SEO Version
By STEVEYOUNG
A computer-coded image and a box
of squiggles are two powerful new tools
for expanding awareness of LivingWaters
for the World in the digital realm.
A
widget
is a piece of embedded
web code that can be placed on any
website or blog. A widget provides
up-to-date information, and in our
case, displays our most recent water
installations, announces upcoming
training dates and relays pertinent facts
related to LWW and the world’s water
crisis. We invite all of our partners to
add the LWW widget to their church
websites and personal blogs. The
QR codes
(QR stands for “Quick
Response”) began in Japan a decade ago
and have caught like wildfre recently in
the United States. These square images,
showing up on just about every piece of
printedmaterialyousee, looksomething
like a maze and can be scanned by most
This is LWW’s widget.
Widgets and QR codes — Say what?
smartphones, connecting the user to an
online destination. Be on the lookout
for QR codes to begin appearing on our
printed promotional material.
SteveYoung of Franklin,Tenn., serves full-time
on the LWW staf as Director of Development.
This is a scannable
LWW QR code.
By ROGER DENTON
Attending CWU at Calvin
Crest in October 2010, was one of
the most spiritually moving ex-
periences in my life. The relation-
ships I built that week will be with
me forever; they modeled how
important relationship-building
would be when traveling with my
clean water team to Peru.
During a breakout session, I
was told, “If you are going to Peru
you will meet Sara and Rusty;
they are mission coordinators for
the PCUSA in Peru and will be of
great help to your team.”
When I mentioned Sara and
Rusty at a subsequent meeting
of our water team, I learned that
members of our team had indeed
met themon an initial trip. In fact,
Sara and Rusty were instrumental
in making contacts and reserva-
tions for our team in Peru.
Fast-forward to this past May:
After a twelve-hour travel day, Sara
Armstrong and Rusty Edmondson
met our team at the airport in Lima,
arranged for a taxi-van, rode with
us to our hotel (which they had ar-
ranged), and checked us in.
Our frst day in-country was
scheduled as a cultural orientation
day, and Sara and Rusty planned ev-
ery detail. We visited private muse-
um collections, archaeological digs,
etc. – it was “Peruvian Culture 101”
For water team in Peru —
Mission coworkers invaluable aid
Rusty Edmondson and Sara
Armstrong, mission coworkers
in Peru.
in eight hours or less! They trav-
eled with us on the rest of our trip,
made all of the arrangements and
served as a cultural bridge to en-
able our team’s relationship with
our in-country operating partners
to be as meaningful and mutually
benefcial as possible.
Our PCUSA mission personnel
are a tremendous asset. They stand
ready to work with mission teams
of all kinds. Living Waters for the
World strongly encourages its wa-
ter teams to work with our mission
co-workers whenever possible.
Having seen frsthand what a
blessing Sara and Rusty are in their
role in Peru, it’s easy to see why. By
working together, we can better re-
alize our common goal: Clean, safe
water for all of God’s children!
Roger Denton worships at Clarement
Presbyterian Church in Claremont, Calif.,
and is a member of the San Gabriel Presby-
ery Living Waters Team.
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