Life is full of challenges that hit us when we are least expecting it. How we cope with these challenges and survive them is what’s really important, and sometimes all it takes is a little push from someone else to help us do so.

On February 23, Jesse and Maria Hulscher welcomed their second baby boy into the world. They were overjoyed by his birth and could not wait to take him home so that he could meet his big brother and the rest of their family. They live in an area that has a harsh winter, so they made sure to make the place warm and cozy for their newborn.

A major problem occurred for the family when the furnace in the house stopped working in the middle of the freezing weather right before Maria was to give birth.

Jesse was left alone with his 2-year-old son, and it was up to him to come up with a solution fast. He went into panic mode because he knew that the companies that offer repair services in his town are typically very busy.

“Instantly I panicked,” Jesse said. “I have a two-year-old here, a newborn coming home in a couple days and this was before the big potential snow storm.”

Jesse called Magnuson Sheet Metal and asked if they could fix his furnace before Maria and the newborn got home. He was so scared that his voice was trembling as he talked to the co-owner Craig Aurand who could easily notice that Jesse was in a desperate need of help, so he decided to offer it to the worried father.

Just 20 minutes later, Jesse heard a knock on the door. He never thought the staff of Magnuson Sheet Metal could have arrived that quickly!

“He said ‘the fan’s not working, the furnace isn’t working, my wife is in the hospital, we just had a baby yesterday,’” Craig recalled. “I just said take it easy, we’ll be right there.”

The repairman was able to fix the furnace in no time, and the heat was back on! Jesse was in for another surprise when he got the receipt. Instead of putting the amount of money he should have paid, the repairman left a heartwarming note.

“I opened it up and looked at the receipt and it said, ‘no charge, take care of the new baby,’” Jesse said.

Maria was just as surprised, saying, “I was like, ‘what? No. This can’t be real.’ And he’s like, ‘I know I can’t believe it either.’”

“We didn’t do it for the PR, we just did it to be good people,” Craig explained. “That’s it. Just to be nice to these people. That’s what this is about.”

God bless this company for helping this young family!