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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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my life removing pain ¤
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¤ Lord let my words
heal a heart that hurts ¤
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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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Greetings to my 3ABN family.
Welcome to another Today program
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My name is Ricky, Ricky Carter
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And I'm Jasmine Carter
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And I'm very happy to have my
wife here on the program today.
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Thanks for joining us.
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I'm delighted to be here.
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Amen, amen. Well we're going to
be your hosts today for today's
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program and we have another hour
filled program that I'm sure
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you're going be blessed
with But before we begin
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that I want to share
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with you, I want to take a
moment to say thank you for
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your prayers and your financial
support of 3ABN. We greatly
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appreciate it. And before we
introduce our guests I want to
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have my wife read two verses
from the Bible: Revelation
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chapter 22 verses 1 and 2.
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And he showed me a pure
river of water of life, clear as
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crystal proceeding from the
throne of God and of the Lamb.
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In the middle of its street
and on either side of the river
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was the tree of life which bore
12 fruits each tree yielding
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it's fruit every month. The
leaves of the tree were for the
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healing of the nations.
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Amen. I can't wait to drink from
that water of life that flows
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from God's
throne. How about you?
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Same here, Ricky. But I'm
looking forward to a whole lot
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more than just water.
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(Chuckles) Amen, amen. Well I'm
excited to share with you who
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we're going to have on our
program today because we're
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going to get an update from
Water of Life International.
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And I want to introduce
our guests today. We have the
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co-founder and vice-president
Gary Bartholomew. Welcome
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Brother Gary. (Thank you) Glad
to have you here on our program.
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It's a blessing. Appreciate it.
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Amen, amen. And then
next to him the co-founder
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Rod Bartholomew. Glad to
have you on the program, Rod.
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Thank you. Praise God to be here
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Amen, amen. Now in just a few
we're going to talk more about
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Water for Life but before we do
that, you know, I know that you
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all love music and so do we and
we want to have a special music
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we want to start off the program
with. So, Honey, can you share
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with us who's going to be
our special music for today.
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Sure. Scott Michael
Bennett will be performing
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Go Light Your World
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¤ ¤
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¤ There is a
candle in every soul ¤
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¤ Some brightly
burning Some dark and cold ¤
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¤ There is a Spirit
who brings the fire ¤
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¤ Ignites a candle
and makes His home ¤
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¤ Carry your candle,
Run to the darkness ¤
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¤ Seek out the
hopeless confused and torn ¤
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¤ Hold out your
candle for all to see it ¤
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¤ Take your candle
Go light your world ¤
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¤ ¤
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¤ Frustrated brother,
so how he's tried to ¤
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¤ Light his own
candle some other way ¤
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¤ See now your sister,
she's been robbed and lied to ¤
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¤ She still holds her
candle without a flame ¤
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¤ So carry your
candle run to the darkness ¤
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¤ Seek out the
lonely the tired and worn ¤
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¤ Hold out your
candle for all to see it ¤
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¤ Take your candle
Go light your world ¤
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¤ We are a family
whose hearts are blazing ¤
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¤ Let's raise our
candles light up the sky ¤
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¤ Pray to our Father
in the name of Jesus ¤
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¤ Make us a beacon
in the darkest night ¤
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¤ Carry your candle
run to the darkness ¤
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¤ Seek out the
helpless deceived and poor ¤
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¤ Hold out your
candle for all to see it ¤
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¤ Oh take your
candle Go light your world ¤
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¤ Take your candle,
Go light your world ¤
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¤ Take you candle,
Go light your world ¤
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¤ Go light your
world, Go light your world ¤
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Amen, amen, What a blessing
that we can all participate in
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sharing the
gospel. Would you agree?
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Absolutely and there's such
a good message in that song.
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Amen, amen. Thank you, Brother
Scott for sharing your talents
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with the Lord. Well, if
you joined us a little bit late
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I want to share with you who our
special guests are. Our special
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guests are father and son,
father and son, Gary and Rod
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Bartholomew and they're with
Water for Life International.
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And before we learn a little bit
more about your ministry I want
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the viewers at home to get to
know a little bit more about you
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So Brother Gary can you tell us
a little bit about yourself and
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where you're from?
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I'm Gery Bartholomew from
Spokane, Washington. I was born
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and raised there
and it's still home.
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Amen, amen. All right well glad
that you could be here with us
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to share more about your
ministry. (Thank you) Yes.
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And Brother Rod. How about
yourself. Can you tell us a
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little bit about yourself.
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Absolutely. I was born and
raised in Spokane, Washington
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as well and grew up in the
family business drilling wells
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doing pump systems and water
treatment and I currently am the
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water treatment product manager
for three companies in the
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northwest. I cover from
Washington to Texas doing water
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treatment in that area.
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Great, great.
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Thank you. What if you
share with us a little about the
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ministry, Water for Life
International and what you do
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for the ministry.
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Water for Life International
started 18 years ago coming up
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here very soon. And we had
a challenge that we had heard
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about at an orphanage and school
We had been down there doing
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some small projects, electrical
projects and things and realized
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they were drinking out of the
river. And there were getting to
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be some really serious parasite
problems and sickness. And we
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thought you know our background
we ought to get water for these
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people and that's how it started
We were able to accomplish that
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and then of course the Lord says
well look at all these villages
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around here in the same
condition. They don't have safe
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water. They have only surface
water and there's no septic
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system so all the groundwater,
surface water is contaminated
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and so our privilege is to go
supply safe drinking water for
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these people. The government
health ministry tells us where
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we drill
mortality drops. (Mmm, man)
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Thank you for being
so willing to serve.
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Yeah, it's as much of a blessing
to us as it is to those people.
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I'm sure. So what's the process
like in preparing a well,
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drilling for the well?
