FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 19, 2022 2022 FOOD AND SEED GIVE OUT FINISHED!! The 2022 food program for the villages is complete! The program is named The Joseph Project, because like Joseph, we fill our barns in time of plenty and give out in time of hunger. This week marked our final food give outs to orphans and widows in the Balama and Meluco Districts. Our days started
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2022 FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2022 OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP! Here are the photos of each of our 7 children’s homes. The Zebra house toddlers/infants. Baby Leopards won’t be small for long! The Lions and they are a lively group! The Buffalo herd! The Rabbits of Victory House. The Gazelles. Every child in this photo came there as an infant! The Ostrich House. Baby Reginalda on
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 29, 2022 TWO OF OUR MOTHERS HAVING SURGERY On Monday, October 31, Foster Mother Bertina (Ostrich House), and Granny Feliciana, mother to her orphaned grandchildren, will be taken by our Office Staff at 5 a.m. to the Regional Hospital in Montepuez for surgery. Foster Mother Bertina has abdominal tumor near her diaphragm. Bertina has an abdominal tumor just under her diaphragm that doesn’t appear
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2022 HIGH WINDS DAMAGE CHURCH ROOF Removing the securing bricks and broken beams from church roof. Last Saturday morning, our team of carpenters and brick layers had their hands full repairing 5 tin sheets and 3 broken wooden beams damaged by high winds on Friday afternoon. We are grateful that none of the tin sheets came completely loose from the roof as
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2022 LOCAL NUTRITIONIST MAKING WEEKLY VISITS Dr. Mariano weighs and examines each infant in our baby formula program. Dr. Mariano of the Balama Health Center is now visiting our malnourished infants in our Baby Formula Program each Thursday.Each infant is weighed, then given a physical exam. Any infant found ill is taken back to the Balama hospital for treatment. He also does
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2022 HELDER NOW A TEACHER IN BALAMA! Our first orphan to complete higher education, is now gainfully employed by the Balama School District. He will be teaching math, natural science, and art design to 7th graders in a village about 6 miles/9 km from Balama. A very happy Helder with new bike as transportation to his new teaching job. Helder is now living
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2022 BBC BRINGING MULTITUDES TO CHRIST This week the BBC motorbike team and bicycle teams visited a new set of villages leading over 250 children to Christ. 10 Children accepted Jesus in Maco village this week. Over 70 came to Jesus in Mariri village on Thursday this week. On September 30th, I met with our 16 Village Pastors who eagerly restarted their BBC programs
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 1000’S OF CHILDREN NOW HEARING GOD’S WORD Thanks to generous partners that assisted with motorbike fuel, the 4 man/2 motorbike BBC team ministered to 4,390 children in 14 remote villages over the last 2 weeks. Teaching from the Children’s Evangelistic Fellowship (CEF) LARGE PICTURE BOOKS, the teams taught each of the village groups from Genesis on Creation. In October, we hope
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 BBC TEAMS UP AND RUNNING! We received permission to return to normal church activities including our Bush Biker for Christ (BBC) Teams using both bicycles and motorbikes.The lack of fuel is still a challenge for the motorbike team, but we managed to buy enough stock for 1 month for 2 bikes, and hope to expand that to 4 bikes in
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 FRANCIANO GOES BACK TO HOSPITAL ON MONDAY Franciano awoke Monday with a fever and trouble taking his bottle due to an upper respiratory infection. I was called immediately by the Head Mother at House #7, so our staff wasted no time getting him to the hospital. He is much improved, but is still on IV antibiotics till possibly Friday. Foster Mother