| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2021 MIRACLE IN MANAPO! After 4 days of prayer, a 63-year-old woman who lost the strength in 1 leg after suffering a stroke 18 months ago, AROSE FROM HER BED AND BEGAN TO WALK! Manapo is so remote that only a motorbike can get there, but Pastor Jaime says this is now a super excited village after witnessing this healing, for everyone knows her! Our Monapo Pastor’s phone won’t take a photo, so I apologize that a photo/video of this wonderful healing is not available. Our Pastors are truly on fire for Jesus, as 63 refugees received Christ as Lord and Saviour this month! (26 adults, 11 teens, 26 children). PTL AND KEEP YOUR PRAYERS COMING! 3 RAINY DAYS HAVE EVERYONE SCRAMBLING TO CLEAN THEIR FIELDS! YEAP! Looks like the rainy season has begun 3 weeks early, with most of the area’s farmers unprepared for planting. Orphan Eva and her Grandmother, Elisa, were out on Friday, pulling the last of their ervila beans off their bushes. I am proud of Eva, for she has mild cerebral palsy, and is Grandma’s faithful helper both in their field, and around their home.  Eva, foreground, with Granny Elisa, harvesting last of ervilia beans. For those of you who are not familiar with Eva, she was given a miracle healing from Jesus as a 3‑year-old. She was having 6 seizures a day, leaving her bedridden and in a vegetative state until the Lord touched her, stopping her seizures. She now speaks Makua, Portuguese, and some English. She also runs, jumps, sings, and buys bread at the local market, all by herself. All this because the Master Healer touched her tormented body after she was prayed for in 2000. THANK YOU JESUS FOR SAVING THIS CHILD! COOKING PAN PROJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF! Seven widows caring for 3 to 6 orphans each, were super blessed when gifted with several pans of various sizes last Thursday. Their smiles tell “the rest of the story”, for they can now cook a meal that will feed all the Grandchildren at 1 time, instead of in shifts.  Granny and Aunt with 4 orphans each received cooking pans.  2 Aunts with 5 orphans each, and Granny with 6, receive cooking pans.  Uncle of 3 orphans and another happy Granny, receive cooking pans. Thank you to all our New Jersey friends who made this possible! More widows will be assisted each week until all in our program have been served. Right now, we are organizing more pans as well as grass mats and blankets for these children who have suffered the loss of their parents. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING US TO HELP THESE FAMILIES! BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
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BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: OCTOBER 23, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2021 FINAL FOOD AND SEED GIVE OUT Our area had a freak rain storm on Tuesday night that left water standing in low spots. OCTOBER has always been hot and dry, so this Godly warning told us all that the rains are coming early, get your fields ready for planting! This week marked our final food give outs to the 1,144 orphans and widows we assist in Balama District. Corn and bean seeds were included in this give out so all can plant their fields.  Final 2021 give out provides corn and bean seeds as well as food.  Grannies and Aunts helping one another to transport food and seeds to their homes. Double balancing a load takes great talent which this 12-year-old seems to have. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE GIFTS THAT MAKE THIS ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE. COOKING PAN PROJECT BEGINS In October, 3 grannies with newly orphaned grandchildren have joined our weekly Balama food give out. All 3 came independently, but asked the same question. “How can I cook for so many with my small pans?” Each of these elderly women now have 4 or more grandchildren living with them, but lack the means to cook for all at the same time. The Grandmother with the 4 grandchildren in the photo is a prime example. This grandmother left her home in Pemba to come care for 1 of her daughters 2 orphaned children (not shown).  