Today there is good reason to celebrate.  Since the inception of the Ugandan Water Project, we have had only the three officers required by non-profit law serving on the Board of Directors.  Today we took a big step forward and welcomed six new members to the Board of Directors.  These individuals represent our expectation for this organization to grow – grow our impact, grow our participation, grow our programs – everything.

Organizations are made up of people and as new people are added, the strength of the organization grows.  Our growth potential shot up this afternoon as we gathered with this expanded group of men and women and began to sort out the activities and future plans for this organization.  Times like this are important because so often the daily tasks necessary to find new project sponsors, communicate with our staff in Uganda and keep the office running are typical daily office activities carried out by millions of people every day.  However, sitting with our Board of Directors and reviewing some of our recent highlights was inspiring – like sharing with them the recent funding of our 30th rainwater collection tank that will be installed in July when I lead our next team to Uganda.

I’ll profile our Board Members in the near future so you can get to know them but for now, join me in welcoming them to our little corner of humanity where we’re not pretending to be the best at anything, just trying to work hard to save those we can who are suffering within reach.