What do you have to go through?
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So first of all, like Dad
mentioned, we work with the
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Ministry of Health there locally
to find the most needs. So these
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villages are usually destitute
villages that can't afford to
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have a well drilled for them.
If they just one village again
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can't afford to have the well
drilled or to maintain it and so
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we work with them to find a
village that needs this more
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than the others so to speak.
Because it would be nice if we
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could do it for all but we find
the most need. And then we go
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ahead and get our equipment
on site. Sometimes that takes a
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little bit of clearing and
everything to get it so that we
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can get our heavy equipment
on site and then drill the well,
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put a pump in it
and go from there.
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Okay, okay great. So when you
have the well drilled, when it's
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prepped, you have everything
set up, can you share about is
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there anything special that you
do before they actually use the
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well?
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Absolutely. We actually have
a couple of photos of this where
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we actually have a well
dedication that we dedicate this
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well, tell them that actually
the Lord has provided this water
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for them. And then we go ahead
and we cut the ribbon and have a
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big celebration. The mayor will
talk usually at that time. A lot
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of different things go into
that but it is a very wonderful
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and special celebration to where
we have that first water come
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out and what a joy that is.
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Amen, amen.
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That's a time when our Bible
workers are present and they
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give a little talk about water
from the scripture; maybe the
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river of life or things
like that and make a spiritual
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application. And then we hand
out Spanish Bibles to those that
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can read Spanish.
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We have a
picture of that don't we?
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We do, we do have a picture of
them handing our Bibles. I was
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there at one village. We broke
open those cases of Bibles and
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people started reaching in over
my shoulders and I told Huberto,
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the pump man operator there that
ran the truck, I told him, I
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said I might need my hard
hat, Huberto. And it's very
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gratifying to see those people
on our way out the village,
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they're sitting along there
house reading or they're under
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this tree reading. They're
grateful for that Bible. They
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have never had a Bible. (Wow)
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So those Bible workers, are
they living in Guatemala or are
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volunteers from here.
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No, we have 11 Bible workers
that are living in Guatemala and
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so once those Bibles are handed
out those Bibles come with
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studies in the back of
them. They were provided by a
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partner... Well, Lightbearers.
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Lightbearers!
Thank you. Lightbearers.
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A whole container,
20,000 Bibles (20,000 Bibles)
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were delivered to us while
we were there last winter. An
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awesome blessing and so we used
those that were sent down by
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Lightbearers and start Bible
studies and then it goes on and
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on to building
churches and things.
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Do you have any stats of how
many churches or members that
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have been baptized as a
result of your ministry?
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Well I know we've had thousands
of baptisms. We do not keep
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track. Those are the
Lord's baptisms and we work very
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closely with the Northern
Guatemala Mission where we are
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working drilling these wells
in the northern third of the
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country. So it's an
effort of all of us. We built 14
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structures last year, Water for
Life did. That's kind of typical
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each year probably. (Okay)
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We were told by the Northern
Guatemala Conference that it is
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one of the fastest growing
conferences in Central America.
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You know, so that's exciting
to be part of that. But again
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this is all the Lord's doing.
Definitely, we want to work with
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Him in what He is doing and this
is just one of the ways that we
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can do that.
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Exactly, exactly.
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So tell us what are some unique
aspects of how you do your well
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installation and maintenance
in comparison to other
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ministries and well services.
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Yeah, so there are several
things that we do but one of
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them I'd really like to focus
on is we make this sustainable.
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I have been a part of other
water projects around the world
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and it hasn't been sustainable.
It's wonderful to go in and get
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this big flash, this big
wonderful thing of giving a
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village water but we have to
make it sustainable because if
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we don't, if the pump quits
or something goes wrong these
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people go back to the mud
puddles that they were drinking
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out of literally. You would not
let your dog or animals drink
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out of some of the puddles that
they are getting their water out
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of. And so we have to make it
sustainable. We have the crews
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there that repair these pumps,
keep them mainenanced on a
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regular basis and keep them
working long-term so that this
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is a sustainable thing that can
keep going on and on. We don't
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want to just come in and get the
initial well and pump and all of
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that and then leave. Most
of our pumps are hand pumps and
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that way it's simpler but it
still takes maintenance and we
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have to keep that going and
headed in the right direction so
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that's really one of the very
unique things that I think we
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provide that a lot of other
ministries tend to overlook and
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we just don't want to do
that because once they get clean
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water if they go back to
the nasty water it's even worse
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than if we hadn't have given it
to them in the very first place.
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And so it's got to be
an ongoing thing. (Wow)
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Amen. You know you mentioned the
hand pumps. I think we have a
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video. You can show that
now. Because in my mind I was
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thinking that the hand pump was
going to be something like this.
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And we do have some that are
like this. But the ones that we
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found now that go like this
and we'll be able to see in the
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video in just a minute here,
that really has been a game
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changer for us. That is a pump
that is by far the best hand
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pump in the world today. Look at
them cranking that. And actually
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pumping water by cranking that.
The old-style hand pumps, and we
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have a lot of those down there
but they sometimes...if we're
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pumping water 12 to 14 hours
a day which is common in these
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villages, literally 12 to
14 hours a day. We have to
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understand that each one of
these pumps serves on average
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250 people. You know here in the
U.S. each home has its own well
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or maybe multiple wells. But
down there whole villages use
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this one hand pump or this one
well and so 250 people using it
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12 to 14 hours a day it can
get some pretty extreme wear. So
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there's times when we have
to maintenance those hand pumps
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that go like this three and four
times a year to keep them going.
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Where the hand crank style hand
pump, which has definitely been
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an improvement and a better pump
We can go sometimes three to
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five years without maintenance.
