Close of School & Living Water

      God has been so good to us we have had the successful end of another school year! Really appreciate all our staff and students who have worked hard throughout the year through various challenges like power outages, water shortages, and many sicknesses.  At the end of the school year, we had a field trip for each of t he classes. We are so thankful for the mission van we have available to carry the students to the different locations.
Kids having fun at KFC (first time for many of them)

Nursery I & II kids visiting the airport

Kindergarteners having a movie day at 7 Wonders cinema run by fellow workers for Christ!

Fun Day at the Botanical Gardens for First Grade and up!

Nile and his class officially done with Kindergarten!!!

We have been praying towards the construction of a borehole for years now so we can have access to clean water daily. Thankfully God has made it a possibility!! So many thanks to all who helped to sponsor this project!  We now have access to between 2000- 5000 gallons of water per day (according to the figures given by the driller)! We are REALLY excited that we can now have an abundant supply of water for cooking, for washing and flushing toilets, etc. for the over 100 students and staff who use the building on a daily basis.
To tap into the underground water source, they had to drill 110ft to hit bedrock and lay the pipes that the water would seep into to be pumped out for usage. A great effort with a lasting benefit. I couldn't help but think of the great treasure which has been entrusted to us, the Holy Spirit indwelling each Christian (clay vessels- 2 Cor. 4:7). We are commanded in Ephesians 5:18 to tap into the "water source" and be filled with the SPIRIT (something we can do and have a part to play in) 
"speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ."

“Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Jn 4:13–14). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

“bIf anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Jn 7:37–39). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Lets tap into His word and live the life He has called us to live by His Power!!!





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