Kenny’s mother wanted to help. So she offered for them to come stay back in the Goodall family home where he was raised, so they could save the money needed to build that dream home. Although it was a temporary saturation, he was going to get to share the house that he grew up in with his five children.

But then everyone started to notice some changes with Kenny, like not being able to hold simple tools in his hands anymore. It was finally discovered that he had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). This disease slowly paralyzes a person’s body, until it eventually takes their life.

This was challenging to Kenny’s entire family. But as the older kids were crying, Karen shared the idea that, “This could be a blessing in disguise. If this disease that your daddy has touches just one person for the Lord, it’s worth it. Even just one person.”