left in the village of Delores,

unable to negotiate the last

three miles of logging road.

As the crew spread out to

survey the village for a well

site, I was left to guard

the trailer. I was

quickly surrounded by

the village children. As

I was rummaging

through my pack for the

obligatory “sweets” to

give to them, I was

stunned when they all

asked for “water” in-

stead. God had sent us

to the right place at the

right time. Nothing is

random in God’s uni-

verse.

Day 1:

We chose a well site be-

hind the school and near

the Plenty Garden. We

prayed that God would

anoint the site and that the

village would be blessed with

drought relieving water.

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Journey to Hope; Journey to Belize

So You Want to be a Fundraiser, Eh?

Stories from the Well

Gone is the comfort of

Bridget’s cooking at the pas-

toral compound. Gone are

the semi clean sheets and the

semi cool air conditioning of

the Charleston Hotel in

Punta Gorda. We, Hope

Springs Water, volunteers

from Rock Hill Church in

Chandler, and Community

Vision Church are following

the Coca-Cola signs into the

heart of darkness, into the

jungle, and onto the village

of Machakilha, Belize. Our

caravan consists of an old

school bus, a Dodge pickup

truck, and a tractor built in

India. The truck pulls a

trailer laden with the drilling

rig, 100 ft. of pipe stem, 100’

of 4”, 2” and 1 ¼ PVC pipe,

240 lbs. of concrete, a yard

of gravel, 2- 80 lbs. sacks of

bentinite, 300 gallons of

drinking water and enough

gear and supplies to last four

days. It is ironic that we

hope 300 gallons of water

will be enough to keep us

hydrated while we drill a

water well in 90 degree heat

with 90% humidity. Six

hours later, we arrived at the

village with only the tractor

pulling the trailer with the

men piled on top scattered

amongst the equipment.

The truck and the bus were

and you just helped her reach

her goal.

Hope Springs Water is entering

this new era of fundraising. In

the next few months, if you want

to raise money to fund a well or

just provide ongoing support,

you will be able to go to our

(continued page 2)

Chances are you are reading this

newsletter online, either on your

tablet or even your Smartphone.

Times have changes dramati-

cally in the past few years. So

has fundraising. Gone are the

days of dressing up and attend-

ing a big (read: expensive!) gala

at the local country club. To-

day’s fundraisers are found right

in your back—or front—yard

and may be the 9 year-old down

the block who is selling lemonade

to fund her favorite cause. And

if you are Grandma and don’t

happen to live in her town, no

worries. Just go online to her

charity’s website, click donate,

Hop e S pr in gs W at er

July, 2013

Volume 1, Issue 1

Inside this issue:

Belize Wells 1

“Journey” continued 2

“Fundraiser” continued 2

Duck Dynasty! 3

“Second Offering for Hope” 3

How You Can Help 4

Contact Us 4

Original source of water for the village.

Your Donations at Work

Jan.—May, 2013: $26,793

New wells this quarter:

1 in Machakilha, Belize

Wells in process: 5

Belize—2, Ethiopia— 1,

Nicaraguia—1, Honduras—1

Our Donations: $872 in

matching funds to West, TX

for water for relief workers

Fundraiser (continued from page 1)

water. We also prayed that the Holy

Spirit would work through us to bring

the relieve of the Living Waters. We

drilled for 12 hours with a three inch

boring bit. We hit water at 37’. At 42’

we hit a rock strata that could not be

bored deeper with the equipment that

we had. A good day.

Day 2:

We extracted the drilling bit and pro-

ceeded to enlarge the bore hole with a 6”

reaming bit. This process will allow us

to case the bore hole with 4” PVC and a

1” gravel surround. In our haste to be

humbled we did not pray over the well

site. At a depth of 25’, we sheared off

the bottom 5’ section of drill stem and

the reaming bit. Major dilemma, stuck

reaming bit, no clean bore hole, no cas-

ing, no well. Never underestimate the

fortitude of “God fearing” East Texas

men with necks of red. We fashioned a

snare from a doubled up piece of rope

inserted into a piece of PVC pipe and as

is our nature, we went “fishin”. We

were able to hook on to the broken pipe

stem and extract the reaming bit fro the

bore hole. With everything reattached,

we proceeded to ream the remaining 20’

and insert the casing. This concluded a

15 hour day, the last four under the

lights. Just us, God and the bugs.

A bad day!!

Day 3:

Begin the day with prayer. Flushed the

well with bleach and installed a pump

designed by Water 4. We hope that this

pump will be the solution to many

pump problems globally. We placed

concrete around the well site and headed

back to Punta Gorda.

Why do we do this? Why will we be

ready to go again? When the brother-

hood of man calls, we as Christians re-

spond as “one flock” with one Shepherd.

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car washes—all those tried and true

fundraisers. All are great and being

online, you don’t even have to work off

the calories to make a donation!

Be creative and have fun! For help setting up

your fundraiser, you can contact HSW Direc-

tor of Development Stephanie Shelton at

Stephanie@hopespringswater.org.

