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A 2008 Update From Stan Patyrak, Living Water, Intl.

As we did last year, LWI is being very purposeful to send 100% of all Advent Conspiracy monies directly to the field. From the $5 donation made by a family on Christmas morning, to monies received from churches across the US, all of it is going directly towards clean water projects.

LIBERIA

30 deep wells are in process of being drilled in Mount Barklay, Liberia - ending the entire region’s water problem. An estimated 25,000 people in the immediate area will be served. Before the new wells, communities would utilize creeks, mudholes, swamps and the river for drinking water. LWI is working closely with community development organizations (our brother Saah and his group), and clean water has proven to be a mighty access into the heart of each village. School attendance immediately increased once the well was drilled at the school. Instead of kids bringing their dirty water to school, they are currently bringing empty jerry cans to school with them - so they can bring clean water back home. Saah tells me that some of the chiefs are in a state of wonder… it seems to them that all of heaven has opened up for their villages in the last few months.

LWI is also working in partnership with AC to rehabilitate/repair 350 broken/open-top wells in Liberia. On average, one repaired hand-pump or well rehab restores water to approximately 1,000 people.

PERU

10 new wells are in progress in Peru. LWI Peru is reaching native tribes along the Amazon River - communities that can only be reached by boat - days along the river. Local pastors are working alongside drilling crews in every community.

INDIA

LWI India, in partnership with a church from AC, has drilled two wells in India.

SUDAN

LWI is in-process of 25 well repairs/rehabs in desperate communities in Southern Sudan.

Anticipated funding will be used to repair wells in Haiti and Sierra Leone. More details on that and other projects soon!