(Wow!) And that is a huge, huge
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difference. They are much more
expensive but in the cost of
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maintenance that it saves
us it's actually over time per
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gallon pumped a lot cheaper.
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It gives us some other options
too. The old reciprocating hand
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pump goes up and down, aah give
100 feet deep that's about all
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you're going to get. The life
pump which is the one you crank
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400 feet. So it opens up new
options and we have drilled some
00:20:47.11\00:20:52.45
600-foot holes and so
it's really given us some good
00:20:52.48\00:20:57.42
options. We also install
electric pumps and solar pumps
00:20:57.45\00:21:01.59
but these hand
pumps are the mainstay.
00:21:01.62\00:21:04.59
Amen. So tell us...I can imagine
that you're probably very
00:21:04.63\00:21:10.47
excited when you go in here and
set up these wells. What's the
00:21:10.50\00:21:18.67
most gratifying
aspect of Water for Life?
00:21:18.71\00:21:22.34
To me the most gratifying is
that we're reaching those remote
00:21:22.38\00:21:27.22
villages with the gospel. (Amen,
amen) Ah drilling is a platform
00:21:27.25\00:21:32.15
to share the gospel. Once we
have drilled in a village, ah,
00:21:32.19\00:21:36.49
we have a tight just a
tight time with those people.
00:21:36.52\00:21:43.10
Jesus's method.
00:21:43.13\00:21:44.47
Yeah, they understand that we're
the ones that brought them water
00:21:44.50\00:21:47.24
so they come running when our
Bible workers come. Then we are
00:21:47.27\00:21:51.81
able to have Bible studies.
That's the most gratifying thing
00:21:51.84\00:21:55.48
Those people are destitute and
they're so happy to find there's
00:21:55.51\00:22:01.22
a better place coming. (Amen)
00:22:01.25\00:22:02.62
The second thing I would mention
in regard to that would be this
00:22:02.65\00:22:08.96
is actually saving lives. So we
will go in and put a well in a
00:22:08.99\00:22:16.97
village and then come back a few
years later and they will say,
00:22:17.00\00:22:22.90
you know, the year before you
put this well in we had three
00:22:22.94\00:22:27.78
infants die due to waterborne
illness. After you put the well
00:22:27.81\00:22:31.78
there have been zero infants die
due to waterborne illness. So
00:22:31.81\00:22:36.05
you can't put a number on this.
It is an absolute life-saving
00:22:36.08\00:22:42.89
thing and like Dad mentioned
once we save their physical life
00:22:42.92\00:22:48.53
here on this earth, the Lord
can work on their heart and save
00:22:48.56\00:22:52.87
them for eternity. (Amen) So
it's just an ongoing wonderful
00:22:52.90\00:22:58.97
thing. And if we give them
clean water that changes their
00:22:59.01\00:23:06.38
life forever. You don't have
to guess the villages that we go
00:23:06.41\00:23:11.25
into the ones that have clean
water, because you don't see the
00:23:11.29\00:23:15.82
distended bellies of the
kids because of the amoeba or
00:23:15.86\00:23:18.93
whatever. And they are active.
They're more vibrant. They can
00:23:18.96\00:23:23.80
actually, live instead of
just existing. If we're sick and
00:23:23.83\00:23:31.44
cast down we're just existing
and trying to slog through the
00:23:31.47\00:23:35.88
day. But if we're vibrant and
have that energy it changes the
00:23:35.91\00:23:41.68
whole entire outlook of life and
your entire life until either
00:23:41.72\00:23:50.06
you die or the Lord comes.
(Right, right) and so it's a
00:23:50.09\00:23:55.70
huge thing that giving people
clean water changes things
00:23:55.73\00:24:00.44
forever. (Amen, amen)
00:24:00.47\00:24:02.20
It does. Thank you so
much for sharing that with us.
00:24:02.24\00:24:03.84
It makes me want
00:24:03.87\00:24:05.21
to get involved. (Amen, amen)
So with the recent pandemic, did
00:24:05.24\00:24:08.88
that affect your
ministry significantly?
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.41
Oh yes, the pandemic did affect
us. Let me tell you how the Lord
00:24:11.45\00:24:15.52
turned that. We had people down
there, supervisor-type people
00:24:15.55\00:24:19.62
because we weren't drilling
with a national crew yet. It was
00:24:19.65\00:24:23.83
simply volunteers going down,
drilling wells and then they'd
00:24:23.86\00:24:27.36
come home and we'd put the well
drills away for the rest of the
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.93
year. So we were training hoping
to get a national crew up that
00:24:30.97\00:24:35.70
would be able to work all year
long. The pandemic kept some of
00:24:35.74\00:24:40.81
our people there several weeks
longer than they wanted to be
00:24:40.84\00:24:45.91
there. And they're semi-retired.
They said we're okay with that
00:24:45.95\00:24:50.85
We'll go home when the Lord
allows. But what it allowed was
00:24:50.89\00:24:54.82
we were able to finish the final
training of our crew and then
00:24:54.86\00:25:02.06
that whole year they drilled
on their own and we drilled by
00:25:02.10\00:25:06.57
Whatsapp. I didn't think I'd
ever drill a well by whatsapp.
00:25:06.60\00:25:10.71
They come into a problem, they
send a message you know up to us
00:25:10.74\00:25:14.78
and we could advise them. So
that was the first year we were
00:25:14.81\00:25:17.38
able to drill with nationals, no
Americans present. And now this
00:25:17.41\00:25:25.19
is the second year. We've almost
completed two years now with
00:25:25.22\00:25:28.36
national crews. And another
blessing that came out of that
00:25:28.39\00:25:31.39
they're training others and so
that's the future of Water for
00:25:31.43\00:25:36.50
Life. It's come up and it
all started with COVID. (Wow)
00:25:36.53\00:25:40.14
It's been a
blessing in some ways.
