Would You Drink This?

The answer would be an automatic no for those privileged to live in a developed nation. But suppose it was the only option available to you, as it is in the Kabyanga community where SOZO Dream Foundation recently built five classrooms. Then the only answer available is yes. Sadly.

Rebecca filmed the water source for the students attending the school. It is the source of water for laundry, washing bicycles and motorbikes, cooking, bathing and drinking.

The immediate and greatest concern of the SOZO team was safe drinking water for the students. There were so many obvious needs when the team first arrived. The school structure was coming apart. The tarp used for roofing was so worn that some of the smaller children looked for shelter under the teacher’s skirt! There were no desks or chalkboards, and no toilets for staff and students. But the most glaring need, to these medical students and doctors, was safe water.

Change is underway. The name of the school has just been changed from Kabyanga (which means “one who says no”) Nursery and Primary School to God’s Plan Nursery & Primary School. The provision of classrooms has erupted in hope. A spiritual movement of God has begun.

Today Rebecca and her team ordered 50 desks, each seating four students.

When Rebecca and I talked today, we agreed that the felt needs are obvious even to casual observers. But the greatest need is eternal. We are praying that many of those on the receiving end of this love will see Jesus.

It’s impossible not to remember what Jesus told the woman at the well in John 4: “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.”

The local church has invited the team to minister on the second Sunday of June, and Rebecca will most likely preach. We are trusting the Lord to move some to receive the living water He offers.