Special people are a blessing for water project

To make the best use of the time and talents of the many volunteers who work faithfully with Living Waters for the World, Synod committee chair Martha Haynes has announced that another half-time staff person has been called. Steve Young will work as administrator from the Synod office in Franklin, Tennessee. He will also be responsible for seeing that contributions made by the generous financial supporters of the mission project are used in the best possible manner. With half-time coordinator Wil Howie, a project founder, Steve Young will complete the staff team that promises to keep clean water flowing in the areas of greatest need.

With the installation of the 12th water system in Belize in February 2003, Living Waters for the World fully integrated its new health education curriculum for the first time. The committee is especially grateful to Maria Medina, Volunteer in Mission with Puentes de Cristo, in Reynosa, Mexico, who did much of the early work on which the curriculum is based and helped to field test it in November at the installation at Los Cumbres.

The Synod’s LWW committee has sponsored training schools recently in Danville, KY and Oxford, MS for those who want to learn how to volunteer with the project.

The first edition of a newsletter edited by veteran publisher and committee member Bill Williams has been emailed and snail mailed to everyone on the mailing list. To be added to the list, contact Bill Williams, billwill@aeneas.net.

Works now in progress include installation number 13 scheduled for June 13-20 in Ciudad de Carmen, Mexico in partnership with the Presbyterian Church in Danville, KY. Funds are being raised for multiplecistern construction by Mississippi Presbytery in a semi-arid region of Brazil. Other projects are planned in the near future in Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico and Belize.

Presbyterians are being urged to help organize a project with their church, go on an installation trip, spread the good news to those around you. Volunteer time and talent can make a difference. Send an email message to info@livingwatersfortheworld.org. Or call Steve Young at the Synod office, 615/261-4008.

Steve Young has joined Living Waters for the World as its new administrator. A lifelong Presbyterian and member of Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church in Franklin, TN, Steve brings his extensive background in sales and marketing to the project.

Steve first became involved in the work of Living Waters for the World in early 2002, serving as a volunteer and chairman of the Mission Interpretation/Financial Development task force.

“I’m excited to be a part of such an exciting, impactful mission, and hope to play a role in its continued growth to bring more pure water to those in need throughout the world.”

As administrator, Young will work half-time in the Synod office, working in partnership with Wil Howie, half-time project coordinator.

The talented team from Blue Sky Filmworks who are largely responsible for the video “Water for our Souls” from left, Brad Van De Mark, Stephen Hill and Brock Slagle) display a certificate of merit awarded to the Synod by the Religion Communicators Council in the DeRose- Hinkhouse annual competition. Van De Mark and Hill traveled to Haiti with an installation team from Living Waters for the World to shoot the footage and Van De Mark wrote the script. For help with video production, they be contacted at www.BlueSkyFilmworks.com. For a free copy of the video, contact Steve Young at the Synod office, 615/261-4008.

Maria Medina

Wil Howie