On Wednesday, six weeks of excitement, hard work and donations will pay off as members of Christ Lutheran School in Costa Mesa present their pastor, John Davies, with a check to fund his mission in Papua New Guinea.
Christ Lutheran School students raised $4,500 in six weeks. The money will replace a grass-thatched hut with an iron-roofed building and fund school supplies and a teacher’s one-year salary for the Kobon people in the island nation north of Australia.
Davies has been making the around-the-world trip for 35 years, and most recently funded four new schools there through donations.
The kids raised $3,000 in six weeks and were given an additional $1,500 by one parent moved by the kids’ enthusiasm.