Newly orphaned children with Grandmother are 1st recipients of our cooking pan give out. Then her 2nd daughter died just last week leaving her with 4 MORE ORPHANED grandchildren, including a 9‑month-old infant! Now she is in crisis, but thanks to the Balama food assistance program AND a VERY GENEROUS Love Gift from friends in New Jersey, we were able to resolve her food and cooking pan problem immediately! JESUS provided these 3 women’s needs just as the problem arose. HE is our provider, and the care taker of the innocent. KEEP YOUR PRAYERS COMING, FOR THE TIME OF HUNGER IS UPON US AS WE ENTER THE RAINY SEASON. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: OCTOBER 16, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2021 BABIES? NOT ANY MORE! I was shocked as I exited my King Cab pick-up to see 3 of our “now walking babies” come RUNNING to the fence to greet me. Little Fatima’s Foster Mother, Cecelia, was nearby so I asked her, “Did I just see Fatima RUN to the fence?” Cecelia shook her head yes, saying “It is her favorite speed now!”  L to R. Adelaide, Julho, Fatima, and Maezinha with “big Sister, Anna” standing behind them. Little Maezinha was another surprise, as it was the first time I had seen her move so quickly. Sorry I didn’t catch it on video, but these little tykes are FAST! I think I will set up a baby race to see who is the fastest in each age group! Will show you the fun when I am able to make it happen. A CHICKEN CHRISTMAS No goat feast this year as we had to make the difficult decision last month to sell the 20 breeding age females we had left due to a lack of good grass this year. We had no males that were eating size, so our “girls” and their young went to a breeding farm in the county south of us. We couldn’t get new breeding stock as goats are nonexistent in our county. The local market sells goat only 1 day a week now, and the price/kg is more costly than frozen chickens. FROZEN CHICKENS are the obvious menu this year, so we will need at least 16 of them to feed our ever-growing family of 160! A plump 2.2 lbs./1kg chicken sells for $8/R112.  Yeah! We need chickens for Christmas! With the chicken and fixings, our party will cost around $350. Deboned chicken with fancy rice will be this year’s menu. Toys are available, but have a $10 price tag on them. I’d love to give the 60 older children a shopping trip if enough toy donations are possible. We’ll organize the under 5‑year-olds with age appropriate gifts. Thank you for anything you can give towards our Christmas Party. DYNAMIC DUO FROM RSA Jessica and Stephanie are close friends who desire to give me a helping hand in November. Stephanie has a missionary heart, and has wanted to come play with our children ever since we met at an RSA BBQ in March.  Jessica Christie  Stephanie Nolen Jessica I have known since she was an infant in arms. Her mother, Shiona, became my best friend as she was my volunteer shopper for my groceries when I first went into Mozambique in 1991. Our supplies were flown in to our remote area, thus the need for someone to buy and box our grocery list each 6 weeks for the plane. It is a thrill to have both of them coming here, as they plan a real Thanksgiving Dinner for me since I haven’t had one in the 31 years I’ve been in this country. GOD IS GREAT, ALL THE TIME. BLESSINGS BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: OCTOBER 9, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: OCTOBER 9, 2021 REGINALDA COMES HOME! Tuesday, we were blessed to have BABY REGINALDA released from the hospital after a 12 day stay due to malaria which caused serious anemia. Seven months old, but weighing only 4.7kg/10.3 lbs., this infant was in serious danger. Malaria destroys red blood cells, so if an infant is borderline anemic, which she was, then malaria can wipe out her blood supply very quickly. A transfusion on her 2nd day in hospital, and lots of prayer, gave her the force she needed to fight back.  