NHA School Prepares for a new School Year

Posted on August 24, 2011 by vicki
Nazareth House Apostolate School completed yet another successful year of education in June 2011.  
As we prepare for the opening of the next school year in a few short weeks,
Pa Foday & NHA Teachers prepare to handout 2010/2011 Report Cards and Awards
we want to share with you

the joy 

James and Mako give this young boy an award
and pride in a job 

James gives this young lady an award

well done

What a fabulous year this has been
the students, 
teachers,

Pa Foday hands out report cards
staff,

Handing out report cards
and parents of Nazareth House Apostolate

Proud students, excited to receive their grades
all performed 

Sanu hands out report cards
an outstanding achievement

Proud parents review their child’s report card
in accomplishing another 

remarkable School Year. 

As report cards were handed out

the students anxiously peered over their grades.

smiles grew broader and broader as 

Albert distributes report cards
the children, teachers and parents 

Roo supervises the distribution of report cards
realized what a remarkable fulfillment

and accomplishment that they have attained.  The students are remarkable

and this speaks for the tremendous job the teachers are doing.  

proud parents review their child’s grades
It all starts in the home
these children are all fortunate to have parents that know

and understand the value of education.

They want the best for their children and when it comes to education, our hard working teachers 

. 

 know how to provide it.

The parents are delighted to see the good marks 

their children are making.  They see 

this as the hope of the future.

We at Nazareth House Apostolate want to make sure

that you know

Roo participates in handing out report cards
how important 

a work you are doing through Nazareth House Apostolate

for the students, teachers, parents 

of Kabala. 

Your prayers and donations to NHA, not only 

provide education 

but gives an entire community HOPE!
The NHA Team is the best, working together from shore to shore
Making a difference!
Thank you.   Please continue this most generous and honorable work.  
If you haven’t committed to a monthly donation 
to NHA 
for the purpose of maintaining 
HOPE
in Kabala and outlying villages,
Please consider doing so today.
NHA
185 Captains Cove Drive
Taylorsville, KY 40071
or 
use your credit card via the Paypal link on our website
www.nazarethhouseap.org

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NHA School Prepares for a new School Year

Posted on August 24, 2011 by vicki
Nazareth House Apostolate School completed yet another successful year of education in June 2011.  
As we prepare for the opening of the next school year in a few short weeks,
Pa Foday & NHA Teachers prepare to handout 2010/2011 Report Cards and Awards
we want to share with you

the joy 

James and Mako give this young boy an award
and pride in a job 

James gives this young lady an award

well done

What a fabulous year this has been
the students, 
teachers,

Pa Foday hands out report cards
staff,

Handing out report cards
and parents of Nazareth House Apostolate

Proud students, excited to receive their grades
all performed 

Sanu hands out report cards
an outstanding achievement

Proud parents review their child’s report card
in accomplishing another 

remarkable School Year. 

As report cards were handed out

the students anxiously peered over their grades.

smiles grew broader and broader as 

Albert distributes report cards
the children, teachers and parents 

Roo supervises the distribution of report cards
realized what a remarkable fulfillment

and accomplishment that they have attained.  The students are remarkable

and this speaks for the tremendous job the teachers are doing.  

proud parents review their child’s grades
It all starts in the home
these children are all fortunate to have parents that know

and understand the value of education.

They want the best for their children and when it comes to education, our hard working teachers 

. 

 know how to provide it.

The parents are delighted to see the good marks 

their children are making.  They see 

this as the hope of the future.

We at Nazareth House Apostolate want to make sure

that you know

Roo participates in handing out report cards
how important 

a work you are doing through Nazareth House Apostolate

for the students, teachers, parents 

of Kabala. 

