Ash Wednesday is this week, which means that the Lenten season is almost upon us.  Lent has traditionally been a season of prayer and fasting, and the folks over at blood:water mission have come up with an excellent idea for this time of year in their 40 Days Of Water campaign.

I participated in this last year, and will be doing it again this year.  I'd like to encourage you to participate as well.  It's a simple idea: drink nothing but water for 40 days & donate the money that you save to blood:water towards their efforts in Uganda.  Most of us never really think about how much we spend on beverages in a day or a week, although it can be quite significant.  Most of us have never had to worry about if we would be able to find clean drinking water, or how far we would have to walk to obtain it.  By drinking nothing but water (something that is readily available to us), we are able to offer those less fortunate an opportunity to have that same opportunity.  Would you consider joining me in this effort beginning on Wednesday?