Second Saturday // Big House

Cornerstone has partnered with a local agency here in the Auburn/Opelika area called the Big House. The Big House supports foster families here in the Lee County area. For the past several months we’ve had the opportunity to go out on Second Saturday and help the Big House slowly work on various parts of a building that will be the central hub as they minister to these families.

This past Saturday we were able to knock out good portion of a privacy fence that has been on the ‘to-do’ list. The weather was sticky for sure as the heat and humidity in East Alabama has been quite stifling for the past few weeks and the ground was not forgiving in the slightest as we dug holes for the fence posts. But the team pressed through and worked together and accomplished more in 3.5 hours than I thought we would.

I’m thankful for the Big House and their burden to minister to foster families. I’m thankful that God has placed on the hearts of Blake and Micah Melnick a desire to be rebuilders and restorers and bringers of hope, not of places but of hearts and minds. And I’m thankful for the willingness of believers who will give up a few hours on a Saturday to unite for the same purpose.