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  • Wayne and Teresa Stacey were living in their Frankfort, Kentucky, but were unable to make the necessary repairs due to health and financial hardships
  • Good Samaritan Keith Roark stepped into help the two U.S. Navy veterans 
  • On Saturday, the couple were overcome with emotion as they stepped into their newly renovated home that were renovated by a group of volunteers 

An injured Navy veteran and his wife battling breast cancer burst into tears as they saw their once dilapidated home transformed into a beautiful retreat by a group of Good Samaritans 

Wayne and Teresa Stacey Frankfort were living in their family’s Kentucky home, but after Wayne suffered a work-related injury and Teresa was diagnosed with breast cancer, they no longer had the time or the funds to make the needed repairs.

The couple lived with no heating or air-conditioning and for two years they ‘lived with a Porta John,’ sitting outside their front yard because they ‘couldn’t replace the plumbing,’ as per local WMYT News. 

Keith Roark learned about the Stacey’s hardship and decided to help the two U.S. Navy veterans.

‘So I started making some calls and just quickly put a team together,’ Roark told the news outlet. ‘Got the materials donated and we were just able to completely gut and renovate the house for them.’

Wayne and Teresa's Frankfort were living in their family's Kentucky home for decades, but after Wayne suffered a work-related injury, and his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer they no longer had the time or the funds to make the needed repairs

Wayne and Teresa’s Frankfort were living in their family’s Kentucky home for decades, but after Wayne suffered a work-related injury, and his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer they no longer had the time or the funds to make the needed repairs

Wayne Frankfort said that he was unable to fix the plumbing in his house and he and his wife had to use a porta potty for two years that were placed outside their home

Wayne Frankfort said that he was unable to fix the plumbing in his house and he and his wife had to use a porta potty for two years that were placed outside their home 

A group of Good Samaritans made of carpenters, electricians and vocational students have showed up to help repair the Stacey's home located in Frankfort, Kentucky

A group of Good Samaritans made of carpenters, electricians and vocational students have showed up to help repair the Stacey’s home located in Frankfort, Kentucky 

On Saturday, the couple stepped into their newly renovated home for the first time in four months and they were overcome by emotion. ‘I didn’t have words. All I could do was cry,’ Teresa said as she walked around the home looking at the beautiful new walls, floors and cabinetry.

The veteran explained after taking a tour of the updated property that he and his wife were full of gratitude.

‘We’ve always been the people that have been doing,’ he said.  ‘I never expected things like this to be done for us.’

For months a group of volunteers gathered to work on the home that is located in Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky.

Roark said the team consisted of ‘carpenters, electricians and even vocational students who showed up to help.’ 

He added they all helped ‘free of charge.’

Keith Roark learned about Wayne and Teresa Stacey's hardship and decided to help the two U.S. Navy veterans

Keith Roark learned about Wayne and Teresa Stacey’s hardship and decided to help the two U.S. Navy veterans

The couple served in the United States Navy and are pictured in a framed photo in uniform

The couple served in the United States Navy and are pictured in a framed photo in uniform

The couple take a photo with Roark and the entired team of volunteers who helped make Wayne's Frankfort, Kentucky home that has been in his family for three generations into a beautiful abode

The couple take a photo with Roark and the entired team of volunteers who helped make Wayne’s Frankfort, Kentucky home that has been in his family for three generations into a beautiful abode 

‘Work has gone on, friendships have been built,’ Roark told the news outlet. We’ve done counseling with one another. Its been great just to be apart of that.’

Wayne said the home has been in his family for three generations. 

Aside from having a proper bathroom they are looking forward to making more happy memories in Wayne’s childhood home. 

The couple will be moving in next week. Before they left their renovated property the Stacey’s took a photo with Roark and all the volunteers who helped make their house a home again – for the couple to enjoy all the days, thereafter.  

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