REGINALDA on Tuesday, happy to he home. She now has a sponsor, PTL! Our objective is to provide Reggie a high protein diet (Hypo high protein cereal), that will build her immune system and help her gain weight as she is far behind the “norm” for her age. Plz keep her covered in prayer as she continues to regain her health. BABY CHEBANE MAKING HIS MOVE! Two months ago, Chebane, now 9kg/19.8 lbs., was in the same fragile state with low body weight, just as REGINALDA is now. I wanted to show you what loving care, your prayers, and a high protein diet does for these infants. THIS LITTLE MAN IS A “JOSHUA GENERATION ” KID FOR SURE! Baby Chebane 60 days after starting a high protein diet. https://youtu.be/pxzlGFlsv8o OCTOBER MEANS HUNGER TO MANY Wednesday was especially busy as that is the time when we distribute food to our 7 foster homes. In addition, Social Services sent us 2 families of newly orphaned children who are badly malnourished. Ten people in all. September to November is hot and dry with little food able to grow. That is why we concentrate our county wide food distributions in those months. Malnourished children need up to a year of a constant high protein diet to fully recover. Malnourished children are placed in our year-round food program distributed every Thursday at our Balama Center to orphans living with their grandparents in local villages.  Granny Delfina with her 5 grandchildren ages 1 to 9 years. Granny Delfina in this photo just lost her “single mom” daughter in the Balama hospital, leaving 5 malnourished children behind. Thankfully, this grandmother lives only 6 km/3.6 miles into the Bush from our mission. Granny Delfina’s husband will be able to fetch their weekly food using a bicycle for transport. The 2nd family is not so fortunate as they live about 30km/18 miles into the Bush. A neighbor brought this granny into Social Services on his motorbike with only the youngest of the 3 orphans. This severely malnourished 2‑year-old received malaria treatment at the hospital that morning, so we fed them a nutritious lunch before they left for home. YOUR LOVE GIFTS AT WORK, for these are the hunger months that plague the innocent when they lose their parents. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THEIR RESCUE POSSIBLE. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: OCTOBER 2, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2021 “ON FIRE” PASTORS REAPING A HARVEST At the end of each month, our 14 remote Village Pastors converge on our Balama mission station to report what has happened in the last 30 days. End of September completed the 3rd quarter of this year, meaning it was food distribution time for these men who receive a quarterly food allowance, thanks to a generous donor.  Half the Village Pastors with their food gifts behind them. The purpose? All these men are farmers, but raising enough food to feed your family throughout the year is a full-time job, leaving little time for the Lord’s work.  The other half of our Pastoral group. FYI: October is peak dry season when little grows due to a lack of water. This is why our food distribution to orphans from August to November is so vital to the orphaned and vulnerable children we assist. PASTORAL QUARTERLY REPORT Salvations: Children: 653 Teenagers: 252 Adults: 171 Healings: 5 Includes 1 blind man who began to see after prayer, and 1 Witch Doctor whose leg injury healed up after prayer. All medical help had failed. 1 Witch Hut was burned in Namara after a different Witch Doctor and her family came to the Lord. Yes, most Witch Doctors in our area are women. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US, SO OUR TEAM CAN CONTINUE SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH EVERYONE THEY MEET. FYI: Our churches are now open with a limit of 50 inside at a time. Outdoor meetings, which we prefer, can have up to 100 present. BUSH BUNNY TIDBITS: 1. BABY REGINALDA remains in hospital with an unknown infection after doing so well the first 2 days after being transfused. PLEASE KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS, for she is a fighter who needs a miracle from our Lord.  Alferes (above) is now back at work after 5 days off from a grand mal seizure. 2. ALFERES is back to work, helping a friend build an auto mechanics shop. I am proud of both him and Elizio, a 20-year-old orphan who was raised by his grandmother while living in one of our upgraded mud brick homes. Elizio now totally cares for his grandmother, who is very feeble and unable to cope without assistance.  Elizio hard at work in his new job as assistant bricklayer. Both young men learned by “doing”. Our brick layers took them on as apprentices while building house #7. Now they work as bricklayers at an outside job, under the supervision of a master bricklayer. YOUR LOVE GIFTS ARE REAPING A HARVEST! