What an exciting time to see the old, tin shacks are being torn down immediately after being vacated by their former tenants.
Other families in the village are using the scrap metal and support poles to fix their own shacks until the time has come for them to move into villa Esperanza also.
In the future,the empty lots will be made into garden plots giving each family an opportunity to grow their own food. 
Recently, a mission team from the U.K. had the privilege of building a home in Esperanza, moving their sponsored family into it, and then tearing down the old shack located next to the dump. No more worrying about rats and other infestations invading their home. Tears of gratitude and joy overwhelmed this widowed father/grandfather of three children when he received these blessings. 
We would like to thank the groups that come to the Dominican Republic for their ongoing support in helping build homes and changing lives but most of all thank our heavenly Father for giving us the opportunity to serve Him with joyful hearts. Please pray that the people in Los Algodones will accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour and that their lives will be a reflection of Christ’s love to them.
Recently, a mission team from the U.K. had the privilege of building a home in Esperanza, moving their sponsored family into it, and then tearing down the old shack located next to the dump. No more worrying about rats and other infestations invading their home. Tears of gratitude and joy overwhelmed this widowed father/grandfather of three children when he received these blessings. We would like to thank the groups that come to the Dominican Republic for their ongoing support in helping build homes and changing lives but most of all thank our heavenly Father for giving us the opportunity to serve Him with joyful hearts. Please pray that the people in Los Algodones will accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour and that their lives will be a reflection of Christ’s love to them. 
or 8 x 10 foot bunkhouses that house entire families are so close together you can hear everything that is said or happens on the entire street; 
having no running water or toilets inside and cramped quarters where there is just enough room for a couple of beds and a few meagre belongings. Unfortunately due to the high rate of unemployment for cane cutters and labourers combined with the lack of education, this is the life most of the people in Los Algodones have known. 
Prostitution and Aids run rampant with approximately 30 % of the adults tested as HIV positive or having contracted the disease. 
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and medical clinic have been built and are in daily operation.
Now the focus has shifted to building homes for the poor. It is our hope that each of the 220 families living in Los Algodones will eventually receive a simple, 2 bedroom, cinder block house with a bathroom inside. 
Thirty two homes have been sponsored so far, and the first 15 families had packed up their belongings and moved into their new homes last week. 
The families have been asked to abide by a Christian code of conduct with respect to themselves and others in which no behaviour detrimental to the community will be tolerated. The sale of alcohol & lottery tickets, nightclubs and acts of prostitution have been banned and will be enforced by the local “junta de vecino” (town council). The end result is to create a community that will respect and care for each other and glorify God in the process.
The Lord granted us safety and travelling mercies driving on the roads after dark which are very dangerous because some sections of the road had more potholes than road surface, motorcycles with no headlights or taillights, and people walking on the edge of the road with no flashlights. Cristo Daniel was greeted with open arms by his “new” family of caregivers.
Saying goodbye was difficult for Tina, Maxine and Bill after spending so much time with him but it is a joy to know that he will thrive alongside the other healthy, happy children there.
They received an ID card and now have a patient record at the clinic. The patients are able to have a consultation with Dr. Lambert and his staff for a nominal donation of only 20 pesos which is much less than the cost of transport alone to go elsewhere. 
Most of the medicines are donated and sent down in suitcases with arriving mission teams. The meds are given free of charge to the patients however it is the patient’s responsibility to have their tests or sonographs taken at the local public hospital. 
Nurse Maria Altagracia Vargas but affectionately known as Nany assesses the medical emergencies, administers IV's and makes home visits for the aftercare of her patients. She also ensures that all the children in school have the proper innoculations according to the government regulations.
Tina Iaonne administrates the donations/needs of the clinic and dispenses the medication according to the doctor's request. The needs of the clinic can change monthly or even weekly depending on what needs arise. So....if you like many other sponsors, would like to make a donation to the clinic, please contact her at info@willingservantministries.org. for an updated list.
CEPROSS – This is the Public Health division of the Dominican Republic which supplies a team of doctors and nurses who offer free HIV testing and STD treatment to the poor people living in the bateys and barrios. 
Their team of doctors and nurses visited the Dr. Umbert Hart clinic on Monday, March 30, 2009.One hundred and sixty people received HIV testing, saw the doctor and were given a 2 pill combination for them and their partners along with some condoms to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases. 
