Fresh Water for a Thirsty People

The missionary gift of $2,500 by a donor from the River of Life Church of God in Anderson, South Carolina, provided for the digging of…

Church of God News · Published 17 years ago · 2 min read

The missionary gift of $2,500 by a donor from the River of Life Church of God in Anderson, South Carolina, provided for the digging of a water-well in the town of Kuyou in northern Ethiopia. 200 families from the immediate neighborhood signed up and partnered with the local congregation of the Harvest Church of God to care for the well and since early March are receiving fresh drinking water from it daily. The well was dug on the two and a half acre property the community donated last year to the Harvest Church of God.

The town of Kuyou is an administrative center for the Selale-Oromo people, an ethnic group heretofore hardly reached with the Gospel. But through the Unreached People Groups initiative of Church of God World Missions, 22 new churches have been started among the Selale people during the last four years. Besides providing water for a thirsty community of people some 120 miles north of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the new Kuyou property will also provide for a kindergarten and local church building. The new young congregation of the Harvest Church of God is focusing especially on introducing young people to Jesus. Thousands daily crowd the town’s streets as they come from the surrounding villages to attend the only high school in the area.

According to Hiruy Tsige, administrative bishop of the Harvest Church of God Ethiopia, a ministry training center is also to be developed on the Kuyou property as soon as additional funds become available. The church wants to use it as a base to reach out to other unreached tribes in northern Ethiopia.

Heinrich C. Scherz
Associate Missions Representative