Mayajigua is our first stop. We go travel to the province of Santis Spiritus (Holy Spirit) through well-paved roads onto dirt roads that lead to the outskirts of town. There we meet Aldeladse, who ministers to the people in that area. He walks to the nine villages he ministers. Two of them are almost impenetrable. A 6-mile climb into the mountain through a road where rocks sometimes give away in his path. We join him in his travel to the nearby villages (not the ones in the mountains) to meet some of the people who live there. We meet a blind woman who leads worship music; beautiful funny children and their mothers who courageously help them through their battles with diabetes and disabilities; Yoerbi who lost both his legs, but not his indomitable spirit; and a family who holds on to their faith in the midst of loss of health and job.
We’ve brought a water filter to provide clean drinking water to the community. It’s not a fancy filter and requires some work and upkeep. But Aldeladse is willing to take it on and provide clean drinking water for their physical needs as well as the living water of Jesus to their spirit.
“Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.” Revelation 22:17