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By LAURA HARPER
Combine a hot summer afternoon, a
little boy’s love of plumbing, and an idea for
helping other people. What you get is a $120
donation for Living Waters for the World!
At First Presbyterian Church in Yakima,
Wash., one Sunday morning after church,
four-year-old Wilson Harper was drawn
toward a large piece of plywood covered in
twists of piping, filters, and valves that stood
in the fellowship hall.
It was a model of a clean water sys-
tem that a joint team from First Presbyte-
rian Church and Westminster Presbyterian
Church was raising money to build in the
village of Yotholin, Mexico.
Wilson loved the typical little boy things
like bulldozers and trains, but he was also
fascinated by plumbing and electrical
equipment. So, Jim Bricel, a civil engineer
and member of the Living Waters team,
explained with great animation and detail
what each part of the water system does.
Wilson was hooked. From that day on,
he spent time examining the model and
talking about how it worked each time he
walked by it on his way to preschool at First
Pres.
Later that summer, when Wilson and
his mother, Laura, decided to set up a lem-
onade stand, Wilson decided he would like
to donate the money he earned to Living
Waters for the World so boys and girls could
have clean water.
He painted a banner, and his mother
posted a few status updates on Facebook.
Customers began arriving immediate-
ly—neighbors on foot and even families in
cars who had seen the posts on Facebook.
Many customers paid with large bills, telling
Wilson to keep the change as donations.
Wilson explained Living Waters to cus-
tomers and had brochures handy. In be-
tween customers, he even had a chance for
a few sips of lemonade.
By the end of the afternoon, $120 had
been raised, Wilson had a great time, neigh-
bors connected, and boys and girls were
closer to having clean water.
Laura Harper is a church member, teacher, and
small group leader at First Presbyterian Church, Ya-
kima, Wash.
Four-year-old’s lemonade stand combines
zeal with a love of plumbing, and LWW gains
Wilson Harper, all of four years old, mans his neighbor-
hood lemonade stand to raise money for Living Waters for
the World.