Pure Water for Africa, Inc. is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Our Story
The journey began after the founders, Jimmy and Chase Miller, and their family visited Israel in March of 2010. While standing on an area called Abraham’s Ridge, the Lord brought to mind the story of Abraham (Genesis 22) and his unwavering faith and trust in the Lord. They sensed that the Lord was calling them to something much bigger and broader, and they responded like Abraham saying, “Hineni” (hee-nay-Knee), which means, “Here I am.”
Hineni is a powerful and layered statement with the idea of total abandonment and unconditional giving–“I am nothing; You are everything.” God has since taken Chase to the Dominican Republic soon after the January 2010 earthquake. The door opened to Kenya in 2011 for Jimmy and Chase. They have served their Kenyan brothers and sisters multiple times since that first visit.
Chase is an Otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat surgeon). She operates in rural Kenyan regions, especially at Tenwek Hospital serving mainly the Kipsigis and Maasai tribes. She trains African general surgery residents through the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons training program (PAACS). She also trains family practice residents in ENT skills. She has served with Kenya Relief in Migori, AIC-CURE at Kijabe repairing cleft lip and palate deformities, and in Togo, West Africa. She serves mainly with Samaritan’s Purse with the World Medical Mission branch.
Jimmy has been serving in the water filter area by providing Sawyer PointONE water filters to orphanages, boarding schools, churches, hospital staff, hospital chaplains, and local Kenyans. They have also been supporting the Kitoben Children’s Centre. Initial support was to bring clean water, but this has grown to support buildings, school fees, and social entrepreneurship to help the orphanage be self-supportive.
UPDATE:
Jimmy and Chase Miller will be heading back to Kenya this March 2023. Chase will be bringing another ENT, Dr. Cam Kirchner to help with some more advanced ear surgery cases. Also, this trip we will have an audiologist for a week to perform more advanced hearing tests and fitting hearing aids. Jimmy will arrive mid-March and meet up with Chase for 2 weeks traveling around with water filters visiting orphanages, churches, and schools. Please join us in prayer for the preparation of this upcoming trip. Thank you so much for your financial and prayer support, we could not do this without you!!!
Bio
Jimmy and Chase Miller have three children. Their daughter, Hunter (29), was married on July 3, 2016, to Ryan Legg. Ryan graduated May 2018 with a Masters in Divinity (MDiv) from Asbury Theological Seminary. Ryan recently accepted the position as Associate Pastor at Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church which is part of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church. Hunter has an editing/proofreading business called Final Review Proofreading. Hunter and Ryan have a beautiful little girl named Emerie Noel Legg, born January 15th, 2020! Aaron (26) graduated (summa cum laude) from Gordon College in Wenham, MA, with a BS in Kinesiology and a Biology minor. Aaron is a 4th year medical student at NYITCOM (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine). He is currently doing his sub-internships in Neurosurgery. Aaron married Courtney Barlotta on1/1/23! Isaiah (21) is a senior at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. He plays on the Men’s Soccer team and is majoring in Biology and was recently accepted into Wake Forest Medical School beginning this July 2023.