Living Waters for the World Podcast

Peet Strydom, Executive Director of Liquid Legacy

In this episode, we sat down with Peet Strydom from Liquid Legacy and heard about his journey and Liquid Legacy's work in Peru and the Bahamas. Read more about Liquid Legacy here. Be sure to check out their fundraiser coming up October 22, 2023! Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. Reach out to us via our website to learn more. Become an LWW Cupbearer (a monthly supporter who helps a family ha...

Conshohocken United Methodist Church's Uganda Water Partnership

In this episode, we visit with Pat and Dave Patterson of the Conshohocken United Methodist Church. They have water partnerships in Cuba and Uganda. You can learn more about their partnerships here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJAGG0L5ZXY Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. Reach out to us via our website to learn more. If you aren't an LWW Cupbearer (a monthly supporter who helps a famil...

2023: Looking ahead with Executive Director Steve Young

In this episode, LWW's Executive Director Steve Young joins Kendall and Doug to share a "state of the organization" update and what he is looking forward to in 2023. Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. We all have a role to play when it comes to providing pure water for God's children. What part will you play? Reach out to us via our website and let's talk about water for all God's children. T...

Kendall Cox, LWW Director of Education

Kendall Cox, LWW's Director of Education, is usually a co-host of the LWW podcast along with Doug Depies but for this episode, Doug asked Kendall to be the guest and he got to ask all the questions! It was a joy to get to sit down and record this conversation together, share some stories as well as some lessons learned from mentors along the way, and dream about where 2023 will take us. Thank you for listening to our podcast and for all of your support for Living Waters for the World. If y...

Celebrating Carie Turner, Living Waters for the World's Financial Administrator, on her retirement

We can't wait to share this conversation with you all! Prepare to be uplifted (and challenged!) by Carie Turner who just retired as Living Waters for the World's Financial Administrator. We invite all our listeners to become a Living Waters for the World Cupbearer--a monthly supporter who helps a family have sustainable access to purified drinking water. Whether you donate $5 or $50, you're making a difference! Here's a link to learn more and sign up--Carie thanks you and so do we! Living ...

Joanie Lukins, LWW Leader, Celebrates 20 Years as a Volunteer

What a joy it was to sit down with long-time LWW leader and volunteer, Joanie Lukins for this month's podcast! Joanie's time with LWW stretches back over 20 years and we loved hearing some of her stories and what she's learned from her team's partners over the years. Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. Check out our website to learn how you can be a water partner. Follow us on Facebook, Insta...

Pablo Pérez, LWW Guatemala Network In-Country Coordinator

For our latest podcast, Pablo Pérez, LWW's Guatemala Network in-country coordinator, joined us to visit about his work with water partners. Here is a link to the LWW Guatemala YouTube channel where you can find videos of Pablo and the rest of our staff doing what they do best, connecting and training. A note about the audio in this episode: We apologize that the audio isn't always clear in some places. Recording a podcast with people who are in three different locations (in this case, Gu...

Pablo Pérez, LWW Guatemala Network In-Country Coordinator

For our latest podcast, Pablo Pérez, LWW's Guatemala Network in-country coordinator, joined us to visit about his work with water partners. Here is a link to the LWW Guatemala YouTube channel where you can find videos of Pablo and the rest of our staff doing what they do best, connecting and training. A note about the audio in this episode: We apologize that the audio isn't always clear in some places. Recording a podcast with people who are in three different locations (in this case, Gu...

Rotary Water Partnership: Yucatán and NY Rotary Clubs

We are excited to share this conversation we had this month with one of our trained water teams with members from rotary clubs in New York. They just returned from completing an install of a water purification system with their partners in Tabi, Quintana Roo, Mexico.  Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. Check out our website to learn how you can be a water partner. Clean Water U training is ...

A Conversation with Doug Depies, LWW's Social Media Coordinator

This month's podcast is a conversation with Living Waters for the World's Social Media Coordinator, Doug Depies. Social Media is just one of the hats Doug wears at LWW--he is also a quadrant coordinator in the Yucatan network, he's an instructor for LWW at our training school, Clean Water U, and he's our podcast co-host as well. Doug has a gift for photography and videography (check out some of his work here and here) as well as for teaching. In this conversation, you'll learn what "helium h...

A Conversation with LWW's Executive Director, Steve Young

In this episode, LWW's Executive Director Steve Young joins Kendall and Doug to share a "state of the organization" report and what he is excited about in 2022. Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. More partners mean more communities have access to pure water.  We all have a role to play when it comes to providing pure water for God's children. What part will you play? Reach out to us via our ...

Rubenia Sánchez, Living Waters for the World Guatemala In-Country Coordinator

In this episode, Rubenia Sánchez joins Kendall and Doug to share about her work with Living Waters for the World as an In-Country Coordinator for our Guatemala Network. Click here to view the LWW Guatemala Network YouTube channel where you can see videos created by Rubenia and the rest of our Guatemala team. Living Waters for the World trains partners to work together so that communities have a sustainable source of purified drinking water. More partners mean more communities have safe wat...

Claudia Dolinga on Guatemala and LWW's International Networks Conference

January 20, 2022 Claudia Dolinga on Guatemala and Living Waters for the World's International Networks Conference LWW's Podcast Season 3 episode 1 In this episode, Claudia Dolinga joins Kendall and Doug to share about her work with Living Waters for the World, from being a volunteer interpreter in Guatemala, to becoming an In-Country Coordinator for Guatemala, and now, a project coordinator for Living Waters for the World! We are grateful that Claudia has "helium hands" and that her gifts i...

