregnant women with vitamins and baby supplies, they provide vaccinations for the children and also partner with local churches for outreach.  THCH has picked two large churches for a water filter outreach.  Each church has its own evangelistic outreach, and they will find those folks that are in desperate need, usually the elderly.  They will share the Gospel and set them up with buckets and a Sawyer water filter.

Tenwek Hospital has allowed me to ship filters directly to their supply room so I can now keep the 'pipeline', so to speak, filled.  We tried this for a while, but the project sputtered as I was limited to what I could bring over from the States and I was coming just twice a year.

They are very excited to keep the project rolling!

And then I meet folks while I'm walking around the hospital and the dukas/shops that need a water filter.



I also bump into many people that have received water filters and they are so thankful for the people that have donated funds so that they can have clean, safe drinking water!

Thank you for your prayers and continued support.

Peace and blessings,

Jimmy

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