FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MAY 8, 2021 HELP IS ON THE WAY! Long-time friend and O.U. Board member Dave D. will make the difficult trek from USA to Balama in 2 weeks time. No direct flights exist to Africa after a year of shutdown, so he must fly via Europe, change planes, then go south to S. Africa before travelling into Mozambique via another flight the following day.
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MAY 1, 2021 FUN IN THE SUN! Our children are super active and healthy, thrilled that their school is open and Bawana-time is now more fun than ever! I managed to catch their opening sing-a-long time on a short video this week. The youngest in the line on the left is 3‑year-old Jesuino, (Jezz wee no) who came to us in a very malnourished state
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: APRIL 24, 2021 14-DAY-OLD JUMA JOINS OUR FAMILY Juma is our 11th infant to date to enter our home, as his mother died of postpartum complications just a few hours after he was born. His Granny, Belicina, took over the care of Juma and his 3 young siblings. Their father abandoned them, so Granny had no other family to help her. Juma was immediately placed in
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: APRIL 17, 2021 BABY BOY OLIVIO JOINS OUR FAMILY Born October 28, 2020, OLIVIO lost his mother 21 days later from post partum complications. His very elderly Granny and Uncle did their best to care for him, but they struggled to meet his needs. The Granny was too frail to make the long trip to fetch baby formula every 14 days, so the Uncle brought
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: APRIL 10, 2021 CHRISTIANO MEETS JESUS Christiano fought bravely, but the Sepsis (blood infection) was stronger than the medications could handle. We miss him dearly, but at the same time, know that he has a new body and is happily playing in heaven. Please pray for foster mother Vaneza, our “miracle Mom”. A member of the hospital staff told me that her care was “exceptionally good”, giving
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: APRIL 3, 2021 HELDER MAKES IT TO 1ST ELIMINATIONS Friday, Capena took Helder to Montepuez for his interview and elimination test, competing with over 600 students out of the 1,050 who took the test. They are competing for 190 positions at the teachers college. He needs God’s favor so please pray for him as the competition is really tough. Sadly, Alferes and Ali’s test
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MARCH 27, 2021 OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP! As all you parents know, you are hugging your precious infant one day, and the next you’re sending them off to school. We only have 4 under 5‑year-olds now as well as the 8 new infants who are NOT IN SCHOOL. All our first graders this year were received here as infants 5 to 6 years ago. How
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MARCH 20, 2021 BACK TO SCHOOL, HOORAY! On Tuesday this week, the announcement was made that all schools would open on Monday, March 22nd. Children 12 and up are required to wear a mask in the classroom. Our children’s school uniforms were ready, as we had prepared for this in February. Giving out school supplies on Wednesday. On Wednesday, excitement was in the air as school supplies
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MARCH 13, 2021 GOD’S AMBASSADORS DELIVER LIFE SAVING SUPPLIES On March 9th, Dave H., a missionary pilot, flew into southern Mozambique to fetch a load of assorted life saving supplies that included Hypo cereal for malnourished infants. May seem like a small thing to many, but this trip took weeks of planning by our ground team. Pilot Dave unloading the Hypo packets. The Hypo Plus Power
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: MARCH 6, 2021 URGENT PRAYER NEED Baby Christiano, only 4.5kg/9.9 lbs. at 10 months, had to be admitted to the hospital late yesterday afternoon for life-threatening gastroenteritis. Christiano needs your prayers. This little boy was eating everything placed before him and doing well until yesterday, so his illness is a mystery to us all. He is receiving IV electrolytes and IV meds to try and