Mission Statement: Satisfying Thirsts,
Cleansing Souls, Healing Bodies
and Growing Children into God’s Disciples.

Wellspring of Life is a multifaceted ministry operating full time in Honduras and ongoing in Haiti. In Honduras our main focus is the #7 Widow’s Mite Home and drilling fresh water wells. The founders and directors of Wellspring of Life, Rev. Bob and Joyce Coder, and seven wonderful Honduran children make up the #7 Widow’s Mite Home and all live full time in Honduras. Through them, Wellspring of Life is able to provide so many various other ministries as well ranging from Well Drilling to Evangelism to Women’s Ministry and much more. In the country of Haiti, we have an ongoing medical mission under the direction of Board member Robin Demboski to various areas of Haiti, including regularly treating victims of the earthquake being cared for in a small village near Port-Au-Prince. We have many, many opportunities for you to partner with us! Whether it is being a prayer partner, donating financially or joining us in the field in Honduras or Haiti, Wellspring of Life needs you!

To see the latest news on Wellspring of Life’s
#7 Widow’s Mite Home and work in Honduras,
visit our Blog: http://number7widowsmite.blogspot.com

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Wellspring of Life-Satisfying Thirsts,
Cleansing Souls, Healing Bodies and
Growing Children into God’s Disciples.

The name Wellspring of Life comes from Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) which says, "Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." This scripture lies at the core of Wellspring of Life as we use the tool of drilling wells to provide potable water as a means to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Statistics tell us that someone dies every eight seconds from a water borne disease...these deaths are preventable simply by providing potable water! It is our goal to increase the length of life by providing potable water and to increase the quality of life by using the Gospel to change that water into the "Living water of Jesus Christ". Our ministry also entails medical missions in Honduras and Haiti, healing bodies. Through the #7 Widow’s Mite Home we are currently growing children into God’s Disciples and it was through our well drilling efforts in Honduras that these ten children came under our care.

Our Statement of Faith
Wellspring of Life is founded upon the belief that the Bible is the inerrant and plenary Word of God! We believe in the triune godhead of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit believing them to be separate individuals and yet one in the same. We believe in the substitutionary gift of the Son, Jesus Christ; and that his death on the cross paid the price for our sins. We, also, believe that we were baptized into His death and if baptized into His death, then we were also baptized into His resurrection making us born again, new creations in Christ Jesus! We believe that”… no man comes to the Father, except the Father calls him; and that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that no one comes to the Father except through Him!” We believe that Jesus lives today and reigns with the Father in heaven, sitting at His right hand. And we believe that He is coming again to reign and to judge each of us “…according to our deeds.” We believe that God is “…the same today as He was yesterday and as He will be tomorrow…” and therefore, believe that the apostolic gifts are alive and well today.

Who We Are
Wellspring of Life was started in 1998 by Rev. Bob and Joyce Coder. The Coders lived full time in the country of Haiti for 7 years, providing fresh, clean water wells all over Haiti, sharing Christ and loving people. In 2006 Wellspring began drilling efforts part time in Honduras and in 2009, the Coders moved there full time to care for ten children they rescued from an orphanage in which they were suffering abuse and malnutrition. Wellspring of Life has been and still is governed by an all volunteer board of directors from various Christian denominations. Due to this, 90% of all our funding goes directly into the mission field and the people we serve while only 10% goes to administrative costs.

The current board members are:
Reverend Bob and Joyce Coder, Bud Karn, Keith Moretz, Mike Sawyer, John Willis, Robin Demboski

