FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 9, 2021 REGINALDA COMES HOME! Tuesday, we were blessed to have BABY REGINALDA released from the hospital after a 12 day stay due to malaria which caused serious anemia. Seven months old, but weighing only 4.7kg/10.3 lbs., this infant was in serious danger. Malaria destroys red blood cells, so if an infant is borderline anemic, which she was, then malaria can wipe out her blood supply very quickly.
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2021 “ON FIRE” PASTORS REAPING A HARVEST At the end of each month, our 14 remote Village Pastors converge on our Balama mission station to report what has happened in the last 30 days. End of September completed the 3rd quarter of this year, meaning it was food distribution time for these men who receive a quarterly food allowance, thanks to
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 BABIES LOVING PLAYTIME With 12 infants in our care, I have warned the mothers that the “fun” times are coming when all 12 start walking!I’ll call it chas’em and corral’em! Eight of the twelve are now officially “toddling” or crawling while the other 4 are “observing their siblings” and thinking about crawling. I want to share 2 impromptu photos I snapped
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 REGINALDA FINDS A LOVING HOME At Thursday’s baby formula give out, a record 36 infants were weighed and given formula. Our staff was shocked when a 12-year-old girl walked in with a tiny infant girl whose Grandmother is supposed to be caring for her. The girl stated her Grandmother is sick, and unable to care for Reginalda, a 7‑month-old,
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 HOUSE #7 IS FINISHED! Health Inspectors will check the house on Monday and then we can officially open it to receive children, or more infants if the need arises. It was a joint effort from 2 donors on different continents. Thank you to Caleb and Sarah of Inspire International in the USA for your generous gift that built the 4‑bedroom children’s home and
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 TRIPLETS GRADUATE FROM MILK PROGRAM! Born January 18, 2021, these 3 husky babies are now 7 months and 3 weeks old. Triplets at this age are a rare sight around here, but this family, who live in a remote village over 15 miles from our mission station, has done an outstanding job in caring for these tiny tots. But, by the
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 28, 2021 AUGUST GIVE-OUTS COMPLETED The orphans are growing up, thanks to your commitment with your Love Gifts. Here are a few more photos, this time from the 4 villages in the Kwe Kwe area. On Tuesday, our team served 135 orphans cared for by 71 widows. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM A CHANCE AT A FUTURE. Guarding the food for his 2 siblings and
WHAT CAME IN, NOW GOES OUT! Our massive county wide food give out to orphans living in the remote parts of Balama District has begun. In 4 days this week, our team used both the 6- and 7‑ton-trucks, plus 2 Land Cruisers to move the following life-saving food gifts. 343 sacks dried corn (19 TONS) 64 sacks dried beans (4 TONS) 25 sacks salt (500kg/1,100 lbs.) 1,145 pieces of bar
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 14, 2021 ALFERES FIGHTING MALARIA CONVULSIONS Thursday morning, 10 a.m., Alferes, our construction trainee who was receiving treatment for malaria, began having severe spasms in his right arm. Our staff rushed him to the hospital where all 4 of his limbs began to spasm as he tried to walk into the emergency room. Alferes, our hero (above left) who saved baby Angelica when she
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 25, 2021 ABANDONED BABY AT HOSPITAL In Saturday’s blog, I told of an infant in our milk program who has malaria and severe anemia with a Hemoglobin of 4.4. His blood type is O Negative, which is not available in this area. He was blood tested on Thursday, but the father disappeared from the hospital with the infant before he could be admitted. The