FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2021 TWO INFANTS WILL JOIN OUR FAMILY ON MONDAY Friday, Feb. 12th, I received a call stating that a baby girl twin, and an unrelated orphaned baby boy, should be released from the hospital on Monday and they definitely needed our expert care. This meant our staff had to switch into high gear to prepare places for them. The baby girl’s mother is
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2021 MEET THE ZEBRA GANG OF HOUSE #6 The Zebra gang hosts 4 babies under 2 years, plus 4 other children under 10 years. It’s a busy house, and the ONLY FOSTER HOUSE with 5 “live in” foster mothers. Reason: orphaned baby explosion Note: 2 of the foster mothers are in training for house #7 when it opens. Four of the mothers each have an
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 30, 2021 INSIGHT INTO RAINY TIME ACTIVITIES A month behind us and PTL our children are safe, healthy, and happy. Today, January 30th, marks the middle of the rainy season. It rained most of the night, and heavy, grey rain clouds still hang overhead. Our 3‑man milling team rush to mill 1.1 TONS, or 23 sacks of corn so our hungry “mob”
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 23, 2021 FIVE BABIES IN 15 MINUTES! A new record for sure! While eating lunch on Wednesday, I received a call from Social Services requesting formula and baby bottles for TRIPLETS who were born earlier that morning. While organizing the formula, I heard a noise outside. Sticking my head out the door, I saw 2 women with 2 crying babies sitting on our “reception
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 16, 2021 QUISTON GAINING STRENGTH Our 12 babies are all weighed at our food distribution each Thursday. All of them are steadily gaining weight, and I happened to catch Quiston showing off his new strength after his Foster Mother, Angelina, put him on her back to secure him in a “caplana”. Quiston shows off his arm strength on the back of his Foster Mother,
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 9, 2021 SOW AND YOU SHALL REAP Our 12 high school boys know very well the Bible story of sowing and reaping. After a short morning rain, Zito and Alferes quickly shelled their much loved Juko Beans which our 11 teens then planted. Teenage boys planting Juko Beans. Juko grows underground in a shell like a peanut. Can be eaten raw or cooked, and has
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JANUARY 2, 2021 HEAVY RAINS WRAP UP 2020 Rain means our corn/bean fields will grow, PTL, but it also crushed our hopes for the children’s feast on Dec. 31st. So Bush Bunny and staff pulled out the reserve plan by loading the toys, cookies, and individual koolade bottles into my fully covered King Cab. When the rain paused at 7 a.m., off we went to
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 26, 2020 CHRISTMAS PARTY DELAYED, BUT TREATS A BIG HIT Our fun-filled party plans for December 24th were changed to the 31st due to last minute challenges with 6 days of rainy weather and other interruptions. Thanks to a local businessman, his gift of a large box of gum, candy, and cookies put smiles on many sad faces caused by this delay. The photos
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2020 DIXON’S CHICKEN Many of you remember DIXON from years back, for he came to us extremely malnourished (4.4 lbs./2 kg) at 4 months of age. Today, 8‑year-old Dixon is a handsome youngster in the 2nd grade who loves his pet chicken, “Galinha”. (Chicken in Portuguese). DIXON represents the 20,000 vulnerable children saved because you care. Dixon represents the 20,000 plus orphans and
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2020 BABY FATIMA JOINS OUR FAMILY Orphaned Fatima was brought to us last Friday by her Grandmother and Uncle from a village almost 30 miles/50km into the Bush from Balama (on foot). This tiny infant looked like a premature newborn, but her document said she was exactly 90 DAYS OLD, weighting only 2kg/4.4 lbs., AND WAS OBVIOUSLY SICK! Baby Fatima eats hourly,