Digging Wells For Africa

Water. We simply turn on the faucet and we have more fresh water that we need. However, there are places where people have to walk miles to collect water that is barely potable. Join me, Jill Murphy, in trying to raise $18,000 to dig a deep well in a village in Africa. A source of clean water for a village in Africa can cut the child mortality rate in half. Help me dig a well in Africa to save a generation of children. Help me share something that we take for granted. Donate today.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

World Vision

World Vision has just received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the amount of $250,000. The money is going to children and families in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo! I am soo happy that God has put it on their hearts to give. I just wanted to take the time to remind all of you that your monetary gift will go to World Vision when we have reached the goal of $16,000. This will provide a deep water well in communities that do not have clean water. Clean water can prevent illnesses such as typhoid, cholera, and chronic diarrhea. It will enable children to go to school because they won't have to walk for hours everyday to get clean water. It will allow farmers to grow food! It WILL SAVE LIVES. I was sent another article about a little girl who died recently from diarrhea. Her mother was with her at 1:35 in the morning and all she could do was cry for her daughter. Can you imagine?! As a mother myself, I can not imagine sitting by my child and not being able to provide the one thing that could save him/her. I would move mountains to save my children. Clean water could have prevented this. To those of you who have donated - THANK YOU. To those of you visiting this site, don't take this calling lightly. You have the opportunity to change an entire generation of people. I love you all! Jill

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Meet Jill Murphy

My good friend Tiffany thought it would be a good idea to write a bit about myself so that people could get to know me and why I am trying to raise money for digging water wells in Africa. So, here it is, from the beginning. About a month ago I was sitting in our church service singing and praying. I felt God say to me that He wanted me to help others. Not just search out a mission trip to go on, but make helping others a part of my day-to-day life. Why wait for a trip when I can do it everyday! Make every moment count. These thoughts collided with my heart for children in Africa. My family and I give to World Vision when we can and we often receive newsletters about what is going on around the world. I read many articles about children, babies who go with out water! I have read articles about a one year old that weighed 10 pounds! When he cried, no tears came because he is soo dehydrated. I have read articles about women who walk 8 miles to get nasty water for their families to drink. I began thinking of how I use water daily and believe me, I have become VERY aware of how I waste water and very aware of how easy it is for me to get water. Water fountains are everywhere!!! When I wash my dishes I think about how if that kid were here right now, he would not believe his eyes! Water coming out so freely and clean just to clean my dishes. I think about if that woman were standing beside me, she would probably cry at the ease at which I just turn the faucet on to bathe my children. I extend no energy in my efforts to use water daily. Not compared to them. While all of these thoughts run through my head, I start to tell God, “I am soo plain. Nobody would listen to me. I am NOT a speaker; I would tremble badly if I had to speak in front of a crowd. I am a mom; I have too many things to do. How could I possibly add something to my plate? I am just a special education teacher in Ruston Louisiana, how can I possibly raise $16,000?!” God said, “Just be willing.” After I spoke with my husband and did a bit of praying, but really, how much praying needs to be done when you already feel God has spoken? I needed to break into action. So, here I am today; I stand as a wife, a mother, a teacher, a daughter, a sister…trying to raise money for a waterless village in Africa. God is good and He is leading me on this journey.