From: “Brenda Lange”
90
DAY
HELPERS
NOW
IN
BALAMA
The
6
person
team
of
90
day
wonders
have
arrived
safely
including
all
their
luggage.
OrientaJon/training
has
begun
and
tomorrow
we
will
start
showing
them
the
programs. They
received
an
awesome
welcome
by
the
kids
at
our
church
this
morning.
It
only
took
the
liNle
ones
a
few
minutes
to
figure
out
that
these
4
young
ladies
had
warm
hugs
and
empty
laps
that
needed
filling.
ERIC
DRY
returned
to
us
on
May
20ST’s
plane. With
his
new
training
program,
he
will
soon
be
walking
confidently
once
again.
BEANS,
BEANS,
BEANS! On
Tuesday,
Dave
and
Don
will
begin
their
bean
processing
training
along
with
our
40
man
crew.
Our
goal
is
to
process
and
properly
sack
the
104
TONS
of
beans
now
siYng
in
our
barn.
It
will
be
a
busy
week
as
we
must
complete
the
bean
processing
and
get
them
into
the
proper
barns
before
the
corn
buying
begins
on
June
1[S.
It’s
a
race
against
Jme.
ELEPHANT
VILLAGE
KIDS
VERY
GRATEFUL
FOR
YOUR
LOVE
GIFTS The
emergency
food
drop
and
clothing
distribuJon
was
done
last
Tuesday,
but
did
have
its
challenges.
The
road
to
this
village
is
full
of
sand
pits
which
trapped
the
smaller
truck
delivering
the
food.
The
widows
caring
for
the
orphans
had
to
walk
about
1?2
a
mile
to
pick
up
the
food
and
then
carry
it
back
to
their
village.
They
were
so
grateful
for
the
food,
that
they
said
this
was
a
minor
problem
compared
to
watching
these
kids
go
hungry. More
clothes
are
being
made
with
the
gibs
received
so
far,
as
each
child
only
got
one
set
of
summer
clothes
at
this
point. Our
team
has
never
had
to
deal
with
such
a
large
numbers
of
kids
in
such
bad
shape,
and
they
were
all
visibly
shaken
by
the
children’s
bad
health
condiJons.
The
health
department
de-?wormed
the
children
so
that
our
food
would
nourish
kids
and
not
intesJnal
worms.
Most
of
the
children
are
in
the
homes
of
15
widows.
Thirty
cooking
pots
were
donated
so
that
each
widow
received
a
set
to
beNer
prepare
meals
for
the
children.
Two
of
the
children
are
crippled
and
unable
to
walk. A
water
well
is
badly
needed
as
area
water
is
at
a
criJcally
low
level
due
to
the
elephants
sucking
up
the
surface
water.
My
staff
has
contacted
the
water
well
drilling
company
who
help
us
last
year,
and
plans
are
being
made
to
make
this
the
first
well
drilled
(hopefully
in
June
if
we
can
get
the
equipment
up
here).
At
this
Jme,
photographs
are
not
allowed
of
these
children,
nor
are
visitors
allowed.
Once
the
situaJon
is
stabilized,
I
plan
to
visit
the
village
personally.
Food
buying
will
keep
us
all
busy
in
June,
so
a
July
visit
is
planned. Our
orphanage
manager
will
be
visiJng
them
again
this
week
to
deliver
winter
shirts
to
help
keep
them
warm. Our
weather
is
quite
cool
in
the
mornings
and
June/July
are
our
coldest
months
with
morning
temps
in
the
low
60s
at
the
moment. 60
Grass
mats
and
blankets
were
distributed
to
be
shared
by
the
111
children,
as
most
sleep
huddled
together. Sharing
a
mat
and
blanket
is
not
a
problem
for
them.
More
blankets
just
arrived,
thanks
to
your
love
gibs,
and
these
will
be
distributed
at
the
next
supply
drop.
THANK
YOU
to
all
who
gave
to
make
these
emergency
measures
possible.
These
kids
are
now
part
of
our
Orphans
Unlimited
family.
Our
ministry
staff
made
it
very
clear
to
them
that
God
and
His
son
Jesus
truly
love
them
and
heard
their
cry
for
help. Now
we
need
to
pray
in
a
pastor
who
is
willing
to
live
in
this
village
and
minister
to
them
on
a
conJnual
basis.
The
locaJon
of
this
village
is
over
40
miles
from
our
Meluco
mission
staJon
and
no
church
exists
there. It
is
too
far
for
our
BBC
team
to
visit
them.
Blessings,
BBB
and
Balama
staff