CLENDENIN, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- It took 14 days, but Alice Cummings and her family finally have power.

Flicking that light switch on Friday was magical.

"Well, the first time it was on," Cummings says, "it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life."

During the summer heat wave of 2012, Cummings' older mobile home is also being rehabbed by a group of teenagers on a faith-based mission trip. There were about a dozen teenagers from the Group Work Camps -- teenagers from all over the country.

"It's been a long week," says Amber Robb of Springfield, Ill. "We got here and it stormed. There was no power. The school's water was contaminated. It's been a mess."

The Cummings are the first to admit, they've had a tough life with few luxuries.

"Well, I was 17 before my parents had electricity or anything," Donald Cummings says. "Growing up the country, there were a lot of things you did without."

But this historic heat wave has been different. The Cummings are now older -- married 40 years.

"We made the best of it," Alice Cummings said. "But seeing those workers out there, helping out in this heat, it's been pure joy."