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. Blessings, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 BABIES LOVING PLAYTIME With 12 infants in our care, I have warned the mothers that the “fun” times are coming when all 12 start walking! I’ll call it chas’em and corral’em! Eight of the twelve are now officially “toddling” or crawling while the other 4 are “observing their siblings” and thinking about crawling. I want to share 2 impromptu photos I snapped this week. I caught these curious tykes playing while their Foster Mothers worked nearby to cook a meal.  L to R. Julio and Chebane love their sandbox at house #6.  L to R. Fatima, Gilda, and Juma having fun outdoors. FRIDAY EMERGENCIES KEEP US ALL HOPPING. Phone rings 6 a.m. with the Children’s Director, Anna, saying our newest infant, Reginalda, had suspected malaria. She needed me immediately, as this baby is still on the “severely malnourished” list weighing only 4.7 kgs/10.3 lbs. at 7.5 months of age. Five minutes later, I loaded them into my Kingcab, and off we went to the hospital for a malaria smear.  Baby REGINALDA last week before malaria hit her. While Anna and Angelina, the Foster Mother, waited for the lab results, I rushed back to our mission to find our construction trainee, Alferes, having a grand mal seizure!  Alferes hard at work yesterday, before becoming sick this a.m. Capena rushed to help me by bringing a Land Cruiser (single cab pickup) to the dorm, so we could load him into the open back in a laying down position. Capena and Pastor Jose rushed him to the emergency room, while I headed off to treat toddlers Julio and Salvador who are presently on malaria treatment at home. Once a baby is over 5 kg/11 lbs., he is old enough to take oral medication, PTL! It felt like I was coordinating a disaster scene instead of an orphanage this a.m.! We had to call in our “hospital helper mother”, Mariamo, to be with Foster Mother Angelina in the hospital. One mother watches the infant while the other takes a break. Since Angelina is the head mother of the Ostrich House, Assistant Children’s Director, Fatima, will “live in” temporarily at the Ostrich house until REGINALDA is released from the hospital. Thankfully, our staff is very good at “flexing” to whatever job needs doing. Outcomes: 1. BABY REGINALDA was admitted for 5 days of malaria treatment as she must have I V medicine (not oral) due to her low weight. The malaria larvae ate her red blood cells causing anemia. With her Hbg now down to a critical level of 7 she needed blood. Normal is 12 to 14. She is being transfused as I write this Friday evening. 2. ALFERES does not have malaria, PTL, and his seizures stopped with proper medication. He was sent home Friday afternoon on bed rest, and the dorm father, Armando, will keep a close watch on him. His seizures occurred because he forgot to take his Magnesium for the last few days. I don’t think he will forget again. 3. Julio and Salvador were out playing as if they weren’t sick, so no worries there. Amazing how fast little ones overcome this killer illness when the right treatment is given immediately after symptoms begin. NEVER A DULL MOMENT WHEN KIDS ARE INVOLVED. Plz continue your prayers for all of us. With food giveouts completed on Thursday, we all expected a simple day on Friday. Just Praising the Lord that it is all under control now, and the sick are on the mend. FYI: Two other infants with very low blood counts benefited from the pint of blood given to our Reginalda. PTL for Jesus’ healing power that spreads to others as He heals our little one. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE FANTASTIC STAFF IN BALAMA |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 REGINALDA FINDS A LOVING HOME At Thursday’s baby formula give out, a record 36 infants were weighed and given formula. Our staff was shocked when a 12-year-old girl walked in with a tiny infant girl whose Grandmother is supposed to be caring for her. The girl stated her Grandmother is sick, and unable to care for Reginalda, a 7‑month-old, VERY malnourished infant, who weighed in at only 4 kg/8.8 lbs. Anna, our Children’s Director, called me immediately, for the infant had lost 300 grams in 7 days! This meant she wasn’t being fed. She had only a mild cough with no sign of a serious illness, PTL, just very hungry! I called Social Services, who immediately placed the baby into our care until the situation was investigated. REGINALDA, held by Assistant Children’s Director, Anna, with Foster Mom Angelina on right A trip to Granny’s mud hut revealed an elderly grandmother who wasn’t truly sick, just didn’t want the infant. Reginalda was placed with Foster Mother Angelina, Head House Mother for the Ostrich House kids, where 18-month-old Quiston lives. Reginalda, “Reggie” for short, needs LOTS OF PRAYER and a $40/month sponsor who will uphold her in daily prayer. With her being severely underweight, our staff has begun a 6 month high protein food program to help her overcome her low weight. