Another Water System InstalledA team from the Synod's Living Waters for the World mission project, led by George Hoge and Wil Howie, traveled to the island of La Gonave in Haiti the first week in December to install a water purification system there. A video crew accompanied them to shoot footage for a documentary that will be available in the spring for interpreting the project to churches and presbyteries that are interested in partnerships with the synod in providing clean water for areas of great need. Whitehaven Presbyterian Church in Memphis contributed $4,333 to help fund the installation in Haiti, which is Unit #9 for the LWW project. The Synod committee, chaired by Gary Bullard, is planning to install four to six units in 2002, moving toward a five-year goal of 12 units a year. Three units were installed in 2001, two in Haiti and one in Honduras. A water needs survey trip to a coastal village in the Presbytery of Nuevo Leon in Mexico was recently completed by project coordinator Wil Howie and Tom Lewis, a committee member from South Alabama Presbytery. They met with representatives of Communities United for Health, founded at J.J. White Memorial Presbyterian church in McComb, Mississippi. Special OfferingThe Synod has authorized a special offering for the LWW project in the churches within its bounds. The offering is to be taken on February 10, 2002. Brochures and offering envelopes are available now by calling Andrew Layton at the Synod office 615-261-4008. They will also be distributed at the Synod meeting on January 28. Solar UnitA prototype of a solar unit to be used in water purification in rural areas has been installed at the Flying Frog Farm in Scottsville, Kentucky, the home of John Gramling, one of the original volunteer engineers working with Living Waters for the World.
The Solar Unit
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