water.

one in eight people in the world [1 billion people] do not have access to clean water. 

i am not okay with that. 

this week, 45,000 will die from the simple fact that they don't have clean water. 

sure, the lucky ones won't die, but instead, they will spend hours every day 

obtaining dirty, disease-filled water for their families.

one billion people?! 

it can be overwhelming. 

BUT, i refuse for it to be anymore. 

you & i can provide clean water to a community--

a freshwater well for 250 people.

i'm turning 31 years old in 5 days.

i want nothing more than to provide this water to a people that desperately need it. 

will you help me? will you help them? 

i'm asking for $31 from everyone I know. 

ALL of it is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing nations. 

to build a well for this community, we only need 161 people to give the $31. 

i can't wait to see the list of the 160 people who are partnering 

with me to give water. life. hope.

please note: because of charity: water's unique model, 

100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is 

"proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete. 

we will all get to see our actual well when it is complete.

[what if some of us traveled there together someday?!]

i'm so excited, i can hardly stand it.

let's do this. 

please, please go here.

then feel free to share that link anyway you can.

what if we could raise the money for this well by my birthday?!

five days.  we can do it.

update:

the money was raised for this well in 13 days! praise God!  the well is being placed in Ethiopia

 and each person that contributed money will be e-mailed GPS coordinates as

to its location about completion.  wells take 12-18 months to complete.  thank you for partnering with

me on this.  so excited that a whole village will have safe, clean water!