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■ The builder of a hunting lodge
in northern Minnesota hired a well
driller who drilled five unsuccessful
holes for water. The driller then called
the Kuebelbecks who located three
promising sites, one of which became
a new 120-foot well producing 30
gallons per minute.
Saint John’s benefitted from the
Kuebelbecks who located an abundant
supply of water in November, 2004,
near the abbey’s vegetable garden.
This well and one other source continue
to supply all the water for the
Collegeville campus except for lake
water for lawns. These wells pump
an average of 238,630 gallons each
day for a total of 87,100,000 gallons
yearly.
In the summer of 2006 Jim and
Carol helped locate future water supplies
for the Crazy Horse Memorial,
the world’s largest mountain carving,
near Custer, South Dakota. Recently
they were informed that one of their
sites has been drilled and the well is
an artesian flowing at an estimated
75 gallons per minute.
The day Father Elmer found water
for Max Kuebelbeck he took young
Jim by the arm and said to him, “Hey,
my boy, you can also do this. You are
one of us.” As a prophet as well as a
dowser, Elmer would surely confirm
this statement of Jim: “I am a professional
water dowser. It is my belief
that everyone has been given special
talents from God and it is our responsibility
to try and discover these special
gifts. I believe God gave me my
special talent to carry out God’s will
for the good of others so that those
who see and benefit from my efforts
will appreciate God even more.” +
A cave drawing possibly
showing a dowser with
his rod appears on the
second-last panel of this
detail from Creation by
Donald Jackson with
contributions from
Chris Tomlin, The Saint
John’s Bible.
The Lord tells Moses, “Strike the
rock, and the water will flow from it
for people to drink” (Exodus 17:6).
Was Moses a dowser?
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