Dearest Family,

I bring you Advent

gree�ng from Saviour of

the world Children, work-

ers and my family, though

my country is facing a

cri�cal and frightened

situa�ons but yet we

keep the hope and pray

that it will come to an

end soon. I want to ex-

tend our profound thanks

and apprecia�on to you

all for your remarkable

support you have being

rendering to us and more

especially in this cri�cal

�me. I want to confess

we are safe because of

you. I want to also thank

God for our community,

my family and my chil-

dren and workers that

none have got a case. The

lockdown has now ended,

but we are s�ll fright-

ened. One should always

be frightened of the virus

if your community, close

family, household, neigh-

bour, or friend has con-

tacted the virus in that

case you are not innocent

because one way or the

other you have come in

contact with the virus

also. The best we have

done so far to prevent it

is that we visit no one, we

welcome no friends no

rela�ves, we even isolate

ourselves from the com-

munity because this is a

crucial �me were in you

trust no one and we pray

for Gods protec�on over

our lives and we also

wants to thank you all for

your wonderful.

Since the ebola crisis the

food prices has gone up

so we were not able to

pay our workers for this

December. They have

families and need to sur-

vive.

The children are having a

cold and sad atmosphere

since July and as children,

nature and corrup�on

has deprived them from

their childhood rights

which is very sad. As a

result of this unfortunate

situa�on we will try

ge'ng them new dress

for Christmas as gi(s with

what ever supports you

will send for them to feel

belong and then a Christ-

mas dinner to eat. This is

what we are planing for

Christmass. During the

lockdown the children

and I cannot a)end Mass

but now I am going but I

only and did not go with

any of the children. The

priest is also not coming

to the home now. We do

not know what we will do

for Christmas Mass.

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S I E R R A L E O N E W E S T A F R I C A Christmas 2014

Christmas and New Year gatherings have been banned by the government throughout Sierra Leone for fear the Ebola virus will be spread to rural villages as people go home to cele-brate.

The edict, which will be enforced by the army, means those who live in the capital, Freetown, will be barred from travelling to join their extended fami-lies. The city’s residents account for a third of the country’s population. A “lock-down” is reported to also be happening in near-by Port Loko, which is the other big urban area with soaring cases.

Palo Conteh, the minister of defence who heads the government’s Ebola re-sponse unit, said on Friday there would be “no Christ-mas and New Year celebra-tions this year. We will ensure that everybody re-mains at home to reflect on Ebola.

“Military personnel will be on the streets at Christmas and the New Year to stop any street celebrations.”

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family

I want to also extend our

profound apprecia�on for

the support you give us as

I am told we are closer to

having enough money to

obtain a vehicle because

we needed it badly at this

�me. We are saying a big

thanks.

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i thank you all may God

guide and protect all.

Thanks with much love

Louisa and

children

Mary. You have an Old-

er Brother: his name is

Jesus. And you have a

place in the most beauti-

ful home in the universe:

your home, dearest chil-

dren, is heaven.

How many of you want

to go to heaven? How

many of you want to go

to heaven today? Do

you know that your best

friend is Jesus? Do you

know that your friend

Jesus wants to live with

you forever in heaven?

Jesus will give you the

joy of music, the joy of

the song, the joy of the

drum, the joy of the

dance – he will give you

the joy of celebration in

your true home; and I

repeat once again, your

true home is heaven.

But, be honest: are some

of you feeling a little sad

these days? Are you

worried? Are you feel-

ing a bit discouraged?

Are you feeling some

disappointments in your

life? Are you thinking

that others are happier

than you are? Are you

feeling like you failed?

Jesus is born to give you

peace and joy: Christmas

is to celebrate the fact

that Jesus, our Lord and

our God, is a tiny child

who gives peace and joy.

Jesus wants to save you

from all your failures,

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Dearest Louisa, all of

Louisa’s Family, and to

all of God’s Precious

Children in Savior of the

World! I wish you a very

Merry Christmas!

Jesus is born as a child

that is not wanted: there

is no place for him in the

warm, comfortable ho-

tels of Bethlehem. Sad-

ly, there are children in

this cold world whose

families do not want

them. But Jesus and the

Savior of the World

Family have a message

for all of you who are

children: Do not be

afraid! You have a Fa-

ther: he is God the Fa-

ther. You have a Moth-

er: she is the Virgin

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Savior of the world Christmas 2014

How many of you

want to go to

heaven today?

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your discouragement,

your disappointments,

your sadness, and your

fear. Jesus wants to give

you peace, energy, hope,

patience, endurance,

trust and love.

There was one time two

days before Christmas

when a Charity Sister

came knocking at my

window: she was feeling

frightened and discour-

aged. She said, “Come

quickly, Father

Umuhozanimana, there

is an elderly man, and he

needs you.” I went with

the Charity Sister to the

hospital, and I met the

elderly man. He was not

moving: he was uncon-

scious. Sister said to me,

“Father Umuhozanima-

na, we don’t know if this

man received the waters

of baptism that come

from the Savior of the

World. But we do know

that he wants to go to

heaven to sing and dance

eternally. Can you do

something?

