I have just returned from Zambia and wanted to give you a firsthand account of the work that has been accomplished through your gifts and prayers. In Southern Zambia, the dry season arrives like a furnace. By May the rains have gone, fields crack, and dust rides the wind across miles of bush track. Yet in village after village, life now flourishes around a new heart of community—clean, reliable water wells. What began as a practical response to drought has become a movement of mercy and mission, opening doors for the gospel and transforming entire districts.

Recently, our team traveled long, bumpy roads to visit every site where wells have been drilled across the Monze and Choma districts. The scale of the territory is immense—more than 2,000 churches dot the region—and the need is great. Some of the most remote wells now serve between 500 and 1,000 people each day. In places where not a drop of rain has fallen since May, the sound of splashing water is the sound of life and hope.

These wells do more than quench thirst. They sustain families. With steady water, crops can grow through the dry months, livestock stay healthy, and children spend more time in school instead of fetching water miles away. The well becomes a daily gathering point—a center of influence where neighbors share news, help one another, and hear about Jesus.

It is often at the well—literally—that the gospel flows. Pastor Hillary Moonga, who has long shepherded this vast field, once said that every new well is also a new mission station. The past year and half have proved him right. Since drilling began, Pastor Hillary and eleven full-time MPI Bible workers have planted more than 35 new congregations in the Choma district alone. Many began with 15–25 baptized believers; today, most have 100–250 worshipers each Sabbath. The fastest growth is always found where a Bible worker serves near a well.

Wells speak louder than words. Villagers quickly realize that Christians come not only with a sermon but with compassion. As the well becomes part of life, so do spiritual conversations. People who once avoided church now pause to talk with the Bible worker who greets them at the pump and prays for the sick.

Each well also builds natural leadership. Caretakers and committees form to manage this gift, and Bible workers mentor them in stewardship and faith. Over time, these groups become the nucleus of Sabbath Schools and new churches. As one elder said, “Before the water, we were scattered. Now we meet every day—first to draw water, then to draw near to God.”

Of course, rapid growth brings challenges. Until recently, we had only eleven MPI Bible workers covering this vast territory. To help, we recently added one more worker and provided $2,900 for roofing sheets and Bibles for the hundreds baptized this year. Each new roof shelters worshipers from the sun and rain, and every Bible helps a new believer grow strong in faith.

Thank you for your prayers and gifts that make these stories possible. Each well drilled, Bible given, and roof built testifies that God’s Spirit is still moving—and through your partnership, the living water keeps flowing. Please consider helping by sending your gifts marked “Zambia Workers” or “Zambia Churches.”

Yours in sharing the water of life to thirsty souls!