Living Water

Along one side of the school in Complan is a small grove of fruit trees and a garden, withered and dry. When the school’s pump stopped working, the students could no longer use the water to care for their trees and their garden—or for themselves.

Thousands of miles away, the children at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio looked out windows at their own trees, lush and green. They sipped water from faucets and washed their hands in polished sinks. And they discovered that kids a world away were suffering because they didn’t have that same simple, life-giving resource: water.

So these kids decided to do something to change that. They took the H20 Challenge, giving up all drinks except water and saving the money they would have spent on those drinks. They put up pictures all around the church, inspiring others to give toward their cause. They even organized a water walk. And they were able to sponsor the repair of the broken well in Complan.

After the repair was complete, Leon Pierre Hein, the school’s director, told us, “We will begin again our garden and fruit trees so that the children can eat their nourishing fruit. Thanks to Bibleland [Kids] for helping us with this pump.” By impacting the children at this school, the children at Oak Hills Church have helped change the destinies of many people for years to come. Before we left, the village chief said, “We don’t have anything to give you other than to thank you and to thank God. With our empty hands we will pray to God for you.”