LIVING WATERS FOR THE WORLD
(Aguas de Viva para el Mundo)

 

First Presbyterian Church is actively involved in a global mission project called "Living Waters for the World" (LWW).  Living Waters for the World is a mission organization which trains and equips church mission groups and others to share the gift of clean water with communities in need.  As a mission agency of Living Waters for the World, First Presbyterian Church has deployed several mission teams worldwide to build and operate systems which deliver clean water to communities in desperate need.

Living Waters for the World has established regional networks in countries where groundwork has already been laid by previous LWW mission groups.  The purpose of these networks is to identify clean water mission opportunities and to bring initiating and operating partners together whenever possible.

Through Living Waters for the World, the mission teams of First Presbyterian Church have installed clean water systems in Kimbila (a town of about 4,000 in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico), in Yuxcheku (a town of about 250, also in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico), and in Protección (a small village in the mountains of Honduras).  First Presbyterian Church currently maintains covenant relationships with the aforementioned LWW installation sites.

Soon, our church will establish a new mission team to work with the Appalachia Network of the Living Waters for the World.  The Appalachia Network is currently active in three Tennessee communities, Buffalo Creek (near Jellico), Viking Mountain (near Greeneville) and Tazewell.  As of April 2011, there are over 50 installations in these locations.  The short range goal is to expand the installation activities into further communities in Tennessee and into Kentucky in 2011, through use of Federal USDA Rural Development funding in combination with administrative support from a regional non-profit, ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties) and additional financial support from Rotary International.  In the longer term, it is hoped to expand these services across the Appalachian region to any community organization in areas where homeowners are in need of water treatment systems.

In addition to our international mission teams which work with Living Waters for the World, First Presbyterian Church has established an independent mission program for installing clean water systems.  This mission program is called "Waters of the Living Lord."  


For more information on Living Waters for the World, please visit their website at  http://livingwatersfortheworld.org

 
 

 


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