Blood:Water Mission

This is an excerpt from the Blood:Water Mission’s Homepage (www.bloodwatermission.com):

“When Dan Haseltine, Jars of Clay’s lead singer, visited Africa in 2002, he had to struggle to accept what he saw. Poverty and physical and social suffering in Africa shook him, challenged him, and changed him.

Haseltine returned overwhelmed by despair, transformed by hope and called to action. He came back with a vision for clean blood and clean water in Africa — blood free of the HIV virus and water free of parasites and bacteria that cause AIDS patients and others undue suffering. He and his band mates envisioned this orphaned continent to be transformed through the installation of Christ’s sacrificial symbols of blood and water.”

Here are a few questions for us to ponder:

1. How aware are we of the ongoing AIDS crisis in Africa?
2. How does faith motivate us to engage this issue?
3. Is there a particular way you are taking part in the global AIDS crisis?
4. What do you think of the approach of providing clean blood and water?

Discuss : )

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