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
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2022 ANCHA AND FRANCIANO IN HOSPITAL Wednesday morning is food distribution day for our 7 orphan homes, but we were met with an early morning surprise when 6 month old Baby Ancha wouldn’t stop crying, and Baby Franciano was looking weak. Both were rushed to the hospital, and as suspected, Ancha’s malaria had rebounded. Since she is just under 5kg/11 lbs,
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 20, 2022 BABY ANCHA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL Baby Anch now with her Foster Mother, Ceclia, at House #7. FINALLY, 5 month old BABY ANCHA enters her new home and meets her new foster mother, Cecelia. ANCHA is still very tiny (4 kg) and fragile, but is gaining weight with frequent feedings. Taken by Social Services from a mentally ill mother who wasn’t feeding
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 13, 2022 CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION RECEIVED Certificate of Recognition given by Balama Administrator to our church The Balama Administrator honored us with a Certificate of Recognition for all that our program (Igreja Aguas Vivas/Living Waters Church) has contributed to assist Balama’s children and widows over the last 21 years. It is a great honor to receive such recognition as it is not given
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2022 2 REVERENDS RETURN TO BALAMA Reverends Gito and Ramadan returned to Balama late Monday afternoon after an adventurous trip to Tete City, then on to Malawi for their ordination. The trip was successful, but not without challenges. L. to R. Reverend Gito, Bishop Zalira, and Reverend Ramadan. A Cholera outbreak made crossing the border a bit challenging due to restrictions that helps
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2022 2 REVERENDS RETURN TO BALAMA Reverends Gito and Ramadan returned to Balama late Monday afternoon after an adventurous trip to Tete City, then on to Malawi for their ordination. The trip was successful, but not without challenges. L. to R. Reverend Gito, Bishop Zalira, and Reverend Ramadan. A Cholera outbreak made crossing the border a bit challenging due to restrictions that helps
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 6, 2022 NEGLECTED BABY ANCHA JOINS THE FAMILY Baby Ancha when 1st admitted to milk program in mid April Ancha’s mother ran out of breast milk when Baby Ancha (born March 6) was 5 weeks old. Social Services requested that we admit her to our Infant Formula Program, which we did in mid-April.Baby Ancha only comes in every 2 weeks due to living
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 30, 2022 WHAT CAME IN NOW GOES OUT Our barns are FULL!!! 308 TONS OF CORN! 108 TONS OF BEANS! Last but not least. 90 TONS OF RICE IN THE HULL! The food has already started going out to those orphans and widows in the Balama area as they have only small farms which cannot sustain them for over a month. Our staff distributes food each Wednesday
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 23, 2022 RICE PORRIDGE ANYONE? With 90 TONS now filling 2 barns, our kids can have rice anytime they want it. We buy our rice in the hull, straight from the field, as weevils don’t mess with it. God’s shell keeps those tasty little kernels nice and safe until we desire to dehull it for eating. Our group of widows living in
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 16, 2022 CORN BARN IS FULL TO THE BRIM! All 5,200 sacks (312 TONS) were weighed and stacked in our corn barn over 7 days by our VERY POWERFUL 106-man team. Our weighing station at sunrise. 600 sacks weighing 132 lbs/60 kgs went over that scale each day for 7 working days Starting daily in the dark using our pick up lights at 4:30 a.m.,