The January Spruceland team left their mark once again in villa Paraiso. For the past two weeks they strapped and nailed the tin on the roofs of 23 new homes. They smashed the previous record of 18 homes. However, even while working hard,they also had time to build relationships with many of the people. The families who received a home last year from this same team were eager to show how they have made their houses into home. 
A village food distribution took place in a local Dominican community, Cana Dulce just up the coast from Sosua giving the team a chance to share in their many blessings. 160 families each received a bag of staple food items which would last them up to one week depending on the family size.
Bag lunches were also distributed to all the students in villa Paraiso school just before their recess, which gave us an opportunity to spend time chatting, hugging and loving the children.
Another milestone will be reached next week Tuesday, February 8th, where in a special ceremony…the president of the Samaritan Foundation will present the 1,000th home to a poor and needy family. This community has rallied together to clean their entire village in anticipation of the many guests scheduled to attend this grand celebration. But who will receive this very special home??????? Stay tuned next week for more details. Shhh.....It's a secret for now.
