LifeStraw

I've been doing research on the work of SIM in southern Sudan, seeking to rebuild the church and nation following decades of devastating civil war. Everything is needed! Most people live with some degree of sickness caused by contaminated drinking water. There are no roads over which to bring well-drilling equipment. We'll work towards establishing water purification systems for the communities near the year-around rivers. In the meantime, the Sudanese in our schools and other programs get a LifeStraw. This is so amazing that I thought you might like to know about it. Developed by a Danish company, it costs about $3 US, purifies enough water for a person for a year, and prevents such diseases as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea. Missionaries from Ethiopia, Nigeria, and several western countries are working together in southern Sudan in an integrative program of basic education for adults (there's been no school for an entire generation) and at the same time training them to teach others, medical clinics and training, safe water, agricultural and community development, all in the context of landmines and desperate poverty. Refugees are streaming back, and it feels like "now or never" for South Sudan. A small thing like LifeStraw is part of this massive undertaking. (www.lifestraw.com)

Yesterday the mail brought the completed design files for the magazine I was working on, so now I've got it uploaded on the SIM internet for printing and distribution by our many different offices around the world. It will finally hit mailboxes in November/December. I'm very thankful for our creative designers at Relevant Media Group in Orlando who make it look so good.

And I'm very thankful to be feeling so well.

Blessings,
Carol