Trichy – Oct. 24
October 25th, 2009
Having gone through the events of yesterday made today much easier with the caveat that our final dedication turned out to be a whole program which lasted longer than church. Normally this kind of thing doesn’t bother me but when it starts at 2pm and you can’t have lunch until it is over and you have spent 4 hours riding in cramped quarters down narrow roads at varying speeds and doing project dedications in 95 degree heat – one gets hungry and even tired.
The joy for me finally came when the closing prayer was offered and we marched to the well site which was a hospital in need of an additional water source. The scope of the project was really quite large and so seeing the water with its sweet taste come flowing out of the 4 inch pipe was pretty cool. I promised this project last summer and sent funds in faith that someone would adopt it and Dr. Bill Stetson who has a practice in Burbank graciously agreed to help raise funds for this!
9 projects were dedicated today and of the 17 we carried out these past 2 days, 10 of them to one degree or another were the result of efforts of Kai and Bella Kumra (who are 8 year old twins) and their mom, Valerie. These guys organized a series of fundraising events including participating in The Human Race in Sonoma County, CA as “Team Running Well”, sold items on e-Bay with the proceeds going to us and even set up booths at area Christian concerts all with the goal of raising fund and awareness.
More than $10,000 was raised by these guys and now they are with me witnessing firsthand the impact of their hard work and sacrifice. Great job Kumra family!!!
Tonight were tired and weary but feeling a sense of accomplishment because of what we did; 17 projects in 2 days, thousands of lives saved with clean, safe drinking water and a suitcase filled with scarfs, towels and other fabric pieces which were given by each village as a way to honor us for our gift.
Our gift of water though pales in comparison to God’s gift to all of us and it is because of this gift that I, we, do this.