HER SMILE BLESSES ME………
Blog post by James Bombolia Mansaray: Kabala, Sierra Leone
Meeting my beloved Sierra Leonean people in the villages always brings the smiles out of me. No matter how down I am, no matter how overwhelmed I am, these people who have little to nothing always give to me more than I can express. Thanks to Nazareth House Apostolate for making it possible for me to go to these beautiful people even with the little support we are getting.
Have you ever noticed a true smile from the very poor? Go buy few bags of rice and bring to these villagers who might have been hungry for couple of days then you will see what I mean. The thought that someone considered their troubles and came to them delights them so.
Yesterday I gave rice to the few lucky ones in surrounding villages courtesy of money sent in by Mama Vicki to give out to some people for Christmas. It is always not enough but with the little we have, you can see the smiles that am talking about.
It is easy to smile when things go good for you, when everything is falling into place, but most grumble when things are not going good. But these villagers keep a smile even if things are worse. They are happy for another day in hopes things might get better. And when they get a bit of relief they are overjoyed. We all do smile and always see people smile when they get a gift or something but this lady set my eyes with tears of joy after I gave a bag of rice to her family. She just couldn't hold it inside and you can tell from her parched lips that there was nothing placed in her mouth several days. I was so honored to be there for her and would love to do more of this and bring out more smiles like this. I can do this but I need your help through NHA, donate today, let's bring out more smiles.
