Living Waters for the World is a formal synod, an arm of the Presbyterian Church, USA.
I want to briefly explain the New Jersey 2012 progress with our Living Waters of the World initiative.
Living Waters started in Wyoming Presbyterian Church in 2008 following my participation at the 218th General Assembly. My job now is to network,train and equip mission teams to share the gift of clean sustainable drinking water with communities in need, world-wide.
One purpose to expand these networks is to identify clean water mission opportunities and to bring partners together. This normally includes the installation of a water filtration system and solar paneling. The work of the network also includes arranging accommodation, transport and security.
Cuba I have received a communication from First-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Laurel, Mississippi who want us as a partner to install in Cuba in the fall ~ I am going to Cuba on a LWW Cuba Network planning trip where I will be meeting with representatives of the IPRC (Cuban Presbyterian Church) to discuss plans for installing systems in all of the Presbyterian Churches in Cuba (39). They want IPRC to be the “Water Church” in Cuba. Water distribution to the communities served by these churches will be an outreach ministry.
Honduras The Wyoming Church team - Jane Collingwood, George Ganter, David Gellatly, Esther Kirk and Dan Sugarman - have established a regional network of people in Honduras over the last few years. This network includes the Presbyterian in-country co-worker Rev Mark Wright & Living Waters Partners & KHISH medical team. We have learnt that the program requires commitment and effort and we recognize that there are as many challenges as there are opportunities.For example, we built healthy relationships with two villages in Honduras only for the village water committees to decline the installation of a filtration systems, because of graft ~ & not wishing to relinquish their power, the women in the villages are without decision making power even after pleading with the committee ~ All we could do was walk away.
But opportunities abound. We have found two perfect matches in Honduras and are pushing forward with two villages. I visited Puerto Grande in January .... and after positive talks with the pastor there I am now in contact with Engineer Without Borders (similar to Doctors Without Borders) to drill a water source closer to the church. Negotiation for the drilling and pumping is to be funded by several other churches from Trinity Church,Berwyn, PA & Advent Church,Cordova ,TN leaving Wyoming to build a community water system later this year.
At Lake Yojoa, we are working with the LWW in-country director Melvin Flores & the principal of the Lake Yojoa academy to install a water system by the summer. When the paper work is done we can ship them a water system by June.
Haiti Wyoming Church has supplied a mission team from - Fondren Presbyterian Church, Jackson MS with a filtration system this will be installed at the Episcopal Church/school in Croix des Bouquet, a suburb on the eastern side of Port au Prince in Haiti on March 10th.
Belize Esther Kirk will be heading to Jaguar Creek Belize on March 10th to join First Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN another Living Waters network group. She will conduct water surveys and scope out new opportunities for us. We have been informed that there are requests from towns asking for help & for us to go visit.
Training is an essential part of the Living Waters program. Five Wyoming Church members, Ellie Lesperance, Marie Shmaruk ,Leigh Willis, Sarah Johnson ,Malcolm Collingwood recently signed up for training on March 21st - 25th in MS and will join our team.
If you know of anyone who would be trained at the CWU there is plenty of room on our team to grow. Who do you know who would wish to experience an opportunity to participate ?
contact me Jane Collingwood, wpcusa@verizon.net DO you believe that everyone should have clean drinking water?
Living Waters for the World is a formal synod, an arm of the Presbyterian Church, USA.
I want to briefly explain the New Jersey 2012 progress with our Living Waters of the World initiative.
Living Waters started in Wyoming Presbyterian Church in 2008 following my participation at the 218th General Assembly. My job now is to network,train and equip mission teams to share the gift of clean sustainable drinking water with communities in need, world-wide.
One purpose to expand these networks is to identify clean water mission opportunities and to bring partners together. This normally includes the installation of a water filtration system and solar paneling. The work of the network also includes arranging accommodation, transport and security.
Cuba I have received a communication from First-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Laurel, Mississippi who want us as a partner to install in Cuba in the fall ~ I am going to Cuba on a LWW Cuba Network planning trip where I will be meeting with representatives of the IPRC (Cuban Presbyterian Church) to discuss plans for installing systems in all of the Presbyterian Churches in Cuba (39). They want IPRC to be the “Water Church” in Cuba. Water distribution to the communities served by these churches will be an outreach ministry.
Honduras The Wyoming Church team - Jane Collingwood, George Ganter, David Gellatly, Esther Kirk and Dan Sugarman - have established a regional network of people in Honduras over the last few years. This network includes the Presbyterian in-country co-worker Rev Mark Wright & Living Waters Partners & KHISH medical team. We have learnt that the program requires commitment and effort and we recognize that there are as many challenges as there are opportunities.For example, we built healthy relationships with two villages in Honduras only for the village water committees to decline the installation of a filtration systems, because of graft ~ & not wishing to relinquish their power, the women in the villages are without decision making power even after pleading with the committee ~ All we could do was walk away.
But opportunities abound. We have found two perfect matches in Honduras and are pushing forward with two villages. I visited Puerto Grande in January .... and after positive talks with the pastor there I am now in contact with Engineer Without Borders (similar to Doctors Without Borders) to drill a water source closer to the church. Negotiation for the drilling and pumping is to be funded by several other churches from Trinity Church,Berwyn, PA & Advent Church,Cordova ,TN leaving Wyoming to build a community water system later this year.
At Lake Yojoa, we are working with the LWW in-country director Melvin Flores & the principal of the Lake Yojoa academy to install a water system by the summer. When the paper work is done we can ship them a water system by June.
Haiti Wyoming Church has supplied a mission team from - Fondren Presbyterian Church, Jackson MS with a filtration system this will be installed at the Episcopal Church/school in Croix des Bouquet, a suburb on the eastern side of Port au Prince in Haiti on March 10th.
Belize Esther Kirk will be heading to Jaguar Creek Belize on March 10th to join First Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN another Living Waters network group. She will conduct water surveys and scope out new opportunities for us. We have been informed that there are requests from towns asking for help & for us to go visit.
Training is an essential part of the Living Waters program. Five Wyoming Church members, Ellie Lesperance, Marie Shmaruk ,Leigh Willis, Sarah Johnson ,Malcolm Collingwood recently signed up for training on March 21st - 25th in MS and will join our team.
If you know of anyone who would be trained at the CWU there is plenty of room on our team to grow. Who do you know who would wish to experience an opportunity to participate ?
contact me Jane Collingwood, wpcusa@verizon.net DO you believe that everyone should have clean drinking water?