Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sunday Smiles::Greetings From Tanzania

Today at church we had two visitors from Pomeran Tanzania. 
They will be here for the next couple of weeks and will be sharing about their lives in Africa.
During Children's Time today the children were asked to raise their hands if they were five, six or seven years old. They were then told that if they were living in Tanzania they would be expected to carry home five pounds of water (on their heads) every day. Children in Tanzania generally have to walk five miles to get clean, fresh water. A family of four requires ten buckets of water per day! After this information was shared with the children Grace was selected to go and attempt to lift the bucket. The congregation was impressed that she was able to lift it off the ground! 
Later in the service, after the children had gone to Faith Workshop, our visitors shared some thoughts with us. It was then that they also presented a beautiful picture to our church from their church. 
They are so thankful for all our church community has done to bring clean, fresh water to their village. 
And we are so grateful to be able to help our neighbors have access to such a vital resource! 

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