Nazareth House Apostolate

I’ve just heard from James in Freetown, I’ve been worried. No word since Friday. He’s been doing photography work to generate money to live on and aid his neighbors. Our financial assistance has been a bit short due to everyone taking all the extra they had to sustain the rent for St. Laurence House one more year. The school in Kabala is almost complete, we still need 5 more bundles of zinc for the roof. We are trying to scrape that together so we can at least get the building done. Then we have to start on all the benches, teacher desks, supplies, uniforms and ongoing monthly support …sigh… I am hoping tax refunds might help generate a little extra towards our work in Sierra Leone. We’ll see.

New videos are frequently added on You Tube at our channel: www.youtube.com/SaloneNHA. Give them a look and share them with friends. The latest is one of the precious students of Nazareth House School, Kabala. The children are singing a welcome song. These kids are just beautiful. It is so hard to review these videos and see the faces of loved ones so far away… and be here in Louisville. I want to be with them very much. Hopefully, things will work out for a trip back very soon.

You know, there is so much sadness around the people of Sierra Leone: poverty, illness, hunger, death, violence, theft, death…its everywhere…but yet, AND YET, I find more truly happy and generally accepting people there than anywhere else in the world. There is such a great degree of dignity, of love for thy neighbor – A people of so little that GIVE so much! On our last visit, each time we noticed our brother or sister in need we’d buy food, rice (whatever the need) and bring it to them. By dinner time a meal was prepared and brought to us at St. Laurence House – they wanted to share with us what we had just given them. Its incredible. For many, simply knowing that God loves them and that God is aware of their pain…is enough…its all they need. Of course, every culture has those who don’t love their neighbor and are consumed in greed. Sierra Leone is no exception. But on the whole, you’ll find Sierra Leoneans to be a gentle, loving, welcoming people.

I’ve just heard from James in Freetown, I’ve been worried. No word since Friday. He’s been doing photography work to generate money to live on and aid his neighbors. Our financial assistance has been a bit short due to everyone taking all the extra they had to sustain the rent for St. Laurence House one more year. The school in Kabala is almost complete, we still need 5 more bundles of zinc for the roof. We are trying to scrape that together so we can at least get the building done. Then we have to start on all the benches, teacher desks, supplies, uniforms and ongoing monthly support …sigh… I am hoping tax refunds might help generate a little extra towards our work in Sierra Leone. We’ll see.

New videos are frequently added on You Tube at our channel: www.youtube.com/SaloneNHA. Give them a look and share them with friends. The latest is one of the precious students of Nazareth House School, Kabala. The children are singing a welcome song. These kids are just beautiful. It is so hard to review these videos and see the faces of loved ones so far away… and be here in Louisville. I want to be with them very much. Hopefully, things will work out for a trip back very soon.

You know, there is so much sadness around the people of Sierra Leone: poverty, illness, hunger, death, violence, theft, death…its everywhere…but yet, AND YET, I find more truly happy and generally accepting people there than anywhere else in the world. There is such a great degree of dignity, of love for thy neighbor – A people of so little that GIVE so much! On our last visit, each time we noticed our brother or sister in need we’d buy food, rice (whatever the need) and bring it to them. By dinner time a meal was prepared and brought to us at St. Laurence House – they wanted to share with us what we had just given them. Its incredible. For many, simply knowing that God loves them and that God is aware of their pain…is enough…its all they need. Of course, every culture has those who don’t love their neighbor and are consumed in greed. Sierra Leone is no exception. But on the whole, you’ll find Sierra Leoneans to be a gentle, loving, welcoming people.

Dear Nazareth House Friends,
In light of the unrest in Kenya, Nazareth House is asking your prayers for the people, the leaders and the country as a whole. Prayer is what opened the doors to our work in Sierra Leone and is the most we can do for any situation.

In 2005, the following prayer composed by Fr. Seraphim was prayed extensively throughout Sierra Leone as we were on the ground during a mission trip. You may find it helpful to use for the troubles in Kenya.

Merciful God,
Recieve the prayers we offer for our anxious and troubled world. Send thy light into our darkness and guide the nations as one family into the ways of peace. We, together on the earth, belong to you. May we see one another as you see us. Help us to love one another, teach us to understand each other, just as you, understand us. Make us fresh as the morning, make our hearts free of fear. May we forgive each other and forget the past. Strengthen in us day by day, the desire for you. Amen.