Your prayers and donations to NHA, not only 

provide education 

but gives an entire community HOPE!
The NHA Team is the best, working together from shore to shore
Making a difference!
Thank you.   Please continue this most generous and honorable work.  
If you haven’t committed to a monthly donation 
to NHA 
for the purpose of maintaining 
HOPE
in Kabala and outlying villages,
Please consider doing so today.
NHA
185 Captains Cove Drive
Taylorsville, KY 40071
or 
use your credit card via the Paypal link on our website
www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Mornings that last all day!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by vicki
At this stage of pregnancy, mornings are not easy for Kadijah.  As it is with most women with child, Morning Sickness occupies a lot of her day.   
Life is not as frantic
 in Kabala as it was in Freetown.
  Its quiet, no constant honking of car horns,
 no hustle and bustle 
about the streets.  
Kadijah sets out to begin the day, preparing food and doing chores.  
Albeit, the unfinished Compound (cabinets not all in yet) provides her an opportunity to be a little more creative on getting the day’s tasks accomplished.  This is nothing new for her – anyone able to survive the horrors & atrocities of war while also protecting her infant (Lucy was a baby during the war) -she is used to making things do. 
The rains are so heavy now that it has provided many gallons of free water with each full bucket saved.  We can now use it to flush the toilet, bathe, wash dishes.  We are so thankful for this source of water. 
Because of the rains, being without water isn’t too terrible.  A bit of an inconvenience during cooking and bathing and a toilsome annoyance in the restroom.  Yet we do what we have to do.
 We pray that as the rains stop, and the sunny weather returns that we will also have the funding to complete the well and provide water into the Compound.  And if it is delayed longer, then… we’ll be okay.  NHA lives in the moment, making the best of it because God is in that very moment – good or bad.  This gives us the strength to plow on through whatever the world hands us.  
In the meantime we give thanks for all of you and all we have, in particular all the wonderful benefits we have received in living up-country.   One advantage (which is the greatest) is that there is no shortage of loving people to share the day and spread around some happiness…   
Seraphim’s good friend, Pa Bah, enjoys some time with Roo…
Pa Bah has had recent health issues, please pray for him.
…and Kadijah gets some time to be still..
“Be still, and know that I am God” 

(Psalm 46:10)
www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Mornings that last all day!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by vicki
At this stage of pregnancy, mornings are not easy for Kadijah.  As it is with most women with child, Morning Sickness occupies a lot of her day.   
Life is not as frantic
 in Kabala as it was in Freetown.
  Its quiet, no constant honking of car horns,
 no hustle and bustle 
about the streets.  
Kadijah sets out to begin the day, preparing food and doing chores.  
Albeit, the unfinished Compound (cabinets not all in yet) provides her an opportunity to be a little more creative on getting the day’s tasks accomplished.  This is nothing new for her – anyone able to survive the horrors & atrocities of war while also protecting her infant (Lucy was a baby during the war) -she is used to making things do. 
The rains are so heavy now that it has provided many gallons of free water with each full bucket saved.  We can now use it to flush the toilet, bathe, wash dishes.  We are so thankful for this source of water. 
Because of the rains, being without water isn’t too terrible.  A bit of an inconvenience during cooking and bathing and a toilsome annoyance in the restroom.  Yet we do what we have to do.
 We pray that as the rains stop, and the sunny weather returns that we will also have the funding to complete the well and provide water into the Compound.  And if it is delayed longer, then… we’ll be okay.  NHA lives in the moment, making the best of it because God is in that very moment – good or bad.  This gives us the strength to plow on through whatever the world hands us.  
In the meantime we give thanks for all of you and all we have, in particular all the wonderful benefits we have received in living up-country.   One advantage (which is the greatest) is that there is no shortage of loving people to share the day and spread around some happiness…   
Seraphim’s good friend, Pa Bah, enjoys some time with Roo…
Pa Bah has had recent health issues, please pray for him.
…and Kadijah gets some time to be still..
“Be still, and know that I am God” 

(Psalm 46:10)
www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Country Roads Take NHA Home

Posted on August 20, 2011 by vicki

The Spring and Summer of 2011 have been very active times for Nazareth House Apostolate; both in America and in Sierra Leone.  









 Our headquarters in each Nation have now both moved from out of busy cities 





and into more rural areas. 







In America, NHA has been establishing St. Simeon Skete.   



The spiritual work (11 Prayer Offices & Daily Liturgy) at St. Simeon Skete is not new, 





its been going on for many decades – it was simply a matter of doing it in a different place.  





In this case, the location is a more suitable place, one much more conducive to the prayer life. 

View of St. Simeon Skete from on Taylorsville Lake.   (Chapel on Left, Kellia on Right)


In Africa, NHA is establishing the new NHA Compound.




Again, the work of loving & caring for the people in Africa will remain the same, only the location has changed.

There are outlying villages that desperately need our help.

