by Angie Pang
You probably have seen or heard of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition before, and we witnessed our own version of it last weekend when Newsong Irvine's Design Stars team in partnership with Newsong Orange County renovated Tommy and Rachel Nixon's home in Fullerton. Tommy is one of our speakers at NOC and the executive of Solidarity, a non-profit organization whose vision is to "impact communities towards holistic transformation."
How was the Nixon family chosen for this free renovation? Tony Kim, who leads Design Stars, was in search of a deserving family and home to bless in an extravagant way — not just for the sake of being a blessing — but in hopes of furthering their Kingdom work and investing into what God is already doing through them.
When I heard this, I immediately thought of the Nixon's. I believe that God has called the Nixon family to this under-resourced area of Fullerton to be a home to the homeless and by this, I don't mean those without shelter, but the kids who live with their parents at their house, but don't have an emotional home where they can feel safe and loved.
I am personally inspired by the Nixon family, their faith, conviction and obedience to God's call on their lives to love those God's brought into their lives and so I wanted the Nixon's to be loved on as well, as they give out so much, in so many ways.
Check out the transformation of the Nixon's home.
Project Statistics:
- 3 days to do this project
- 8 spaces (including the front yard)
- 5 designers
- 70+ volunteers
- 11 trips to Lowe's
- 22 garbage bags of earth and trash
cWOW - stands for "church without walls." We believe our church is more than a building but its loving our community outside of our walls.
To find out more about cWOW Design Stars, check out www.joindesignstars.com.
Angie Pang is Director of First Steps at Newsong Orange County.
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