I just copied and pasted an article i found on 410 bridge about Karima... read it... it gives you a glimpse into where we will be ministering!

"A few steps to the kitchen and a turn of the faucet are all it takes for most of us to get a clean drink of water. It’s something that, even in impoverished areas of American culture, is taken for granted. In the rural Kenyan community of Karima, it’s anything but—in fact, it’s often a dangerous, all-day affair, one that involves a three-kilometer hike and treacherous climb down an incredibly steep embankment to a river at the base of the Aberdare mountains. Women of the community will make this journey four times each day, yielding five to eight gallons of unfiltered water at best with each trip.

Karima’s homes and schools have no means of purified or filtered water. Even the slightest change in the water situation for these agricultural-based people would bring an incredible amount of hope. Thankfully, The 410 Bridge is thrilled to announce that gap is being bridged through the help of many people in Karima and organizations like Karima’s Community Partners – First Baptist of Clinton, SC and Mile 157 in Baton Rouge, LA.

For the past eight months, The 410 Bridge has been working on a borehole project in Karima that would tap natural water deposits underground within the community’s borders, preventing the need for its people to travel so far for so little water in return.

The approval and permitting process can be quite a treacherous journey itself, but we are praising God that after six months, we received our approval. After waiting on a rig to arrive at the community, the digging finally began. Within two short days of drilling deep into the Kenyan earth, we hit pay dirt—or water, rather!

“At 160 meters deep we accessed a wonderful supply that is yielding 105 gallons per minute,” James Ward, director of The 410 Bridge U.S. Operations explains. “Within the next few months, Karima will have direct access to clean water.”

What follows will be a testing of water samples to ensure safe consumption, and then the construction of a pump, small facility, storage tanks and four different access points spread throughout the community.

Projects and successes like this are what The 410 Bridge is all about—bridging cultures and bringing hope to the Kenyan people through clean drinking water, and the living water that only comes from knowing Christ."