FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 21, 2023 A PEANUT IN THE NOSE! Julio put a peanut up his nose last Wednesday night, causing me to be called out at 8:30pm when the foster mothers discovered it. I called the local Emergency Room Director for expert advice, and he came in person to the Zebra House to remove it so we didn’t have to go to the hospital.
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 14, 2023 FUN IN THE SUN FOR A MOMENT We finally had a break in the morning rains that kept our kids off the playground. When I opened the playground, it was like turning loose a herd of wild horses! Happy children enjoy the slide. Sandra in front came to us as an infant. Now a 2nd grader! The giant slide was opened, and the
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 7, 2023 HAPPY 2023 FEAST FOR THE CHILDREN Rain and more rain was last weekend’s scenario for Balama. Plan B was a fat frozen chicken for each children’s home along with all the “fixins”. Mud may have canceled the group party, but the children enjoyed their cookies, candy, and balloons, so all was fine with them. All 7 homes received a feast and
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 31, 2022 YOUNG EVANGELISTS BRINGING THEIR FRIENDS TO CHRIST Our Sunday School children have risen to the challenge to help their friends know Jesus! Each Sunday, we are seeing new faces in the classroom, and attendance has gone from 40 to almost 100 each week. Our ever growing Sunday School on Christmas Day! All ages from infants to 12-year-olds attend our class, as all
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 24, 2022 TRUE GRIT GETS REPAIRS FINISHED FROM STORM 8 DAYS AGO! The final nails were driven in on Tuesday morning, PTL, and then the rains came tumbling down. We thanked Jesus for holding off the wet stuff until all was completed. It’s hard enough doing roof work when it means walking on slippery tin sheets, but you add rain to the mix, and
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 17, 2022 REPAIRING THE TWISTER DAMAGE Our 4 carpenters and 4 helpers have worked hard on repairs this week, but we still have another week’s work ahead of us. The photo of the back side of the #2 (beans) and #3 (rice) barns shows the full extent of the major damage done. The storm didn’t just remove the tin sheets, it broke EVERY TRUSS
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2022 EMERGENCY BLOG DISASTROUS DAY FOR THE FOOD WAREHOUSES!!!Torn off roof. Backside of both warehouses with no roof. A HUGE TWISTING-TYPE WIND hit our food warehouses at 11a.m. today as a powerful thunderstorm hit over our mission station. Just beans and Montega beans moved under what’s left of the roof. Tarping the beans. I was driving up in my car at our office when the sky released
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2022 THE WOMEN AT THE WELL… …is a reality in our area as many hand dug wells and any shallow drilled water wells are now dry! December is supposed to be a very rainy month, but for the last 2 years the rains have come late. We had a hard rain on Wednesday this week. Now it is doubtful it will continue raining
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2022 NOVEMBER ENDS WITH MANY VISITORS Visitors talking to mothers at houses 6 & 7 On the 30th our staff graciously received a mixed group of people representing the Justice Department, UNICEF, Social Services, and the District Hospital. Their purpose was to visit our homes as well as teach us how to organize a temporary guardianship for our resident children. The visitors seem
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 26, 2022 HOPING YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL DAY GIVING THANKS TO THE LORD FOR ALL YOU HAVE. Here in Balama, it was business as usual, giving out food to orphans and widows in need. Thanksgiving is an American holiday, but I think everyday is a day of thanks as the Lord’s blessings are unending. BALAMA FAMILY GIVING THANKS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH 7 ORPHANS Dedicated