Today I had the extreme pleasure of hearing an amazing group. Soul Influence is an a cappella septet, African in it's choice of rhythm and beat, Afro-jazz in its musical style, Christian in its conviction and lyrics, service to God and fellow man in it's focus. They were entertaining, open and honest about their faith, and funny!! I enjoyed every minute! If you would like to read about them or hear some of their music which comes in a multitude of languages, check out their site, http://www.soulinfluence.org/. They have played with such artists as Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, K-OS, and Keisha Chante to benefit the fight against AIDS. If they come to a building near you, make sure to check them out!
The speaker at our church today was from the Water School. This group of people is using the sun to purify the water in Africa. Apparently, when you are less than 35 degrees from the equator, the UV rays from the sun are capable of killing water born bacteria, thus ending deaths from water born diseases. They put water in clear plastic bottles and lay the bottles on a tin roof for 1 full sunny day or 2 full cloudy days. When the water was tested after this process, it looked exactly the same as the water we drink here in Canada. No bacteria!! Water born diseases are killing upwards of 2 million children in Africa alone every year. If all it takes to save these people is some clear plastic bottles, then lets get in there and do it! It takes $50 to start off one community with this technology. There is a paypal link on the site or you can contact them for more information. I do encourage you to check out the site and ask God if this is something you can help with. It's such an easy solution...all it takes is some tin and a few plastic bottles. There's no difficult machinery which just causes problems when it breaks. Community's have no way of fixing machines. This is something really simple that they can do. It's sustainable.
The more I read about it, the more I want to take the first flight I can find to Africa and bring a plane load of bottles and tin with me! I hope that this is something you will get excited about too.
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I want to find that CD! That sounds like good music to me!
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