Posts Tagged ‘water’
H4C, an opportunity for thee!
Okay, now what is the first thing you see when you look at this picture. This is not a trick question. From some of the people you see SMILES! Smiles, and they aren’t fake. We drove hours and hours, and HOURS to go to this village that is somewhere near the Kenya/Tanzania border. There is NO WATER there. these people went MANY MILES out of there way to get water to cook rice for ME, the rice wasn’t cooked enough (not enough water) and they bought a bottle of Coke ( I REALLY don’t like Coca Cola.) You see, they give you their best, with joy! Honestly (no drama here.) I wasn’t really sure we were going to make it out of this place……the roads, bandits, vehicle breakdowns etc……We did, and so this is THEIR story. They NEED water. How hard is that? Maybe it will take $5,000. The village is Kia da Munge ( Sp?), and it is not on any map. I saw it, I sat with them, I laughed and listened to them. I grieved as I heard of their daily life…..the life of their children. You want real life. It’s not on SURVIROR, or AMERICAN IDOL, it’s right here.
Oh, BTW…NO ONE on staff at www.H4Cinternational.org draws any salary or financial gain from funds for Africa, Philippines, India, Nagaland. We pay our own way, or dear, dear friends help us. It’s, right now, 100% all funds for these people. No drama here, but EVERY DAY counts. To you we offer an opportunity. Join us in helping, and maybe come with us someday!
James R. Smith
The Joy of Water….
In the USA each of us uses about 151 gallons of water per day. In most East African countries most households use less than 5 gallons of water per day.
It’s a great joy to watch people who have at times walked five miles a day to get their water to now have water available in their village. I don’t write this to make us feel guilty, but that first of all we would be thankful. Then maybe we could take the opportunity to give our brothers and sisters some refreshment…..give them some water. “Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. “ It would be good news from a distant land that there are people in “our” world that are interested in helping sustain the life of people in “their” world. Make no mistake, we live in very different worlds. www.H4Cinternational.org would love to give you the opportunity to get to know their world. “As you do to the least of them…..” Look at the smiles on the faces of these people as they get their water. Kinda of great, huh?
There is a powerful line in the song by Sara Groves’ “I Saw what I Saw.” It says, “something on the road cut me to my soul.” It brought back a distinct memory that I can never forget. My first time in East Africa in 1993 I remember walking down the road, it was a time of drought. The dust was up to the ankles of the people…..I was overwhelmed, didn’t really know what to think or feel. I was cut to my soul. It’s was painful, but it has helped to begin to change me.
James R. Smith