by nate on Sunday, October 25th, 2009 | Entertainment, Love, News, World | No Comments

Nathan Montgomery left a comfortable engineering job at Alloy Casting to start Salt & Light Ministry, an organization which relies completely on donations to provide goods and supplies to those in need.

On August 18, 2009, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the landscape of Salt & Light was forever altered.  “GOOD MORNING MONTGOMERY FAMILY!” echoed off of the warehouse walls from Ty Pennington’s megaphone to our ears.  We could scarcely imagine how transfixed our community would be as Extreme Makeover Home Edition walked into our lives.  Little could we fathom the impact that Extreme Makeover Home Edition would have on Salt & Light, the ministry we have devoted ourselves to over the past six years.

Everything that was done for Salt & Light during that week was a tremendous blessing, and we can never thank everyone enough for their involvement. Probably the more lasting effect, though, is the awareness that was created in our community about the work that we do, and the ways in which people can partner with us in that work. We could have spent decades laboring in our neighborhoods and still not created the level of awareness that now exists as the product of one extraordinary week.  For this increased exposure we are forever grateful!

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