Sierra Leone Medical Establishment doing great wonders with very little medical supplies.

Posted on July 24, 2009 by vicki


Warning: Graphic Surgery Scenes
included in this blog post
Nazareth House Apostolate uses the photo talents of our staff to bring awareness to the world of the extreme needs in Sierra Leone. Pictures speak a thousand words.
We are made aware of the severe poverty, the unsightly conditions that make up everyday life in Sierra Leone.

Children eager for clean clothing wash their clothes in a stream, but the water is muddy.

Everyday is a struggle, hard work just to perform tasks that we in the West take for granted. We can toss a load of clothes into a washing machine and go sit at the computer and check our email while the clothes wash themselves. Not so in Salone.
Yesterday, James stumbled upon a situation that hung heavy on his heart, its that same old everyday struggle of proper medical attention…or shall we say lack of it!

This young man cut himself on a cutlass and required treatment immediately.

Being poor, and the facilities inadequate, he was given the best treatment possible by this nurse, right in the waiting room – no sterile environment, no sutures available…

We wanted to impress the severity of the absence of adequate surgical equipment (basic surgical equipment) so James photographed this procedure.
The boy was cared for by a loving medical professional using what she had, plus her great common sense. He will heal, scarred more than if sutures had been used, but he will heal.
Nazareth House will be making its next mission trip very soon. We have collected the much needed medical supplies for the clinics and hospitals and it is now time that we bring it to them. We can’t count on post or containers to arrive as safely and complete as if we walk it in.
We need your help in raising the funds for the travel (airflights $4,000 needed for two adults at current airfare prices) and $6,000 for on the ground needs.

That is, the emergency needs we come upon as we travel through the country such as fixing a leaking roof on a home, hospital fees for ill patients unable to go to hospital without our help, bags of rice for families starving, etc. etc.

Please give what you can and invite others to join in this worthy cause. You are making a difference and you are able to see that difference in the pictures that NHA provides to document the mission.
How many people are able to wake up in the morning and say “wow, look at the lives I helped change today” ? Through Nazareth House you can honestly make that statement, day after day. Please help.
Donations can be given through the website paypal link at www.nazarethhouseap.org
or mailed to
NHA
2216 Goldsmith Lane
Louisville, KY 40218











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Sierra Leone Medical Establishment doing great wonders with very little medical supplies.

Posted on July 24, 2009 by vicki


Warning: Graphic Surgery Scenes
included in this blog post
Nazareth House Apostolate uses the photo talents of our staff to bring awareness to the world of the extreme needs in Sierra Leone. Pictures speak a thousand words.
We are made aware of the severe poverty, the unsightly conditions that make up everyday life in Sierra Leone.

Children eager for clean clothing wash their clothes in a stream, but the water is muddy.

Everyday is a struggle, hard work just to perform tasks that we in the West take for granted. We can toss a load of clothes into a washing machine and go sit at the computer and check our email while the clothes wash themselves. Not so in Salone.
Yesterday, James stumbled upon a situation that hung heavy on his heart, its that same old everyday struggle of proper medical attention…or shall we say lack of it!

This young man cut himself on a cutlass and required treatment immediately.

Being poor, and the facilities inadequate, he was given the best treatment possible by this nurse, right in the waiting room – no sterile environment, no sutures available…

We wanted to impress the severity of the absence of adequate surgical equipment (basic surgical equipment) so James photographed this procedure.
The boy was cared for by a loving medical professional using what she had, plus her great common sense. He will heal, scarred more than if sutures had been used, but he will heal.
Nazareth House will be making its next mission trip very soon. We have collected the much needed medical supplies for the clinics and hospitals and it is now time that we bring it to them. We can’t count on post or containers to arrive as safely and complete as if we walk it in.
We need your help in raising the funds for the travel (airflights $4,000 needed for two adults at current airfare prices) and $6,000 for on the ground needs.

That is, the emergency needs we come upon as we travel through the country such as fixing a leaking roof on a home, hospital fees for ill patients unable to go to hospital without our help, bags of rice for families starving, etc. etc.

