FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 2022 ALFERES ACCEPTED! Today, Alferes leaves for Teach­ers Col­lege in Mon­tepuez, 60km/36 miles from here. This is tru­ly excit­ing, as he is our 2nd teenag­er to enter this very wor­thy pro­fes­sion. Class­es begin on Mon­day! Please keep him in your prayers as he has many adjust­ments to make. Alferes accept­ed into Teach­ers Col­lege!​  PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVE A BOOST Retired Teacher Pedro will begin tutor­ing our

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: FEBRUARY 12, 2022 REGINALDA IS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL! THANKS TO YOUR PRAYERS, Regi­nal­da began show­ing improve­ment last Sun­day. Her fever was gone dur­ing the day on Sun­day, and only returned late after­noon. By Mon­day, she was fever free!  Regi­nal­da and Fos­ter Mom very glad to be home!​ The Dr. want­ed to keep her until Thurs­day to be sure her infec­tion was gone. BY WEDNESDAY, she

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2022 BABY REGINALDA HOSPITALIZED  Last Wednes­day, REGINALDA, 11.5 months old, pre­sent­ed with fever and lack of appetite. Tests showed she has malar­ia and an infec­tion, ori­gin unknown. She is being treat­ed with broad spec­trum IV antibi­otics and LOTS OF PRAYER.  Baby Regi­nal­da in hos­pi­tal. HER LOW-GRADE FEVER is con­cern­ing all of us, as it refus­es to come down even with the strongest antibiotics

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 29, 2022 RUN FAST, PLAY HARD! The rainy sea­son leaves us few dry days, but our chil­dren are tak­ing advan­tage of every minute. Hard rains hit on Mon­day, but by Tues­day, the play­ground was dry. It is amaz­ing watch­ing our youngest sharp­en­ing new­ly learned play skills each week.  First graders hav­ing a “co-ed” soc­cer game to release all that pent up “rainy day” ener­gy. From the

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 22, 2022 PLAY HARD WHEN THE SUN SHINES! Our chil­dren are doing exact­ly that in these pho­tos and videos.  Dai­ly Praise and Wor­ship is a favorite with all our children​. Preschool­ers show­ing off with their ener­getic ren­di­tion of “God Is So Good”, Deus e tam­bom in this video. –>   https://youtu.be/Coo8xS0q5lE We had an all-night rain storm in Bala­ma on Mon­day that had us stand­ing in

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 15, 2022 ELECTRICITY COMING OUR WAY Elec­tric hook-ups are sched­uled for Feb­ru­ary 2022 for any home that is prop­er­ly wired. Two elec­tri­cians have worked long hours since Jan­u­ary 3rd to wire all 7 of our orphan homes. House #7 is due to be com­plet­ed today, mean­ing that we are by ready when the juice is hooked up. Elec­tri­cians wiring House #7, the Leopard

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 8, 2022 CHEBANY STANDS INDEPENDENTLY! Anoth­er mile­stone for baby Chebany, as he final­ly grasped how to bal­ance. After tak­ing this pho­to, I gen­tly took his hands and leaned him for­ward to nudge him into tak­ing 2 steps before he sat down. Chebany stands inde­pen­dent­ly for the first time. We are very hap­py for this lit­tle boy, who had a very rough start in life.

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 1, 2022 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! ALL OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN PASSED INTO THE NEXT GRADE!  Those results were announced Mon­day, mak­ing every­one very hap­py! With only 2 days of school per week and LOTS OF HOMEWORK for each child, this is tru­ly amaz­ing.   SANDBOX FUN! Manel and a crew of 6 men took our 6‑ton-truck and loaded it with fresh sand TWICE in

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 24, 2021 A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU! From our fam­i­ly to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS! OUR CHILDREN TRULY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY CHICKENS YOU PROVIDED! The pho­tos of the Christ­mas Par­ty tell only some of the sto­ry. Singing and even joy­ful danc­ing and jump­ing in place were how our exu­ber­ant chil­dren showed their love for Jesus as the par­ty began. The cooks had a

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 18, 2021 HELDER GRADUATES TEACHERS SCHOOL! Helder is the first of our youth to get into and grad­u­ate from a school of high­er learn­ing! We are so, so proud of him. Helder on grad­u­a­tion day​. As I write, Helder is on his way back to Bala­ma with our 4 staff mem­bers who attend­ed his grad­u­a­tion. I stayed with the oth­er 57 chil­dren as they

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