| WATER
FOR TING'ANG'A VILLAGE
25th June 2007
What a weekend it was! It is Monday morning
and I can hardly sit well on my desk. I am excited! You
see I have been seeing this dream for several years, sometimes
a vision, sometimes a dream. It has all come true this last
weekend. Our drilling Team had left here on Thursday and
went 80km (50miles) to a village called Tinganga. I do not
know yet the population of this Village, but after drilling
the whole day they where able to strike water at 120 meters.
And a lot of water! The villagers had been going to draw
water about 14km away (9.5miles) one way. How much water
can you carry on your back for that distance? Not much.
Many of the villagers stayed there for the whole time our
crew were drilling. Stephen Mutune and I joined them on
Saturday with some government leaders to see the whole exercise.
They happened to be flushing the well on Saturday. We stayed
up late. They where shutting the machines at about 10.30pm.
At this time the villagers were still standing by. One thing
I could see on their faces was joy and disbelief. After
all these many years of struggling daily to go for such
a long distance to draw water, water is here now!
During the day a young man from the life
changers called Eugene was doing the rounds in leading people
to the Lord. Saturday alone he had prayed for six people
to receive Jesus. There was a man there who the villagers
said had never been to church since 1976. Seeing the great
works of God he said that immediately we start a church
he will be the first convert! One of the things that moved
this man was the fact that he had never seen Christians
or say a church being involved in providing water for people.
This was enough to convince him that what we preach is real.
After spending time with the village elders, they shared
their needs with us. After water they asked us to help them
establish a secondary school for their children and a Vocational
training school. Many of their children never go beyond
grade 8. A Vocational Training school with Carpentry tools
for boys and Tailoring machines for the girls would do them
good. They showed us the land they will donate to us for
these two schools and showed us also a place to build a
church. I don't think I was prepared for all this. But here
it is. This is what I have always dreamed about. A project
that will transform villages for the Kingdom of God! From
water to church and education, what more can you ask for?
I did note that we need a DVD projector very urgently. We
can screen films every night, like "The Jesus Film"
and others. This was a great breakthrough. To God be all
the glory.
I must give credit to Ron Weaver. I doubt
we could have serviced the drill machines to the point that
it is now. Ron did a lot of work with The Boys to put it
to where it can be used. God knew that we needed a Ron to
set the equipment to work. I thank God for Ron. He worked
very tirelessly during his time here. I am seeing ourselves
being in very high demand that two machines will not even
be sufficient. Our Life Changers team was in a school called
Trikha High school in Thika for a weekend of meetings. They
have just reported that 40 girls and one young man have
given their lives to Christ! Many were prayed for deliverance
and others where filled with the Holy Spirit. More invitations
were extended to them after what God did in this school.
You see I have a reason to rejoice! But above all things
that our names are written in the lambs book of life.
Brethren continue to pray for us.
Bishop Henry Mulandi
International Director
Africa Christian Missions International
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