Water, Food, and A New Chuch

More exciting news from the country of Chad! Kolpele was recently blessed with funding (through a fellow employee) to drill a third water well! This newest well, in the southern village of Iri, will serve as a local gathering point to nearby villages. As with the first two wells, it will help reduce disease, eliminate long trips to gather water from streams/rivers, and will provide opportunity to reach out to the community. Kolpele quotes “Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly be rewarded (Mark 9:41)”.

Iri Water Well

Neighborhood Feast

At the same time, Kolpele was blessed with funding from another fellow employee to provide a feast for the orphanage in N’Djamena. A large pig and large sheep were both purchased and the entire community, including animists, muslims, athiests and Kolpele’s chuch gathered together to enjoy “the mana from heaven”. When the entire neighborhood must work tirelessly for meager portions, this type of feast is always a major blessing and helps form relationships in the community. According to Kolpele, the orphans sang and played all day long.

Koundoul Church

In a related note, Kolpele has informed me that after three years of working in the Koundoul district of N’Djamena (several miles from the orphanage) a new church “assembly” has been created. For those keeping track, this is the third offshoot assembly created by Kolpele (not counting the original church/orphanage in N’Djamena); there is now one in Iri, one in Tikem, and now one in Koundoul. A missionary is located at each church center to run the assembly and ease the load on Kolpele. To reach their respective communities, these missionaries are in need of some type of transportation. Currently we are working to get funding for three bicycles.

Please continue to support Kolpele and his ministry by spreading the word and by keeping him in your thoughts and prayers. If you feel so inclined, donations can be made to the Chad project via Peace Gospel’s website link on the right.