tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14945452.post2180463562612497927..comments2024-01-16T12:21:07.498-05:00Comments on Jane's Journey: Bad WaterJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10657703172332398915noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14945452.post-15669285832097793392010-08-11T06:22:36.943-05:002010-08-11T06:22:36.943-05:00Each time I pay my municipal water bill, I thank G...Each time I pay my municipal water bill, I thank God! Last summer I helped build a house in the Dominican Republic. We walked two blocks, dipped a pail in a cistern and filled buckets to carry back to the worksite so we could mix concrete. I was told sometimes the cistern goes dry and they had to walk much futher for water, and all of this is unsafe to drink. Even the little girls in the family walked and carried water. I sloshed half of it on my feet - and wished desperately that I could figure out how the woman hoisted buckets and other stuff up on their heads without dumping it all over themselves. It would have been easier to carry it that way I think. <br /><br />That small mission has also built a water purification plant, and they place racks of bottled water at pastors' homes - neighbors come there for water (not to mention Living Water! What a God-thing THAT is!) When the earthquake struck in Haiti, they bottled water and trucked it to Port au Prince. People WE went to serve were now serving their brothers and sisters in Haiti! God is awesome! And water is not to be taken for granted.Yesterday's Blessinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990576025465474575noreply@blogger.com