Carson Salyer on LWW Partnerships in Appalachia and Peru

In this episode, we're talking with Carson Salyer, retired pastor, Clean Water U training school instructor, and LWW volunteer. Carson discusses how he got involved with LWW and why he's stayed involved all these years. We talk about his experiences working with partners in Peru and Appalachia and Carson shares stories and wisdom--we didn't want the episode to end! To learn more about LWW's model and how you can be a part of communities having clean water to drink, visit us on the web. H...

A Conversation with Kelly Goad, LWW Volunteer Extraordinaire

This month we got to visit with Kelly Goad, a member of the water team at the Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky and an administrator at our training school, Clean Water U. In this conversation, Kelly shares how he came to be involved with LWW and why he's stayed involved all these years. He also talks about his church's water partnership in Belize. Here's a video from that partnership: https://youtu.be/YRiM3nBijqA If you'd like to be part of this mission of partnering on clean ...

A conversation with Hope Anderson and Nancy Russell, Co-Moderators for LWW's Yucatán Network.

Hope Anderson and Nancy Russell are water team leaders (their church is Pennington Presbyterian in New Jersey), instructors at LWW's training school Clean Water U, and Co-Moderators for LWW's Yucatán Network. Before we get to this episode's show notes, we have a favor to ask. From now until the end of 2021, we have set a goal of 300 new LWW Cupbearers. What's a Cupbearer? Monthly donors who give so that a family can have access to a sustainable source of clean water. 300 new Cupbearers givi...

Jeff Wagner - Director of Operations for LWW

In this conversation with Jeff Wagner, our Director of Operations, we hear how Jeff got involved with Living Waters for the World, what he's learned over the years, and what is on the near horizon for field operations.  To learn more about LWW, visit our website: www.livingwatersfortheworld.org and click "About" to see how and where we partner on purified water for communities around the world.  Here is the El Salvador video mentioned in the podcast--beautiful!  https://livingwatersforthew...

Denis Evangelista - In-Country Coordinator for LWW's El Salvador Network

Listen in on our conversation with Denis Evangelista, LWW's In-Country Coordinator for the El Salvador Network. Denis shares with us how he got started working with LWW, the connections he has made with water teams partnering in El Salvador, and what he's learned over the last year.

Olvin Duron - ICT for the Honduras Network

First Presbyterian Church Ambler, PA - El Salvador

In this month's episode of the LWW Podcast, we chat with a team from FPC Ambler PA.  In 2020, during the middle of a pandemic, they partnered with a church in El Salvador and successfully installed a water purification system together with the community. A wonderful testament to our amazing network staff, initiating partners, and operating partners to provide clean water in any way imaginable.

LWW Guatemala: Looking Back, Looking Forward

 In our February 2021 podcast, we have conversations with Omar Marroquin, In-Country Director and Rubenia Sánchez, one of the In-Country Coordinators for Living Waters for the World's Guatemala Network. As we look back at the lessons from 2020 and dream together about what 2021 and beyond might hold for us as water partners, we are ever grateful for the family God has blessed us with as we seek to answer God's call to bring clean water to all God's children. Links: LWW Guatemala's YouTube p...

Conversation with Steve Young, LWW Executive Director

Join us for our first podcast of 2021, a conversation with Steve Young, Living Waters for the World's Executive Director as he shares what he has learned from his years with LWW, who inspires him,  and what has made the difference for LWW especially this past year. To learn more about Living Waters for the World's mission: https://www.livingwatersfortheworld.org To become an LWW Cupbearer (monthly sustaining donor): https://www.livingwatersfortheworld.org/cupbearer-gift LWW's year-end n...

Redeemer Water Team

In this episode, we visit with Bobby McNeely and Cary Hamilton, water team leaders from  Redeemer Church (Snellville, Georgia), hear about Redeemer's Missions Conference, their water partnerships in the Dominican Republic, and about their dreams of partnering on water in Costa Rica.  https://redeemerpc.com/ Check out Cary's company, Fresh Water Coffee, and their fundraiser for Living Waters for the World. They have a coffee flavor just for LWW--Water Saints Brew! 100% of the proceeds are be...

Seth Guterman - LWW Board of Directors President

The podcast is back!  While we needed to take a pause momentarily with the podcast, we are back in action.  Way back in March we sat down with Seth Guterman, the current President of the LWW Board of Directors. Seth tells us how he got involved with LWW, what he has learned working with LWW and much more. 

World Water Day Ramp Up

During the week leading up to World Water Day we virtually traveled to all of our networks to see how they are doing during these tough times.  In this episode from Living Waters for the World we hear updates from Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Guatemala. If you'd like to watch the full videos you can find them here: Nicaragua and Cuba https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=215912606320055 Guatemala and Dominican Republic https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2693722707348257

World Water Day Ramp Up Part 1

During the week leading up to World Water Day we virtually traveled to all of our networks to see how they are doing during these tough times.  In this episode from Living Waters for the World we hear updates from Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Guatemala. If you'd like to watch the full videos you can find them here: Nicaragua and Cuba https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=215912606320055 Guatemala and Dominican Republic https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2693722707348257

Episode #2 - LWW in Cuba.

In this episode we sit down with Pastor Carlos Emilio, Rector of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba and Pastor of Versalles Presbyterian Church.  We talk about the impact that LWW is making in his community and Cuba as a whole.  Why this work is so important in Cuba and why Pastor Carlos feels called to the Cuban people and serving them.

Living Waters for the World: Only the Beginning

In our first episode, we go back to the beginning and interview Living Waters for the World's founder, Reverend Wil Howie.  He shares the story of how it all began and a few of the lessons we've learned along the way.