And… our NHA School with all its needs is right there next to the new compound.

So as it is with NHA America, the new space in Kabala is much more conducive to the work it performs.






In Africa in Kabala and in America in Kentucky, both NHA headquarters are surrounded by the finest of nature’s beauty.  

Bureh Beach, Sierra Leone



Yet there is no time to get lost in the allure of such tranquil settings. 



Doe and Fawn on Campus of St. Simeon Skete





 In addition to the prayer life at the Skete in Kentucky and the humanitarian work at the Compound in Kabala, both facilities require much physical upkeep on the buildings and property.  




 There are six buildings on the grounds at St Simeon Skete which include:  The Chapel including the bookshop, Anna House, the Kellia, the barn, the stone hermitage and St. Arsenius Hermitage located deep in the woods. Every building is in need of regular maintenance and upkeep  – as well as the usual repair work.   





St. Simeon Skete has been cloistered spiritually,






 but as of last week we are now also physically cloistered.






We now have a new fence surrounding the front of the property.




One of the things we’ve been missing is the church bell. 



 It is used to call us to scheduled prayer times.   






As Jesús  and his son, installed the bell pole into the ground with concrete, he wanted to make sure that it was level.  







Unfortunately, we need to stock up on many tools that we didn’t have before ….but never fear…  










 there is an app for that!   







And Jesús completed the task perfectly –

 just in time to ring for the next service. 






While the bell was being put in, Denny was grating the gravel road.  





The recent heavy rains formed gullies in the driveway and parking lot and it was in need of a good smoothing out.



The overgrowth of the woodland areas of the Skete have been a chore, to say the least.  


There is much tree removal and trimming to be done.   



During the Winter, Seraphim and the Archbishop made the first purchase at the skete together – they bought a chainsaw. 

I never know what I will see go pass the front door of the kellia






Last week, Denny and Seraphim tackled a tree line along the driveway 





between Anna House and the barn. At first it looks as though there is nothing but trees, but as we look closer you see Seraphim’s head as he uses the chainsaw.    







…and how is he reaching that tall tree?

“2 scoops of monk please…”




The tree removal took a good portion of the morning


there is nothing like a quick rest in a shovel before you set out for more work…
There are Purple Martin Birdhouses to be hung…
and bat houses to be placed (it is our hope that this will help with some of the mosquitoes and other flying nuisances around the property). 
And of course, with all the rain, and sauna-like heat
the grass is growing like crazy and always ready to be cut…
Fr. Donald Ashman is getting acquainted with the zero-turn radius Scag Cheetah during his recent visit to the Skete
Seraphim has become a pro at Zero-turn spinning and cutting
Back in Africa, wells are being dug
life out of the city is being experienced
and the NHA Compound is being built

Isaiah 43:18-19

King James Version (KJV)

 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
 19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

So many prayers, so much work, lots of things to do, so many needs… but we have one thing that can make everything possible
We have 
LOVE

Be a part of NHA

share in the love

www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Country Roads Take NHA Home

Posted on August 20, 2011 by vicki

The Spring and Summer of 2011 have been very active times for Nazareth House Apostolate; both in America and in Sierra Leone.  









 Our headquarters in each Nation have now both moved from out of busy cities 





and into more rural areas. 







In America, NHA has been establishing St. Simeon Skete.   



The spiritual work (11 Prayer Offices & Daily Liturgy) at St. Simeon Skete is not new, 





its been going on for many decades – it was simply a matter of doing it in a different place.  





In this case, the location is a more suitable place, one much more conducive to the prayer life. 

View of St. Simeon Skete from on Taylorsville Lake.   (Chapel on Left, Kellia on Right)


In Africa, NHA is establishing the new NHA Compound.




Again, the work of loving & caring for the people in Africa will remain the same, only the location has changed.

There are outlying villages that desperately need our help.

And… our NHA School with all its needs is right there next to the new compound.

So as it is with NHA America, the new space in Kabala is much more conducive to the work it performs.






In Africa in Kabala and in America in Kentucky, both NHA headquarters are surrounded by the finest of nature’s beauty.  

Bureh Beach, Sierra Leone



Yet there is no time to get lost in the allure of such tranquil settings. 



Doe and Fawn on Campus of St. Simeon Skete





 In addition to the prayer life at the Skete in Kentucky and the humanitarian work at the Compound in Kabala, both facilities require much physical upkeep on the buildings and property.  




