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Our local Christian Science branch church has gone through some changes to better reach out to the community and be a more visible presence.
Major repairs had been done to the church building’s foundation, a new Sunday School roof was built, and the outside of the building had a brand-new paint job. We had a nice location on Main Street, but the front entrance was partially hidden by a group of overgrown shrubs. So we started our work, removing the bushes—stumps and all.
I had a shovel and pruners for the small roots and my friend had an ax and plenty of muscle for the larger ones. However, we quickly found that those shrubs had very hefty, thick trunks that didn’t want to budge. Every time I got discouraged and those roots wouldn’t give, I’d say to myself, Let me dig a little deeper. With a little more work, each bush eventually came out.
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