00:25:40.17\00:25:42.74
Look at God. Look at how God's
been working. You know that's
00:25:42.77\00:25:47.28
a miracle in itself right there.
And I'm sure that they've got
00:25:47.31\00:25:51.15
more miracles that they can
share. You know I love hearing
00:25:51.18\00:25:54.62
miracles. Do you have any
more that you can share with us?
00:25:54.65\00:25:57.52
Well, we've got a lot of them.
Just the day before yesterday
00:25:57.55\00:26:01.56
we loaded a 40-foot container
that goes to Guatemala and that
00:26:01.59\00:26:05.19
was out of my shop. I'm retired
now so that shop is used to
00:26:05.23\00:26:10.10
stage equipment and supplies
that go to Guatemala and in the
00:26:10.13\00:26:14.10
disarray that shipping is in now
it's just terrible. So we had
00:26:14.14\00:26:20.74
three different dates. They kept
changing the date that you'll
00:26:20.78\00:26:25.28
load the container and it
finally came this week and that
00:26:25.31\00:26:28.65
is on the way. (Amen) And we've
seen other miracles. We've seen
00:26:28.68\00:26:32.05
definite miracles, huge things
that we knew were impossible
00:26:32.09\00:26:35.76
just, for one thing, beginning
Water for Life and getting
00:26:35.79\00:26:39.16
equipment to Guatemala. How do
you ship it there? Things like
00:26:39.19\00:26:43.13
this. And what it does for us is
give us confidence in the Lord
00:26:43.16\00:26:47.37
because when those "impossible"
things actually come about then
00:26:47.40\00:26:53.81
we know who did it. The Lord did
it. (Amen) Rod probably has...
00:26:53.84\00:26:57.95
You know, the Lord has done so
many miracles in this ministry.
00:26:57.98\00:27:02.55
But one that just comes to my
mind right now is that...and I
00:27:02.58\00:27:07.92
know that we've shared this many
times before but it just really
00:27:07.96\00:27:12.53
brings home what the Lord
does for us. I was going to some
00:27:12.56\00:27:20.04
conferences on the other side of
Washington over in the Olympia
00:27:20.07\00:27:23.84
area and I got a call from my
uncle. He was in Guatemala. He
00:27:23.87\00:27:27.71
said I can't keep this drill rig
running. I need another magneto.
00:27:27.74\00:27:32.11
And I was like okay and he
said oh by the way...this was
00:27:32.15\00:27:41.29
Thursday and Sunday there was
somebody that was leaving from
00:27:41.32\00:27:46.06
Spokane and he's like is there
any way you can get a magneto
00:27:46.09\00:27:48.80
in their luggage so that they
can take it to Guatemala with
00:27:48.83\00:27:52.83
them on Sunday. Well this is
Thursday and we've got Sunday
00:27:52.87\00:27:58.34
coming really soon. So I started
doing some calls. I called a few
00:27:58.37\00:28:04.71
different vendors and I said
okay I need a magneto for this
00:28:04.75\00:28:10.62
drill rig and a couple of them
were like well what's a magneto?
00:28:10.65\00:28:14.19
I knew that wasn't going to
go very well. And so a lot of
00:28:14.22\00:28:21.33
people probably don't know what
a magneto is but it creates the
00:28:21.36\00:28:22.70
spark to make an engine run.
Okay. And this was an old style
00:28:22.73\00:28:27.34
engine and so that's what
we needed because without spark
00:28:27.37\00:28:31.77
you're not going to have an
engine running. It's just that
00:28:31.81\00:28:35.38
simple. So then I was just
driving along and praying and I
00:28:35.41\00:28:39.35
said Lord what am I going to
do here? And He says call Brett
00:28:39.38\00:28:42.88
McCarty. And so I called Brett
McCarty and I said Brett, I said
00:28:42.92\00:28:49.96
because I knew that he had
the same style drill rig that we
00:28:49.99\00:28:53.90
have down in Guatemala. It's a
percussion style and we actually
00:28:53.93\00:28:57.00
have a video of that drill
rig running. We've since changed
00:28:57.03\00:29:03.37
it over to diesel engines so it
no longer has the magneto on it.
00:29:03.41\00:29:08.91
It's a diesel engine on it now
instead of a gas but...I called
00:29:08.94\00:29:13.98
Brett and I said Brett, Lynn's
down there. He needs a magneto
00:29:14.02\00:29:17.59
to keep this going. Is there any
way that you can help me out?
00:29:17.62\00:29:21.39
And Brett's like well I'm on
the way home from a job and just
00:29:21.42\00:29:27.56
five miles ago I passed a guy
00:29:27.60\00:29:28.93
who rebuilds magnetos. Let me
turn around and go back. This is
00:29:30.20\00:29:36.54
when I called him, by the way.
He had just passed this. Let me
00:29:36.57\00:29:39.47
go back and talk to him and see
what we can do to find a magneto
00:29:39.51\00:29:42.38
He gets back and he calls
me from this magneto shop. Well
00:29:42.41\00:29:50.09
this guy, it's actually out
in the middle of north Idaho and
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.96
people would send him magnetos.
He would rebuild them and send
00:29:53.99\00:29:58.26
them back to them. He didn't
stock any magnetos at all. But
00:29:58.29\00:30:02.43
he said okay what is the model
number, serial number all of
00:30:02.46\00:30:07.94
that of the magneto that you
need. I told him and he called
00:30:07.97\00:30:11.47
me a few minutes later when he
got back and he confirmed this
00:30:11.51\00:30:15.58
is the part number, this is the
serial number, all of that of
00:30:15.61\00:30:20.88
the magneto that you have and
this one is what you need and
00:30:20.92\00:30:26.96
he's like I have one in my hand
(what?) And he told me he said
00:30:26.99\00:30:30.39
three years ago, three
years ago somebody brought this
00:30:30.43\00:30:36.23
magneto to this guy had him
rebuild it and never came and
00:30:36.26\00:30:41.64
picked it up. (Wow) This was
the exact magneto that we needed
00:30:41.67\00:30:46.37
for that drill rig in Guatemala.
