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From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, May 18, 2013

BEAN BUYING FINISHED!!!! 101 TONS IN THE BARN!

Thank you all for your prayers for as you can see, we exceed­ed the min­i­mum 80 tons nec­es­sary to keep the kids in food. Mon­day, the team will join our 80 man haul­ing crew to start the pro­cess­ing so the beans can be stored for up to a year.

VISITORS JOIN THE BUNNY FOR A GOAT RODEO!

Our vis­i­tors arrived safe­ly with all lug­gage on Wed. after­noon. When trav­el­ing 10,000 miles, get­ting here with all lug­gage intact is some­thing to brag about! Pas­tor Buzz has helped bring in the beans for the final 2 days while the 3 young ladies helped with children’s ministry.

Today, the team was up at 4:30a.m. to be at the goat barn by 5:30a.m. Best time to deworm since their tum­mies are emp­ty, and it’s cool weath­er for everyone.

Bre­anne Bram­mer weigh­ing with a “wrap-around goat weight tape, so Bren­da can give the right dose of de-wormer.

 Emma and kid

Emma Clifford gets lots of attention from a very friendly baby goat. If you put him on the ground, he follows you around so he can chew on your skirt when you stand still.

Bre­anne Bram­mer and Danielle Van Zyl are both from farm fam­i­lies and were a GREAT HELP with weigh­ing and draw­ing up the med­i­cine for the goats while I did the dos­ing (got­ta keep your fin­gers in the right spot in their mouth or you’ll lose it!) They have very pow­er­ful jaw teeth.

Danielle Van Zyl and her new “baby”.

Emma Clif­ford and Pas­tor Buzz Sny­der took the pho­tos and then wan­dered off to play with the babies.

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Pastor Buzz Snyder and Pastor Joaguim (goat barn manager)

After all, it does get a bit bor­ing when you do the same thing to 70 goats in a row. Our 8 goat wran­glers did all the catch­ing and hold­ing. They are get­ting very good at it, and our goats are a bit tamer than last year, so all went smooth­ly. Last year our “ Mom­my goats” were real­ly WILD!

The pho­tos tell it all.

Love and Hugs from the Bala­ma Team Bush Bun­ny Bren­da Eric Dry Lin­da Stan­ley Vis­i­tors: Pas­tor Buzz Sny­der Bre­anne Bram­mer Emma Clif­ford Danielle Van Zyl
PS A hap­py “thanks” to Amy Clif­ford, of Mag­no­lia, Texas, for notic­ing the jux­ta­po­si­tion­ing of our great pics of Emma and Danielle in Blog #1, pub­lished ealier today.

Amy is Emma’s Mom, and she noticed the mis­take right away… good going Amy. You are a blessing!