We’re looking forward to having you on the

Hope Springs Water Team!

website, register your event, upload a photo

and description and begin fundraising! You

can check in each day to monitor your pro-

gress and if you think it needs a little “boost”,

you can, with the click of another button,

post it on Facebook or Twitter. Some sug-

gested events:

donate your birthday, anniversary or

other major event. Rather than pre-

sents, ask friends and family to make a

donation to HSW.

Love fishing or hunting? Ask for a dona-

tion for each fish or deer you land.

Heck, how about raising money just to

celebrate that it is finally hunting sea-

son?

Hold a run, walk, or ride. And if its too

hot, how about a virtual event? Set an

amount for each mile and track your

course.

Lemonade stands, bake sales,

Journey (continued from page 1)

- Bruce Hinds

HSW Project Manager

As I was rummaging through

my pack for the obligatory

“sweets” to give to them, I was

stunned when they all asked for

“water” instead.

Page 2 Stories from the Well

HSW Easter Offering Funds 3 New Wells

Who would have thought that a bunch of self

-proclaimed rednecks living in the small Lou-

isiana town of West Monroe would command

the attention and devotion of millions of peo-

ple worldwide? Each Wednesday night, Phil,

Willie, Jase, and Si Robertson of Duck Dy-

nasty fame, hunt, play tricks on each other

and every now and then, make a few duck

calls, to the delight of their more than 6 mil-

lion followers.

Hope Springs Water volunteer Sunni Starkes

visited with the Robertsons during this past

March to talk about carrying HSW in their

retail store located at their warehouse fea-

tured on the weekly show.

“We were very lucky to meet with Jase

to talk about our water and to have

them autograph cases of water and

items for auction to raise money for our

wells,” said Starkes. “He was very gra-

cious and interested in our mission.”

The Robertsons realize that they will

have to expand the retail store to handle

the crowds expected this summer. HSW

is very hopeful that by this summer,

visitors to the new Duck Commander

store will have a chance to purchase

HSW to help them keep cool while wait-

ing for their chance to experience a little

Duck Dynasty in Louisiana!

This year’s sponsorship levels will be:

Platinum Flight Level: $5,000

Gold Flight Sponsor: $2,500

Championship Flight: $1,500

First Flight Sponsor: $1,000

Each level has multiple recognition options.

There are also a variety of lower-level spon-

sorships available, ranging in price from $100

per hole sponsorship to $400 for the Hole in

One sponsorship.

PGA legend, Bruce Lietzke, will once again

serve as guest clinician for the event.

The Pinnacle Golf Course on Cedar Creek

Lake in Mabank, will once again play host to

Golfwell 2013, on Friday, October 4. The

annual tournament is an 18-hole, four man

scramble that will benefit the work of HSW

to bring clean water to those without.

Second offerings are a great way to give

people opportunities to give. If your group or

church would like to have a second offering

for HSW, please contact Stephanie Shelton,

Director of Development at 903– 295-1781.

We’ll send you a copy of the video for viewing

and brochures and information on how to

hold a “Second Offering for Hope”.

If you grew up in a Baptist church, chances

are you are familiar with second offerings—

those opportunities to give to benefit a

specific cause or mission.

On Easter Sunday, members of First Baptist

Church Athens participated in a “Second

Offering for Hope”. FBC Athens Pastor Kyle

Henderson had recently returned from a trip

to Ethiopia where he witnessed the power of a

HSW well in a village. He produced a short

video that chronicled how the villagers line

up for as long as 2 hours for an opportunity to

pull up a bucket of contaminated, dirty water

from a hole in the ground. The video noted

that once Hope Springs established a well

with clean water for the village, the children

no longer had to wait all day for water, but

literally minutes, freeing up time to play, to

go to school, to be children.

Empty water jugs were passed and by the end

of the morning, almost $7,000 was raised for

HSW, enough for three new wells.

Duck Dynasty Connection

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 1

Jase Robertson signing cases of HSW.

Golfwell 2013 Set for October

Participants can register as an individual for

$75 or as a team for $300. Individuals will be

placed with a team. Tee times are 8:00 am or

1:00 pm and will be awarded on a first come,

first served basis.

To learn more about sponsorships or to register for

the tournament, please go to :

www.hopespringswater.org.,

or contact Sunni Starkes at 903-295-1781.

The deadline for sponsorship opportunities is early

September.

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Donate to Hope Springs Water

Hope Springs Water (HSW) is a 501©(3) organization that

partners with communities in developing countries through-

out the world to provide access to pure drinking water

through the drilling of water wells. Founded in Athens four

years ago by family physician, Ted Mettetal, HSW has

drilled wells in Uganda, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Belize and

Mexico. These projects are supported through the sale of

Hope Springs bottled water in stores throughout the region

and through the generosity of local supporters.

There are more than 6 billion people in the world without

access to clean drinking water. It is estimated that every 20

seconds, a child dies from a water-borne disease. Your

generous donations will help us someday reduce those num-

bers to zero.

P.O. Box 1567

Athens, Texas 75751

903-295-1781

Www.hopespringswater.org

Hop e S pr in gs W at er

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one bottle at a time.”

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