 There are six buildings on the grounds at St Simeon Skete which include:  The Chapel including the bookshop, Anna House, the Kellia, the barn, the stone hermitage and St. Arsenius Hermitage located deep in the woods. Every building is in need of regular maintenance and upkeep  – as well as the usual repair work.   





St. Simeon Skete has been cloistered spiritually,






 but as of last week we are now also physically cloistered.






We now have a new fence surrounding the front of the property.




One of the things we’ve been missing is the church bell. 



 It is used to call us to scheduled prayer times.   






As Jesús  and his son, installed the bell pole into the ground with concrete, he wanted to make sure that it was level.  







Unfortunately, we need to stock up on many tools that we didn’t have before ….but never fear…  










 there is an app for that!   







And Jesús completed the task perfectly –

 just in time to ring for the next service. 






While the bell was being put in, Denny was grating the gravel road.  





The recent heavy rains formed gullies in the driveway and parking lot and it was in need of a good smoothing out.



The overgrowth of the woodland areas of the Skete have been a chore, to say the least.  


There is much tree removal and trimming to be done.   



During the Winter, Seraphim and the Archbishop made the first purchase at the skete together – they bought a chainsaw. 

I never know what I will see go pass the front door of the kellia






Last week, Denny and Seraphim tackled a tree line along the driveway 





between Anna House and the barn. At first it looks as though there is nothing but trees, but as we look closer you see Seraphim’s head as he uses the chainsaw.    







…and how is he reaching that tall tree?

“2 scoops of monk please…”




The tree removal took a good portion of the morning


there is nothing like a quick rest in a shovel before you set out for more work…
There are Purple Martin Birdhouses to be hung…
and bat houses to be placed (it is our hope that this will help with some of the mosquitoes and other flying nuisances around the property). 
And of course, with all the rain, and sauna-like heat
the grass is growing like crazy and always ready to be cut…
Fr. Donald Ashman is getting acquainted with the zero-turn radius Scag Cheetah during his recent visit to the Skete
Seraphim has become a pro at Zero-turn spinning and cutting
Back in Africa, wells are being dug
life out of the city is being experienced
and the NHA Compound is being built

Isaiah 43:18-19

King James Version (KJV)

 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
 19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

So many prayers, so much work, lots of things to do, so many needs… but we have one thing that can make everything possible
We have 
LOVE

Be a part of NHA

share in the love

www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Ah Kabala! I have returned…

Posted on August 15, 2011 by vicki

From James Mansaray, Kabala, Sierra Leone


Its been exactly six weeks since NHA made the final move to Kabala from Freetown. As we try to fit into the system here, life continues – though in a different way. Settling into an un-settled place is always a herculean task, but for us at NHA – we do our work and don’t take time to complain.  

I have no doubt that this move is exactly what NHA is to be doing, bringing the work more closer to those that are desperately in need.

There is no electricity or pipes with running water here in Kabala. These utilities were last seen since I was ten years old. Yet, still life goes on. Thanks to you all for bringing the compound this far. 

We are extremely fortunate to have a roof over our heads in an environment where so many can’t afford it.  We want to complete this compound so that we can put it to its intended use – not just housing your NHA Staff – but being a Center of Operation to help those around us.  
We are still lacking water which is an important resource in order for us to stay alive and healthy and be able to perform the tasks that NHA asks us to do. Thanks to God for the heavy rain falls, we’ve been filling buckets and making less long hikes to the stream to fetch water. 
Despite all the struggles trying to adjust to this new life, NHA has not neglected to do its work here. Last weekend we joined hands with our friends at the one hut village to speed up the construction of their newly built zinc house. 
I guess you all know what this poor family had been through (scroll through past blog posts to read about all the sad life of poverty they have experienced).  

Sanu and I took more bags of cement plus rice to help this family. In a month’s time or two, if all goes well and we acquire all the help we need, they will begin to sleep in a better dry  place for the first time in their life. 

Things are difficult and the funding is so small for all of us, 

but we are doing a good thing for them through your support to Nazareth House Apostolate.  

We are also feeding more hungry villagers with a bag of rice bit by bit every month.  

