Water…living water. 

In John 4, Jesus talks to a Samaritan woman about water.  He offers her living water;  a spring of water welling up to eternal life!  Today we celebrated the official opening of the water project in Sepalau, and Pastor Rogelio preached from the above passage. 

As Rogelio and Manny made the invitation to come forward and receive this living water, people came and lives were added to the Kingdom.  Praise the Lord! 

This has been a huge project and has spanned the better part of a year.   So many hands helped to make this a reality for Sepalau, but it started with a desire to bless a community in the name of our Heavenly Father. 

Two teams were instrumental in the process – Trenton, Ohio and Boise, Idaho – as well as EMI (Engineering Ministries International) and Mission2Guatemala (Manny and Rocky).  Also the majority of the men in the community contributed their labour – hundreds of hours – to make this a reality for their community. 

The taps are now opened in Sepalau and the women no longer have to make the 1.2km hike to the lagoon and back multiple times a day…they can access water from any one of the 16 water stations in Sepalau.  Amazing! 

The dream, although, is not only for physical water, which we now have, but for springs of living water welling up to eternal life.  The church is alive and well in Sepalau, but there are still many who have not left behind their Mayan spiritualism and do not know our Lord and Saviour and His Grace!  And so, the work continues.  Our prayer is that every time a tap is opened and water flows in Sepalau, people will remember that the Lord provided this water and has an even greater gift for these precious people! 

Living water…may we be filled to overflowing with a spring of living water and offer those around us a drink that will truly satisfy.