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS EMERGENCY RESCUE POSSIBLE THROUGH YOUR FAITHFUL LOVE GIFTS. SEPTEMBER FOOD GIVE OUTS IN PROGRESS! Time flies, for 4 weeks have passed, thus making this week the right time to roll out the trucks and load’em up with corn and beans. Two major villages were served this week, with 3 more scheduled for next week. Below are a few photos of those you support through this massive food program.  Even the youngest of orphans love helping Granny fetch their Love Gift  Ophaned youngsters receive salt, while Granny picks up their beans.  Everyone gives a helping hand on food distribution day!  Grannies and Aunts prepare their Love Gifts into smaller bundles for the trip to their mud hut. THANK YOU FOR HELPING THESE INNOCENT ONES OVERCOME THEIR MALNOURISHED STATE. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 HOUSE #7 IS FINISHED! Health Inspectors will check the house on Monday and then we can officially open it to receive children, or more infants if the need arises. It was a joint effort from 2 donors on different continents. Thank you to Caleb and Sarah of Inspire International in the USA for your generous gift that built the 4‑bedroom children’s home and the laundry area.  House #7. This 4‑bedroom orphan home is complete.  Laundry area for House #7 Barry and Lynette of Australia, thank you for going the extra mile in sending your gift that built the kitchen/dining area and bathrooms.  Dining room (L) and cooking, food storage rooms on right.  3 bathing areas on front with 4 bucket flush toilets in back. We are thrilled to have had the materials available to complete this complex, for 2 weeks ago both cement and tin roofing sheets were sold out with store owners saying it could be 30 days or more before they receive a supply. GOD IS ALWAYS “ON TIME” WITH ALL WE NEED! HOUSE FIRE WIPED OUT ALL THEY HAD Our Meluco Orphans Manager, Sylvai, sent me this photo of a burned out mud hut on Sunday.  Scorched trees show how fast and hot the roof burned. A Granny and her 3 orphaned grandchildren were cleaning their farming field when they saw billowing smoke coming from their mud hut. An unknown, obviously very heartless person, had set it on fire. Sylvai found this very hungry family the next morning sitting under a tree near their home. They had nothing but the clothes on their backs. The Grandmother stated that they had no fire at their hut when they left that morning, so someone had to have started it on purpose. This family has been in our orphan food program for several years, so Sylvai notified me immediately, putting our EMERGENCY RESCUE PLAN into action. Capena assisted me in sending the equivalent of $150 to Sylvai via phone transfer within 1 hour of Sylvai’s message. He went to the Meluco market with the family and bought them each 2 sets of clothes, new plates and a cooking pan, as well as new school supplies for the 3 children.  Widowed Granny with 3 grandchildren in front of burned out mud hut. This week Sylvai organized bamboo and 8‑foot bundles of roofing grass so he can replace their roof for an additional $70. (Sent to him yesterday) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE GIFTS LAST MONTH, FOR THOSE GIFTS MADE THIS EMERGENCY RESCUE POSSIBLE. BALAMA ADMINISTRATOR VISITED ON THURSDAY On this visit, our Administrator first checked on the children, then asked to see our food warehouses. He is super keen on helping us increase our agricultural yield on the 40 acres/16 hectares of our mission station.  