The raw beauty of the Central Asian mountain surrounding me are awesome!  It’s the middle of the dry season here and yesterday everything in sight was dry, brown and looked as if there were no life.  But in the afternoon a small rain shower moved through dropping the temperature and a few drops of precious rain.  As the sun comes up this morning it reveals an amazing sight.  Overnight God brushed the parched mountainside a verdant green and brought life back to the dead earth.

This reminds me of the story in Ezekiel 37 where God brought the prophet Ezekiel to the valley of dry, dead bones and asked if they could be brought back to life.  Ezekiel’s reply, “Only You, O Lord, know”.  Then God showed Ezekiel it could be done just as easily as God brought these parched, dead mountains back to life.

Our XMA team is in Central Asia to drill a water well attempting to bring much needed water to a large village of over ten thousand people.  Currently, their only water source within miles is a small creek which over the past few years has turned salty.  We’ve been working on this project for almost a year now.  Researching options for obtaining clean water, raising funds, purchasing and then importing well drilling equipment and recruiting volunteers to come serve on the drilling team.  Will we be able to bring life restoring water to these desperately needy people?  Only You, O Lord, know!

Post script:  Our team did drill one hundred ninety feet into the desert floor as anxious villagers watched.  There seemed to be a small vein of water bearing sand at one hundred seventy-five feet but due to mechanical difficulties and our inexperience we did not get a working well this time.  We are making repairs to the equipment and will return for another attempt.