Johns Church Project Update 5/15/26
- p9foundation
- May 15
- 2 min read
John's Church / Shelter Project
John needs to have a place where the children and elders he is working with can
come together, to stay and be safe. This has been one of our most serious problems.
He does what he can for the people to come to him asking him for help but then he
has to send them away again because he simply has no place for them to stay. As a
result they get in trouble or they scatter all over Ghana scrambling to stay alive.
A new project is to build John a church, a public shelter where the people can
gather, meet and be safe.
John was given property in his home village and through great effort and sacrifice
he has managed to put up most of the foundation, framework, and walls of the church
he is hoping to build. It is almost finished. It needs only the plywood for the
roof and then the zinc siding to cover it.
This is a tremendous accomplishment for John. All of the funds for construction of
his church has been gathered through his own efforts, not from the P9 members or
organization. He has traveled all over Ghana, often at personal risk from violence
and his own frail health, to raise funds for his church. This is his own project,
but since it will be of such great advantage to the children of P9 we have decided
to ask for donations so that he can finish it.
John's dream is to have a place where congregants can gather to worship but also a
daycare where the little ones can stay during the day, eat a good meal, and receive
at least a basic education in simple survival skills. We cannot yet offer a place
for them to stay at night but it will be a great advantage for parents to be able
to leave their children safely with John while they go out to look for day work in
the neighborhood.
John has worked hard on this project, and we are glad to be able to help him to make
it a reality.
