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
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