The following photo shows a new water well, that had been dug by hand and most of us would think twice about whether or not we would want to drink out of it, but if that’s all you had … it would be reason for a celebration!

The other amazing thing about this particular well (that is actually quite a blessing) is that the water is pretty close to the surface as compared to so many other places where we have to go very deep in order to find water and almost always hit some pretty hard rock, but in this area it was pretty soft. We can do a lot of cool things and actually feel good about ourselves doing them, but we have to be careful, that we’re not actually teaching them to fail.  As we’re helping people to help themselves, it’s crucial to keep in mind that we are teaching them as we’re helping them. Otherwise they won’t be able to maintain what we have done together, nor would they be able to reproduce it, in order to help their neighbors.As we continue to love people to Christ, we’re looking for a lot less tears …and a lot more smiles!