{"id":3003,"date":"2014-09-25T18:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2014-10-07T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T13:23:47","slug":"glen-ellyn-kids-for-clean-water-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/glen-ellyn-kids-for-clean-water-in-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Ellyn Kids for Clean Water in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Glen Ellyn Kids for Clean Water in Congo<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em> Written by Randy Johnson, member of Glen Ellyn Covenant Church<\/em> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/camp_project_2013.gif\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3003]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3004 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/camp_project_2013-300x118.gif\" alt=\"camp_project_2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This summer the children\u2019s ministry at the Glen Ellyn (Illinois) Evangelical Covenant Church held a Vacation Bible School in late July.\u00a0 Their curriculum focused on trusting God, using the stories of Moses and the people of Israel as they trusted God in the wilderness following their exit from Egypt.\u00a0 As Andy Barg, Director of Children\u2019s Ministries, and his planning team considered this setting, they were led to explore a way to include our dependence on water and engage the kids in something beyond themselves.\u00a0 They enlisted the help of the church\u2019s missions team, who did a simple Internet search, connected with the work of Covenant World Relief and the partnership with Water 1<sup>st<\/sup>, which, in turn led to a discovery of the on-going project to bring clean water and improved sanitation and hygiene education to the people of Ledia.\u00a0 In short, they adopted the Ledia Water Project in the Covenant Kids Congo program as their VBS project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-1.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3003]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3005\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"photo 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-1.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Throughout each evening, kids moved around the facility, with visits to Moses\u2019 tent to hear from this ancient Israelite leader, to experience outdoor games, to gather in tribes to process what they were learning, to go to the \u201cmarketplace\u201d where they had the option to get a snack, work on a craft project, try their hand at a typical household chore, or learn about the importance of safe, clean water.\u00a0 Soon this last stop became a favorite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-2.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3003]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3006\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-2.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Children struggled to carry heavy water containers on their backs, watched videos of women and children filling containers from streams and ponds, viewed dirty water through a microscope, watched videos of well drilling and learned about filtration and purification.\u00a0 They responded by bringing coins and dollar bills by the fist-full, and slowly throughout the week watched as a symbolic \u201cwell\u201d became full (of blue balloons they received in exchange for their placing money in a large jar).\u00a0 They were excited to learn that they had enabled several families to have clean, safe water for life!\u00a0 Among those contributing to this project were a number of Bhutanese and Burmese refugee children from families recently resettled in our area who are now worshipping in their home languages in the Glen Ellyn Covenant church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-3.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3003]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3007\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-3-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-3.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-4.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3003]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2014\/09\/photo-4-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Kids and families raised $512.76 for the Ledia Water Project.\u00a0 Right now in Gemena, three deep wells and water systems are being constructed which we anticipate will provide clean water access to 50,000 people in 2015!\u00a0 We are grateful for such partnerships that have made this project possible.\u00a0 May every 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