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By CARIE TURNER
The fnal (for now, any-
way) $5,100 grant for a system
installed by Presbyterians for
Presbyterians was awarded
to First Presbyterian Church
of Tupelo, Miss., for a system
covenanted and installed at
Gethsemane
Presbyterian
Church in Las Palmas, Gua-
temala.
Before the system was
installed, the community
sur-rounding the church had
access to both municipal and
well water, but diarrhea, fu
and intestinal infections were
common. Now this com-
munity has safe, clean water
– thanks to an anonymous
grant and FPC Tupelo.
Since this fnal grant was
awarded, LWW has received
three more requests for a
$5,100 grant. We have had to
reply that there was no more
money available. We want to
be able to say yes again.
An initial $30,100 gift al-
lowed six diferent Initiating
Partners to bring the gift of
clean water to a half dozen
communities in need. More
such grant money is needed
to help willing Initiating
Partners to cover the costs of
installing more systems. Call
or email Wil Howie (662-816-
5194, wil@livingwatersforth-
eworld.org) or Carie Turner
(615-261-4008, carie@synod-
ofivingwaters.org) if you can
help with a gift to continue
our grants to Initiating Part-
ners. Help us say yes again.
Carie Turner is fnancial ad-
ministrator of Liviing Waters for the
World.
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WHAT LIES AHEAD
December 5 — LWW Committee meets, First Presbyterian
Church , Franklin,Tenn.
March 21-25, 2012 — CleanWater U No. 34, Camp Hopewell
By JEFFWAGNER
Often I encourage people that if they
feel called by the Holy Spirit to get involved
with providing clean water to the people of
Appalachia then they should listen to the
Spirit – providing safe drinking water one
home at a time is not a task for the faint-of-
heart.
This past September, not only did Great
Bridge Presbyterian Church of Chesapeake,
Va., heed the Spirit’s call – they exceeded
it! The clean water team had arranged to
install an in-home UV disinfection system
at the trailer of Lisa Waits in Tazewell, Tenn.
(a mere 12-hour drive from Chesapeake,
Va.) and to replace the skirting on her
trailer to help protect the water lines from
freezing this winter.
However, after thinking about what
the Waits needed — Lisa is a single mother
of a hearing impaired son, Harley — the
water team kicked into high gear and solicited
donations from their congregation for basic
living essentials as well as a water system.
At the end of the day, the team provided
the Waits with not only a clean water system,
but with several boxes of food and gift cards,
a new front porch, a new front door and a
fully skirted trailer. They also made numerous
plumbing repairs (not completed by the
company who had moved Lisa’s trailer to its
current site) and even placed road signs along
Piney Creek Road informing motorists that a
hearing-impaired child lives there!
Watching the Great Bridge team in
action that weekend was inspiring as they
demonstrated Christ’s call to action. Each
member of the team gave selfessly of their
time and unique talents to improve the lives of
a family in need.
Jef Wagner of Louisville, Ky., is LWW information
technology administrator.
Residents Harley and Lisa Waits are second and third from the right
end. From left are Sam Howard, Dave Rhodes , Mike Boron, Carter
Wright, Traye Pickerell, Sam Chalk, Harley and Lisa Waits, and
Melissa Howard.
Great Bridge: Going beyond the call
Last $5,100
grant goes
for system
in Guatemala
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