I baptized the man with

the water of God’s salva-

tion. If he was baptized

before, he may have

(Continued from page 2) failed sometimes to do

what is right, so I gave

him God’s forgiveness,

the absolution of confes-

sion. Because he was

dying, he needed God’s

strength, so I gave him

the sacred oil of the sac-

rament of confirmation.

I gave him the sacrament

of the sick.

Soon after, he died. The

Charity Sister asked me,

“Do you think he is in

heaven?” I said to the

Sister, “I think our new

brother is meeting Jesus;

and Jesus says to him,

‘Welcome, brother, into

the eternal joy of heav-

en.’ Then I think that

the man says to Jesus,

‘Thank you very much,

Jesus; but I don’t know

how I got here.’ Then

Jesus says to the man,

‘You are here because a

Charity Sister called the

priest; and the priest

gave you my water and

my living grace of eter-

nal salvation. I am your

Savior and the Savior of

the World. Welcome

into heaven!’”

The next day I went to

the same spot where that

man had fallen sick.

There were other elderly

men who were not sick

and they were not dying.

They were quite well,

but they liked to drink

plenty and plenty of

beer, palm wine, whis-

key, and other liquors.

Now they saw me and

they said, “Father

Umuhozanimana , we

want to go to heaven.

Can we tell you all our

sins and then you give us

God’s forgiveness? I

said to them, “Of

course!”

I heard the confession of

all these men and gave

them God’s forgiveness.

They celebrated Christ-

mas with a new joy in

their hearts: the joy of

knowing that they are

loved. Because God

loves them, God be-

comes a father to them;

Mary becomes a Mother

to them; and Jesus be-

comes an Older Brother.

All these men said to me,

“Father, we were living

as sinners. Now we will

do everything necessary

to become saints.”

Dear little children of

Savior of the World:

What Christmas gift do

you want to give to your

older brother, Jesus? Do

you want to give him

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your love? If so, please

pray every day; please

obey your elders, espe-

cially Mama Louisa and

Mama Kadiatu; please

do your house chores;

please study and do well

on your tests and exams;

please sing and dance

with joy; and please be

good friends with those

children who need a

good friend. Whenever

you have a problem, re-

member that the problem

will not be for a long

time. Jesus will have

compassion, and He will

give you peace.

What is my Christmas

message? I love all of

you. I am praying for all

of you. You are very

precious. I am happy

that Jesus has chosen to

be your Savior and the

Savior of the World.

Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year!

Father Umuhozanimana

If you want a year end donation summary please send an email to

sotw@savioroftheworld.org or call Rosanne at 219-765-1396

Toyota Highlander 4 Wheel Drive 2009

nally were meant to hold

7 passengers, take 15 or

more, all smashed to-

gether. Since it is always

hot in Sierra Leone and

no public vehicle uses air

-conditioning, the

chances of coming in

contact with someone’s

sweat –either a previous

rider or the person next

to you– is basically

100%.

When she has to go to

Freetown for supplies or

to the bank Louisa has

only called people that

she knows and asks to

borrow their car. It is a

difficult way to run a

home for 60 children.,

especially if they need to

take a child to the doctor,

as malaria and typhoid

continue to infect many.

As Louisa mentioned in

her message, she and the

children are in great need

of a means of transpor-

tation. The car that we

sent years ago was not

running and in need of

major repairs. Louisa

sold it for $1500.

We are now hoping to

purchase a car here to

send to her.

As you can imagine,

public transportation is

an extremely unsafe way

to travel. It consists

mostly of private drivers

who rent out their cars

like taxi cabs, or of vehi-

cles called poda-podas,

which are old vans that

have had their seats re-

moved and replaced with

wooden bench seats.

These vans, which origi-

Your donations over the

past few months have

enabled us to consider

buying a vehicle to ship

over to Sierra Leone. At

the present time, we do

not know if there are any

companies that will ship

to Sierra Leone, but cer-

tainly that will open up

in the future.

Louisa has had the op-

portunity to seriously

consider the type of car

she needs. It has to be

affordable, get good gas

mileage, have enough

room for children and/or

supplies, and be a car

fairly common in Sierra

Leone so that she can get

parts to fix and maintain

it.

She has told us that the

best vehicle would be a

New Vehicle for the Home

Phone: 219-765-1396

E-mail: sotw@savioroftheworld.org

Website:

www.savioroftheworld.org

Facebook: www.savioroftheworldfamily

S A V I O R O F T H E W O R L D

Savior of the World Children’s Center

7723 W. State Road 2

La Porte, IN 46350

Toyota Highlander

4 x 4 (to handle the

rough roads) a 2009 or

so model.

We are asking you to be

on the look-out for such

a vehicle! Do you have

one or know someone

who does who wants to

sell it (and it’s in good

shape and been main-

tained)?

If you do:

Please contact

George at

219-765-3096

Got a Toyota to sell or know someone who does?