Let me start by saying I’m not going to do this story justice… but I’m going to try anyway. :)  I’d like to introduce the family that got a really cool gift this year for Christmas… a brand new, fully furnished, house.  How awesome is that?

   Unless you’ve been under a rock here in Knoxville, you know that ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was in town earlier this year and built a house for a very deserving family.  What you may not know though, is that there were two other families who were finalists and ultimately didn’t get picked.  Meet Mickey, Charlotte, and Yvette… one of those two families.  After the winner had been announced, Yvette’s mentor Denny asked her Sunday school class if they would mind pitching in and helping with some updates to their home.  One thing led to another and our church decided to come together and just build them a whole new house. 

   As part of the process I was asked if I would do a photo shoot with the family so they would have some nice new pictures to hang in their house… I was honored… and immediately knew I was in over my head! I asked a photographer friend of mine, Noelle Bell, to join me and together we got the job done.  That in and of itself was a blessing, but yesterday I got to help out with filming the big reveal as well.  A small group of people from Fellowship who had helped build the house, along with friends and family gathered together to give this dear family the keys to their new home.  I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Christmas.

Welcome home guys, welcome home!

–Dan Thompson