LETTER TO PROSPECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS
Dear friends,
During my college years, Jesus has been leading me and has challenged me to serve Him through alleviating water issues, a subject that I am always passionate about. Last winter break I finished my application to several hydrology graduate schools, hoping my future career will be related to water resources management. At the same time, I also had a desire to use the time immediately after graduation for a short mission trip. Therefore, I have been searching, praying and waiting for an opportunity. Finally, I am given an opportunity to go to South Asia for a summer mission trip. The goal of the project that I will work on is to transform communities as we provide clean water to more than 1000 villages (I am only doing part of them). I hope by meeting this great need I will be given opportunities to share about the Living Water that never runs dry. Please support this trip by prayers (I really need it!) and offering. Please also “like” the “One Dream For Water” facebook page as I will be using it to give out more information.
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (John 7:37-38)
Some details (sorry for safety reasons I can only provide details to this depth)
Pray for this project:
Michael Tso
1/14/2012
Dear friends,
During my college years, Jesus has been leading me and has challenged me to serve Him through alleviating water issues, a subject that I am always passionate about. Last winter break I finished my application to several hydrology graduate schools, hoping my future career will be related to water resources management. At the same time, I also had a desire to use the time immediately after graduation for a short mission trip. Therefore, I have been searching, praying and waiting for an opportunity. Finally, I am given an opportunity to go to South Asia for a summer mission trip. The goal of the project that I will work on is to transform communities as we provide clean water to more than 1000 villages (I am only doing part of them). I hope by meeting this great need I will be given opportunities to share about the Living Water that never runs dry. Please support this trip by prayers (I really need it!) and offering. Please also “like” the “One Dream For Water” facebook page as I will be using it to give out more information.
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (John 7:37-38)
Some details (sorry for safety reasons I can only provide details to this depth)
- When: 6/14/2012-7/13/2012
- Where: a particular province in a South Asian country (sorry for safety reasons I can only provide details to this depth)
- Job: build and replace water pumps; share gospel to local people
Pray for this project:
- A heart to love God: Pray that God will walk with me in all circumstances, and He will constantly renew me with a pure heart.
- A heart to love people: Jesus has challenged all believers to love their neighbors and their enemies. I pray that God can teach me how to love sacrificially
- A humble heart to serve: Pray that God will teach me how to serve humbly to meet the many needs in the region
- Pray that I can work closely with fellow mission workers with an united heart and have good sharing in the Spirit
- Ask that God would provide the resources necessary to provide water pumps in all the villages in this district.
- The culture is very conservative and more than 95% people believes in their own traditional religions. Pray that God will transform the spiritual atmosphere there
- Pray for favor with the local government during and as a result of this project.
- Pray that all those who receive drinking water would be open to receive the Living Water of Jesus.
- Pray that as a result of this project the Gospel would saturate the area and healthy churches would result.
- Pray that God will call more people to join or support this ministry
- Language: the region has its own dialect. Pray that I can work effectively with the translator so that I can interact with the local people
- Visa, air ticket and immunization issues
- Physical fitness: I need to walk a lot to complete my job
- Hot weather: there will be no a/c and temperature can go up to 115/F
- Adapting to life there: there will be no electricity and hot water (although I don't think I need it) and places to stay will be pretty dirty
- Food/water/health: Hope my body works fine because the closest clinic is 1.5 hrs drive away and I need to take a flight to get to the closest hospital in the metropolitan city
- Fundraising
- Pray that as I share before and after the trip I can draw people closer to Jesus and they can know Him more.
- Pray that all the above will give glory and praise to Jesus Christ my Lord and God's full control over all these.
Michael Tso
1/14/2012
