Recently I was asked about how I got involved with the Living Waters water installations. Let me start back even before I was born. My grandfather, Rev. J.S. Crowley, was a missionary to the Belgian Congo in the late 1890s and early 1900s. So, even though I was adopted, I think mission work must be in my DNA.
I did some mission work to Washington, DC and other local work while I was in college. When our girls, Katherine and Rachel, were in 1st and 2nd grades, we went to Xpujil, Mexico on a mission trip to begin building a church. We made 2 more trips as a family to Xpujil. After our move to Louisiana I discovered that our church sponsored a mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico to build houses so I went on that trip several times until the border became unsafe.
Probably 6 years ago Danny and Karen Logan gave a presentation about a mission project called Living Waters for the World. I kept that idea in the back of my mind until I got a call from one of them asking me if I was interested in going to Haiti to put in a water system. I went on my first Living Waters trip in March 2011 and have been back each year since then.
I have attended two sessions of Clean Water U of Living Waters for the World. The first session I went to was how to install a system. The second was learning about the educational component that goes along with the installation. While I would enjoy the installation part, I have been mostly involved in teaching while in Haiti. We have activities related to washing hands and when it is important to use this purified water (drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, and for babies). We spend time hearing Biblical stories such as creation, the Red Sea, and the woman at the well - all stories revolving around water.
I leave for Haiti a week from today. The packing begins soon!
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