Well Drilling and Home building- the first and foremost mission of Wellspring of Life has been providing clean, potable water to those who have little or no access to fresh, clean water. We have worked in the Philippines, Haiti, Honduras and more giving life through clean, water and the most of all the “Living Water” of Jesus Christ. To date we have completed on approximately 85 wells in Haiti and 20 wells in Honduras. This means that literally thousands of people have been given safe, clean drinking water by a little over a hundred wells. We do not drill wells on private land for individual people who could charge for water and our ministry confirms the water will always be freely accessible to anyone who needs it prior to drilling. Through our many contacts in Honduras we also have the opportunity to build homes for people who are living in barren conditions. In July of 2010, 5 homes were built through short term mission teams, providing housing for needy families. If you would like to join us in the field in providing fresh, clean water or housing to those in need, we offer the opportunity for you to join us for short term mission teams. Teams must be five people at minimum. Trip costs for a week long mission to Honduras for well drilling or other ministry is $900 plus airfare per person. Please contact us directly to discuss further details about our short term opportunities by using the form on the donate tab.

Drill Training- we offer the opportunity in the field for you to learn how to drill fresh water wells. Our trailer mounted drill rig is capable of providing water in some of the roughest terrain. If you are looking for an adventure covered in mud and washed in water, a well drilling trip with us is for you!

Haiti- we currently conduct medical mission trips into Haiti on a regular basis under the direction of Board member Robin Demboski. Robin is a certified Nurse Practitioner who has been caring for the people of Haiti’s medical needs long before she joined our team. Days after the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Robin was on the ground traveling from the northernmost parts of Haiti down to a small village outside of Port-Au-Prince to treat the severely wounded being taken to one of few working clinics at the compound of a fellow ministry. Robin spent over a week in Haiti desperately saving lives. Her heart for the people of Haiti has kept her coming back over and over since the earthquake, despite her own health concerns. We are blessed to partner with her in helping Haiti and if you would like to join us in Haiti contact us directly by using the form on the donate tab.

Join Us- Wellspring of Life is actively seeking short term and full time field missionaries for Honduras and short term teams for medical missions in Haiti. We will provide all necessary training, including well drilling and maintenance training. If you feel God calling you to the mission field and you have a desire to bring fresh water and the Living Water to those who do not have it please contact us.

The #7 Widow’s Mite Home Story

Wellspring of Life Founder and Directors, Bob and Joyce Coder, were on a short term mission trip in 2008 conducting ministry work in various orphanages in nearby areas of San Pedro Sula and were directed to Orphanage Number 7. The children of Number 7 touched them in a very special way and they committed to return there and visit again. They collected numerous items to provide the children with Christmas gifts on their return trip. As God laid on their hearts to stay involved with the children over several months, they began to learn the children were suffering abuse, malnutrition, and being molested by the hands of the orphanage’s director. After being given custody of the children through legal proceedings, they quickly found housing for them all and began the process of becoming full time caretakers of Fabiola, Rosa, Mauricio, Cesar, Antonio, Angel, and Pedro. All of them are now living full-time in Honduras under the title the #7 Widow’s Mite Home. If you feel led to join us in supporting them financially or would like information regarding a mission trip to the #7 Widow's Mite Home, please contact us! From the daily joys and responsibilities of caring for the children, to God providing big and small things and even a monkey doing their laundry, life in Honduras is always an adventure! To keep up with the latest happenings in their lives and to learn of the currrent prayer needs, visit their blog:
http://number7widowsmite.blogspot.com

We Need You!
Funding for Wellspring of Life comes through private donations averaging $35 monthly. As you can imagine in our current economy our financial support has declined while our needs have GREATLY increased permanently caring for the children. When the Coders were granted custody of the children, they dropped everything and within hours of the news were in Honduras to care for them. The vision of the ‘Widow’s Mite’, Luke 21:1-4, was planted by God within Joyce that if she would ask for the Widow’s Mite (identified as $10/month minimum) He would provide the increase by calling many to join in the battle. 100% of these funds go to providing housing, food, clothes, medical care, etc. for these abandoned 7. Joyce & Bob are trying to provide a home, a family for these kids and to discipline them in God’s ways so they will have an opportunity to affect the world for Him. It can only be done through your partnerships in the Widow’s Mite…please commit today and give these 7 the chance they deserve. We can’t save everyone, but we can help these! Visit our donations page to see the ways you can give to these children.

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