JOJO OUT OF HOSPITAL! JOJO, 7 months old, has now beat the malaria and the pneumonia, PTL! Thank you so much for your prayers for Jojo, as he was truly in a bad way for the first few days. Even though he is eating and drinking formula well, he still lost weight while in hospital. He’s down from 5.45kg/12 lbs. the day he entered the hospital to
DINO IS HOME! Nothing but a God miracle, as Dino has been at LEOPARD HOUSE for critical children, OFF OXYGEN, since last Saturday, and is doing as well as can be expected. The Dr. told us that his breathing is different from other children, so we have to judge him by what is normal for him. Dino after 7 days with out supplemental oxygen. Breathing without distress
HAPPY 250TH INDEPENDENCE DAY TO THE USA! Hoping it’s a grand day for all of you. Cherish and protect your freedoms, as they don’t exist in many places in this world. DINO CONTINUES HIS BATTLE TO LIVE Dino has been tested off the oxygen twice this week. The first attempted lasted 24 hours before he became short of breath, and had to restart the oxygen. Dino continues to need
INFANT DINO STILL IN HOSPITAL This tiny boy developed a cough, possibly from fluid in his lungs, and he seems a bit weaker as compared to last week. He has gained about 1 lb./500 gms, and completed his malaria treatment, but the doctors decided to watch him a few more days as he still needs his oxygen. Their concern is that he may have a genetic
DINO GIVES US A BIG SCARE Dino is still in hospital, as Sunday night he began to cry off and on during the night. On Monday night he did the same, but by Tuesday morning he was SEMI-COMATOSE! Oxygen and IV fluids were needed to keep him breathing. It looked like he was losing the battle against the pneumonia. The head nurse said don’t give up, and she
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR BABY DINO Baby Dino, a newly orphaned baby, was admitted to our milk program 2 weeks ago with severe malnutrition and a weight of only 3kg/6.6lb at 5 months of age. His Aunt was caring for him. We knew it would be a long haul to get him back to a normal weight, but the family has first say in the child’s care.
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY WAS GREAT FUN! June 1st is National Children’s Day in Mozambique. There is no school for 1st to 7th graders, as they are all free to join in local games, and have good food at each of their homes. Our children truly enjoyed the games as you will see in the videos and photos. Our young ones showing off their goodies. PLUS, a group of
BEANS, BEANS, AND MORE BEANS! On Monday, we received and weighed the final 700 sacks of beans for 2026. With the fuel shortage, our innovative Village Churches, Employees, and Growing Associations used every means to get the beans to us. No joke, the beans came in via wheelbarrow, bicycle, with only a few by motorbike or small truck. The amazing thing was that they met their quotas so the
BEAN BUYING HAS BEGUN We received our buying license last Friday, then gave out sacks on Monday so our Pastors and their church members could begin filling them. Weighing started on Friday and will complete on Monday for the beans. It’s already cool here with the early mornings at 60 F/19C which greatly helps our workers to stay cool. I can hear you all laughing about the temperatures,
OUR YOUNGER GENERATION REALLY ENJOY THE CIS PARTY FOOD! At the party last Saturday, I managed to capture a photo and a video of our ever-growing family at the CIS party. Children enjoying the high protein meal provided by CIS of Balama. Featured in the photo are twins Crecencia (purple shirt), and Crecencio (dark blue shirt) who are now 3 years old, as well as Orlencia, (pink