#104: How Water Well Projects Unlock Opportunities for Gospel Advancement
https://davidjoannes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/joel-dicharry-default-1024x576.jpeg 1024 576 David Joannes David Joannes https://davidjoannes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/joel-dicharry-default-1024x576.jpegJoel and Joye Dicharry are the Co-Founders of the non-profit Commission Mankind, based out of southern Louisiana.
In 2019, with only a word from God and enough plane tickets for their family to make it to Kenya, Joel left a career position, and they moved their family of 9 to the Machakos hills to work in missions and clean water projects. God miraculously provided the first community solar well system in 2020, 9 more in 2021, and 16 so far in 2022. Each well site in Africa has a community baptismal, and thousands have been baptized in a public decision to follow Christ.
The heart of Commission Mankind is to ignite a generation for missions and to connect the church to the unreached. They do this through clean water projects, often strategically located near unreached people groups to open doors for Christian ministry. Entire villages of unreached people groups have committed their lives to Christ through these outreaches.
Commission Mankind is currently serving in Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Nepal.
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