It would be wonderful if more and more began to support NHA monthly and we had the ability to provide for more of those in need, but for now we are helping more and more bit by bit. 
We are low on medical supplies and need to restock the pharmacy in the new NHA Compound in Kabala.  The postal service is slow and not performing like before.  
ROO and I continue to plant flowers and clean around  the new NHA Compound.  

You can see by this picture that Kadijah is sporting a healthy little “baby bump”.  

We are excited about the new addition to our family. 

Ann Marie is currently visiting with us in Kabala but will be returning to Freetown.  Her biological mother has enrolled her in a school in Freetown and has decided to keep her with her at this time.  Ann Marie has promised to visit with us as often as she can.  This was a big heartbreak to us to have her leave, as she is part of our family.  However, her parents have resumed responsibility for her.  We hold them all in our hearts and prayers, especially Ann Marie. 
Lucy and Roo are happy in Kabala.   

We need to accelerate the home schooling for Lucy and find ways to educate her that does not take internet.  DVD programs, etc.  

She is a brilliant young lady and we don’t want to waste all the education given so far.   
Roo, on the other hand, is very much at home at our NHA School. 

 He is making more and more friends 

and learning the joys of simple living – being a young boy 

growing up in a village 

rather than the harshness of Freetown. 

Simba refused to make the journey with us, trying to bite me and fight me getting into the car. (See a video of Simba by clicking on this link Youtube-SaloneNHA)  A neighbor at the old St Laurence House agreed to take Simba on and now Simba is guarding a new family. 

  We got Roo a new puppy and I think this picture says it all.   Ha Ha …so do you think Roo loves this little canine? 


Kadijah is enjoying meeting with the neighbors and the quiet, peacefulness of Kabala.  

I remember her backyard in Freetown.  People slipping in and out for food.  That will be the idea here again soon but right now, without the water and things….  the villagers are taking to helping us – checking in on us to make sure we are okay.  


 It is an amazing place here.  I can’t wait to get out and spread NHA to those in need.   You’ve done well to bring NHA to Kabala, truly the needs are greatest here and the best place for NHA to be.   Please don’t stop now… so much to finish, so much to start.   If you aren’t giving monthly support to NHA… please, consider it.  We are one big family bonded across the ocean… don’t look away!

Donations can be made through the website at 

or

mail your tax deductible donation to:

NHA
185 Captains Cove Drive
Taylorsville, KY 40071


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Ah Kabala! I have returned…

Posted on August 15, 2011 by vicki

From James Mansaray, Kabala, Sierra Leone


Its been exactly six weeks since NHA made the final move to Kabala from Freetown. As we try to fit into the system here, life continues – though in a different way. Settling into an un-settled place is always a herculean task, but for us at NHA – we do our work and don’t take time to complain.  

I have no doubt that this move is exactly what NHA is to be doing, bringing the work more closer to those that are desperately in need.

There is no electricity or pipes with running water here in Kabala. These utilities were last seen since I was ten years old. Yet, still life goes on. Thanks to you all for bringing the compound this far. 

We are extremely fortunate to have a roof over our heads in an environment where so many can’t afford it.  We want to complete this compound so that we can put it to its intended use – not just housing your NHA Staff – but being a Center of Operation to help those around us.  
We are still lacking water which is an important resource in order for us to stay alive and healthy and be able to perform the tasks that NHA asks us to do. Thanks to God for the heavy rain falls, we’ve been filling buckets and making less long hikes to the stream to fetch water. 
Despite all the struggles trying to adjust to this new life, NHA has not neglected to do its work here. Last weekend we joined hands with our friends at the one hut village to speed up the construction of their newly built zinc house. 
I guess you all know what this poor family had been through (scroll through past blog posts to read about all the sad life of poverty they have experienced).  

Sanu and I took more bags of cement plus rice to help this family. In a month’s time or two, if all goes well and we acquire all the help we need, they will begin to sleep in a better dry  place for the first time in their life. 

Things are difficult and the funding is so small for all of us, 

but we are doing a good thing for them through your support to Nazareth House Apostolate.  

We are also feeding more hungry villagers with a bag of rice bit by bit every month.  

It would be wonderful if more and more began to support NHA monthly and we had the ability to provide for more of those in need, but for now we are helping more and more bit by bit. 
We are low on medical supplies and need to restock the pharmacy in the new NHA Compound in Kabala.  The postal service is slow and not performing like before.  
ROO and I continue to plant flowers and clean around  the new NHA Compound.  

