Keeping the Community Clean: One Lot At A Time
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AXIS’ lawn Care program worked with the Detroit Rescue Mission to provide employment and job training skills to homeless men and women. The gospel accounts were read and discussed in the truck, its principles of stewardship and integrity were lived out in the field. The heart of the MSHDA lawn care grant was to provide safe passageways for school kids and pedestrians; it had only what it believed enough money to maintain 313 lots. As stewards of resources that ultimately belong to God, and representatives of Jesus Christ we went above and beyond what was expected of us. The lawn care team was able to cut 188 lots beyond what was required of them, and removed enormous amounts of debris and litter that most contractors would have cut over or gone around.
Now that the funding for the lawn care program has ceased, pray for the eternal impact of the things that have been witnessed by neighbors, city officials, homeless, and the Detroit Rescue Mission. Admittedly, we will miss this ministry and the opportunities it offered, but we look forward to what God has in store for AXIS the future.