Look the Lord took care of this
00:30:46.41\00:30:51.38
problem three years before we
knew we were even going to have
00:30:51.41\00:30:55.82
the problem. And so then Brett
said, What do you want me to do
00:30:55.85\00:31:00.12
with it now. Well I wasn't home
yet but my wife met Brett at the
00:31:00.16\00:31:04.89
Washington/Idaho border, picked
up that magneto and it was on
00:31:04.93\00:31:09.86
it's way to Guatemala
the next Sunday. (Amen)
00:31:09.90\00:31:13.37
Praise the Lord.
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.74
And so you know this is the kind
of thing that the Lord loves to
00:31:14.77\00:31:18.81
do. He loves to take care of His
people and He wants them to be
00:31:18.84\00:31:25.91
happy and to have clean water.
00:31:25.95\00:31:27.28
Amen. You know that's a
wonderful miracle story. I know
00:31:27.32\00:31:33.36
you guys have more. Can you
share with us maybe just one
00:31:33.39\00:31:36.26
more? There was one I saw that
you mentioned about sacrificing
00:31:36.29\00:31:40.00
a pig. (Oh)
00:31:40.03\00:31:41.56
Yeah I want to
hear about that one.
00:31:41.60\00:31:43.67
You want to hear
about sacrificing a pig.
00:31:43.70\00:31:45.23
What's that about?
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.64
The villages we work in like I
mentioned are pretty remote and
00:31:47.67\00:31:51.57
there may be a lot of
spiritualism in those villages.
00:31:51.61\00:31:55.18
The village just previous to
this one Alacatillo had prayer
00:31:55.21\00:32:01.75
where they wanted the well
drilled and we had drilled there
00:32:01.78\00:32:06.45
had a successful well, nice
water. They were happy. That's
00:32:06.49\00:32:12.49
where we were handing out the
Bibles and they were reaching in
00:32:12.53\00:32:15.23
over me. I thought I was going
to need a hard hat to protect
00:32:15.26\00:32:18.40
myself. The next village
further back in the jungle
00:32:18.43\00:32:23.81
Samorach. Samorach told us well
we sacrificed a pig here and
00:32:23.84\00:32:30.78
it's right in front of a church.
We sacrificed a pig here and
00:32:30.81\00:32:35.02
this is where we want to drill.
We drilled there. We set up with
00:32:35.05\00:32:39.32
a rotary drill. That's different
than the little percussion drill
00:32:39.35\00:32:43.89
you just saw, you know, up
and down. It's rotary and we
00:32:43.93\00:32:49.46
couldn't get down. We hit a huge
cavern and had some problems. We
00:32:49.50\00:32:53.74
couldn't get down and we moved
away. We told them we would be
00:32:53.77\00:32:58.24
back but it really scared them
because here they didn't have
00:32:58.27\00:33:02.74
water. Again we told them that
we'd be back. And our lead Bible
00:33:02.78\00:33:10.29
worker man who coordinates all
the Bible work, he says you know
00:33:10.32\00:33:14.12
you shouldn't have sacrificed
a pig. You should have prayed to
00:33:14.16\00:33:16.79
the Lord who knows where water
is. (Amen) So he started off on
00:33:16.83\00:33:21.63
the right foot right there. We
came back in with the old cable
00:33:21.66\00:33:25.80
tool and we were able to get
down and get the casing, steel
00:33:25.83\00:33:28.27
casing in the ground and things
we needed and we completed that
00:33:28.30\00:33:33.21
well and what a happy day that
was. I was there when we had the
00:33:33.24\00:33:39.31
well, dedication. It seemed like
there were people there from
00:33:39.35\00:33:42.55
several villages probably just
because everybody turned out
00:33:42.58\00:33:45.85
from that village and we were
able to...we have many Bible
00:33:45.89\00:33:50.53
studies going there in Samorach
right now. (Amen) That was
00:33:50.56\00:33:57.50
something that was about
impossible getting down that
00:33:57.53\00:33:59.83
hole just the mechanics of it.
And the Lord turned that around.
00:33:59.87\00:34:03.34
Praise God, praise God.
00:34:03.37\00:34:04.97
Had a positive for His name.
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.14
Amen. Well you know I know
you that are viewers at home are
00:34:07.18\00:34:13.28
wondering how can they
participate with your ministry.
00:34:13.31\00:34:17.95
What can you share with us,
what can they do to participate
00:34:17.99\00:34:24.23
whether it's help, or can they
come down there and work as well
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.83
Financial help?
00:34:27.86\00:34:29.20
Sure. Absolutely. There are
many ways that they can help but
00:34:29.23\00:34:32.10
you know if they want to come
down there are many things that
00:34:32.13\00:34:39.14
they can do even if they
don't understand or know about
00:34:39.17\00:34:45.01
drilling wells. Families
have come down and done vacation
00:34:45.05\00:34:52.95
Bible schools. They have come
down and they have helped paint
00:34:52.99\00:34:58.33
our apartments. They have come
down...you know drillers get
00:34:58.36\00:35:03.10
dirty and sometimes a housewife
comes down and the only thing
00:35:03.13\00:35:08.04
that she knows to do is how to
clean a house or cook a meal or
00:35:08.07\00:35:13.31
all of that. That's all stuff
that can be a huge blessing
00:35:13.34\00:35:18.31
because these people when
they're there they want to, the
00:35:18.35\00:35:22.78
drillers especially, they
really want to make their time
00:35:22.82\00:35:26.65
effective and so if somebody
else can help them with their
00:35:26.69\00:35:29.12
laundry or cook meals for them
and all of that, that helps out.
