Rivers in the Desert

Nov 9, 2026

Moving To Share: Echoes of His Grace NOVEMBER 2026 ISSUE

Go ALL IN for clean water on November 20. For 24 hours, every gift is doubled to drill seven wells in West Africa and Vanuatu.

By Andy Bachert4 min readALL IN Give
FIA team members and local men standing in drilling run-off among palm trees

$35,000 donation match

24 hours. 7 fully funded wells. Every dollar doubled.

Friday, November 20 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM

On Friday, November 20, FIA is carving out 24 hours to be ALL IN on Great Commission work. Our goal is to raise $70,000, enough to drill seven wells and bring Living Water to West Africa and Vanuatu, where a well opens a door for the Gospel.

Matching partners will double every dollar given, up to $35,000. That means we need $35,000 from you to get there.

“I will open rivers in high places… I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”

ISAIAH 41:18, KJV (ABRIDGED)

Meet three people who are ALL IN

Then see how you can join them.

Pastor Gaby at a drill site as water gushes from a new well
Pastor Gaby at a drill site in Big Bay, Vanuatu.
ALL IN SPIRITUALLY

Pastor Gaby, Big Bay, Vanuatu

Pastor Gaby is a longtime friend of FIA and the driving force behind our water project in Vanuatu. In his culture, you need to be invited into a village.

When FIA's team, led in the field by Levi Pitman, comes alongside him to drill wells or run a water pipeline and tap system, that invitation comes. Fresh water gives Pastor Gaby the opportunity to preach the Gospel and share about the water of life.

ALL IN BY GOING

Derrin, Team Member

Derrin owns a welding and fabrication business near our headquarters. He once thought mission trips weren't for a guy like him. Since then, he has served in West Africa, Uganda and Papua New Guinea.

“Don't limit God. Let Him show you what He has available for you. But at the end of the day, you got to take the step… Take the next step. Take the next step after that.”

Derrin smiling in a selfie with a ministry partner
Derrin (left) with a ministry partner.
Ella painting a mural on a clinic wall
Ella painting a mural for a women's and babies' clinic in Uganda.
ALL IN PRACTICALLY

Ella, Intern and Team Member

Ella, an interior design major at Liberty University, joined an FIA team in Uganda not knowing what she would do. She ended up painting a mural for a women's and babies' clinic. The job is to show up and listen to where God has you.

“God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called… If God is calling you there, He will equip you with something.”

What your gift drills

With the match, every gift goes twice as far. Our goal is $70,000: seven fully funded wells.

7 wells × $10,000 = $70,000

  • Giving monthly? Your first three months are doubled too.
  • Processing fees are waived for the day.
  • Prefer a check? Mark it “ALL IN” with your designation in the memo line. It must arrive by November 27.

With the match, your gift of:

  • $5,000funds a full well
  • $2,500funds half a well
  • $1,000funds a fifth of a well
  • $500funds a tenth of a well
Give on November 20

Four ways to join us ALL IN

Give God your fears and let Him open a door.

SPIRITUALLY

Commit at least 5 minutes a day to pray for FIA's partners in the hardest-to-reach places.

Join The Prayer Collective →

BY GOING

Join a short-term mission trip. Water well-drilling teams head to Vanuatu and Mexico in 2027.

See 2027 trips →

FINANCIALLY

Every dollar is doubled on November 20, up to $35,000. Help us reach $70,000 and fund seven wells.

Give on November 20 →

PRACTICALLY

Volunteer in person at our Pennsylvania headquarters or remotely. Call 717.546.0208 or email [email protected].

Volunteer opportunities →

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