From @mmm_water ... 2023 Well Season: Daily Devotional

September 1 - October 31 is Marion Medical Mission Well Season for 2023. The season will include daily devotionals - one for each day the U.S. volunteers are overseas, sharing the love of Jesus by providing safe, clean, sustainable sources of drinking water to the extreme poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Marion Medical Mission is one of our mission partners at Grace Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas, and we STRONGLY encourage you to read these devotions to learn more about - and pray for! - their mission.

October 19, 2023

THE HEALING POWER OF WATER
Jordan Banda
MMM Program Coordinator, Malawi

" If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria,He would cure him of his leprosy.” - 2 Kings 5:3

Without water nothing can flourish or even exist. It maintains vitality in us, infused by God. Water has tremendous healing potential for the human mind, body, and spirit. When Naaman – the commander of the king of Aram’s army – was struck by leprosy, he needed the healing power of water to be cured from his condition.

When the first cholera case was recorded in the lakeshore district of Nkhata-Bay in Malawi in August last year, the outbreak spread rapidly to other parts of the country in no time. Lakeshore districts soon became a hotspot, recording a total of 1,514 cases. The nation was sick, the government panicked, and most social gatherings were banned from taking place in the hotspot areas. The Synod of Livingstonia’s annual general meeting was suspended from taking place in Nkhata-Bay and moved elsewhere, “It needed the healing power of safe drinking water.”

“If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria, He would cure him of his leprosy.” A call was made to Marion Medical Mission to be part of curing the sick nation. By the end of October, 240 wells were built in Nkhata-Bay District. People got a sustainable source of safe drinking water. These wells brought the power of healing to the area, so much that by the end of January of this year, cholera cases were reduced drastically, the nation was healed with no cholera case reported from the affected areas since mid-January. What a marvelous God we serve!

Application Question: God can do His part to change every situation for the good, but we have a key role to play to sustain it. What can I do to embrace the sustainability of MMM interventions?

Prayer: Our heavenly Father, I adore You. Thank you so much for this day You have made for us to realize how wonderful You are and the mighty things You can do for us. Help me to realize what I can do to embrace the sustainability of Your work. Amen

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