Dream home in 10 days: Ground broken on a home for quadruple amputee
Published 5:59 pm Friday, August 23, 2024
The extended Mullins family celebrates the new home construction. Photo by Lance Gaither.
The Mullins family breaks ground on the home. Photo by Lance Gaither.
The foundation of the new home. Photo by Lance Gaither.
Hog Technologies CEO James Crocker shares how the 10-day home build was made possible. Photo by Lance Gaither.
Cindy Mullins shares her story with the audience. Photo by Lance Gaither.
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Locals held a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 14 on a home to be built for Cindy Mullins, a Lincoln County woman who had to undergo a quadruple amputation due to complications from a kidney infection.
The foundation of the home is being laid, with the 10-day build to begin on Sept. 9. Thanks to the contributions of numerous local contractors, donors, and volunteers, the home will be ready to live in on Sept. 18. It is specially designed to assist Mullins in her daily life.
“It is hard for me to imagine so many people who would volunteer their time and abilities just to do something for me. I can never say how much I appreciate this,” Mullins said. “I said from the very beginning that if one thing can come from this, it is that it can help somebody see God. What has gone on here? Look around today; the support is all thanks to God. I don’t know where I would be without the prayers.”
Mullins said her husband has been one of her strongest supporters.
“The joy he brings to my life and what he does for me, I love him so much more now,” Mullins said. “All of my family have created such a blessing in my life.”
The campaign to build Mullins a home in just 10 days began when James Crocker, the CEO of Hog Technologies in Florida, heard her story. Crocker has done a similar campaign in the past and felt called to help Mullins.
“I felt the Lord just speak and say you need to go and do something with what you have learned from the last project,” Crocker said. “Some of the challenge is getting people to buy into asking how it can be done, and not if it can be done. If we can get to the moon, we can build a house in 10 days. It is just a matter of logistics. A lot of planning goes into the backend to make sure everything goes smoothly.”
The Mullins family’s pastor, Steven Bates of Ferguson Baptist Church, said that they are an inspiration to their community.
“I remember when I found out what was going on with Cindy, my heart sank to my stomach, it looked dire,” Bates said. “They kept faith the whole time. This amazing vibrant woman kept fighting the whole time, little by little. She and her family pushed through. There was never a moment of ‘I can’t do this’ or ‘I can’t do that,’ it was ‘I am going to do this.’ She had so much faith, it amazed me.”