Please give what you can and invite others to join in this worthy cause. You are making a difference and you are able to see that difference in the pictures that NHA provides to document the mission.
How many people are able to wake up in the morning and say “wow, look at the lives I helped change today” ? Through Nazareth House you can honestly make that statement, day after day. Please help.
Donations can be given through the website paypal link at www.nazarethhouseap.org
or mailed to
NHA
2216 Goldsmith Lane
Louisville, KY 40218











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ON THE MEND

Posted on July 22, 2009 by vicki

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers. James is much better and back in the stream of Life in Freetown. His sister, Jodie, is also on the mend and feeling much better. No real diagnosis on Jodie but she is making great improvement. Again, thanks for the prayers.
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ON THE MEND

Posted on July 22, 2009 by vicki

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers. James is much better and back in the stream of Life in Freetown. His sister, Jodie, is also on the mend and feeling much better. No real diagnosis on Jodie but she is making great improvement. Again, thanks for the prayers.
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ON THE MEND

Posted on July 22, 2009 by vicki

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers. James is much better and back in the stream of Life in Freetown. His sister, Jodie, is also on the mend and feeling much better. No real diagnosis on Jodie but she is making great improvement. Again, thanks for the prayers.
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ON THE MEND

Posted on July 22, 2009 by vicki

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers. James is much better and back in the stream of Life in Freetown. His sister, Jodie, is also on the mend and feeling much better. No real diagnosis on Jodie but she is making great improvement. Again, thanks for the prayers.
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Friends & Family for life…

Posted on July 21, 2009 by vicki

.(Roo born October 2006 in Sierra Leone) (Kelsay born September 2006 in USA) .…………….

Nazareth House Apostolate brings people together, people who may never have met if it were not for their involvement in NHA.

Kelsay is the grandson of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Roo, of course, is the son of James and Kadijah. He is also considered a grandchild of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Kelsay’s mom, Aleica, considers James her brother from across the ocean. James affectionately calls Aleica and her sisters Melody and Heather “sis”. “James”, was one of the first words out of Jenna’s mouth (Kelsay’s older sister). We are one big blended family.Kelsay and Roo were born just one month apart. There hasn’t been a time in their short lives that they did not know about the other. Aleica and Kadijah counted the days of their pregnancies together and discussed the delivery stories; they shared a Baby Shower at Grace Church – packing all of Kadijah’s gifts and sending them on to Sierra Leone.

Even though Roo and Kelsay have never met physically, it is not a hinderance to their love and friendship. They are both a part of each others lives as if they were living under the same roof. There are no borders or ocean separating them.
When Nazareth House teamed up with One Love Foundation for the recent Shoe Drive, Kelsay wanted to do his part.

He gathered his out-grown shoes and packed them up to send to Roo. In his mind, if it goes to Africa, it MUST go to Roo.Kelsay is used to helping his grandma in America pack and ship things to St. Laurence House for distribution by James for NHA.But this time, it was time for Kelsay and Roo to do their part, and so the shoes were sent directly to Roo from Kelsay. And once Roo (it took about 10 days) received them – he knew exactly what to do with them,

give them to those in need!

What else would a member of the Nazareth House team do?

And these two boys, Roo and Kelsay, are truly team players.

Note from James Mansaray, Roo’s father:
Having spent all his time at St. Laurence House ROO takes up his first mission trip to Kabala to see and help do the NHA job. Thanks to Kelsay Willis who made it possible by sending ROO all his out-grown shoes. ROO makes way for all his out-grown but good shoes to go to Sorie, Bakanu and Yemeh at Kamathun village. ROO was feeling so sad for these poor kids. You could see it in his eyes as he looked at them. He was not shy to mix and play with them at all and begged if he could stay with them for a while. We have two up and coming helpers in NHA with Roo and Kelsay, perpetuating the existence of the work of NHA. Everything is coming into place, except for the most needed – the compound. We must raise the money to buy our own place by March 1, 2010… otherwise all this good will be stalled or ended. We can’t let that happen. Please give today, as you can see the work is so important. God bless you all.

