Silence from Freetown continues

Please keep up the prayers... No word again this morning on James' condition. As soon as we know we will let everyone else know. Thanks for your care, love and concern.

James very ill...

Greetings this Monday Morning,
Your prayers are asked for James as he is very ill in Freetown. I had some communication with him last night - he is suffering some severe stomach pains and is not doing well at all. He will try to find a reputable doctor and facility today. As soon as I know something, I will update you. In the meantime, thank you for your prayers.





James has been doing over the call of duty recently....

from helping those in need to supervising and working construction on the school and preparing the uniforms. All the while continuing his camera work for the support of his family and being a great, caring husband and father. In addition to the illness, I am sure he is exhausted. Please pray for this remarkable young man. Thank you.

The photos above are of James purchasing rice to distribute to families in need, James w/ empty coke bottles for return on his head, James examining movie set "snow" made with ice water to feel more real and James on beach of Freetown - camera and tiny infant Roo in tow.

Finished Product!!!!!!

LOOK at the finished Product... WoW!...As soon as more money for uniforms comes in, $25 buys 2 uniforms per student, Foday, James and the St. Laurence House Dye Crew can start the factory up again and produce more material. Send your donations to NHA (Nazareth House Apostolate) 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218 Indicate "Uniforms" on your check. Or you can make a donation through PayPal on the website. Thank You.

Everyone joins in to make the uniform material for the NHA Kabala Students

Lucy spreads the newly tye-dyed material out to dry, Roo cheers everyone on, while the dog Simba shows off his newly dyed feet!....and so does Kadijah - poor lady - her entire body seems to be covered in blue!

This is the way it works at St. Laurence House, everyone pitches in to do their part. While everyone was dealing with the uniforms - Ann Marie was doing the regular household chores, including feeding the hungry workers lunch. A tremendous thank you to James, Kadijah, Lucy, Ann Marie, Roo and Simba and especially Foday for all the help in making the school a reality.

If we can only collect the money for the remaining students to have uniforms in the next few days (We need them for about 95 more students) we will have accomplished a miracle. Your Nazareth House is doing a lot these days - we have the worm medications in our possession ready to be delivered on our next mission trip, the school building is almost complete, the uniforms are being prepared...a lot is going on. Our current tasks are to raise funds for the rest of the uniforms and to get the air fare & needs money to enable us to deliver the medical supplies to Sierra Leone. Keep spreading the word - involve everyone you can.

The Dye Job Continues...

Once the dye has been poured onto the fabric, it then must be washed. Kadijah and James are doing this.... and hanging it on the compound walls of St. Laurence House.

More Photos of President Koroma visit to Kabala

While the uniforms are being created and St. Laurence House is being covered in blue and green (including Simba's (the dog)feet, I thought I'd add a few more of the pictures of the Presidential visit in Kabala last weekend.

The pictures are of the village Paramount Chiefs as they are waiting to meet with the President and shake his hand.

Uniform making in progress!!!!!!!!

All photos in this blog are the exclusive copyrighted property of Nazareth House Media, a division of Nazareth House Apostolate and can not be duplicated or used without permission.

Report by James Mansaray, Freetown:

(Pictures of this post are of the beginning of the tasks of tye dying the uniforms)

As the preparation continues for the soon to be opened Nazareth House Apostolate school in Kabala, generous friends abroad have been contributing immensely to meet the 2 sets of uniforms needed for each student for the first academic year. A choice of green, white and blue representing the Sierra Leone National Flag was chosen to be the wearing attire for our precious children. To make it much easier and less expensive, we here at St. Laurence House, with the aid of Foday, a Tye Dye Specialist, we did it in our own way with the factory right at St. Laurence house and it we must say, they turned out quite well.

AS Foday was tearing off the huge pieces to yards, Kadijah was busy boiling up some hot water to mix the starch and ink. Whilst Foday was wrapping of the materials to meet the green, white and blue colour, I was busy washing the first set. With Lucy trying to dry the already processed material in the sun, Ann Marie was busy fixing lunch for us all. Simba and ROO kept messing around making it easy and fun for us all. It was a big mess at St. Laurence house for the last two days but it work out well and everybody seems to like it. Thanks to Guma Water Company for giving us enough water to do all this exercise. See pictures............

We are still in need of more donations to provide for all of our students. Thanks to you all who had contributed so far and we hope others will want to collect the rest very soon. We don't any child to be left without a uniform.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

James.