Blood:Water Mission

Friends,

I’d like to direct your attention to yet another Advance Sign.

This Advance Sign is part of the work of the musical group, Jars of Clay. This band has been around for a while and I have long appreciated their deep lyrics and wonderful music. Their music gets better with each album they release. Several years ago, they founded a work they call Blood:Water Mission to help combat HIV/AIDS in Africa. From the website:

Blood:Water Mission is a non-profit organization founded by the members of the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band, Jars of Clay, to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.

Blood:Water Mission exists to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. Blood:Water Mission is building clean water wells, supporting medical facilities, and focusing on community and worldview transformation, both here in America and in Africa.

We recognize that numbers and statistics are hard to grasp, and that sometimes a step back is necessary to conceptualize the enormity of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Yet we also know that simply standing from a distance with arms thrown in the air is not a solution. We believe in pressing inward, in building relationships and bridges with communities in Africa. We believe in hearing personal stories and walking alongside brothers and sisters who have demonstrated strength and faith in the midst of desperate and tragic situations.

We hold fast to the conviction that we are all responsible for being good stewards of our time, our resources and our compassion in a broken world.

Every person has something to give in return for what has been received.

Please join us on this journey.

A large part of what they are doing, is to drill wells and provide ’suitable’ blood supplies for the people in Africa.

Blood:Water Mission is partnering with groups and individuals to empower Africans to build healthier communities through sustainable clean blood and clean water solutions, while developing social responsibility in the U.S. through initiatives that provoke personal engagement and ownership.

I confess that I don’t know what sort of ‘initiatives’ JOC have been involved in here in the US. It could be simply that they talk about the work at concerts and the like or even testify at congressional hearings, but I just do not know.

You can follow their work at the BWM blog. You can also sign up to receive their newsletter via email. There is also a myspace page for BWM.

Here is a short video from youtube about Blood:Water Mission.

Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to explore Advanced Signs to learn about other important missions going on in the world and how you can be involved.

Soli Deo Gloria!