Dave Heiser & Isaiah Njimbu ChotCHILD ACTION INITIATIVE NEWSLETTER JULY 7, 2010
DAVID (DAVE) HEISER JOINS U.S. SUPPORT OF CHILD ACTION INITIATIVE
Isaiah Njimbu Chot, founder of Child Action Initiative (CAI), Kasungami, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and we are pleased to announce that David (Dave) Heiser has agreed to join us in supporting CAI. He left for Lubumbashi/Kasungami Friday June 25, 2010 and plans to be there until July 12, 2010.
Dave was born in Denver, CO but his family of five moved to south Asia in the early 1950’s when he was five years old. He lived in India, Pakistan and Iran off-and-on until he was 15, having spent the last two years in a boarding school in Switzerland. His father was a civil engineer, constructing dams, hydroelectric power plants, and irrigation canals. While in south Asia, Dave helped his mother on frequent mission trips to remote villages and leper colonies to serve those in need.
He joined the US Air Force after high school, and traveled the world for 4 years on active duty. After marrying JoAnn in 1973 and then receiving a BS in Civil Engineering from Penn State University in 1975, he has worked entirely in the environmental engineering fields of water supply, wastewater, storm water, air quality and municipal landfills. He worked for 6 months in Hong Kong with his present company in 1993, designing water treatment plants.
Their three children are now grown and live away from home. The eldest is married with three daughters. The second daughter is planning a wedding October 10, 2010. JoAnn and Dave now reside in Fuquay Varina, NC where they have lived since 1991 and are members of Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church.
Dave has been on numerous mission trips in the past 20 years, with many stateside outreach projects (mostly with the church youth), but also to Guatemala and Hong Kong. In October 2009, he received training from the United Methodist Church and SIFAT (Servants in Faith & Technology), Lineville, AL, to become an individual volunteer in mission (VIM), and intends now to begin his mission work in earnest, concentrating on the water and sanitation needs of the developing world.
With Dave’s vast water and waste water engineering experience, he will be meeting with various well drillers in Lubumbashi to discuss needs for additional water wells in Kasungami. He will also be locating prospective sites and construction of latrines for the members of Nazareth United Methodist Church, Kasungami, church with which CAI is partnering.
Dave, thank you for your decision to join us and support Child Action Initiative.
A full description of Dave’s meeting and working with Isaiah and associates in Lubumbashi & Kasungami, DRC will be forthcoming on this CAI blogspot, upon his return. Please stay tuned.
Blessings,
Beverly A. Wentz, R.N. (Retired) & Edward L. Wentz, Jr., P.E. (Retired)
U.S. Coordinators for Child Action Initiative
Oak Ridge United Methodist Church
Greensboro District
Western North Carolina United Methodist Annual Conference
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