00:35:29.16\00:35:35.76
We also have dentists that come
down and do dentistry. We have
00:35:35.80\00:35:40.90
dental hygienists come down
and pull teeth or clean teeth.
00:35:40.94\00:35:47.01
Different medical workers doing
things in the villages. You know
00:35:47.04\00:35:55.15
this has been a few years ago
but we had a big crew come down
00:35:55.18\00:35:58.35
and build a reservoir for the
orphanage and school campus. We
00:35:58.39\00:36:03.79
actually built two very large
reservoirs and that just takes
00:36:03.83\00:36:08.56
manual labor to do. And
so there's a lot of different
00:36:08.60\00:36:12.83
things that people can help out
with and that can be something
00:36:12.87\00:36:21.38
that they can actually go
down and help with if they're
00:36:21.41\00:36:24.68
interested in actually
going to a project. (Okay.)
00:36:24.71\00:36:28.48
Another thing I'd say, we
can use translators because
00:36:28.52\00:36:34.56
volunteers that go don't always
know Spanish and I know very
00:36:34.59\00:36:38.46
little. I just kind of get
by. I wish that I could know it
00:36:38.49\00:36:42.73
better but we need translators.
If someone's willing...maybe
00:36:42.76\00:36:48.14
they want to be a mechanic.
Maybe they want to help pass out
00:36:48.17\00:36:51.54
Bibles. There's so many
things that we can use. (Amen)
00:36:51.57\00:36:56.81
Then on the financial side of
things, you know since we all of
00:36:56.85\00:37:01.88
us in the U.S. are volunteers.
We pay our own way down. We are
00:37:01.92\00:37:06.55
complete volunteers. None of us
get any remuneration for what we
00:37:06.59\00:37:12.29
do for the ministry. But down
there it's a little different.
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.23
Since we have national crews
helping us now and actually
00:37:16.26\00:37:21.30
doing the drilling, doing
the pump work, doing the repairs
00:37:21.34\00:37:25.34
all of that, every one of those
needs to be paid. Our Bible
00:37:25.37\00:37:28.68
workers have to be paid. They
can't do that for free. And so
00:37:28.71\00:37:35.22
it has become a bigger deal to
keep that going year-round and
00:37:35.25\00:37:41.06
so that funding is something
you know the Lord is a Lord of
00:37:41.09\00:37:48.73
just enough. An infinite amount
of just enough. He always gives
00:37:48.76\00:37:54.80
us what we need. Usually
not a penny more. But that is
00:37:54.84\00:38:00.48
something again we now have
a crew down there that is there
00:38:00.51\00:38:06.61
year-round drilling these wells
It takes more supplies to do
00:38:06.65\00:38:10.79
that and it takes their wages
as well. And so all of those
00:38:10.82\00:38:18.33
things take funding to do.
00:38:18.36\00:38:21.06
So for the funding, if a viewer
at home wants to send in some
00:38:21.10\00:38:28.84
money how can they participate
or what's the website or phone
00:38:28.87\00:38:33.54
number that they can call
or how can they contact you?
00:38:33.58\00:38:36.68
Yes we do have (up on the
screen as well) we do have a
00:38:36.71\00:38:42.05
the website is H2OForLife.org
H2O it's not H2zero
00:38:42.08\00:38:47.19
H2OForLife.org. Another easy
link but I better not confuse
00:38:47.22\00:38:55.43
you too much.
GuatemalaWells.com and that gets
00:38:55.46\00:38:58.20
you to that. Sometimes it's hard
to get that H2OForLife.org and
00:38:58.23\00:39:03.84
we have a number. It's toll-free
It's in area (509) 795-1912
00:39:03.87\00:39:10.91
(509) 795-1912 and that
will contact us. There's ways to
00:39:10.95\00:39:19.22
donate on the website.
We're just delighted that those
00:39:19.25\00:39:24.16
fellows down there are capable.
They're happy for a job and
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we're happy that they're
carrying out our mission. We go
00:39:27.13\00:39:30.43
now to mentor rather than
to drill wells. It's growing.
00:39:30.47\00:39:36.57
You mentioned families coming
down to help and I'm thinking
00:39:36.60\00:39:41.48
about maybe there's
some children at home who are
00:39:41.51\00:39:45.71
thinking, boy! Mom and dad, that
sounds great. I would love to go
00:39:45.75\00:39:49.58
down there and participate with
that. Can you use children to
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help?
00:39:53.79\00:39:55.59
Yes. (How) Anywhere from
one person up to 35 and we're
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equipped through Bernie our
lead man who's in charge of the
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Bible work. It would be
most Bible work and I tell you
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children can go down and
they can help with these VBS and
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things like that. Any village of
200 or 250 people there's 40-60
00:40:13.48\00:40:19.48
children. And you'll
become close friends with those
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children. So kids if you want
to go, jump on board. It's very
00:40:22.08\00:40:27.56
rewarding. (Amen)
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.22
My daughters have been down a
couple of times. The first time
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that my youngest was down there
was in mommy's tummy but my
00:40:33.66\00:40:40.67
oldest actually has been down
two times that she remembers and
00:40:40.70\00:40:44.21
they love going and helping out
with the vacation Bible school
00:40:44.24\00:40:50.48
They actually help me a little
bit on the pump rig, setting a
00:40:50.51\00:40:56.62
pump and stuff like that as well
but the friendships that they
00:40:56.65\00:41:01.69
made during those vacation Bible
schools and the meetings that
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they were helping with, oh they
just loved that. And you know it
00:41:06.59\00:41:11.87
makes our kids understand how
good, we have it. We here in the
00:41:11.90\00:41:18.04
U.S., well let's just face
it, we flush our toilets with
00:41:18.07\00:41:24.61
drinking water and we don't
understand that down in some of
00:41:24.65\00:41:27.85
these countries they don't even
have drinking water to drink
00:41:27.88\00:41:31.45
much less flush a toilet with
or even have a toilet. And so
00:41:31.49\00:41:35.76
those things that let our kids
see that these people are happy
00:41:35.79\00:41:42.40
even though they don't have
all of what we have can really
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change their lives. There was
a certain gal who went down with
00:41:46.90\00:41:52.37
a family. She came down. She was
not really happy to be there.
