When Benjamin Burns was born in 1997, he was an apparently healthy baby boy. Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton came by to give a helping hand. In addition to the thousands of well-wishers who welcomed the Woffords to their new home, U.S. He had never built a residence before, only commercial buildings. The finished house was built by a commercial builder who goes to church with the Woffords.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, staying at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa. While the design team, contractors and over 150 workers transformed the Wofford house into a dream home in just seven days, Brian and his family - Peter, 17, Rebekah, 16, 14-year-old twins Lizzie and Luke, Anna, 12, Aaron, 10, Esther, eight, and Elijah, six - went on vacation to St. With the girls sharing a room where their beds are stacked on top of each other and the boys living in the partially converted garage/laundry room, adding more space to the house was a priority for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team. The house repairs went unattended and, although he may be a master with his hands clinically, he admits that he is “all thumbs” when it comes to making home improvements. He has had to scale back his work hours to be available to his kids, and now struggles to make ends meet. But playing the role of dad/basketball coach/chauffeur has left Brian little time to run his chiropractic practice.
Today the kids are involved in lots of activities, including playing basketball and volunteering with their church. When Brian Wofford’s wife passed away four years ago, he dedicated himself to making it possible for his children to pursue their dreams. Their mission was to prescribe the right antidote for Keenan by eradicating the black mold and providi So, the team of ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"" in an episode airing on SUNDAY, MAY 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), made a house call.
Keenan has been able to keep his health in check, but keeping the house hypo-allergenic for him has been a problem. Keenan beat the odds and is now a strapping 16-year old who wears a size 15 shoe and stands at 6 feet tall. Determined to not give up hope, Carrie, a florist by trade, turned to her herb garden to help Keenan deal with his diseases. Doctors told Carrie that Keenan wouldn't live to see his first birthday. It was all made worse by the dust and living mold in their Arleta, California home. It wasn't easy for Carrie Powell to bring relief to her younger son, Keenan, who suffers from a rare cell disorder, asthma, as well as allergies. The Extreme Makeover Home Edition team provides the right medicine for a young man whose house was making him sick. Even though Mandy is now staying at home to take care of Silas, Daniel works tirelessly at the Restoration House as Executive Director, but also works a second job at night as a web developer to pay the bills. Now all three children are healthy and playful, brimming with joy and mischief. Both Ava and Silas were at-risk adoptions, as Ava tested cocaine positive when she was born, and Silas was found abandoned in the bushes at two days old, suffering from neonatal tetanus and on the verge of death. The Watsons decided to forgo having biological children and adopted Atley (6) and Ava (5) as newborns from single mothers in the Knoxville area, as well as baby Silas (1) from Ethiopia. But their own home is in such bad shape that it threatens to take them away from their non-profit and imperils their dreams of expanding the program to help even more single moms. Their mantra, "It Takes a Village," has helped many single mothers and their children transition to successful lives, both financially and personally. This passionate young couple fight hard for their dream of 'restoring' the lives of single mothers and their children in Knoxville, Tennessee, where over 5,000 single-mother families live below the poverty line. Four years ago, they left their jobs and created the Restoration House, a non-profit organization that provides single mothers with housing at a local apartment complex, as well as the tools needed (mentoring, advocacy) to be confident, self-sufficient and productive members of their community. all while their own home falls apart around them. Having both been raised by single mothers, the Watsons work tirelessly to transform the lives of low-income, single mother families through housing and by providing the tools to succeed in life. Daniel and Mandy Watson are not only the proud adoptive parents of three adorable, fun-loving kids with boundless energy, they're also inspiring examples of how people can make a difference in the lives of so many others.
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