At the end of the article, Marsha Harwood, our Marriage Channel Editor, shared this update:

Since this article was written, the Maasai people have had some rain but because the ground was so hard it caused some
flooding.  Some areas have begun to see patches of green, so the Sawyers are now offering seeds to the people in their village so they can plant gardens.  Nearly all  livestock is dead.  The needs are still great because of unsafe water, not enough food, dead animal car- casses and  an increase in serious, life threatening illnesses caused by all this.

Marsha has shared further with me that right now all digging has to be done by hand.  This includes all of the homes they are building in the village for people and the water systems they install and any emergency that may arise.  For example, during the drought this past summer and fall, thousands of cows died.  The people had nothing to do with the carcasses and a piece of equipment of this type would have assisted in burying them.  The dead animals were just left to rot on the ground, presenting some serious issues in the area of sanitation and disease yet today.

They are presently raising funds to purchase a used tracker/track hoe that would enable them to build and install clean water much faster.  They still need $2,500.

If you would like to help install safe water and help stock the food bank, or learn more about Travis and Laura Sawyer and their mission organization, please visit their blog.

I encourage you today to take some time to check out The Sawyers Blog. Wouldn’t it be awesome if together we could help them raise the money for their equipment needs?

If you’d like to donate, you will see a link in their sidebar, on the right hand side.

In King Jesus,