So what’s up in Sierra Leone today?

Posted on May 15, 2008 by vicki


(Above photo: James distributing bread to the hungry)

James reports from St. Laurence House in Freetown, that little Roo has (Yet Again) taken sick with high fever and vomiting. James informed me that despite the illness Roo continues to eat rice and is taking his vitamins that we sent a few weeks back. More than likely some parasites are wiggling around in him. I am sending some pumpkin seeds for him to eat as they naturally expel parasites from the body.

Pa Foday reports from Kabala that the outside walls of the school have all been plastered with concrete and the inside walls and floor remain. He continues to marvel over the huge size of the structure. The village is so excited and anxious for its completion. They all say it is a miracle to have such a strong, big building for their children to receive an education. Teacher Lucy continues to recover from her appendicitis surgery and is gaining strength.

We received a few much needed donations this week (from LaGrange Georgia, Louisville Kentucky,Columbia South Carolina,Chico California) which will enable us to send some help to St. Laurence House to benefit those in need. Thank you and please help get the word out. With the downturn in the economy, the horrible disasters, understandably) funds for people suffering in Sierra Leone have been pushed way down on the list of priorities. However, regardless of what is going in the world, Sierra Leoneans continue to struggle, continue to live in terrible poverty, continue to be hungry, continue to not find adequate healthcare. We are their hope and we cannot ignore them.

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So what’s up in Sierra Leone today?

Posted on May 15, 2008 by vicki


(Above photo: James distributing bread to the hungry)

James reports from St. Laurence House in Freetown, that little Roo has (Yet Again) taken sick with high fever and vomiting. James informed me that despite the illness Roo continues to eat rice and is taking his vitamins that we sent a few weeks back. More than likely some parasites are wiggling around in him. I am sending some pumpkin seeds for him to eat as they naturally expel parasites from the body.

Pa Foday reports from Kabala that the outside walls of the school have all been plastered with concrete and the inside walls and floor remain. He continues to marvel over the huge size of the structure. The village is so excited and anxious for its completion. They all say it is a miracle to have such a strong, big building for their children to receive an education. Teacher Lucy continues to recover from her appendicitis surgery and is gaining strength.

We received a few much needed donations this week (from LaGrange Georgia, Louisville Kentucky,Columbia South Carolina,Chico California) which will enable us to send some help to St. Laurence House to benefit those in need. Thank you and please help get the word out. With the downturn in the economy, the horrible disasters, understandably) funds for people suffering in Sierra Leone have been pushed way down on the list of priorities. However, regardless of what is going in the world, Sierra Leoneans continue to struggle, continue to live in terrible poverty, continue to be hungry, continue to not find adequate healthcare. We are their hope and we cannot ignore them.

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What’s New at St. Laurence House?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by vicki



Daughter, Lucy and son, “Roo”, of parents James & Kadijah (our Nazareth House Staff in Freetown, Sierra Leone)send you greetings. Roo shows off the latest pest control of St. Laurence House (our rented staff quarters & medical distribution center).

This little cat needs to grow in order to perform its duties as St. Laurence House Rat Catcher. The rodents over take the city and infiltrate into the homes. A cat is the best deterrent to this problem.

James reports the wire transfer has arrived in Freetown, giving him a little help to make ends meet and tend to needs of a few of those around him. We are still unable to pay the teachers in Kabala adequately or regularly due to the downturn of donations resulting from the economic woes in America. As bad as it is to keep financially afloat here in the States, please understand it is a million times worse for those in Sierra Leone. If we have no money, no health insurance we can go into any hospital emergency room and receive treatment. This is not the case in Sierra Leone, you are turned away – No money for hospital fees means your death in many cases. And if you are lucky enough to be admitted to a hospital the medical supplies are nearly non-existent. This is why Nazareth House is so important in its supplying of medical needs. Most cities in the US have Soup Kitchens that can sustain us with one or two meals a day. In Sierra Leone you scavenge around from camp to camp, village to village and cook pot to cook pot hoping to find maybe enough for one serving of food, let alone a meal.

If you have considered giving your tax rebate (or a portion of it) to Nazareth House we can promise it will make a huge difference in many lives.

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What’s New at St. Laurence House?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by vicki



Daughter, Lucy and son, “Roo”, of parents James & Kadijah (our Nazareth House Staff in Freetown, Sierra Leone)send you greetings. Roo shows off the latest pest control of St. Laurence House (our rented staff quarters & medical distribution center).

This little cat needs to grow in order to perform its duties as St. Laurence House Rat Catcher. The rodents over take the city and infiltrate into the homes. A cat is the best deterrent to this problem.

James reports the wire transfer has arrived in Freetown, giving him a little help to make ends meet and tend to needs of a few of those around him. We are still unable to pay the teachers in Kabala adequately or regularly due to the downturn of donations resulting from the economic woes in America. As bad as it is to keep financially afloat here in the States, please understand it is a million times worse for those in Sierra Leone. If we have no money, no health insurance we can go into any hospital emergency room and receive treatment. This is not the case in Sierra Leone, you are turned away – No money for hospital fees means your death in many cases. And if you are lucky enough to be admitted to a hospital the medical supplies are nearly non-existent. This is why Nazareth House is so important in its supplying of medical needs. Most cities in the US have Soup Kitchens that can sustain us with one or two meals a day. In Sierra Leone you scavenge around from camp to camp, village to village and cook pot to cook pot hoping to find maybe enough for one serving of food, let alone a meal.

If you have considered giving your tax rebate (or a portion of it) to Nazareth House we can promise it will make a huge difference in many lives.

Posted in cat, humanitarian aid, hungry, Lazarus Sierra Leone Nazareth house death freetown salone Outreach, pest control, poverty, rat, soup kitchen | Leave a comment

What’s New at St. Laurence House?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by vicki



Daughter, Lucy and son, “Roo”, of parents James & Kadijah (our Nazareth House Staff in Freetown, Sierra Leone)send you greetings. Roo shows off the latest pest control of St. Laurence House (our rented staff quarters & medical distribution center).

This little cat needs to grow in order to perform its duties as St. Laurence House Rat Catcher. The rodents over take the city and infiltrate into the homes. A cat is the best deterrent to this problem.

James reports the wire transfer has arrived in Freetown, giving him a little help to make ends meet and tend to needs of a few of those around him. We are still unable to pay the teachers in Kabala adequately or regularly due to the downturn of donations resulting from the economic woes in America. As bad as it is to keep financially afloat here in the States, please understand it is a million times worse for those in Sierra Leone. If we have no money, no health insurance we can go into any hospital emergency room and receive treatment. This is not the case in Sierra Leone, you are turned away – No money for hospital fees means your death in many cases. And if you are lucky enough to be admitted to a hospital the medical supplies are nearly non-existent. This is why Nazareth House is so important in its supplying of medical needs. Most cities in the US have Soup Kitchens that can sustain us with one or two meals a day. In Sierra Leone you scavenge around from camp to camp, village to village and cook pot to cook pot hoping to find maybe enough for one serving of food, let alone a meal.

If you have considered giving your tax rebate (or a portion of it) to Nazareth House we can promise it will make a huge difference in many lives.

Posted in cat, humanitarian aid, hungry, Lazarus Sierra Leone Nazareth house death freetown salone Outreach, pest control, poverty, rat, soup kitchen | Leave a comment

What’s New at St. Laurence House?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by vicki



Daughter, Lucy and son, “Roo”, of parents James & Kadijah (our Nazareth House Staff in Freetown, Sierra Leone)send you greetings. Roo shows off the latest pest control of St. Laurence House (our rented staff quarters & medical distribution center).

This little cat needs to grow in order to perform its duties as St. Laurence House Rat Catcher. The rodents over take the city and infiltrate into the homes. A cat is the best deterrent to this problem.

James reports the wire transfer has arrived in Freetown, giving him a little help to make ends meet and tend to needs of a few of those around him. We are still unable to pay the teachers in Kabala adequately or regularly due to the downturn of donations resulting from the economic woes in America. As bad as it is to keep financially afloat here in the States, please understand it is a million times worse for those in Sierra Leone. If we have no money, no health insurance we can go into any hospital emergency room and receive treatment. This is not the case in Sierra Leone, you are turned away – No money for hospital fees means your death in many cases. And if you are lucky enough to be admitted to a hospital the medical supplies are nearly non-existent. This is why Nazareth House is so important in its supplying of medical needs. Most cities in the US have Soup Kitchens that can sustain us with one or two meals a day. In Sierra Leone you scavenge around from camp to camp, village to village and cook pot to cook pot hoping to find maybe enough for one serving of food, let alone a meal.

If you have considered giving your tax rebate (or a portion of it) to Nazareth House we can promise it will make a huge difference in many lives.

Posted in cat, humanitarian aid, hungry, Lazarus Sierra Leone Nazareth house death freetown salone Outreach, pest control, poverty, rat, soup kitchen | Leave a comment

Updates from Sierra Leone

Posted on May 12, 2008 by vicki


James, our director in Freetown sent me this post to be added to today’s blog. The internet server in Freetown is very slow today, kicking in and out. James had to type quickly, get the word out and upload the pictures to me. It’s remarkable that he got anything out to me at all.

12 May 2008 by James Mansaray, Freetown: Before taking another trip checking on the school construction in Kabala , I had been following events and issues around our beloved Salone the past few weeks. Some good ones and some hurting news. All this seen as part of life. For some it is tolerable whilst for others, not too good at all. As a member of Nazareth House Apostolate, we always spend time as a family to pray asking God to take control over it and wishing we had the support to improve on it.

Sierra Leone was recently aired around the world as paying the highest for petrol, this true. More increase in our staple food rice when there is enough poverty. Recently in Kabala two sad incidents where in a girl killed a young man with a scissors out of frustration (photo above) and a lady cutting her husband’s secret part off just because the husband fails to meet his family needs. More and more beggars around the streets of Freetown asking for a coin or more (photo above Roo w/ soccer ball looking out at beggars lined up in front of St. Laurence House), the new government doing its best trying to improve things. But in the mist of global rising prices few good results are achieved.

With Nazareth House Apostolate on the ground trying to help in our own way few plans were made. Primarily to pray and then ask for more support so that we continue to do our work here. Those who had been checking the blog will find a column where in we made up a plan to help improve swamp rice farming in Kabala. But the question is, can you fix square pegs on round holes?

We trying to bring smiles; are not relenting to ask… but pushing and calling on many to help us meet our goal here. The need for a compound our top priority and more and more needs behind it. Oh how i wish to see this come true because renting a house is one of the biggest killing prey here in Freetown and its getting worst day by day. Ask any resident of Freetown about this and you will hear the different cries about it.

Last night I took time to ponder over the recently made DVD on the work of Nazareth House Apostolate here in Sierra Leone. Little be it or not the pictures said it all. We are up to something but we can’t do this alone.

Two days ago I was doing a picture job at the Freetown golf club down Lumley and I saw three things. A fire dancer impressing a group of people, a beautiful sea view, some small kids walking along the beach carrying heavy stuffs on their heads to help fix a new family home. The last scene spoiled the whole show.

Nazareth House Apostolate is here for it and with your supports we can help bring smiles to many sad faces here. See how this little lad is in this picture.

(Scroll down to see pictures relative to this post…)

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Updates from Sierra Leone

Posted on May 12, 2008 by vicki


James, our director in Freetown sent me this post to be added to today’s blog. The internet server in Freetown is very slow today, kicking in and out. James had to type quickly, get the word out and upload the pictures to me. It’s remarkable that he got anything out to me at all.

12 May 2008 by James Mansaray, Freetown: Before taking another trip checking on the school construction in Kabala , I had been following events and issues around our beloved Salone the past few weeks. Some good ones and some hurting news. All this seen as part of life. For some it is tolerable whilst for others, not too good at all. As a member of Nazareth House Apostolate, we always spend time as a family to pray asking God to take control over it and wishing we had the support to improve on it.

Sierra Leone was recently aired around the world as paying the highest for petrol, this true. More increase in our staple food rice when there is enough poverty. Recently in Kabala two sad incidents where in a girl killed a young man with a scissors out of frustration (photo above) and a lady cutting her husband’s secret part off just because the husband fails to meet his family needs. More and more beggars around the streets of Freetown asking for a coin or more (photo above Roo w/ soccer ball looking out at beggars lined up in front of St. Laurence House), the new government doing its best trying to improve things. But in the mist of global rising prices few good results are achieved.

With Nazareth House Apostolate on the ground trying to help in our own way few plans were made. Primarily to pray and then ask for more support so that we continue to do our work here. Those who had been checking the blog will find a column where in we made up a plan to help improve swamp rice farming in Kabala. But the question is, can you fix square pegs on round holes?

We trying to bring smiles; are not relenting to ask… but pushing and calling on many to help us meet our goal here. The need for a compound our top priority and more and more needs behind it. Oh how i wish to see this come true because renting a house is one of the biggest killing prey here in Freetown and its getting worst day by day. Ask any resident of Freetown about this and you will hear the different cries about it.

Last night I took time to ponder over the recently made DVD on the work of Nazareth House Apostolate here in Sierra Leone. Little be it or not the pictures said it all. We are up to something but we can’t do this alone.

Two days ago I was doing a picture job at the Freetown golf club down Lumley and I saw three things. A fire dancer impressing a group of people, a beautiful sea view, some small kids walking along the beach carrying heavy stuffs on their heads to help fix a new family home. The last scene spoiled the whole show.

Nazareth House Apostolate is here for it and with your supports we can help bring smiles to many sad faces here. See how this little lad is in this picture.

(Scroll down to see pictures relative to this post…)

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Updates from Sierra Leone

Posted on May 12, 2008 by vicki


James, our director in Freetown sent me this post to be added to today’s blog. The internet server in Freetown is very slow today, kicking in and out. James had to type quickly, get the word out and upload the pictures to me. It’s remarkable that he got anything out to me at all.

