That winter we pooled together all the money we had to buy 9 acres of raw land in Kenai. We had no idea how to put in a driveway or even the proper way to cut trees. Luckily we have some amazing neighbors that helped us. Also, there is a church at the end of our street that allowed us to use their showers.

 The pastor (Benny Holly) at the church runs an excavation/landscaping business. He put in our driveway and our neighbors across the street at the same time. He gathered up the stumps, rolled out Tipar, dumped gravel, graded and finished with a steam roller. It was beautiful in our eyes and we could finally imagine home here.