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Friends & Family for life…

Posted on July 21, 2009 by vicki

.(Roo born October 2006 in Sierra Leone)
(Kelsay born September 2006 in USA) .…………….

Nazareth House Apostolate brings people together, people who may never have met if it were not for their involvement in NHA.

Kelsay is the grandson of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Roo, of course, is the son of James and Kadijah. He is also considered a grandchild of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Kelsay’s mom, Aleica, considers James her brother from across the ocean. James affectionately calls Aleica and her sisters Melody and Heather “sis”. “James”, was one of the first words out of Jenna’s mouth (Kelsay’s older sister). We are one big blended family.

Kelsay and Roo were born just one month apart. There hasn’t been a time in their short lives that they did not know about the other. Aleica and Kadijah counted the days of their pregnancies together and discussed the delivery stories; they shared a Baby Shower at Grace Church – packing all of Kadijah’s gifts and sending them on to Sierra Leone.

Even though Roo and Kelsay have never met physically, it is not a hinderance to their love and friendship. They are both a part of each others lives as if they were living under the same roof. There are no borders or ocean separating them.
When Nazareth House teamed up with One Love Foundation for the recent Shoe Drive, Kelsay wanted to do his part.

He gathered his out-grown shoes and packed them up to send to Roo. In his mind, if it goes to Africa, it MUST go to Roo.

Kelsay is used to helping his grandma in America pack and ship things to St. Laurence House for distribution by James for NHA.


But this time, it was time for Kelsay and Roo to do their part, and so the shoes were sent directly to Roo from Kelsay. And once Roo (it took about 10 days) received them – he knew exactly what to do with them,

give them to those in need!

What else would a member of the Nazareth House team do?

And these two boys, Roo and Kelsay, are truly team players.

Note from James Mansaray, Roo’s father:

Having spent all his time at St. Laurence House ROO takes up his first mission trip to Kabala to see and help do the NHA job. Thanks to Kelsay Willis who made it possible by sending ROO all his out-grown shoes. ROO makes way for all his out-grown but good shoes to go to Sorie, Bakanu and Yemeh at Kamathun village. ROO was feeling so sad for these poor kids. You could see it in his eyes as he looked at them. He was not shy to mix and play with them at all and begged if he could stay with them for a while. We have two up and coming helpers in NHA with Roo and Kelsay, perpetuating the existence of the work of NHA. Everything is coming into place, except for the most needed – the compound. We must raise the money to buy our own place by March 1, 2010… otherwise all this good will be stalled or ended. We can’t let that happen. Please give today, as you can see the work is so important. God bless you all.

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Friends & Family for life…

Posted on July 21, 2009 by vicki

.(Roo born October 2006 in Sierra Leone)
(Kelsay born September 2006 in USA) .…………….

Nazareth House Apostolate brings people together, people who may never have met if it were not for their involvement in NHA.

Kelsay is the grandson of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Roo, of course, is the son of James and Kadijah. He is also considered a grandchild of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Kelsay’s mom, Aleica, considers James her brother from across the ocean. James affectionately calls Aleica and her sisters Melody and Heather “sis”. “James”, was one of the first words out of Jenna’s mouth (Kelsay’s older sister). We are one big blended family.

Kelsay and Roo were born just one month apart. There hasn’t been a time in their short lives that they did not know about the other. Aleica and Kadijah counted the days of their pregnancies together and discussed the delivery stories; they shared a Baby Shower at Grace Church – packing all of Kadijah’s gifts and sending them on to Sierra Leone.

Even though Roo and Kelsay have never met physically, it is not a hinderance to their love and friendship. They are both a part of each others lives as if they were living under the same roof. There are no borders or ocean separating them.
When Nazareth House teamed up with One Love Foundation for the recent Shoe Drive, Kelsay wanted to do his part.

