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Safe waterIn

Gweru, Zimbabwe

What is “The Well at Sychar”?

Ministry to test/evaluate methods/costs for drilling wells in 3rd world countries

Train other ministry areas to use this technology

Help provide safe water where-ever neededTrain indigenous people to use the equipment

John 4:1 Now He (Jesus) had to go through Samaria. So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar,

Why did Jesus have to go through Samaria?Hosea 1:10 (about 750 B.C.) “Yet the Israelites

will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ‘The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be reunited…” (Northern capital was in Samaria)

It is in Samaria, at Jacobs well, where this prophecy was told and it is here that it is fulfilled in Jesus, at The Well at Sychar.

ZimbabweFailed States Index

#1 SomaliaProlonged civil war#2 Chad Prolonged civil war#3 Sudan Prolonged civil war

#4 Zimbabwe Aggressive Marxist govn’t

Happy Planet index(wellness of a society/culture)

#143 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe(continued)

Historical Firsts:

1) Largest denomination of paper money ($100,000,000,000,000) (one hundred Trillion)

2) Highest rate of hyper-inflation (unmeasurable)

3) Lowest Life expectancy (37 years for males)

4) Highest unemployment (95-98%)

Zimbabwe(continued)

Zimbabwe Positives:

#1 Highest literacy rate in Africa#2 Mostly Christian#3 Large support from outside

(Diaspora)#4 Isolated, therefore very

welcoming, appreciative

Why Gweru?Prayer! God brought Solomon Nyanhango to

the U.S. in January, 2009.Zimbabwe had a massive Cholera outbreak in

late 2008 which killed nearly 5,000 people.The Government went bankrupt: 90-95%

unemployment, Local money was worthless, NO food on the shelves.

In Gweru: water is available only 1-2 hours/day (if then). It is contaminated (no chemicals, broken lines)

Gweru Team in 2009David Hogan, Doug Lark, and Rich Potterf

travelled to Gweru in August 2009.Supplied 2 water purifiersContracted for 2 boreholes (one completed before

departure of the team, 2nd will be negotiated in 2010)

Met local officials, toured schools, orphanages, churches for possible well locations

Met vital local contacts: Steve and Chris Newcomer (missionaries in Mtshabesi)

Gained vital local experience

What has the team been doing since they returned in

September 2009?

1st test drilling at New life int’l April 2010

2nd test at the Awbrey’s

Gweru Team 2010

Return to Gweru to complete contracted well @ St. Matthews Anglican Church

Begin drilling well at St. Thomas Methodist Church (Mkoba township)

Support local missionary (s) with water drilling/purification

The Well at SycharProject

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