Balama Administrator visits our corn warehouse. He requested the Director of Agriculture to assist us with a plan before planting time in November. It’s great to have friends who really care. Blessings BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 TRIPLETS GRADUATE FROM MILK PROGRAM! Born January 18, 2021, these 3 husky babies are now 7 months and 3 weeks old. Triplets at this age are a rare sight around here, but this family, who live in a remote village over 15 miles from our mission station, has done an outstanding job in caring for these tiny tots. But, by the looks of Melbio (far right), “Big Tot” is more like it! In the photo, L to R: Boy, Meldio, 12.1 lbs/5.5 kgs Girl, Meldia, 11.7 lbs/5.3 kgs Boy, Melbio, 14.5 lbs/6.6 kgs YOUR LOVE GIFTS MADE THIS POSSIBLE!  Marica Triplets graduate from our milk program. THANK YOU, for the baby formula alone is one of our biggest budget items at over $12,000/year. We currently have 36 infants in the program which sadly continues to increase weekly. Without our baby formula assistance, there is little hope for these precious little ones who lose their Moms shortly after birth. YOUR LOVE GIFTS ARE TRUE LIFE SAVERS. FAMILY OF 5 JOINS FOOD PROGRAM It’s not just the infants who are left alone when a Mom dies. In this case, the grandfather walked his 5 grandchildren to our mission to ask for help. Four-month-old Ambrosio, and his 4 siblings were orphaned after their mother died of post-malaria complications. Their father died several months ago from an unknown illness.  Baby Ambrosio in arms of grandfather with his 4 grandchildren. The oldest girl is 12 and will assist her grandparents with the raising of her siblings. Our prayer is that the grandparents’ health will stay strong for many years, or this could become a Child Headed Household. ELECTRICITY COMING TO OUR AREA At present, our 6 orphan homes use solar power along with battery powered lanterns for lights at night. This week, our long awaited prayers were answered as the electric lines passed by ALL our children’s homes.  Electricity will soon be a reality for our orphan homes. Our children all live on the same dirt road, but their homes are in 4 small clusters, each about 100 yards/meters apart with private mud huts in between. This way, the children grow up in a village community, and not in a dorm type setting, separated from their neighbors. God’s vision given to me in 1992: Build homes the African way, keeping the children IN THEIR CULTURE. We’ve done just that, with Home #7 soon to open. God’s vision has become a reality thanks to all of you giving a helping hand. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: AUGUST 28, 2021
| FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: AUGUST 28, 2021 AUGUST GIVE-OUTS COMPLETED The orphans are growing up, thanks to your commitment with your Love Gifts. Here are a few more photos, this time from the 4 villages in the Kwe Kwe area. On Tuesday, our team served 135 orphans cared for by 71 widows. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM A CHANCE AT A FUTURE.  Guarding the food for his 2 siblings and Granny.  Life-sustaining food. Not fully appreciated by most until you’ve gone hungry.  2 orphans carefully divide their food so they can carry it home. Not a kernel lost. GIRL’S ROOM PAINTINGS BRIGHTEN EVERYONE’S DAY. Vicente did a great job bringing “Creation” to life with a few local animals thrown in. My “bunny-rabbits on a binge” idea became a reality through Vicente’s paintbrush.  CREATION, GOD’S gift to us all, brightens the girl’s room.  My wild idea. “Bunnies in the garden”. Eating what they shouldn’t of course! As we admired his work, he was busy putting his talent to work creating a “tweaked Noah’s Ark” in the #7’s dining room. Vicente always changes each Noah’s Ark in some little way, so they are never exactly the same. BUSH BUNNY TIDBITS 1. Alferes is now playing soccer after a 10-day-fight with malaria, together with a magnesium deficiency that caused his muscle spasms. Magnesium supplements and extra vitamin B quickly resolved his muscle irritation. 2. Construction of a new kitchen at the Gazelle house is taking shape at a tremendous pace with carpenters and brick-layers using their famous remodeling skills. Our builders will tell you that building from scratch is much easier than remodeling.  Old kitchen (L) and new food room on right. The kitchen will include a longer, shaded veranda and a spacious storeroom for their food supplies. The roof and veranda floor are being completed as I write. UNTIL NEXT WEEK, WE IN BALAMA BID YOU GOODBYE FOR NOW. Please keep us all in your prayers, as we pray for all of you, plus our Christian family in Afghanistan. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF |