1 Mile Run and the Walk for Water

Hey Everyone! I owe all you readers an update for sure. :-)

I haven't been blogging because the numbers have not budged on my scale, but today I accomplished running for 1 mile without ceasing. This has been a goal of mine for a long time! Plus, despite my reluctant scale, my clothes have observed a change and are noticeably looser.

Also, this past Saturday, I raised funds--I'm kicking myself for not advertising this on my blog--for Water Missions International, and I walked 1/3 mile with a 22 pound bucket of dirty water in order to slightly demonstrate what thousands of people have to do on a daily basis. This cause has been on my heart since a good friend, Rusty Smith, mentioned to our congregation that 25,000 people, 10,000 of whom are children, die every day due to waterborne illness. The walk convicted me. How selfish am I to eat and drink as I please, to literally feed my addiction, when 10,000 children are dying daily from a lack of clean drinking water? Water. A basic need.

This also made me question God's provision. Why does He provide for me so richly and not the people in these remote villages? Are they not also His creation? Why aren't they getting the most basic of all necessities? I know that through Him, my church was able to raise $40,000 for a filtration system in Kenya--but it doesn't seem like enough.

I wonder if 3 months from now: will I complain about a short power outage or fret about my Brita filter malfunctioning? Is this a temporary change of heart? A momentary conviction? I hope not. My friend TJ is selling bottled water as a non-profit to support the clean water crisis. A 100% of the profits go to providing water filtration systems for remote villages. I told him that I want to help, but now I feel like it's less than a "want" to help and more of a Need to Help.

So, that's my life right now. I'm enjoying my life of teaching part-time and using my time off to support my family by making a home for them and improving my health. Also, I am so eager to see what God does with this sense of purpose to help. Last night I had a dream that our world no longer had borders, or countries, or conflicting governments. That we provided for each other without greed or suffering. It was wonderful.

To Purpose and Milestones,
Cheers,
Katy