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Blood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 1
Summary In the first section of “One Thousand Wells,” we begin to understand Jena’s sheltered childhood and what evolved from her early life in the Bay Area and Colorado. Her first experience with poverty marked her life forever,…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 7
Summary In Book Five: Exodus and Book Six: Song of the Three Children, we can see how differently the Price sisters have all chosen to see their pasts and move forward, and how their philosophies have been shaped…
Cups for a Cause: Lemon:Aid Success Story
Our friend, Victoria, heard about Lemon:Aid on the radio, and decided she wanted to help people in Africa like her pen-pal, Petronious! After a late night building the stand and a hot Friday selling lemonade, she not only…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 6
Summary In this section of Book Five: Exodus, we see the Price family dealing with the loss of Ruth May. As soon as she dies, Orleanna has to keep moving, and marches straight out of Kilanga with her…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 5
Summary In Book Four: Bel and the Serpent, the girls recount the things that were lost: the villages’ faith in Jesus, the peace in the community, Leah’s respect for her father and his preaching, and the life of…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 4
Summary In the second half of Book Three: The Judges, Tata Ndu offers to marry Rachel, so the Prices arrange an agreement with Eeben Axelroot to make people think he and Rachel are engaged. Even Nathan has learned…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 3
Summary In Book Three: Judges, we see the slow start of an uprising against Reverend Price’s tyranny. The section begins with Orleanna’s point of view, and she shares exactly how Reverend Price came to be a religious extremist…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 2
Summary Book Two: The Revelation raises the stakes for the characters by turning each of their desires on their heads. Leah wants her father’s approval; he continually punishes her. Rachel wants to go home and be a 20th…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 1
Summary Book One: Genesis opens with a reflection from Orleanna Price on the time she and her family spent in the Congo, as well as the consequences of what happened there. When talking about the way the reader…
Fartlek for Africa
Blood:Water is inspired daily by its awesome fundraisers who creatively use their ideas and originality to change lives in Africa. Brad Zinnecker is no exception. As a long-time, long-distance runner from Iowa, Brad knows that running for a…