00:41:52.41\00:41:58.51
She just wanted to be on her
device and just really wasn't
00:41:58.55\00:42:02.95
getting into this. But then one
day one of the pastors took her
00:42:02.98\00:42:11.53
out and she did some dental work
in the village and she really
00:42:11.56\00:42:16.16
got into that. And you know,
that changed her whole career.
00:42:16.20\00:42:20.20
She came back and she decided
that she was going to go into
00:42:20.24\00:42:24.14
the medical field to help people
and so maybe she wasn't excited
00:42:24.17\00:42:29.18
to start with but it changed her
attitude on what she wanted to
00:42:29.21\00:42:35.78
do in life and so it was a
life- changing thing for her by
00:42:35.82\00:42:42.56
helping somebody else. And that
can really change each one of us
00:42:42.59\00:42:46.46
(Amen) And one thing we do have
in our sights is a mobile dental
00:42:46.49\00:42:53.20
clinic. This will not be
just used two weeks when a group
00:42:53.23\00:42:57.71
comes down. We're planning to
hire a dentist in Guatemala. It
00:42:57.74\00:43:01.74
will be used year around with
evangelism in mind and people
00:43:01.78\00:43:08.52
that come from the states will
have it up and working and they
00:43:08.55\00:43:10.69
can join in on that. And this
11-year-old boy, I can't forget
00:43:10.72\00:43:15.72
he did a complete series of
meetings down there. Had many,
00:43:15.76\00:43:20.00
many baptisms. (Wow, praise God)
We don't have time to tell of
00:43:20.03\00:43:22.43
miracles that
happened there. (Amen, amen)
00:43:22.46\00:43:26.97
So someone wants to go. What's
the logistics. Do they need a
00:43:27.00\00:43:29.87
Visa. If they stay
how long can they stay?
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.94
Well they just need a passport.
They don't need a Visa. You go
00:43:32.97\00:43:36.21
to Guatemala City and then our
website talks about how to get
00:43:36.24\00:43:40.92
north; by bus which is fine.
or by air. So it's easy if you
00:43:40.95\00:43:48.92
just get to Guatemala City and
then we can put you up. We have
00:43:48.96\00:43:53.60
nice apartments with queen beds
and safe water and it won't cost
00:43:53.63\00:44:00.37
much to stay there because the
food is provided from the school
00:44:00.40\00:44:05.47
on the campus where we stay.
The school and orphanage where
00:44:05.51\00:44:09.38
we first drilled.
So it's an easy trip.
00:44:09.41\00:44:14.02
Yes this is a fairly
easy mission trip. This is not
00:44:14.05\00:44:17.72
you know roughing it so to speak
like some of the mission trips
00:44:17.75\00:44:23.49
that we've been on. We have
apartments on our shop that have
00:44:23.53\00:44:29.90
accommodations for people and
we have other apartments that we
00:44:29.93\00:44:34.07
can use as well. And so I would
say a pretty cushy experience
00:44:34.10\00:44:41.01
because you can actually have
a warm shower and a few things
00:44:41.04\00:44:45.98
like that that are pretty nice
comforts that make it a pretty
00:44:46.01\00:44:50.45
easy experience but yet you
can still experience this third
00:44:50.49\00:44:56.16
world country and what
it takes to help people.
00:44:56.19\00:44:59.79
Okay. So if a family goes or
individual they're going to need
00:44:59.83\00:45:05.93
to take something. Do you have
any recommended things that they
00:45:05.97\00:45:10.24
need to take with them
for a trip down to Guatemala.
00:45:10.27\00:45:13.98
Yeah, some anti-itch cream.
If there's any bug to bite it'll
00:45:14.01\00:45:19.85
be in Guatemala. Other than that
you have to pay close attention
00:45:19.88\00:45:25.92
to you know your hygiene and
what you eat and what you drink.
00:45:25.95\00:45:30.99
But we have safe water there
and there's bottled water all
00:45:31.03\00:45:37.10
through Guatemala. And you would
want to see some sights like
00:45:37.13\00:45:40.70
Tikal right next to these major
Mayan ruins. Things like that.
00:45:40.74\00:45:47.04
But it's encouraging to us
when people join us and it would
00:45:47.08\00:45:51.95
certainly, be an
encouragement to them.
00:45:51.98\00:45:53.38
I would also say bring layers
because in the morning it can be
00:45:53.42\00:45:58.85
a little bit cool but in the
afternoon it can be pretty warm
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.59
and there are times when it
rains pretty hard as well. So
00:46:02.62\00:46:06.53
that's definitely...And we're
happy to you know speak with
00:46:06.56\00:46:11.33
people specifically. Contact
us on the website or the phone
00:46:11.37\00:46:15.64
number. We also have some
frequently asked questions on
00:46:15.67\00:46:21.11
the website that you could look
at those as well to see if this
00:46:21.14\00:46:25.85
is really for me. But we're
always happy to chat with people
00:46:25.88\00:46:30.59
about that.
