HE IS RISEN!
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| I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink... |
| The town of Guaimaca has its water supplied by two streams. Now in the dry season, both the streams have almost dried up and the town of Guaimaca has almost no water. Two members of our church that meets in the hospital, one of our employees, and one of our translators all came to the hospital yesterday and asked for water. We have a well at the hospital that continues to produce of water. |
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Let me tell you about another part of our water ministry that I have not previously talked about. We have a large size pickup truck that we are able to fit a 900 gallon cistern into. We attach a gasoline powered pump to the cistern and can pump water at a gallon per second. So I took Timothy, Luke, Gabriel, and Elijah and we went to deliver water (Dawn was in Tegucigalpa, Trey was still doing homework). This is a fruitful ministry that I hope our family can continue to perform during the dry season. I first took water around in this manner with our team of college students from the U. of Georgia. They were here two weeks ago and did a great job with various ministries including this one. I am reminded of the passage in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 25, starting in verse 31 where Jesus talks of sharing water, food, and clothes with the less fortunate. I am glad we are able to share some of our water.
One location we went to is one of the poorest areas of Guaimaca. Two 2 year olds brought their containers to get the precious water that they do not have enough of. I have struggled to get the image of these two little children out of my mind. - story by BMDMI Missionary Tully Stoudemayer |
Portion of Bible passage quoted above:
Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. |
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