notes: 2010 - Sunday, October 10, 2010 marked the official beginning of Water Missions International's Church Campaign: Gifts of Water! Gifts of Water is a series of challenge campaigns aimed at getting many people involved in giving small gifts that change lives. Here is how it works: • $10 = the Gift of Safe Water for 1 person • Give your $10 by texting WMI to 85944 – giving online – or by mail to: Water Missions International at P. O. Box 31258, Charleston, SC 29417 • Getting 10 friends to give $10 each = 10 more people getting safe water • 250 groups of 10 friends giving $10 each gives Gifts of Water to an entire community There’s more! • Sign the Gifts of Water gift card that will go with the water filtration system to the community you and your friends are helping to sponsor. • Provide Gifts of Water with your email address and we’ll send you a video link to the celebration when the safe water is first pumping into the community. • You and your friends will get to be a part of the celebration! Gifts of Water TEN launches on 10-10-10 (October 10, 2010). You can join then or jump in at any time during the following 10 weeks. • Goal: 100 communities get safe water – potentially up to 300,000 people!! • Goal: 100 communities hear the Living Water message of God’s love for them. • Goal: Deliver this good news to 100 communities by Christmas 2010. Sign up now to order Ten cards for your church and join with us in our goal to give the gift of safe and living water to 100 communities by the end of the year. Visit www.giftsofwater.com to learn more! http://www.watermissions.org/gifts-of-water-church-campaign-kick-off ======== Water Missions Haiti Port Au Prince, Haiti Number of Systems Installed: 103 Number of Staff: 12 In August Julio and Elsa Paula transitioned from leading the Sri Lanka program to heading the Haiti program. At the time, Julio kept asking, “Why us? Why Haiti?” On January 12th 2010 a 7.0 earthquake shook the Water Missions International compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and they received their answer. This married missionary team was in Sri Lanka during and after the South Asian Tsunami; the Paulas are well equipped to coordinate massive disaster responses ultimately transitioning into long term community development projects. To date, Water Missions International has shipped 93 Living Water™ Treatment Systems and 81 Erosion Chlorinators. With the guidance of the Paulas, these disaster response projects will start to transition into communities for long-term development projects. The Haiti program is going through a period of change as WMI addresses the array of issues that arise while transitioning from a period of immense, rapid growth to a stable development program. 2010 Six Water Systems Provide Safe Water In Pakistan http://www.watermissions.org/six-water-systems-provide-safe-water-in-pakistan Thank you for all your prayers and support in response to the flooding in Pakistan. Water Missions International currently has six water treatment systems installed - each capable of purifying up to 10,000 gallons a day and providing safe water to thousands of people. Two additional systems arrived recently and will be installed shortly. Please continue to keep the flood victims and displaced people in Pakistan in your prayers. -> 2010 - Sunday, October 10, 2010 marked the official beginning of Water Missions International's Church Campaign: Gifts of Water! Gifts of Water is a series of challenge campaigns aimed at getting many people involved in giving small gifts that change lives. Here is how it works: • $10 = the Gift of Safe Water for 1 person • Give your $10 by texting WMI to 85944 – giving online – or by mail to: Water Missions International at P. O. Box 31258, Charleston, SC 29417 • Getting 10 friends to give $10 each = 10 more people getting safe water • 250 groups of 10 friends giving $10 each gives Gifts of Water to an entire community There’s more! • Sign the Gifts of Water gift card that will go with the water filtration system to the community you and your friends are helping to sponsor. • Provide Gifts of Water with your email address and we’ll send you a video link to the celebration when the safe water is first pumping into the community. • You and your friends will get to be a part of the celebration! Gifts of Water TEN launches on 10-10-10 (October 10, 2010). You can join then or jump in at any time during the following 10 weeks. • Goal: 100 communities get safe water – potentially up to 300,000 people!! • Goal: 100 communities hear the Living Water message of God’s love for them. • Goal: Deliver this good news to 100 communities by Christmas 2010. Sign up now to order Ten cards for your church and join with us in our goal to give the gift of safe and living water to 100 communities by the end of the year. Visit www.giftsofwater.com to learn more! http://www.watermissions.org/gifts-of-water-church-campaign-kick-off ======== Water Missions Haiti Port Au Prince, Haiti Number of Systems Installed: 103 Number of Staff: 12 In August Julio and Elsa Paula transitioned from leading the Sri Lanka program to heading the Haiti program. At the time, Julio kept asking, “Why us? Why Haiti?” On January 12th 2010 a 7.0 earthquake shook the Water Missions International compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and they received their answer. This married missionary team was in Sri Lanka during and after the South Asian Tsunami; the Paulas are well equipped to coordinate massive disaster responses ultimately transitioning into long term community development projects. To date, Water Missions International has shipped 93 Living Water™ Treatment Systems and 81 Erosion Chlorinators. With the guidance of the Paulas, these disaster response projects will start to transition into communities for long-term development projects. The Haiti program is going through a period of change as WMI addresses the array of issues that arise while transitioning from a period of immense, rapid growth to a stable development program. 2010 Six Water Systems Provide Safe Water In Pakistan http://www.watermissions.org/six-water-systems-provide-safe-water-in-pakistan Thank you for all your prayers and support in response to the flooding in Pakistan. Water Missions International currently has six water treatment systems installed - each capable of purifying up to 10,000 gallons a day and providing safe water to thousands of people. Two additional systems arrived recently and will be installed shortly. Please continue to keep the flood victims and displaced people in Pakistan in your prayers. ======== GET INVOLVED There are many hands-on ways to get involved in the work of Water Missions International. We count on individuals to help us get the word out about what WMI is doing around the world. We also count on volunteers to keep costs low. In this section, we offer examples of how you can help, but these are just ideas. Please use your imagination, be creative, and most of all – pray! It is essential to our mission and we count on your prayers to accomplish the good work that the Lord has begun. http://www.watermissions.org/get-involved