
We have been really encouraged by our park clean up days. Not only is this kind of work gratifying being able to see a clear difference after we're done, but it seems that we're not the only ones interested in improving the neighborhood. A few days after we had cleaned the first park, some men from the city came out and fixed the swings and the teeter-totters. We have been living in this neighborhood for almost 10 months now, and the parks were in a state of disarray from the first day we moved in. Who knows how long those swings were broken before we had arrived. Then last week after we had cleaned our third park, the city came out again. They fixed one basketball hoop on one side and added a backboard and hoop on the opposite side making the only outdoor full basketball court in our area, and one of the few in the whole city. So was it a coincidence that our cleaning and the cities timing for fixing up the parks happened only days from each other? Whatever the case, we're giving glory to God because as we cleaned these parks each of us realized that there was also a need to fix the playground equipment, so that the parks would not only be clean but functional. We were going to take it upon ourselves to raise the money to fix the many parks, but it seems that the Lord was way ahead of us.
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I never realized what a huge need parks are until I had a toddler of my own. You can only treat your own house like a jungle gym for so long until you need to get OUT. =) So exciting about your beautiful "new" park!!
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