LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Habitat for Humanity is building its 600 home in Metro Louisville.
On Friday Habitat for Humanity, blessed the home and the family selected to move in were congratulated during a morning ceremony with volunteers and supporters.
“It’s slowly sinking in that this little plot will be ours in a few months,” Juan Jesus DeLeon told Spectrum News 1.
DeLeon, his wife Nora and their two children were all in attendance.
“It’s amazing. It’s mind boggling to have this opportunity and to be so blessed by everyone’s time and commitment,” he said.
Building only started three days ago, but already the roof and siding is up and the structure is being weatherproofed.
Inside the home, Brad Dillon is securing the frame with hurricane proof screws. Dillon is one of many volunteers working on the house.
“I framed housing in high school, in college and then I was a lawyer for 40 years. Thank God I’m out of that,” Dillon said with a smile.
On the outside and up a ladder, Andrew Whitfill is weather-proofing windows. He is Nora DeLeon’s brother.
“She feels very blessed and they are very happy that they got in the program and they are just really excited to be able to have a house,” Whitfill said.
Juan Jesus and Nora DeLeon say it’s hard to put into words what having their own home means for their growing family as the family is expecting a third child.
“It’s just so amazing… there are not really words to describe it,” Juan Jesus DeLeon said.
And that sentiment makes sense because when you try to add up all the planning, the hard work and love it takes to build just one Habitat home, when you arrive at a number like 600 who could even begin to put into words the difference it makes.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ll just say it a bunch!” Nora DeLeon told the crowd of wellwishers.
The 600 home is part of the Santa Fe Crossing Development in Pleasure Ridge Park where another 40 Habitat homes will be built in the coming years. Habitat for Humanity Metro Louisville was founded in 1985.