He gathered his out-grown shoes and packed them up to send to Roo. In his mind, if it goes to Africa, it MUST go to Roo.

Kelsay is used to helping his grandma in America pack and ship things to St. Laurence House for distribution by James for NHA.


But this time, it was time for Kelsay and Roo to do their part, and so the shoes were sent directly to Roo from Kelsay. And once Roo (it took about 10 days) received them – he knew exactly what to do with them,

give them to those in need!

What else would a member of the Nazareth House team do?

And these two boys, Roo and Kelsay, are truly team players.

Note from James Mansaray, Roo’s father:

Having spent all his time at St. Laurence House ROO takes up his first mission trip to Kabala to see and help do the NHA job. Thanks to Kelsay Willis who made it possible by sending ROO all his out-grown shoes. ROO makes way for all his out-grown but good shoes to go to Sorie, Bakanu and Yemeh at Kamathun village. ROO was feeling so sad for these poor kids. You could see it in his eyes as he looked at them. He was not shy to mix and play with them at all and begged if he could stay with them for a while. We have two up and coming helpers in NHA with Roo and Kelsay, perpetuating the existence of the work of NHA. Everything is coming into place, except for the most needed – the compound. We must raise the money to buy our own place by March 1, 2010… otherwise all this good will be stalled or ended. We can’t let that happen. Please give today, as you can see the work is so important. God bless you all.

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Friends & Family for life…

Posted on July 21, 2009 by vicki

.(Roo born October 2006 in Sierra Leone)
(Kelsay born September 2006 in USA) .…………….

Nazareth House Apostolate brings people together, people who may never have met if it were not for their involvement in NHA.

Kelsay is the grandson of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Roo, of course, is the son of James and Kadijah. He is also considered a grandchild of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki. Kelsay’s mom, Aleica, considers James her brother from across the ocean. James affectionately calls Aleica and her sisters Melody and Heather “sis”. “James”, was one of the first words out of Jenna’s mouth (Kelsay’s older sister). We are one big blended family.

Kelsay and Roo were born just one month apart. There hasn’t been a time in their short lives that they did not know about the other. Aleica and Kadijah counted the days of their pregnancies together and discussed the delivery stories; they shared a Baby Shower at Grace Church – packing all of Kadijah’s gifts and sending them on to Sierra Leone.

Even though Roo and Kelsay have never met physically, it is not a hinderance to their love and friendship. They are both a part of each others lives as if they were living under the same roof. There are no borders or ocean separating them.
When Nazareth House teamed up with One Love Foundation for the recent Shoe Drive, Kelsay wanted to do his part.

He gathered his out-grown shoes and packed them up to send to Roo. In his mind, if it goes to Africa, it MUST go to Roo.

Kelsay is used to helping his grandma in America pack and ship things to St. Laurence House for distribution by James for NHA.


But this time, it was time for Kelsay and Roo to do their part, and so the shoes were sent directly to Roo from Kelsay. And once Roo (it took about 10 days) received them – he knew exactly what to do with them,

give them to those in need!

What else would a member of the Nazareth House team do?

And these two boys, Roo and Kelsay, are truly team players.

Note from James Mansaray, Roo’s father:

Having spent all his time at St. Laurence House ROO takes up his first mission trip to Kabala to see and help do the NHA job. Thanks to Kelsay Willis who made it possible by sending ROO all his out-grown shoes. ROO makes way for all his out-grown but good shoes to go to Sorie, Bakanu and Yemeh at Kamathun village. ROO was feeling so sad for these poor kids. You could see it in his eyes as he looked at them. He was not shy to mix and play with them at all and begged if he could stay with them for a while. We have two up and coming helpers in NHA with Roo and Kelsay, perpetuating the existence of the work of NHA. Everything is coming into place, except for the most needed – the compound. We must raise the money to buy our own place by March 1, 2010… otherwise all this good will be stalled or ended. We can’t let that happen. Please give today, as you can see the work is so important. God bless you all.

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