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Stories of hope
God delivers health and hope to homes and hearts through a water filter and the gospel.
One filter at a time
Through God’s blessing, we’ve distributed over 309,000 household water filters in the past 15 years.
That huge number is built one filter at a time, to individuals and families with their own pains, hopes, and dreams. The following stories give you a glimpse into how God’s Spirit uses clean water to bring gospel hope and change lives, now and forever.
From the field
Carmen was very unhappy. She was married and had children, but felt alone and empty most of the time. Then a Filter of Hope team came to her home, gave her clean water, and told her that God loved her. These are things she never expected to receive or hear.
If you had to evacuate your home on a moments notice, what would you take with you? Juan realized he had forgotten something very important when he fled the floods with his family. He decided to go back—and he helped many families because he did.
If you ever want to be challenged in your faith, take a mission trip. One way a mission trip helps you grow is by working alongside the in-country partners who trust God with everything and sacrifice to obey Him. That's Pastor Veronica in a nutshell.
When Pai and Moo saw the filter, they knew the people needed it. They also know how much Thai people need Jesus. The water filter provided a key link to bring Jesus to the mountain villages.
Every year, José, the local health worker in Hacienda San Diego, stockpiled medicine each year in preparation for the rainy season—when the rivers in El Salvador turn brown with dirt and contamination. People would try to ask for extra medicine or offer him bribes. But then a church gave the village water filters and clean water.
Thailand is about 95% Buddhist—it's not easy to see people come to believe in Jesus. But that doesn't deter Pai. He's ready to talk to anyone, like a reluctant forrester whose eye has been injured on the job and doesn't want to follow his wife into believing in Jesus.
The challenges of reaching an eastern Cameroon village were too much for Yombi. He saw no fruit in his ministry. In addition, his family was having to drink contaminated water. But Quentin gave his some wise advice that Yombi put into practice.
After experiencing a stroke in the last year, Carlos had struggled with many health issues. There was a lot of pain. But he seemed to forget about that when a Filter of Hope team came to his house. He decided just to join in.
Jackson Mudd was a junior at the University of Auburn when he attended a Christian campus group and heard about a Filter of Hope mission trip to Dominican Republic. A previous mission trip with a different group had been a great experience for Jackson, but his spiritual life to this point had been up and down and confusing.
From This Water You’ll Never Thirst Again
One $50 filter gives a family clean water for 10 years and opens the door to share Jesus, the Living Water.
