Meet Our current partner Families!
The gudas family...
They are Fulton County Habitat for Humanity's 19th partner family! Their new home will be located at 529 W 6th Street, Rochester, IN 46975 and we plan to begin construction in early spring 2025!
In January of 2023, after a change of events, Amanda and her four kids: Seanna, Savannah, Searra, and SJ needed a place to live. As a stay-at-home mom, homeschooling three out of her four kids, there wasn’t much Amanda could afford. There were also very few homes available for rent at the time. By the grace of God, and with the support of family and friends, they moved into a one-bedroom duplex in Rochester. Although the small home has its challenges, it is what Amanda can afford. They have been making do in this home for almost two years, but they are very excited to have more living space and a beautiful yard for the kids to grow and play in their forever home.
Seanna is a junior and enjoys swimming, singing and participating in theater. Savannah is a freshman and loves to read, hunt with her aunt Kira and manage football and wrestling. Searra is in the 5th grade and loves to play soccer and spend time with family and friends. SJ is all boy and loves cars, dinosaurs and sharks. Amanda is now cleaning houses for a living. When she isn’t taking the kids to ALL of their extracurricular activities, she spends much of her time at Heartland church and Celebrate Recovery at the Cross.
The brandenburg family...
Jennifer, a 42-year-old single mom of two boys, was born and raised in Rochester. Jennifer came to Habitat for Humanity after all efforts failed to find an affordable home for her little family.
After overcoming adversity in many different avenues during her life, in 2012, Jennifer moved from Rochester to South Bend for 6 years to pursue college to become a Medical Laboratory Technician. Shortly before graduating college, she found out that Hudson was on the way, and she wanted to raise him in the community she was raised in. So, she moved back to Rochester in 2018, the year Hudson was born and has been in the same home ever since. After thinking Hudson would be the only child for many years, Luca came along in February of 2023. Ever since then, the boys have become bigger and the house she currently lives in is getting smaller. Looking far and wide for a bigger place to rent or even buy, there was nothing affordable. After thinking about it for quite some time, Jennifer put in her application for a Habitat for Humanity home as a last-ditch effort to give her boys a place to call home, where they could have their own rooms, a big yard, and even a kitchen table to eat dinner at as a family! In October of this year, God and Habitat for Humanity came through with answers! God has shown His blessings to her family this year in many ways, and she is looking forward to what He has planned for her new home and the future with her boys.
Jennifer currently is employed with Beacon Health Systems as a Medical Laboratory Technician and has been there for 5 and a half years. Hudson attends Columbia Elementary and is in kindergarten. He loves learning. And Luca attends daycare and loves to get into anything he is not supposed to! In fact, his nickname is "Fingers"! Her and her boys attend Heartland Church in Rochester.