You can see by this picture that Kadijah is sporting a healthy little “baby bump”.  

We are excited about the new addition to our family. 

Ann Marie is currently visiting with us in Kabala but will be returning to Freetown.  Her biological mother has enrolled her in a school in Freetown and has decided to keep her with her at this time.  Ann Marie has promised to visit with us as often as she can.  This was a big heartbreak to us to have her leave, as she is part of our family.  However, her parents have resumed responsibility for her.  We hold them all in our hearts and prayers, especially Ann Marie. 
Lucy and Roo are happy in Kabala.   

We need to accelerate the home schooling for Lucy and find ways to educate her that does not take internet.  DVD programs, etc.  

She is a brilliant young lady and we don’t want to waste all the education given so far.   
Roo, on the other hand, is very much at home at our NHA School. 

 He is making more and more friends 

and learning the joys of simple living – being a young boy 

growing up in a village 

rather than the harshness of Freetown. 

Simba refused to make the journey with us, trying to bite me and fight me getting into the car. (See a video of Simba by clicking on this link Youtube-SaloneNHA)  A neighbor at the old St Laurence House agreed to take Simba on and now Simba is guarding a new family. 

  We got Roo a new puppy and I think this picture says it all.   Ha Ha …so do you think Roo loves this little canine? 


Kadijah is enjoying meeting with the neighbors and the quiet, peacefulness of Kabala.  

I remember her backyard in Freetown.  People slipping in and out for food.  That will be the idea here again soon but right now, without the water and things….  the villagers are taking to helping us – checking in on us to make sure we are okay.  


 It is an amazing place here.  I can’t wait to get out and spread NHA to those in need.   You’ve done well to bring NHA to Kabala, truly the needs are greatest here and the best place for NHA to be.   Please don’t stop now… so much to finish, so much to start.   If you aren’t giving monthly support to NHA… please, consider it.  We are one big family bonded across the ocean… don’t look away!

Donations can be made through the website at 

or

mail your tax deductible donation to:

NHA
185 Captains Cove Drive
Taylorsville, KY 40071


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Posted on August 11, 2011 by vicki
A month ago, Nazareth House Apostolate pleaded for funding to finish the building of the Nazareth House Compound in Kabala, Sierra Leone.  At that time we were still owing $12,304 (as of July 6, 2011).   We are very grateful to those of you who sacrificed to give whatever you could, despite the economic climate in America, to come to the aid of those in need in Sierra Leone.   We are not yet debt free, but we are making progress thanks to those who put their compassion into action.  Today, we owe $6,408!

James Mansaray and our staff, his family have made the move to Kabala from Freetown and are now living in the new NHA Compound, despite it incompleteness.

James shared with me that life is more free of distraction in Kabala.  He likened it to the Nazareth House move into St. Simeon Skete – from Louisville to Taylorsville, Kentucky.  Whereas the Skete, in its quiet simple setting allows NHA to dive deeper and deeper into prayer; the NHA Compound in Kabala allows our work in Sierra Leone to be offered deeper and deeper into the villagers that have been overlooked, left hidden in the cracks.   NHA’s presence at St. Simeon Skete and our presence in Kabala marry the two spiritualities of the Saints, Mary and Martha, strengthening the work from both sides of the Atlantic.

We are still in need of your help.   The rainy season is in full swing in Kabala.

This is a good thing as we still do not have water from well flowing to the NHA Compound.   Our staff, thrifty as always, is taking advantage of the rains to fetch water for bathing, cooking, etc.

The family and friends living around our staff have been very good to bring water and help our staff, however, with Kadijah’s pregnancy and all, we really need to get this water situation working.  There has been troubles and the work has become difficult and more expensive to get the well pumping to the house.  We have hit water but not yet able to bring it into the house – we need more money to make this a reality.

Your donations are more important than ever.  There is so much to do and until the NHA Compound is complete we cannot move on to meet the growing needs in the surrounding villages.   More and more people are depending on us as we continue to meet are already established responsibilities – paying our teachers each month, providing rice for families, doing our work.  

It is exciting that there has been such a rallying behind us to keep NHA at work!   Remember, every bag of rice given is received in the name of our supporters.  NHA exists as a family, a group of people working together to love each other.  

