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How can a small church take on a missions project of collecting, fixing, and shipping 300 bicycles to Ghana?  John and Susan Blair, AGWM Personnel in Scotland say it wasn’t easy, but their small church-plant   was committed to sacrificing for this project.  The newly planted church gained a vision to help others across the world even as they receive help to grow as a church.

A bike can change a life.  In a developing country, the simple bike becomes a locally sustainable method of alleviating poverty and building healthy communities as it gives access to educational and economic opportunities.  In communities where people make only a few hundred dollars a year, a bicycle that costs an average of $100 is financially out of reach.  The Ghana Bike Project was born out of this great need.

The project soon became a community effort with bicycles pouring in from near and far.  Several fundraisers were held.  Not only did community members volunteer their time alongside of the church folk, but people hauled the bikes from different locations and highly advertised the project.  Teaming with a community organization called Reiver Industries, the bikes were brought in and refurbished.  The organization helps reintroduce mentally and physically challenged people back into the community by training them and two of their members are fixing the bikes.

On April 24, the team loaded the bikes into the container and they arrived at the Accra port on May 16.  At the time of this writing, five members of the team are scheduled to go to Ghana to distribute the bikes.  Being a missional church is exciting.