So who is taking the challenge?

I wasn't out in the shed Sunday, so I don't know how many of you are taking the H2O Challenge.

Please let me know how it's going... let's be a little support for each other!

I'll just tell you right now... going without coffee sucks!!
I didn't realize how addicted I actually am to the stuff!

I've had a head ache all day long!

But even through the head ache, I'm so very aware of some things:
I am so spoiled...
I have my coffee every morning (well, not for these two weeks).
I eat when and what I want for the most part.
I get to bathe everyday.
When I get sick,
I have medicine readily available in my medicine cabinet (or as near as my local doctor) that will make me feel better quickly.
I have freedom...I can wear what I want, go where I want, say what I want, worship the god of my choice whenever/wherever.
I have a car with heated leather seats, a DVD player, navigation system, run flat tires, etc.

I have CLEAN DRINKING WATER!

The list could go on and on and on and on and on.....

This challenge is about more than just sacrifice.... it's about clean drinking water.

The following is from the H2O Project website.

The statistics are staggering.

1 Billion very important people lack access to clean water. (Although we don't know them personally, are they really less valuable than we are?) They drink from polluted lakes and streams where animal waste, human waste, and parasites infect the water.
Women and children walk 2 hours each way to fetch water (hauling dirty water back to their families.) They have no time or energy left for education or small business, and many of them die.
Preventable water related diseases kill one child every 15 seconds. That's 10,000 every day (and that's just the children). Imagine if that many precious ones were dying in the U.S.!

25,000 people lose their lives to water-related illnesses every single day.
The Solution is Simple.
All they need is a well!

As little as $10 can provide one person with a lifetime supply of clean water.
You can provide that money without dipping into your savings, without affecting your contributions to churches and other charities. Instead, you can effectively get restaurants and grocery stores to make a contribution for you. Here's how:

Take The H2O Challenge

For 2 weeks make water your only beverage.
Contribute the money you would have spent at the soda machine and coffee shop toward the
drilling of clean water wells.
Is it a sacrifice to give up your milk, coffee, soda, etc. for 2 weeks? Will you be changing someone else's life forever. Absolutely.