Last month not only did we bring the NHA Compound debt down by almost half, we were also able to provide the materials to build a 5 bedroom mud brick house complete with zinc roof for the One Hut family.  

The NHA Staff: James, Kadijah & Lucy & Roo visit One Hut Village: February 2011

This family has suffered one catastrophe after another,

In April 2011, Fire destroyed the One Hut Thatch Roofed hut

 leaving them without shelter.  

James mixes concrete for floor & walls of new One Hut Compound

As of today, because of your contributions – the One Hut family is withstanding this current rainy season sheltered  by a zinc roof over their heads.

More concrete for the new One Hut Compound, seen in the background

  Let’s keep the momentum going…. making differences, changing not only the lives of others but ours as well – for the better.

Please share the word about this good work, invite others to be a part of it.   Be a NHA Sustainer, become a regular monthly donor to NHA.  

donations can be mailed to:
           NHA
           185 Captains Cove Drive
           Taylorsville, KY 40071

or through the paypal link on our website

           www.nazarethhouseap.org

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Posted on August 11, 2011 by vicki
A month ago, Nazareth House Apostolate pleaded for funding to finish the building of the Nazareth House Compound in Kabala, Sierra Leone.  At that time we were still owing $12,304 (as of July 6, 2011).   We are very grateful to those of you who sacrificed to give whatever you could, despite the economic climate in America, to come to the aid of those in need in Sierra Leone.   We are not yet debt free, but we are making progress thanks to those who put their compassion into action.  Today, we owe $6,408!

James Mansaray and our staff, his family have made the move to Kabala from Freetown and are now living in the new NHA Compound, despite it incompleteness.

James shared with me that life is more free of distraction in Kabala.  He likened it to the Nazareth House move into St. Simeon Skete – from Louisville to Taylorsville, Kentucky.  Whereas the Skete, in its quiet simple setting allows NHA to dive deeper and deeper into prayer; the NHA Compound in Kabala allows our work in Sierra Leone to be offered deeper and deeper into the villagers that have been overlooked, left hidden in the cracks.   NHA’s presence at St. Simeon Skete and our presence in Kabala marry the two spiritualities of the Saints, Mary and Martha, strengthening the work from both sides of the Atlantic.

We are still in need of your help.   The rainy season is in full swing in Kabala.

This is a good thing as we still do not have water from well flowing to the NHA Compound.   Our staff, thrifty as always, is taking advantage of the rains to fetch water for bathing, cooking, etc.

The family and friends living around our staff have been very good to bring water and help our staff, however, with Kadijah’s pregnancy and all, we really need to get this water situation working.  There has been troubles and the work has become difficult and more expensive to get the well pumping to the house.  We have hit water but not yet able to bring it into the house – we need more money to make this a reality.

Your donations are more important than ever.  There is so much to do and until the NHA Compound is complete we cannot move on to meet the growing needs in the surrounding villages.   More and more people are depending on us as we continue to meet are already established responsibilities – paying our teachers each month, providing rice for families, doing our work.  

It is exciting that there has been such a rallying behind us to keep NHA at work!   Remember, every bag of rice given is received in the name of our supporters.  NHA exists as a family, a group of people working together to love each other.  

Last month not only did we bring the NHA Compound debt down by almost half, we were also able to provide the materials to build a 5 bedroom mud brick house complete with zinc roof for the One Hut family.  

The NHA Staff: James, Kadijah & Lucy & Roo visit One Hut Village: February 2011

This family has suffered one catastrophe after another,

In April 2011, Fire destroyed the One Hut Thatch Roofed hut

 leaving them without shelter.  

James mixes concrete for floor & walls of new One Hut Compound

As of today, because of your contributions – the One Hut family is withstanding this current rainy season sheltered  by a zinc roof over their heads.

More concrete for the new One Hut Compound, seen in the background

  Let’s keep the momentum going…. making differences, changing not only the lives of others but ours as well – for the better.

Please share the word about this good work, invite others to be a part of it.   Be a NHA Sustainer, become a regular monthly donor to NHA.  

donations can be mailed to:
           NHA
           185 Captains Cove Drive
           Taylorsville, KY 40071

or through the paypal link on our website

           www.nazarethhouseap.org

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