When we talk about the water crisis in South Sudan, this is the one thing that has made life in the camp so difficult. Even the schools have been closed because of the hot weather with the temperature rising up to 113-116 degrees.
The camp has been a place of learning and humbling to me. We wake up early in the morning to get water. Many of the women sleep at these water points with little hope of getting any water soon with continuous wars and the fear of getting killed.
On Tuesday, I went to look for water as usual. Many of the people recognize me. One of them asked me in Arabic, ‘Yaa Abuna intadhar Moya’ and from that point, we began sharing how important water is in our lives.
At the end of the day, after we had shared from the Living Water, a woman said this:
“In our culture, no man has ever come with a Jerrycan to fetch water. Our men and our sons do not even think about it. As for the Living Water, everyone should come and drink. Sin that leads to death has also led us to suffering, war, a lack of forgiveness, bitterness, jealousy, and anger. My family is not a family anymore.
As a woman, I have dwelled in alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes. May my entire family come to know about this Living Water. May they understand and believe Him.”
Now, this woman has given us time to have fellowship with his family, a family that wants to know more about Jesus who is the Living Water.
John 4.14 says this: “But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”