Greetings from Pastor Pat

​ A Bus for Vakpo Fu ​

It is with great joy I share with you the good news from Vakpo Todzi, Ghana.  This is one of the many villages we visited on our trip in August.  The church members shared with us the need for a daycare center in the village where mothers could leave their children while they went to the fields to work.  Tom Lloyd and I shared the need with you, and you responded.  The St. Luke’s Daycare is finished, and it is filled with children.  Please visit our St. Luke’s webpage to see a full pictorial report of the school because a picture is worth a thousand words. 

A sister congregation to Vakpo Todzi is Vakpo Fu.  Fu is a remote village in a very rural  area.  Like Todzi, they are farmers growing pineapple.  Their challenge is with educating their children from the village and the surrounding area.  The children find it very difficult to get to school in a timely  fashion.  There is no services offered to them for travel.  Very few people in the area own a car.  It was suggested that the church could buy bicycles for them but that would be a logistical nightmare. 

The solution I suggested was to buy a van or a bus to transport these children.  The congregation is in full support of the idea.  The St. Luke’s Mission Committee has embraced the idea of raising funds for the bus.  They have set a goal of at least $10,000 to go toward the bus.  The Ghana account has about $5000 earmarked for the bus.  The Missions Committee will be promoting this projects in the months to come with various fundraising ideas.  I hope you wholeheartedly support this very special project. 

If you have any questions, let me know.  We are also looking for other church communities or civic organizations who might be interested in hearing about our work in Ghana and the opportunity to support this mission project. 
Pastor Pat