Cups of cold water...
The official website of
Mike and Terica Williams
Serving Dominican and Haitian Families
The official website of
Mike and Terica Williams
Serving Dominican and Haitian Families
Can clean water really change the health of a nation?
"Cups of cold water... given in Jesus name... are not given in vain."
"Cups of cold water... given in Jesus name... are not given in vain."
The answer to that question is a resounding YES! According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the illness in our Dominican and Haitian communities are water born. If you provide clean water for a family you have kept the children healthy and able to go to school, and kept the Mother and Father out of the hospital and able to work every day. Providing clean water will literally provide life to many children and adults destined for disease and death. And a mere ten dollars a month can provide clean water and more to multiple families in desperate need of clean water.
Greetings from the north coast of the Dominican Republic!
Since 2001 we have been coming to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, helping provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the people. Our long term experience here has allowed us to focus in on what we find to be the greatest need that is not being addressed by any other mission group in our area... that is the need for clean water. In the fall of 2009 we moved from our house in Lakeland, Florida and set up house (actually an apartment) about 30 miles west of Puerto Plata, outside the little community of Bombita. Our place is a 700 sq foot, 2 bedroom apartment we call home and mission central! We have chosen this location to keep the expenses low and keep us close to the area of ministry. We are thrilled that God is willing to use us in this place of great need.
We have concentrated our ministry in the following areas:
Greetings from the north coast of the Dominican Republic!
Since 2001 we have been coming to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, helping provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the people. Our long term experience here has allowed us to focus in on what we find to be the greatest need that is not being addressed by any other mission group in our area... that is the need for clean water. In the fall of 2009 we moved from our house in Lakeland, Florida and set up house (actually an apartment) about 30 miles west of Puerto Plata, outside the little community of Bombita. Our place is a 700 sq foot, 2 bedroom apartment we call home and mission central! We have chosen this location to keep the expenses low and keep us close to the area of ministry. We are thrilled that God is willing to use us in this place of great need.
We have concentrated our ministry in the following areas:
* COMMUNITY WATER STATIONS: We are building water purification systems for the poorest of villages. Most of the medical conditions that we see each day can be traced back to polluted water. We are seeking to alter the health of many children and families by altering the quality of their water. We do this by allowing people like you to partner with us in the sponsorship of the water needs of a community.
* FAMILY WATER PURIFIERS: We help people like you to sponsor the water needs of a family. For 10 dollars a month, you can provide clean healthy water for a Haitian or Dominican family. Your gift provides stand alone filters for a family that will last up to ten years before needing replacement. We provide the Pastoral staff to follow up with the families who receive them with health and spiritual training.
We are also seeking to improve the lives of people through:
* THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: We are serving the Biblical educational needs of Spanish and Haitian Pastors on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. This involves classes in "Evangelism In Depth" and "Preaching For Results" and special weekend seminars for Pastors and church leaders.
* BUSINESS EDUCATION: Moving people from to basic labor force to a place where they can make an adequate living for their family is at the heart of our mission. We are helping local Christians and Pastors to start micro-businesses so they can simply make a fair living for their family. This involves providing Business school education, start up capitol, and often providing tools needed for a new business. we are also seeking mentors from the US who will volunteer to teach a skill here in the Dominican. You can also sponsor a Pastor's Business for a very low cost.
Can your family, team, or church be a hands on part of a project?
* HOLY SWEAT TRIPS: We do not do poverty-tourism! If your group wants to do an intensive week of service, and you will prepare to make a genuine difference, let's talk. We don't do English songs for Spanish hearers, we don't throw t-shirts from the back of a moving truck, we don't do "feel-good" candy distributions, we don't sponsor tourist dances on the beach. We do go into the remote mountains and bring water purification systems to the poorest of the poor and share with them about the Living Water. Your group will link arms with a number of great ministries along the north coast for a full variety of mission experiences. Want to rough it with passion? Mike and Terica will passionately inspire your team from experience and call young people to consider mission work for their life calling. Teams will work with our team of native Haitian and Spanish translators. You team will specialize in construction of houses for the poor, evangelism and clean water distribution systems.
Let's be blatantly honest... mission teams can be a hugely time consumptive for missionaries. I have been part of teams where time is taken from daily ministry work to often do nothing more than pover-tourism. We do not do that. We are in the work of ministry - not the business of mission trips. If you are going to be one of the two teams accepted for ministry with us each year, you will have to come prepared, and read to serve. You must be a value above what our team of missionaries would be doing if they were not with you. It is just that simple. It is not too much to ask. We have to answer for every hour that our supporters have sponsored here in this country, and we cannot give them second best. I'm sure you understand that and appreciate our particular calling. We also have much need for medical/Dental teams at local clinics. We do not personally run a medical clinic, but we partner with those who do. If you have skills in those areas, please ask questions.
* PUBLIC SCHOOL MINISTRIES: We are currently developing an abstinence education team and curriculum to take into the local schools. We will tell you more about this as it develops. You can still share the gospel in Dominican Public Schools!
"Can I really make a difference in the world?"
I don't wonder anymore... You don't have to either.
I don't wonder anymore... You don't have to either.
CONTACT US
Send us your preferred email address and we will send you a bi-monthly newsletter and send you Facebook notes when there is urgent prayer needed. You can also ad Mike Williams as one of your FACEBOOK friends. and you can reach us by email to. We would love to hear from you and pray for your needs also. TericaWilliams@gmail.com
