It was a little bit last minute, rather unplanned and spontaneous but one of the things from this past week I will most remember. We were hosting a mission team and serving in the community. Having some extra time I asked the team if we could walk down the street with some gardening tools and weed an overgrown lot around a vacant building. It has been vacant for some time, is unkept and, frankly, has become an eyesore. As we weeded we had numerous visits from neighbours and shop owners from the area who, while surprised, all expressed their thanks.
This one act of service provided numerous opportunities to share who we were and why we were there. We also had many requests from people asking to participate in any future things we do in the neighborhood. Our reputation, in an area with great distrust for the church, was very positively affected. And, of course, our neighbourhood now looks a little bit neater.
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