Nazareth House Apostolate

“Ask and you shall receive”.. I was just wondering when the processing and release of the shoes

loaded on the container from Summit Hill, PA would take place when I received the news from James.

“Mama, we’ve got shoes”. “St. Laurence House has been invaded by shoes, I mean WE’VE GOT SHOES!”

Fr. Sandy delivered some of the bags of shoes collected by Maria Stianchie from ONE LOVE FOUNDATION.

Some of the shoes collected are going to the Orphanage – St. Mary’s, while others were for Nazareth House Apostolate, for our school in Kabala and

various children of the villages we serve.

The large garbage bags full of shoes were left off inside the garage of St. Laurence House in Freetown, Sierra Leone. After the initial awe of seeing “all these shoes” the chore of sorting

by sizes, determining boys from girls and counting them all began.

The shoes were transferred from the garage to the living of room of St. Laurence House

for the sorting.

I am delighted to see little Sia,

who has been so ill,

recovered and up assisting in the shoe project.

I am also happy to see Jodie, James sister,

giving a hand

to get all these shoes ready for delivery.

The living room is covered in shoes.

Everyone works to separate and sort.

Finally after several hours of work, the job is done.

Now its time to bag up and clean up from the sortment.

Everyone is tired and worn out

… BUT…

Roo comes home from school

and its his turn to see the sight of a room full of shoes.

So what does Roo do? He does what any local spiderman would do,

he creeps and crawls and climbs all through the stacks of shoes.

What excitement!

What a great thing you’ve done! Thanks for all the shoes… just wait until you see them being put on the feet for which they were intended. Good work, my friends, you’ve done well! Thank you, thank you.

Response from a dear friend in California concerning the shoe shipment: "I got shoes. You got shoes. All God's children got shoes, my Lord. When we get to heaven, we gonna walk . . . . we gonna walk . . . . all over God's heaven!"

“Ask and you shall receive”.. I was just wondering when the processing and release of the shoes

loaded on the container from Summit Hill, PA would take place when I received the news from James.

“Mama, we’ve got shoes”. “St. Laurence House has been invaded by shoes, I mean WE’VE GOT SHOES!”

Fr. Sandy delivered some of the bags of shoes collected by Maria Stianchie from ONE LOVE FOUNDATION.

Some of the shoes collected are going to the Orphanage – St. Mary’s, while others were for Nazareth House Apostolate, for our school in Kabala and

various children of the villages we serve.

The large garbage bags full of shoes were left off inside the garage of St. Laurence House in Freetown, Sierra Leone. After the initial awe of seeing “all these shoes” the chore of sorting

by sizes, determining boys from girls and counting them all began.

The shoes were transferred from the garage to the living of room of St. Laurence House

for the sorting.

I am delighted to see little Sia,

who has been so ill,

recovered and up assisting in the shoe project.

I am also happy to see Jodie, James sister,

giving a hand

to get all these shoes ready for delivery.

The living room is covered in shoes.

Everyone works to separate and sort.

Finally after several hours of work, the job is done.

Now its time to bag up and clean up from the sortment.

Everyone is tired and worn out

… BUT…

Roo comes home from school

and its his turn to see the sight of a room full of shoes.

So what does Roo do? He does what any local spiderman would do,

he creeps and crawls and climbs all through the stacks of shoes.

What excitement!

What a great thing you’ve done! Thanks for all the shoes… just wait until you see them being put on the feet for which they were intended. Good work, my friends, you’ve done well! Thank you, thank you.

Notice: Some shoes from the container have arrived at St Laurence House this morning!

Notice: Some shoes from the container have arrived at St Laurence House this morning!

Last Summer, Nazareth House Supporters helped One Love Foundation of Summit Hill, PA collect shoes to cover all the bare feet we see running around Salone.The collection was a huge success and thousands of donated shoes were packed onto the container and the ship set sail to Sierra Leone. It is now in dock at Freetown and we are awaiting processing of the shoes, hoping for their release someday soon.along with the items on board the container. There is always red-tape involved with customs and things take time. We are very excited for the day when we have all the shoes to give out to our students at our school in Kabala and all the children in Freetown that are patiently waiting.

BUT! IN THE MEANTIME….

A few shoes didn’t make the container and were sent directly to St. Laurence House. We took this opportunity to place them on feet.It was amazing to see the children helping each other to find the best fitting shoe. No-one was greedy, everyone shared. If someone’s shoe was a little snug, they found a smaller foot to put it on. If someone had too big of a shoe…the found a bigger foot. Everyone of those children worked to find the perfect match. Cinderella would have been proud.
As you can see the happy faces on these children, just think when we are literally giving away shoes to thousands of kids! We just can’t wait.

Last Summer, Nazareth House Supporters helped One Love Foundation of Summit Hill, PA collect shoes to cover all the bare feet we see running around Salone.The collection was a huge success and thousands of donated shoes were packed onto the container and the ship set sail to Sierra Leone. It is now in dock at Freetown and we are awaiting processing of the shoes, hoping for their release someday soon.along with the items on board the container. There is always red-tape involved with customs and things take time. We are very excited for the day when we have all the shoes to give out to our students at our school in Kabala and all the children in Freetown that are patiently waiting.

BUT! IN THE MEANTIME….

A few shoes didn’t make the container and were sent directly to St. Laurence House. We took this opportunity to place them on feet.It was amazing to see the children helping each other to find the best fitting shoe. No-one was greedy, everyone shared. If someone’s shoe was a little snug, they found a smaller foot to put it on. If someone had too big of a shoe…the found a bigger foot. Everyone of those children worked to find the perfect match. Cinderella would have been proud.
As you can see the happy faces on these children, just think when we are literally giving away shoes to thousands of kids! We just can’t wait.