—Michael J. Mantel, Ph.D., President & CEO
I was delighted to be with so many terrific members from Living Water at the annual ACCORD Network meeting this week and to offer the closing keynote on “Flourishing through Crisis!”
This was a special gathering of over 290 representatives from Christian relief and development organizations—sharing skills and experiences and supporting one another to make a bigger impact for the Lord in word and deed.
Beginning in 2010, Living Water was instrumental in linking arms with Samaritan’s Purse, Water Mission, World Vision, and others to form the ACCORD WASH alliance to share with each other and pursue excellence. At this year’s event, we also celebrated the 17 years of leadership contribution of Executive Director, Chad Hayward, who will need to focus greater attention on overcoming cancer. We have been greatly blessed to serve with Chad and to be a part of this very special Network.
