Fifteen native missionaries on the Indian subcontinent received bicycles recently, thanks to an Ohio Sunday school’s latest missions project. Five hundred children, ages 3 to 11, raised and saved the money for five weeks. Each quarter the group selects a new missions project. That quarter, they chose to give toward providing bicycles for Gospel for Asia missionaries.
The children completed the project enthusiastically. Some children went door-to-door in their neighborhoods, asking for donations. One young person raised $300 that way. The fourth and fifth grade children challenged their teachers to match the funds they raised. A third grade girl gave $59 of her allowance to the bike fund.
During the project, teachers sent home flyers and reminders, along with printouts of missionary stories from GFA’s website. Teachers and parents alike enjoyed seeing the children’s selfless commitment and their excitement at being able to reach the lost.
When the time came to count the money and send it in for bikes, the children discovered they had raised $1,440. Praise God! These enthusiastic children sent 15 missionaries out on new bicycles to bring the love of Christ to many more unreached Asian villages than they ever could have reached on foot.