[MUSIC PLAYING]
WAI'ALA : Whoa!
NARRATOR: Marty gathers everyone to show them the surprise.
This is cool.
How did You guys get that up there?
Oh my god.
What [INAUDIBLE].
Look at how big this addition is!
You like it?
It's incredible.
Gorgeous.
Stunning.
I don't know, to be honest with you,
if I've ever been more nervous about cutting
a tree than this one.
Yeah.
But not only did we get them on the ground,
but the very first cut is this piece.
And we got to incorporate it in your building.
Yeah.
I took some risks cutting these trees down.
I took more risk incorporating that dangerous tree
into the build of the cabin.
To take a tree that was right there
and put it here and have it forever is pretty incredible.
You're still here with us.
[HAWAIIAN]
MARTY: What does that mean?
WAI'ALA : [HAWAIIAN] means, like,
your elder or your ancestor.
And the [HAWAIIAN] are the first trees that grow.
Are you emotional right now?
Yeah.
MARTY: When Wai'ala walks up to that tree
and I see tears in the corner of her eyes--
Wow.
Mahalo.
MARTY: --it's moments like that that makes it all worth it,
and it's why I do it.
I don't think there's ever been a [HAWAIIAN]
that gets to live like this.
I believed in my heart the tree was going
to live in some other form here because you
told me you love trees, too.
And--
MARTY: Don't make me emotional.
[LAUGHTER]
Two days ago, there was a tree that was a danger to our home
and that is now living again just feet away from where she
was, and is just beautiful and glorious
and going to live a whole new life.
Mind boggled.
This is your bedroom on this side.
Yeah.
MARTY: I mean, do you already see cool stuff?
Man, I see so much with it.
A climbing area for my little boy.
MISTY: Oh, that's cool.
Just--
He could climb trees in his bedroom.
Yeah, right?
Swing.
MARTY: Good news is the homesteaders
like that the [HAWAIIAN] tree is now incorporated
in their new cabin build.
Next step, we'll put some walls and get a roof on it
and turn this small cabin into a home.
This is more than I expected.
This is-- wow.
JUSTIN: Meant to be.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MARTY: Hey.
[WHISTLES] We're about ready to stand a wall here.
OK, together.
1, 2, 3.
NARRATOR: With the floor to the cabin extension installed
and time running out to complete this rescue, Marty, Justin,
and Grandpa Keyala begin to raise
walls on the young homesteaders' expanding home.
You know where it goes, right?
Yep.
Very cool.
Is it tight?
Almost there.
You and you.
Hey, partner.
You guys finish that wall, please.
All righty.
Thank you.
[NAIL GUN CLICKING]
[CHAINSAW BUZZING]
So it's one thing to cut a tree down and use
it in your new construction.
The plot thickens when you go to fit walls
to it because dimensional lumber isn't really
designed to fit tightly against a round tree
with branches or bark.
[WHISTLES] Get over here.
How's the view?
JUSTIN: Marty's definitely go-get-them.
And I totally put my faith in Marty, and I totally trust him.
He's been doing this for a long time.
OK, so they made us a little slider here
so we can slide the plywood back and forth
and work our way into that notch.
But it's going to take a lot of scribing to get this
dimensional square-edged piece of plywood
into a not-so-square-edged tree.
When I'm scribing, I'm copying the shapes.
You get the exact shape of one side
to match the exact shape of the other.
Cut out the void and they'll fit together perfectly.
It has to be straight.
And then we'll cut that plywood.
[CHAINSAW BUZZING]
We'll put it in the slot.
Right in the slot.
And now scribe down the log.
We'll cut that.
JUSTIN: From what Marty has shown me
through these little carpentry skills,
they're going to do a lot for us to help and get us
back on our feet here so we can actually
have a place that's our own.
MARTY: Lift it up, please.
All right.
Thank you, sir.
Back in.
OK, we got a nice, clean, exposed, round log.
It's receiving a dimensional framed wall.
Really quick, really fast.
Only tool I used was a pencil, right?
And a chainsaw.
JUSTIN: Man.
MARTY: 5,000 gallons.
JUSTIN: That's amazing.
When we started living on the property,
the water system wasn't up to snuff.
It was a huge blow when we found out that the rat
lung slug was up here.
Now we don't have to figure out how we're going
to have clean water anymore.
Come over here to the power.
Yep.
When I showed up here and I saw this-- look at this.
JUSTIN: Yeah, this old system.
You'll never, ever have to deal with that again.
Get rid of it. OK?
That's amazing, yeah.
As we speak, your solar panels are making power.
And check it out-- it's cloudy outside.
What does that say right there?
100%.
Yeah, we have 100% power.
It's amazing.
So you're the proud owner of brand
spanking new water system.
Ultraviolet disinfection unit.
And look over here.
5,000 Kw power.
So you're set up when it comes to water and power.
Follow me.
Right on.
MARTY: Let's head over to the cabin.
All right, guy.
You've got a 240-volt washer and dryer back there.
Yeah.
Tell me, do we have enough power to run it?
Yeah, we do.
MARTY: Exactly.
You've got a three-way switch between here
and that opening over there.
Let's see if it works.
Throw on some lights, please.
You like it? - Yeah.
MARTY: Why are you smiling?
It's just the simple, little things
in life that make it amazing.
- Isn't it cool? - Yeah.
MARTY: Hit the light.
All right, is this room big enough?
JUSTIN: Oh yeah.
Now, remember that?
JUSTIN: Yeah.
MARTY: I thought the very tree that threatened the homestead
just had to be reused.
Here it is.
What do you think?
I love that you did it.
It's an amazing point in the room,
and something that my little boy is going
to love to play around and on.
MARTY: Pretty Skookum beams.
A lot of metal strapping in case you have an earthquake.
So have we reached a place where you and your wife and baby--
do you have to live with anybody else from here on out?
No.
I don't think so.
I want to thank Marty for making such a special place
for my growing family.
These guys came in and they changed my whole world.
NARRATOR: One week ago, the Ahn's small,
one-room cabin was on the verge of collapse
with a failing foundation, a leaky roof,
no water, no electricity, and no room to raise
a growing child safely.
Now, through a combination of hard work
and the generosity of their neighbors,
the Ahn's home is safe, sealed against the elements,
and ready to welcome the whole family back to the homestead.
So, if that's true, I feel really good.
It is.
For me, I did it really all for the little baby.
Yeah, right?
I'm fine with that.
He'll never know.
Yeah.
He will hear all the stories about it.