PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. (WIAT) - The sounds of progress are evident in Pleasant Grove. Hammers swing and saws cut where the Burchfield family's home once stood.

"We were trying to figure out how we were going to build a house with the money we had left over from the insurance. It was going to be tough," Shawn Burchfield said as dozens of volunteers worked behind him.

Thanks to the help of Habitat for Humanity and the Discovery Channel, his home is being rebuilt where it once stood. April 27's tornado destroyed it.

"They have a heart for helping people they don't even know and that is awesome," Jamie Burchfield said about the volunteers.

The journey for 9-year-old Sydney, 6-year-old Jeremy and their parents has been tough since the storms tour though their neighborhood almost five months ago. They've been frustrated with their insurance company as they tried to get the payout they needed to rebuild.

"I think there are some people that are still struggling with their insurance companies and have not been able to settle with them. It's very disheartening to see they are still going through major struggles while we're able to move on a little bit," Jamie continued.

Governor Robert Bentley toured the progress and meet displaced families Thursday.

"To come as far as we have come in this amount of time I think is very good," he said standing in front of the Burchfield home construction site.

Habitat for Humanity is helping build another home just down the street. The group is also involved with several projects across the state.

The vast majority of scattered debris in Pleasant Grove is gone. Several severely damaged homes still need to be taken to the ground and hauled away. There is still a lot of work to do.