Since making the plans official to go to Kenya, some other projects have come up, one of which we're particularly excited about. One of Phil's co-workers from DC Shoes has co-founded a shoe company called Freewaters. Their product isn't available for purchase until February 2011, but you'll definitely want to support this company. For every pair of shoes purchased, Freewaters is going to provide clean drinking water for one person, per year. For their initial water project, they are partnering with UntilThen to dig a well in Kenya! We will be doing this in December, and we are so excited. UntilThen started working in the Dago area of Kisumu, Kenya, a little over a year ago, and there is no clean drinking water for the over 2000 people that live there. Along with the highest HIV/AIDS rates in Africa, the population in this area have some of the highest death rates from preventable diseases, most of which come from drinking contaminated water! We've never drilled for water before, and we are so thankful for the connections that God established years ago, and that He choose us to be a part of it. God is good!
We will be spending some time in Kisumu also helping with the street kid drop-in center that was launched earlier this month by UntilThen. To read about the drop-in center, go to UntilThen.org and check out the project page.
If you'd like to contribute to our ministry fund while were in Kenya, you can make a tax-deductible donation through UntilThen.org, and click on the "support the cause" icon. Email us so we know your donation is designated specifically for our ministry fund. We think this is an awesome way for us to partner together, and for you to impact lives directly! We'll post on here the ways in which the fund is used.
Please pray for us as we prepare to take this journey!
In hope,
Phil and Dalene
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