Rivers of Living Water . . .

I had this dream yesterday morning. 

We were invited on a vacation with some old church friends of ours, who live in Oregon and have just recently adopted an adorable, baby girl from Ethiopia.  When we got there, we were all sharing this HUGE room, that was like, 30 feet long, and had partitions in it.  Along the one wall was this 30 foot long picture window, floor to ceiling, that overlooked this huge, wide, white-water rapids, gushing river. We were about 5 stories up overlooking this river, but it still looked violent and ominous.

Both of our families were there.  They now have 5 kids, we have 6.  I went and looked out this other window on the corner and saw a red suspension bridge, that resembled the Golden Gate Bridge, then on the other side I saw this huge mountain/rock.  Masses of people were climbing up the side of the rock and were hanging on by holding on to the rocks jetting out from the wall.

Then suddenly, like someone turned on this huge faucet, water gushed out over the mountain like a mighty, rushing waterfall.  The people hung there, reveling in it.  Then after about a minute or so, the water turned off again.  The people were laughing and thoroughly enjoying the fresh, cold water.  It happened again and again, like someone was turning on and off a huge faucet, a massive waterfall of white-water.  There was a huge pool at the bottom and people were swimming and playing in the pool, in the cool, clean, fresh water.

Then I woke up.

I've been waiting to blog about this .. but I feel like I might just burst if I keep it in any longer.  We believe the Lord is birthing a ministry through our family.  We have this strong desire to place water wells in the orphanages of, not only our adopted children, but in those of other families who have adopted from Ethiopia.  In the orphanage where 2 of our kids are from, they take a truck into the river a mile or so away, and hand fill big containers full of the dirty river water.  Then they haul it back to the orphanage.  The ones who have been adopted are the blessed ones, but still they come to us with parasites and worms, skin disorders and malnutrition.  The ones who remain still continue in this life ....

"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who keeps our hearts and weighs our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12

We have been doing a LOT of research in the past few days.  Asking LOTS of questions and knocking on LOTS of doors.  There are many wonderful Water Organizations out there, even some doing water campaigns to help villages in Ethiopia, but they all have their own partners and work in their own specific areas, and are unable to help us fulfill this vision we believe we have from God: water for the orphans.  I am beginning to get discouraged.  But as my friend, JT told me today, "Keep on asking ... all you need is one 'Yes'." 
 
Seems like we will need to start a non-profit organization, or perhaps partner with an existing organization who might want to help us fulfill this vision from the Lord.  Please pray for us as we continue to look for that one, open door.  If you are an adoptive family and are interested in our project, please let us know!
 
Thank you and Blessings