CEO Statement
Jesus has a very special love for children.
Jesus, in Matthew 10:42, makes a startlingly significant promise about a seemingly small act of service: “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones …., truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” And later, in Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus broadens His statement about “I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink” to "whatever you did for one of the least of these …. you did for me” (v. 40).
If our love is genuine, when we see a picture, or hear a story of a thirsty child, we don’t just feel bad for the moment or merely think, I wish that child wasn’t thirsty. Love finds a way to help that child. Love means giving.
John Wesley spoke of the good our generous giving can do:
“In the hands of [God’s] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. It gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense for the oppressed, a means of health to the sick, of ease to them that are in pain. It may be as eyes to the blind, as feet to the lame: yea, a lifter up from the gates of death!”
In this year’s Annual Report, we celebrate how God has allowed us to partner with him in the work he desires to see completed. As Jesus said, “Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost” (Matthew 18:14).
I hope that you will be encouraged by this report and access the links to see the videos referenced. None of what we have done this year could have been possible without your partnership and participation in this work.
Mark Vanciel, CEO and President of Living Water World Missions
Read the full 2022 Annual Report:
Jesus has a very special love for children.
Jesus, in Matthew 10:42, makes a startlingly significant promise about a seemingly small act of service: “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones …., truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” And later, in Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus broadens His statement about “I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink” to "whatever you did for one of the least of these …. you did for me” (v. 40).
If our love is genuine, when we see a picture, or hear a story of a thirsty child, we don’t just feel bad for the moment or merely think, I wish that child wasn’t thirsty. Love finds a way to help that child. Love means giving.
John Wesley spoke of the good our generous giving can do:
“In the hands of [God’s] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. It gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense for the oppressed, a means of health to the sick, of ease to them that are in pain. It may be as eyes to the blind, as feet to the lame: yea, a lifter up from the gates of death!”
In this year’s Annual Report, we celebrate how God has allowed us to partner with him in the work he desires to see completed. As Jesus said, “Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost” (Matthew 18:14).
I hope that you will be encouraged by this report and access the links to see the videos referenced. None of what we have done this year could have been possible without your partnership and participation in this work.
Mark Vanciel, CEO and President of Living Water World Missions
Read the full 2022 Annual Report:
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