While people can survive for several weeks without food, a human being can only go a few days without water.  Water is perhaps the most essential need a person can have.  And yet, over 758 million people live without clean drinking water.  This need has ripple effects in communities.  Children are sent on day long journeys to collect water and as a result can’t attend school.  Or parents set out to get water for their families and are unable to maintain employment.  These complications are in addition to the physical tolls that lack of water can create.  

Verse for Meditation: Matthew 10:42

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