FAMILY NEWS All our children are growing up fast, especially the little ones! At our CIS luncheon party, I was able to finally capture most of them (minus the under 18-month-olds who aren’t eating big people food yet). I wanted to give you a good look at our family, since it has been some time since you have seen our older children. The 19 older children were
Bush Bunny Brenda Blog August 17, 2024 BABY ESTALESIA FINALLY BECOMES A TODDLER! Estalesia, has broken all the barriers in order to survive her rough start in life. Few medical people thought she would live, as her multiple illnesses and enlarged abdomen made it hard for her to breath unless held upright. I made her a wedge pillow that kept her sleeping in a slightly upright
Bush Bunny Brenda Blog August 10, 2024 BABY GUDA (goo-da) JOINS OUR FAMILY On Thursday, August 8th, Social Services called with a request for us to receive a very malnourished orphan girl. Guda is 101 days old and weighs only 3 kgs/6.6 lbs. She should weigh at least 6 kgs/13.2 lbs. This tiny little girl was being cared for by the grandmother and a very concerned father. When
Bush Bunny Brenda Blog August 3, 2024 BBC DRAWING BIG CROWDS IN VILLAGES This month, our BBC teams had to help with food buying for the first 2 weeks of the July. After that, it was time to move out and take the gospel to the village children. 473 children and teens came to the Bible lesson at Muripa.YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Qev7pjVD4Zg July’s numbers are still impressive for 2
BUNNY HOPPING TO PEMBA Please forgive me for not having photos this week, but our post-food buying catch-up kept me hopping on Monday and Tuesday. I’ve been in Balama since April, so it was time to take a 2‑day break on Wednesday and Thursday. Then Friday of this week was a public holiday and I had to attend the ceremonies. Next week, hopefully things will be more normal (if
JOSEPH PROGRAM GOES INTO OVERDRIVE… Last week when I thought we were finished buying rice, I received word that Mozambique is expecting even less rainfall than we had this year with some areas going into drought! YIKES! That’s why we call this food program ‘the Joseph Program’, saving up food for the time of hunger. The rice crops barely made it to harvest this year,
2,800 RICE SACKS STACKED IN 4 DAYS These last 4 days our team of 70 very powerful men managed to put 2,800+ sacks of rice into our big barn to help avoid hunger for the orphans in the villages. It may look like chaos on the video, but let me assure you it is “organized chaos”, thank you very much! Each man knows his particular job in
FRAGILE LITTLE ALBERTINA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL After battling 5 weeks in the Balama Hospital, Baby Albertina has dumped 500gms or 1 lb. of edema caused by anemia. She is still very fragile, but woke up on Wednesday and asked for her high protein cereal! She was hungry! This is truly a milestone for Albertina who hasn’t said a word since we started caring for her in the
ALBERTINA SHOWING GREAT IMPROVEMENT! She is far from being “safe” from malnutrition complications, but her face and arms are now free of the edema that plagues severe anemic/ malnourished children. The only remaining swelling is in her legs and feet. That area is the first to swell and the last swelling to leave. Your prayers are working, as this is a very rapid rate of recovery for this
CRITICAL NEW ARRIVAL, ALBERTINA Thirteen-month-old orphan female, Albertina, is the definition of neglect and abuse by her grandmother. I personally have never seen a child this badly neglected and malnourished. The grandmother dropped her off at the hospital 3 weeks ago with malaria, and a Hbg (hemoglobin) of only 6. She weighed only 11 lbs./5.7 kg! She should weigh at least double that! Her Aunt cared for her