There is interest in putting together a 24 hour prayer clock such as we did when Fr. Seraphim first went into Sierra Leone. This clock will be for covering Kenya in 24 hour prayer. People may take one, or more, 15 minutes spans on the clock to specifically hold Kenya in prayer. Everyday at that time you remember Kenya. Your heart can do this while at home, work, exercising or resting. If you have an interest in participating in this Prayer Clock, reply to this email with your chosen time allotment and will set things in motion, hopefully completing a 24 day of prayer very soon. Of course, it is perfectly okay for more than one person to be praying at the same time frame. I’ll start with 4 AM to 4:30 AM for myself and work up from there. Once it starts forming we’ll post it on the blog to keep up with it. Thanks

Dear Nazareth House Friends,
In light of the unrest in Kenya, Nazareth House is asking your prayers for the people, the leaders and the country as a whole. Prayer is what opened the doors to our work in Sierra Leone and is the most we can do for any situation.

In 2005, the following prayer composed by Fr. Seraphim was prayed extensively throughout Sierra Leone as we were on the ground during a mission trip. You may find it helpful to use for the troubles in Kenya.

Merciful God,
Recieve the prayers we offer for our anxious and troubled world. Send thy light into our darkness and guide the nations as one family into the ways of peace. We, together on the earth, belong to you. May we see one another as you see us. Help us to love one another, teach us to understand each other, just as you, understand us. Make us fresh as the morning, make our hearts free of fear. May we forgive each other and forget the past. Strengthen in us day by day, the desire for you. Amen.

There is interest in putting together a 24 hour prayer clock such as we did when Fr. Seraphim first went into Sierra Leone. This clock will be for covering Kenya in 24 hour prayer. People may take one, or more, 15 minutes spans on the clock to specifically hold Kenya in prayer. Everyday at that time you remember Kenya. Your heart can do this while at home, work, exercising or resting. If you have an interest in participating in this Prayer Clock, reply to this email with your chosen time allotment and will set things in motion, hopefully completing a 24 day of prayer very soon. Of course, it is perfectly okay for more than one person to be praying at the same time frame. I’ll start with 4 AM to 4:30 AM for myself and work up from there. Once it starts forming we’ll post it on the blog to keep up with it. Thanks

Dear Nazareth House Friends,
In light of the unrest in Kenya, Nazareth House is asking your prayers for the people, the leaders and the country as a whole. Prayer is what opened the doors to our work in Sierra Leone and is the most we can do for any situation.

In 2005, the following prayer composed by Fr. Seraphim was prayed extensively throughout Sierra Leone as we were on the ground during a mission trip. You may find it helpful to use for the troubles in Kenya.

Merciful God,
Recieve the prayers we offer for our anxious and troubled world. Send thy light into our darkness and guide the nations as one family into the ways of peace. We, together on the earth, belong to you. May we see one another as you see us. Help us to love one another, teach us to understand each other, just as you, understand us. Make us fresh as the morning, make our hearts free of fear. May we forgive each other and forget the past. Strengthen in us day by day, the desire for you. Amen.

There is interest in putting together a 24 hour prayer clock such as we did when Fr. Seraphim first went into Sierra Leone. This clock will be for covering Kenya in 24 hour prayer. People may take one, or more, 15 minutes spans on the clock to specifically hold Kenya in prayer. Everyday at that time you remember Kenya. Your heart can do this while at home, work, exercising or resting. If you have an interest in participating in this Prayer Clock, reply to this email with your chosen time allotment and will set things in motion, hopefully completing a 24 day of prayer very soon. Of course, it is perfectly okay for more than one person to be praying at the same time frame. I’ll start with 4 AM to 4:30 AM for myself and work up from there. Once it starts forming we’ll post it on the blog to keep up with it. Thanks

Dear Nazareth House Friends,
In light of the unrest in Kenya, Nazareth House is asking your prayers for the people, the leaders and the country as a whole. Prayer is what opened the doors to our work in Sierra Leone and is the most we can do for any situation.

In 2005, the following prayer composed by Fr. Seraphim was prayed extensively throughout Sierra Leone as we were on the ground during a mission trip. You may find it helpful to use for the troubles in Kenya.

Merciful God,
Recieve the prayers we offer for our anxious and troubled world. Send thy light into our darkness and guide the nations as one family into the ways of peace. We, together on the earth, belong to you. May we see one another as you see us. Help us to love one another, teach us to understand each other, just as you, understand us. Make us fresh as the morning, make our hearts free of fear. May we forgive each other and forget the past. Strengthen in us day by day, the desire for you. Amen.

There is interest in putting together a 24 hour prayer clock such as we did when Fr. Seraphim first went into Sierra Leone. This clock will be for covering Kenya in 24 hour prayer. People may take one, or more, 15 minutes spans on the clock to specifically hold Kenya in prayer. Everyday at that time you remember Kenya. Your heart can do this while at home, work, exercising or resting. If you have an interest in participating in this Prayer Clock, reply to this email with your chosen time allotment and will set things in motion, hopefully completing a 24 day of prayer very soon. Of course, it is perfectly okay for more than one person to be praying at the same time frame. I’ll start with 4 AM to 4:30 AM for myself and work up from there. Once it starts forming we’ll post it on the blog to keep up with it. Thanks