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.,
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 9, 2022 CORN, CORN, AND MORE CORN! The majority of our staff’s whole week has centered around the corn buying with the photos pretty much telling the story. The remainder of the corn will be weighed and stored this coming week, completing this monumental task, so we can move on to buying rice. With more and more baby orphans showing up here weekly, our
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 2, 2022 JESSICA RETURNS! Jessica Christie, now a Board Member for Orphans Unlimited, is returning to assist with our children while I am tied up with corn buying. So, I was off to Pemba to fetch her at the airport on Friday, just 3 days before our Corn Buying Spree takes off on Monday, July 4th. While you celebrate the USA Independence
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JUNE 25, 2022 INFANT ELSA JOINS OUR FAMILY Elsa was admitted to our baby formula program shortly after her birth on April 9th, as her mother died of postpartum problems. She presented with malaria a month ago and a bloodless lower eye lid, which told me she was very, very anemic. Baby Elsa joins our family. Her grandmother agreed to admit her to the hospital
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JUNE 18, 2022 FINALLY! BRINGING IN THE BEANS! Better late than never, as the 108 TONS of beans are finally dry and ready for storage! With a team of 43 men, we had 1,200 sacks (72 TONS), in the barn over the last 2 days. Capena, Office Manager, weighs 3 sacks of beans at a time while Carlitos Jorge holds the 🔦 torch. Moving 600 sacks
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JUNE 11, 2022 PRE-TEENS COME FOR A VISIT National Children’s Month in Mozambique helps to “open the eyes” of the local young people to the important programs in their county. Having these youngsters visit our facility was a first for us, and the children were truly surprised to see such nice homes and loving foster parents. 17 children from Balama received a tour