 Habitat for Humanity workers in the lakes area just completed their first veteran design build home for one local man Sarah Winckelman was at the home dedication and has the details Ray Lindbergh holds his hand over his heart as a flag is raised in front of his new home It's awesome. It's really awesome. I can't imagine all these people coming out here Ray enlisted in the army in 1970 and spent his time in Alaska processing soldiers returning from Vietnam After an honorable discharge, he made his way back to Brainerd The whole purpose of serving a veteran and his service to the country and now it's our turn, it's the right thing Up until now he was living in an outdated trailer that often left him cold all winter Last spring my dad was worrying about his roof leaking and couldn't sleep at night because he was worried about it So it's just a huge blessing and always going to be safe and dry and warm After mentioning how his feet were always cold, Ray's new home is equipped with a heated floor So that from now on his feet will always be warm It's going to be great, it's going to be great because I really like the home After 23 days of building from the ground up, the house is now complete and Ray will move in today On the 15th of August was the first day there was concrete slab here and with our volunteers and a group of other good volunteers We had the exterior walls up with the sheeting on and the rafters up the first day The 194th regiment spent countless hours helping with the project to give Ray a new start As a group of volunteers we've added value to the community and made for a good situation for a veteran and a family It's a new house to make memories with his 12 grandchildren who were happy to say Welcome home Papa Ray The walls are just walls, the roof is just a roof But when you see the support that this has giving Ray a future Reporting in Brainerd Sarah Winckelman, Lakeland News And every 11 seconds around the global house dedication is being performed for Habitat for Humanity Home If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television