Good Morning Friends and Neighbors,
The situation in Honduras is bad. It is bad in Nicaragua and Guatemala too, but as my Uncle Tom would say "God sent me to Honduras." I need not remind you that the families who have worked diligently over the years with AHMEN's Community Empowerment Program "Agentes Comunitarios de Salud Integral" learned much about clean water. In fact, they taught us that we can't talk about clean water the same way they can. That is why Lane Franklin built an ongoing relationship between AHMEN's Río de Agua Viva team and Agua con Bendiciones (Water With Blessings). You see, instead of gringos like you and me trying to teach a subject we have never experienced, Agua con Bendiciones empowers Honduran women to teach about clean water based on their own personal experiences seeing what consuming unpotable water does to a family, a community, to a country. This relationship between the Río team and Agua con Bendiciones continues into its seventh year and has resulted in an unexpected offspring.
No, Sister Larraine and I are not having a baby! Lane and I aren't yet either. No, something even more miraculous happened. I met Luis Beltrán a few years back during a meeting with the former leader of ACSI, Dr. Byron Morales. Byron introduced Luis as "the future president of Honduras." During that meeting Luis made his case for our expanding ACSI into his home community of Arizona, outside Tela. He has continued to make that case and proved his interest in working with AHMEN to these ends by shadowing Agua con Bendiciones as a representative of Río de Agua Viva! This devotion to and solidarity with his community did not go unnoticed. In fact, it is being rewarded.
An anonymous benefactor has donated the funds necessary for 500 Sawyer Water Filters to be distributed to Arizona if AHMEN can come up with the money to provide transportation, food, and lodging for Agua con Bendiciones to come do a comprehensive clean water training in there. Folks, all we have to do is raise $900, and 5,000+ individuals will enjoy the gift of clean water by Christmas.
Will you consider a donation
of any amount? Donate online here at
www.honduranmissions.com/donate-1. Make sure to click on the pencil to
"add special instructions to the seller" to specify "Michael Franklin
- Clean Water" as the destination account for your donation. Send me an
email too so that I can verify that the money is on its way.
You can also donate by making out your check to AHMEN with "Michael Franklin - Clean Water" on the "for" line. Mail to 516 Ridgeview Dr. Jasper, AL 35504. Also, let me know the check is in the mail so I can let our financial gurus know.
This is a one in a million shot for our newly-found friend
in Arizona. How awesome will it be to glorify
God by sharing the life-giving gift of clean water amidst a Dengue and COVID-19
outbreak in the aftermath of two major hurricanes?!
We are small without those we serve. We do little without your support. We are nothing without the Lord’s purpose,
but TOGETHER, we are the difference.
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