STEP 1: SEE A NEED AND COMMIT TO ADDRESS IT
STEP 2: FIND FINANCIAL SPONSORS FOR THE PROJECT
STEP 3: BUILD IT
STEP 4: FURNISH IT
STEP 5: DEDICATE IT TO BE USED TO GLORIFY GOD
STEP 6: CHANGE LIVES FOREVER
THE FIRST ONE RECEIVED WAS FILLED WITH USED FURNISHINGS FOR THE SCHOOL AND MEDICAL CLINIC, ALONG WITH SKIDS OF SOUP MIX, SEWING MACHINES & TOOLS FOR THE TRADE CENTER, AND 20 BICYCLES FOR THE CHILDREN. MANY VOLUNTEERS BOTH YOUNG AND OLD HELPED TO UNLOAD THE TRUCK VERY QUICKLY.
EVERY CHILD AND ADULT IT SEEMED, WANTED TO HAVE A BICYCLE SO A RAFFLE WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, OCT. 2ND TO DISTRIBUTE THEM FAIRLY. 
IN EAGER ANTICPATION, THE CHILDREN WAITED IN A SUDDEN, LOCAL DOWNPOUR AS EACH BICYCLE WAS SHOWN AND A HOUSE NUMBER WAS DRAWN FROM THE BASKET. 
EXCLAMATIONS OF JOY FROM THE WINNERS AND TEARS OF SORROW FROM A FEW WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ONE SHOWED THE DEEP EMOTIONS FELT BY ALL. 
ON OUR WAY HOME AFTERWARDS, WE ENCOUNTERED THIS YOUNG MAN BELOW, RIDING HIS NEWLY AQUIRED BICYCLE INTO VILLA BETANY ALREADY WHERE ODDLY ENOUGH, IT HAD NOT RAINED THERE.
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8TH A BAG OF SOUP MIX (SERVING 100 PORTIONS) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH FAMILY IN VILLA PARAISO, WITH SIMILAR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BE HELD DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN VARIOUS SAMARITAN FOUNDATION VILLAGES AND LOCAL BARRIOS.
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STEP 2: FIND FINANCIAL SPONSORS FOR THE PROJECT
STEP 3: BUILD IT
STEP 4: FURNISH IT
STEP 5: DEDICATE IT TO BE USED TO GLORIFY GOD
STEP 6: CHANGE LIVES FOREVER
VILLA PARAISO HAS BEEN A BUSY PLACE THIS YEAR WITH THE COMPLETION OF A CHURCH, A SCHOOL, AND A SOON-TO-BE-OPENED MEDICAL CLINIC WHICH IS IN THE PAINTING STAGE NOW. SOME MEMBERS OF THE SPRUCELAND TEAM WILL TACKLE THIS JOB WHILE OTHERS WILL INSTALL ROOFS ON 20 MORE NEW HOMES BUILT THERE.
TWO SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE RECENTLY SENT BY FELLOW CANADIANS IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF THE SAMARITAN FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO HELP THE POOR IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
TWO SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE RECENTLY SENT BY FELLOW CANADIANS IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF THE SAMARITAN FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO HELP THE POOR IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE FIRST ONE RECEIVED WAS FILLED WITH USED FURNISHINGS FOR THE SCHOOL AND MEDICAL CLINIC, ALONG WITH SKIDS OF SOUP MIX, SEWING MACHINES & TOOLS FOR THE TRADE CENTER, AND 20 BICYCLES FOR THE CHILDREN. MANY VOLUNTEERS BOTH YOUNG AND OLD HELPED TO UNLOAD THE TRUCK VERY QUICKLY.EVERY CHILD AND ADULT IT SEEMED, WANTED TO HAVE A BICYCLE SO A RAFFLE WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, OCT. 2ND TO DISTRIBUTE THEM FAIRLY. IN EAGER ANTICPATION, THE CHILDREN WAITED IN A SUDDEN, LOCAL DOWNPOUR AS EACH BICYCLE WAS SHOWN AND A HOUSE NUMBER WAS DRAWN FROM THE BASKET. EXCLAMATIONS OF JOY FROM THE WINNERS AND TEARS OF SORROW FROM A FEW WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ONE SHOWED THE DEEP EMOTIONS FELT BY ALL. ON OUR WAY HOME AFTERWARDS, WE ENCOUNTERED THIS YOUNG MAN BELOW, RIDING HIS NEWLY AQUIRED BICYCLE INTO VILLA BETANY ALREADY WHERE ODDLY ENOUGH, IT HAD NOT RAINED THERE.ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8TH A BAG OF SOUP MIX (SERVING 100 PORTIONS) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH FAMILY IN VILLA PARAISO, WITH SIMILAR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BE HELD DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN VARIOUS SAMARITAN FOUNDATION VILLAGES AND LOCAL BARRIOS. ---------------------------------------------
AFTER A LONG WAIT FOR THE FINAL PAPERWORK TO CLEAR, THE SECOND CONTAINER FILLED WITH DONATED WOOD WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH THE MEN LIFTED MANY OF THE LOW HANGING WIRES ALONG THE WAY, 
THE TRUCK STILL SNAPPED A NUMBER OF THEM AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY MAKING THE TURN TO CROSS A NARROW BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER.THE MEN WORKED LATE INTO THE EVENING UNLOADING THE WOOD AND BRINGING IT TO THE VARIOUS WORK SITES AMID A FEW SUDDEN DOWNPOURS (IT IS THE RAINY SEASON NOW). 
SINCE THEY FINISHED LATE INTO THE EVENING, THE MEN RETURNED THE NEXT MORNING TO FIX THE LINES THAT HAD BEEN SNAPPED BY THE TRUCK.
THE TRUCK STILL SNAPPED A NUMBER OF THEM AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY MAKING THE TURN TO CROSS A NARROW BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER.THE MEN WORKED LATE INTO THE EVENING UNLOADING THE WOOD AND BRINGING IT TO THE VARIOUS WORK SITES AMID A FEW SUDDEN DOWNPOURS (IT IS THE RAINY SEASON NOW). SINCE THEY FINISHED LATE INTO THE EVENING, THE MEN RETURNED THE NEXT MORNING TO FIX THE LINES THAT HAD BEEN SNAPPED BY THE TRUCK. THANK YOU TO ALL THE DONORS & LOCAL WORKERS WHO MADE THIS A MEMORABLE DAY AND A BLESSING TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
MAY GOD BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THINGS.
