Lent/Easter Mission Offering

March 31, Easter Sunday, is also a 5^th Sunday. This year’s mission offering for Lent/Easter and the 5^th Sunday in March is the fundraising campaign with Design Outreach to provide a LifePump for Mwalupanga, Malawi. Mwalupanga is a community of 1,750 people in northern Malawi along the border with Tanzania. Currently, their water source is the Songwe River, where they collect water for drinking, cooking and bathing. The task of gathering water from the river is both time-consuming and arduous. As the river is contaminated with bacteria that carry waterborne diseases, the water being collected is not safe to drink. During the dry season, even their contaminated river water becomes scarce. The people of Mwalupanga need safe, reliable, accessible water. They need a LifePump. 

What is the LifePump difference??? LifePump is . . .

• Long-Lasting: Designed to last for 30 years or more with minimal maintenance, LifePump provides clean water reliably without fear of breakdown
• Durable: Made of stainless-steel parts, LifePump can withstand the harshest conditions
• Deep-Reaching: LifePump goes 3 times deeper than standard hand pumps, accessing water from aquifers in some of the driest regions of the world
• Ergonomic: With its rotary motion, LifePump was designed so that all users – everyone from children to the elderly – can easily access even the deepest water
• Life-Changing: By providing safe water on even the driest days without fail, LifePump gives people the confidence and resources they need to better their lives, their families, and their communities

Design Outreach (DO) is a Christian humanitarian engineering nonprofit organization seeking to alleviate global poverty by creating life-sustaining technology. When DO provides a LifePump to a community, they also partner with local churches, pastors and Gospel-focused organizations to share the hope of Living Water through Jesus Christ. Visit DO’s website for more information.

To date, over $12,800 has been collected toward the $17,000 goal. Gifts to the Mwalupanga LifePump can be made using the Easter giving envelopes in the Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday worship folders, indicating “LifePump” on your check or regular giving envelope or via the online giving portal (MISSION Fund with LifePump “Note”). 

Also, to all who are collecting coins for the LifePump using the Coins for Lent Giving Calendar – Thank you!!!

Your generous support is greatly appreciated!