12 May 2008 by James Mansaray, Freetown: Before taking another trip checking on the school construction in Kabala , I had been following events and issues around our beloved Salone the past few weeks. Some good ones and some hurting news. All this seen as part of life. For some it is tolerable whilst for others, not too good at all. As a member of Nazareth House Apostolate, we always spend time as a family to pray asking God to take control over it and wishing we had the support to improve on it.

Sierra Leone was recently aired around the world as paying the highest for petrol, this true. More increase in our staple food rice when there is enough poverty. Recently in Kabala two sad incidents where in a girl killed a young man with a scissors out of frustration (photo above) and a lady cutting her husband’s secret part off just because the husband fails to meet his family needs. More and more beggars around the streets of Freetown asking for a coin or more (photo above Roo w/ soccer ball looking out at beggars lined up in front of St. Laurence House), the new government doing its best trying to improve things. But in the mist of global rising prices few good results are achieved.

With Nazareth House Apostolate on the ground trying to help in our own way few plans were made. Primarily to pray and then ask for more support so that we continue to do our work here. Those who had been checking the blog will find a column where in we made up a plan to help improve swamp rice farming in Kabala. But the question is, can you fix square pegs on round holes?

We trying to bring smiles; are not relenting to ask… but pushing and calling on many to help us meet our goal here. The need for a compound our top priority and more and more needs behind it. Oh how i wish to see this come true because renting a house is one of the biggest killing prey here in Freetown and its getting worst day by day. Ask any resident of Freetown about this and you will hear the different cries about it.

Last night I took time to ponder over the recently made DVD on the work of Nazareth House Apostolate here in Sierra Leone. Little be it or not the pictures said it all. We are up to something but we can’t do this alone.

Two days ago I was doing a picture job at the Freetown golf club down Lumley and I saw three things. A fire dancer impressing a group of people, a beautiful sea view, some small kids walking along the beach carrying heavy stuffs on their heads to help fix a new family home. The last scene spoiled the whole show.

Nazareth House Apostolate is here for it and with your supports we can help bring smiles to many sad faces here. See how this little lad is in this picture.

(Scroll down to see pictures relative to this post…)

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Updates from Sierra Leone

Posted on May 12, 2008 by vicki


James, our director in Freetown sent me this post to be added to today’s blog. The internet server in Freetown is very slow today, kicking in and out. James had to type quickly, get the word out and upload the pictures to me. It’s remarkable that he got anything out to me at all.

12 May 2008 by James Mansaray, Freetown: Before taking another trip checking on the school construction in Kabala , I had been following events and issues around our beloved Salone the past few weeks. Some good ones and some hurting news. All this seen as part of life. For some it is tolerable whilst for others, not too good at all. As a member of Nazareth House Apostolate, we always spend time as a family to pray asking God to take control over it and wishing we had the support to improve on it.

Sierra Leone was recently aired around the world as paying the highest for petrol, this true. More increase in our staple food rice when there is enough poverty. Recently in Kabala two sad incidents where in a girl killed a young man with a scissors out of frustration (photo above) and a lady cutting her husband’s secret part off just because the husband fails to meet his family needs. More and more beggars around the streets of Freetown asking for a coin or more (photo above Roo w/ soccer ball looking out at beggars lined up in front of St. Laurence House), the new government doing its best trying to improve things. But in the mist of global rising prices few good results are achieved.

With Nazareth House Apostolate on the ground trying to help in our own way few plans were made. Primarily to pray and then ask for more support so that we continue to do our work here. Those who had been checking the blog will find a column where in we made up a plan to help improve swamp rice farming in Kabala. But the question is, can you fix square pegs on round holes?

We trying to bring smiles; are not relenting to ask… but pushing and calling on many to help us meet our goal here. The need for a compound our top priority and more and more needs behind it. Oh how i wish to see this come true because renting a house is one of the biggest killing prey here in Freetown and its getting worst day by day. Ask any resident of Freetown about this and you will hear the different cries about it.

Last night I took time to ponder over the recently made DVD on the work of Nazareth House Apostolate here in Sierra Leone. Little be it or not the pictures said it all. We are up to something but we can’t do this alone.

Two days ago I was doing a picture job at the Freetown golf club down Lumley and I saw three things. A fire dancer impressing a group of people, a beautiful sea view, some small kids walking along the beach carrying heavy stuffs on their heads to help fix a new family home. The last scene spoiled the whole show.

Nazareth House Apostolate is here for it and with your supports we can help bring smiles to many sad faces here. See how this little lad is in this picture.

(Scroll down to see pictures relative to this post…)

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