EXCITING UPDATE: EMMITT AND HIS GRANDSON…
We have shared a few posts recently about Emmitt (86 year old US Army veteran) and his grandson. An anonymous member our community informed us of his need for a wheelchair ramp to access his home and bathroom renovation. We already informed you that the Sparta Ruritans installed a wheelchair ramp within a couple of days of finding out about Emmitt.
We also shared that an anonymous couple of members of our community felt inspired to renovate the bathroom. This couple is actually a married couple in our community. They linked up with and coordinated with Resurrection Disaster Relief which provided additional manpower and resources to assist with the entire project.
They spent most of the last week and a half fulfilling Emmitt’s need for a bathroom renovation and much more! We are so happy to report that this group of individuals from our community completed all the work this past Friday. Not only did they completely gut and renovate the bathroom, but they also removed the bathtub (Emmitt could barely lift his leg over the side of the tub to get in) and installed a walk-in shower, provided an entirely new bathroom, identified that their kitchen floor needed replacement which they replaced and found out there was no insulation under the house and installed new insulation.
This past week this couple celebrated their 34th anniversary by spending almost the entire day working together with members of the Resurrection Disaster Relief on this project for Emmitt and his grandson.
On behalf of our entire community, we say thank you to all involved in this project. We also want to thank Emmitt for his service to our great country and for allowing these wonderful members of our community to lift them up in their time of need. We have been told by those involved that they feel more blessed than Emmitt and his grandson for the opportunity to serve.
Please see attached pictures showing the before and after photos of the project. It is extremely humbling and inspiring to see members of our community coming together to share their time, talents, and resources to lift people up in their time of need. We ask that if you become aware of someone in need to please reach out so our community can coordinate relief. Please share with your friends so we can get everyone involved in this exciting work! We also encourage organizations, charities, schools, colleges, families, and/or a group of individuals in every community to organize a #liftupyourcommunity effort in your community! Lastly, we will have more details soon about Emmet (different from the above) and his fiancé that have been living without running water for 3 years and are also in need of home repairs. Assistance is being coordinated to lift them up in their time of need! 
More to come soon…