Living Water for Liberia

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Living Water for Liberia

• My Fathers House Christian Church International

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Their Faces Are Our Faces
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They look like us
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Their children are like our children
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They smile as we smile
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And smile
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And smile!
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They go through rush hour like us
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Sometimes by bus
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taxi
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Or alternative means.
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They work hard like us
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If a man doesnt work, he doesnt eat, so they
work

• Carrying Loads

• Selling Goods

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And selling goods and carrying loads.
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But there are some differences

• Really?
• How are we different?

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There just isnt enough fresh drinking water
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Lets Review A Little Background Information
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Did you know

• Liberia was founded by freed American slaves.
• Liberians enjoyed peace for over 100 years before
  the war started in 1989.
• Civil war ended in 2003 .
• The average household income is about 300.00 per
  year. (Thats about 1.00 a day!)
• Life expectancy is only 39-43 yrs. old.

Some Liberians have lived without running water
and electricity for over 10 years because of the
war. WOW!!
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During Liberias Civil War

• Half of Liberia's population was displaced.
• A people without a home.
• Water supplies were utterly destroyed.
• Children became soldiers.
• Desperately, people began to search for fresh
  water.

• This search continues today.

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While We Walk a Few Yards for Water
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Everyday They Must Walk Miles
Even then, the water collected is scooped from a
dirty pool containing parasites or dangerous
bacteria.

• Carrying heavy containers filled with the days
  supply of water.

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Some Have Already Dug Holes In Their Yards
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Liberians need fresh water

• The Women

• The Men

• The Children

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How would you drink this?
Others are forced to draw water from stagnant
swamps.
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At Times We Refuse to Drink It If

• The glass looks dirty.
• The water isnt cold enough.
• The water fountain is dirty.
• The water looks cloudy.

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No Big Deal Right?

• That depends on
• who you ask

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Isnt Water the Most Abundant Resource on the
Planet?
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When we flush the toilet

• We use the same amount of water that one person
  in Liberia may use all day long.

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On Average We Spend About

• 1.00 for a liter of bottled water.

• One American dollar equals 50 Liberian dollars!!

• Thats like purchasing fine wine everyday!

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The Average American Cannot Afford That

• Neither Can They.

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But you can help!
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You Can Bring Fresh Drinking Water to Liberia
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We are the answers to their prayers

• Even now they praise God for the healing that
  will occur in their stomachs.

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To Build a New Well

• Cost only 1600.00

• Our tax refunds are sometimes equivalent to that,
  if not more.

• What can you give?

• God promises to return it to you 30,60, even 100
  fold!!!

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Clean Drinking Water is Like a Miracle To Those
Without It

• Can God perform a miracle through you today?

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MY FATHERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INTERNATIONAL
 YOU CAN HELP! "Make a Difference One Well At a
Time"       "Helping People Help Themselves" A
CALL FOR WELL SPONSORS!!!
Destination Christian Community Church Mombo
Town East Duala Bushrod Island Monrovia, Liberia
Start Date 1st Water Well is March 31, 2007 All
donations payable to My Fathers House
or MFHCCI End Date October 31, 2007
DONATE FUNDS We need many to give a little, a
few to give a lot and all to give gladly in
support of communities which are eager to sweat
in the searing sun to obtain clean water for
their children ... but can't afford even the
most basic materials.Commit to Prayer We need
people with the gift of prayer to pray for this
work. We believe that through prayer, all things
are possible. Time and again, we have faced
impossible road blocks in making travel
arrangements, shipping supplies, staying
in communication, raising funds etc. Yet each
time we have clearly seen God open doors and
accomplish things that were even better than we
had hoped for. CONTACT US My Fathers House
Christian Church International 6295 Edsall Road,
Suite 120 Alexandria, Va. 22312 703/212-8562
Project Needs WATER WELL Sponsors!!! My Fathers
House Christian Church, International a 501 (C) 3
Organization
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• Credits
• Photography
• Louis G. Whiting, Pastor
• Special Thanks
• Pastor Washington Tarpeh
• Christian Community Church, Monrovia Liberia
• My Fathers House Christian Church, Monrovia
  Liberia

Thanks and God Bless You! Pastors Louis G.
Whiting Washington Tarpeh