Water is Life Saving. Thanks to Generous donors and supporters. Praying for Santa Rosa

And then this happened!! A deep water well was drilled in Mboira village thanks to our world water day walk for water and especially the generosity of Dan Rieland and Heather Rieland and matching funds from Medtronics!   Mboira village VHT Emma reminded me they waited 5 years for this life saving water to reach them!  Hallelujah! Thank you! Heather and Dan have been supporters of Hope 2 One Life, volunteers for world water day, spaghetti dinner (and much more) and prayer warriors for many, (including my Kenny when he was in the hospital with sickle cell crisises multiple times 14 years ago!). They have been present! They have been here in Uganda too!  Their daughter Mariel Rieland interned with me prior to her summer abroad in Uganda through SPU and has been the creator of the VHT Manuel. She has been instrumental in taking the VHT trainings to the next level with knowledge assessments and further the northern uganda VHT trainings in Gulu and Kikumba. Mariel has worked for the Akola Project in Uganda for the past 2.5 years teaching women life skills and many other leadership and business trainings. We visited her women's project in Pajule for the first time and Hope 2 One Life is honored to partner with her in relating the Akola Academy solar well pump and community tap stands near Pajule. Thank you Rieland's!  You make a huge huge difference!!  I am so so grateful for all of you! Love love you!!  Mariel we wish you the very best as you depart Uganda soon and move on to graduate school in the US!  It is a joy to watch your life unfold!  Why an amazing beautiful young women you are!   Thank you from all of my heart!!  ❤️️❤️️❤️️
- As with all water projects we meet with the village water boards and discuss their roles and responsibilities of taking care and maintaining the borehole. The water committees receives world water day T Shirts.  In the villages they always ask me to speak to the community gathered for the health trainings surrounding putting a borehole in. We focus on hygiene handwashing and sanitation through proper latrine building. They enjoy news from home as well and I always remind there are many many people at home who have contributed to make these things possible.  As I viewed the massive gusts of water coming up from the drilling site, I was moved to the memories of the recent fires in Montana and most recently in Santa Rosa Calif where many hometown friends live, many lives lost and homes and lands destroyed. Oh how this force of water would have been so welcomed!  They understand fire and its devastation. They again listened attentively. Then to my amazement when a leader spoke after me, everyone including the littlest children prayed for those affected by the Santa Rosa fires!! Carrie Taylor Lynne Charlton and others, our hearts go out to you and all of those affected half a world away!  May God heal and bless you all!

- Nadine