A Mixed Legacy: People of pollution can become people of promise.

Travel from trauma to triumph

The Samaritans were of mixed ethnicity—descendants of Israelites who remained in the land after the Assyrian conquest and intermarried with their captors. Their Hebrew blood made them children of promise; their Assyrian blood exposed them to idol worship and generational compromise.

Though they still claimed Yahweh, their worship was tainted. It was “a little of this and a little of that.” As Scripture reminds us, “a little leaven leavens the whole lump.” Over time, small errors and compromises

deeply corrupted their spiritual integrity. And yet, God did not discard them. In fact, they remained a vital part of His redemptive plan:

• Jesus engaged the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4).

• He praised a Samaritan as the hero in a well-known parable (Luke 10).

• He included Samaria in the Great Commission (Acts 1:8).

Trauma and Habits: The Roots of Polluted Worship

The Samaritans’ worship was shaped by pain. Conquest. Captivity. Confusion. These traumas left behind habits—coping mechanisms that mixed sacred devotion with broken cultural practices.

The Samaritan woman was a daughter of promise, yet deeply wounded. Her well had been filled with the dirt of shame and secrecy. She came to draw water in the heat of the day to avoid judgmental eyes. She had been with five men and was living with one who was not her husband. Her worship was rooted in tradition, not transformation.

Jesus didn’t meet her to correct her geography. He came to change her revelation.

The Divine Exchange

Jesus doesn’t avoid polluted wells—He purifies them.

At Jacob’s well in Sychar, He offered her living water. Water that could unstop her heart. Water that would cleanse generations of trauma. Water that never runs dry.

In that moment, she left her water jar behind and ran to her city: “Come see a man!” Her encounter transformed her—and her entire village.

Ruach Global Missions: A Modern-Day Well

The aim of Ruach Global Missions and House of Prayer is to be that kind of well, just like Jacob’s well at Sychar. A place where polluted waters are purified, identities are restored, and purposes are released.

Our flagship mission base, located in Durban, South Africa, will be led by women, just like the Samaritan woman. Women who have been used, abused, mocked, and mistreated.

Women who are now being raised up as prophetic voices and apostolic leaders—redeemed, restored, and re-positioned to lead cities into revival.

We believe these women are spiritual wells—once silenced by trauma, now flowing with living water.

Your Well Still Matters

Maybe you are like the woman at the well. Maybe trauma has shaped your worship. Maybe you’ve been drawing from the same broken places. Maybe you’ve hidden your pain behind religious routines.

Be confident in this. Jesus still meets people at the well.

He comes to unstop the deep places in you. He comes to redeem your identity, restore your inheritance, and release your purpose. No matter how mixed your past has been, the promise still stands.

Let Him purify your well.

Be Part of the Story

If this message resonates with you—if you believe in the redemptive power of encounter, healing, and prophetic mission—we invite you to partner with us.

You can sow into the vision of Ruach Global Missions and help establish a global well of worship, restoration, and revival led by women once silenced but now sent.

Give today at: www.thewellencounter.org/partner

Together, we can turn places of pain into portals of purpose. Thank you for standing with us at The Well Encounter.