00:46:30.62\00:46:31.95
Allow me to go back and answer
your question a little more how
00:46:31.99\00:46:35.12
it started. (Okay) We adopted
our daughter from Guatemala in
00:46:35.16\00:46:40.36
1985. We had Rod and his older
brother. They were 11 and 9 and
00:46:40.40\00:46:46.30
we didn't want an infant but
we thought we'd like a daughter.
00:46:46.33\00:46:50.34
And we adopted our daughter
Summer in 1985. So we were
00:46:50.37\00:46:56.91
always you know kind of open and
interested in Guatemala and we
00:46:56.95\00:47:00.02
had an opportunity to go there
in 1997. She was a product, a
00:47:00.05\00:47:06.35
victim, of the civil war that
went for 40 years. Her village
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.72
was wiped out and some time
later an army general came by in
00:47:09.76\00:47:15.43
his helicopter and saw
this little gal rummaging in the
00:47:15.46\00:47:18.83
garbage outside the village
trying to find something to eat.
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.44
He landed and picked her up,
took her right to the orphanage.
00:47:21.47\00:47:26.54
(Praise God) And that's our
daughter. (Hmmmm) So Guatemala
00:47:26.57\00:47:35.18
has part of our heart. (Yes
definitely) So it's out of that
00:47:35.22\00:47:41.56
that we realized this orphanage
and school doesn't have safe
00:47:41.59\00:47:46.19
water and so in '97 we started
going there and then in 2005 we
00:47:46.23\00:47:52.17
started well drilling.
00:47:52.20\00:47:53.54
(Okay) So you were blessed with
a daughter and you're blessing
00:47:53.57\00:47:57.37
them with water. (Amen) I am so
inspired. So what if we wanted
00:47:57.41\00:48:00.11
to go on a mission trip?
Ricky does the preaching, I do
00:48:00.14\00:48:04.05
some health presentations. (Oh
yes) How would they coordinate
00:48:04.08\00:48:06.72
that? Any time of year or is
there a specific time of year?
00:48:06.75\00:48:09.48
Any time of year is fine
because Bernie is there. He's a
00:48:09.52\00:48:13.46
tremendous host. He's bilingual.
He's been on this set before
00:48:13.49\00:48:19.13
at 3ABN. If you go in the winter
my wife and I go January and
00:48:19.16\00:48:25.53
February. We'd love to see
you. So come if you can. If it's
00:48:25.57\00:48:31.81
another time of year that suites
you better, yes, any time of
00:48:31.84\00:48:34.61
year is fine. The health
work is greatly appreciated.
00:48:34.64\00:48:41.85
So we need to start
learning Spanish. (Hey yeah)
00:48:41.88\00:48:46.76
Well if you know black beans and
tortillas at least you won't go
00:48:46.79\00:48:55.13
hungry down
there. (Right, right)
00:48:55.16\00:48:57.07
You know I'm thinking about the
wells and two questions come to
00:48:57.10\00:49:04.41
mind. When we're coming up with
a site for a location how do you
00:49:04.44\00:49:10.88
go about finding that and then
also do you ever use solar at
00:49:10.91\00:49:15.45
all for any of the wells?
00:49:15.48\00:49:17.49
Yes we do use solar and some of
them that are really deep that
00:49:17.52\00:49:20.96
we couldn't access with a hand
pump, we used solar. Now with
00:49:20.99\00:49:24.63
a life pump that's kind of
changed because we can even do
00:49:24.66\00:49:27.13
it with a life pump if it deep.
So solar works great. As far as
00:49:27.16\00:49:33.10
sighting we do it on public
property so it's going to be in
00:49:33.13\00:49:36.57
a church yard or it's going to
be in the soccer field or at the
00:49:36.60\00:49:38.81
school or the local village
clinic. We don't do it on
00:49:38.84\00:49:45.21
private property. And that way
it's open to the people on the
00:49:45.25\00:49:50.72
street. The whole village has
access to that well and that's
00:49:50.75\00:49:54.29
important to us. It so happens
the Lord put water under about
00:49:54.32\00:49:58.49
95 or more percent of the
earth's surface so it's hard to
00:49:58.53\00:50:01.63
miss when you look at it that
way. We've wondered a little bit
00:50:01.66\00:50:04.90
about that when we had to go
deeper and deeper and deeper,
00:50:04.93\00:50:08.20
but it all works out.
00:50:08.24\00:50:11.04
Amen. Amen. Well I can see that
our time is almost up and before
00:50:11.07\00:50:16.71
we're going to take little break
But before we go I wanted to let
00:50:16.75\00:50:22.05
the viewers know, you
may be wondering how you can
00:50:22.08\00:50:27.19
participate, how you can support
this ministry and you maybe want
00:50:27.22\00:50:31.76
to maybe come out with you and
your family. Or maybe you're an
00:50:31.79\00:50:35.10
individual. Maybe you're a well
driller, maybe you are a dentist
00:50:35.13\00:50:39.53
or nurse. Whatever your capacity
you want to get involved. If
00:50:39.57\00:50:45.64
you're excited about getting
involved we want to share with
00:50:45.67\00:50:48.78
you some information, it'll be
coming up on the screen, of how
00:50:48.81\00:50:51.38
you can participate. Where you
can call in, you can write for
00:50:51.41\00:50:57.35
those of you who want to write
a letter. You can email us,
00:50:57.39\00:51:02.26
email them. You can also donate
on their website. So we're
00:51:02.29\00:51:07.10
getting ready to show you that
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00:51:07.13\00:51:09.73
up on your screen of how
you can contact Water for Life
00:51:09.76\00:51:16.67
International so stay tuned
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00:51:16.71\00:51:20.78
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00:51:20.81\00:51:25.95
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