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The Water Project
MCC Church invited us to help raise money for a well in Africa for people who don’t have water, by participating in The Fortress Snowball Effect Water Challenge. (a.k.a. The Water Project)
The Water Project is an organization that helps provide water for the people who really need it.   This particular project, is called, The Snowball Effect.  We decided, that we would try it!  For 2 weeks, we were going to try to drink only water, and the money that we would be spending on other drinks, would go, to The Water Project, to help raise enough, to build a well, in Africa.
My mom received a Water Project kit that had inside, a Snowball Effect Devotional, Water Project bracelets, and a can to collect money in, over the length of the Snowball Effect, which was, 2 weeks.
We would do the Devotional in the morning right before school.  I liked my mom reading about water, and us all looking up, and reading the corresponding verses.  One time, my mom was reading about how many people need water, and how we, just take it for granted.  She told us to count how many things use water, to complete and action.  We had, the dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, three sinks, bathtub and shower, two toilets, and three humidifiers.
One day, the devotional told us to go to The Water Project website, to see a video of what Africa is like with clean water, and without.  When I was watching, I saw how much, people need water to survive.
The devotional had fun activities to do.  My favorite one, was to see how many drops of water could fit on a penny.  We each took turns with a water dropper, dropping water onto the penny.  Are maximum amount was, 11 drops.
After the two weeks of trying to replace water, with as many drinks as we could, The Water Project was over.  We had raised, $40. (but my mom and dad donated another $60, giving us a total of $100)
The day after we had finished, MCC was hosting a celebration at the Manchester Campus.  When we were there, one of the helpers showed us what we were going to do.  She had us put on a top hat, and put a water bottle on top, and try to balance it to the edge of the room, and back, to demonstrate what it would be like to carry water on your head, like the people without water close to them have to do.  I made it to the edge of the room and back, but no one else in my family did. (except for dad, who refused to even try)
The helper gave us a card, and told us that we could trade it in for, a turn in the bounce- house, a drink, a snow cone, or a little cup of candy.  After we did that for a little while, we were all called to sit down and watch a video.  The sound for the video wasn’t working, so, the kids were called to the front to sit down on the floor, to listen to a helper explain about The Water Project.  She told us that we were all an answer to prayer, for doing The Snowball Effect Water Challenge.
Finally, the video sound was working, so we all sat to watch.  When the video had finished, we were aloud to get more cards, to do more things.  My favorite thing that I did there was, I filled a gas jug with dirty water, carried it to a bucket of rags, picked out a rag, dumped it out into another bucket, washed the rag, and hung it up to dry.
After quite a long time, we were getting ready to leave.  I ate my candy and finished my drink, right before we left.  We said, thank you to the  helpers, and left.  It was time to go get dinner.
My favorite part of doing The Fortress Snowball Effect Water Challenge, was reading the devotional, in the morning with my mom and brothers.