FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 LIFE SKILLS LEADS TO EMPLOYMENT Widnes (Wit-ness), an orphan who grew up in the early years of our program, is now 27 and a trained carpenter’s assistant on his way to becoming a master carpenter. When he graduated high school in 2011, he requested to apprentice under our mission station’s master carpenter. This was 9 years ago, long before a life
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 LIFE SKILLS TRAINING BEGINS With all the construction delays caused by this virus, our staff decided to go ahead with life skills training for our 4 oldest teenage boys vs waiting for the construction of an official “place” in which to teach them. All 4 of these young men are in their final 2 years of school, and need
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 29, 2020 LAST OF THE HARVEST LEAVES THE FIELDS Our 18 Grannies who are part of our mission base, have kept their orphaned grandchildren very busy in the last 2 weeks as they bring in the last of their harvest. Each of our Grannies and the Foster Mothers of our 6 orphan homes receives about 1 acre of land to use as
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 22, 2020 STANDARD BANK DONATES FACE MASKS Our children, Muzila, Fatima, and Ali represented our entire children’s group in a surprise ceremony on Thursday to receive an entire case of cloth face masks with the bank’s emblem on them. The older children will be given instructions on when and how to use them before we distribute them. Thank you Standard Bank for your concern
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 15, 2020 AND THE LAME SHALL WALK! Pastor Alberto, in Namuno District, reported that a woman named, Julietta, HADN’T WALKED IN 3 MONTHS due to a severe back injury which occurred right after she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Her family are Jesus believers, so they transported her from a remote village deep in the bush to where Pastor Alberto has
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 8, 2020 SNEAKY SNAKE GETS CAUGHT I was walking near my dog pen when I saw a snake track that left the dog pen and returned onto itself after a few yards. It was fresh, cause I had walked that same area just a few minutes before. Meaning: snake is nearby. Calling my guard, I began to look for it when my mechanic yelled
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: AUGUST 1, 2020 VISITORS ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN At 9 a.m. yesterday we welcomed Balama’s Administrator and seven other key District Leaders to our mission station for a brief 20 minute orientation of our project. The Administrator was keen to see our food warehouses, which are stunning right now since they are full. The group then visited our children’s homes, and were impressed at how well our children
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 25, 2020 DOG SAVES BUNNY FROM NASTY COBRA! Sunday, July 19, I was about to step outside my house at noon (warmest day of last week), when Misha (Meesha), a visiting dog from next door, set up an urgent barking. She is normally very quiet, and loves to lay in the sun on my car port just outside my back door. I immediately
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 11, 2020 SURPRISE PREGNANCY PRODUCES TWINS IN NEED OF FORMULA Friday, July 10th, an elderly looking couple walked into our mission with a beautiful set of twin girls, Liana and Riana. Much to our surprise, these folks were the PARENTS, not the grandparents with orphaned babies. The mother looks to be in her late 40’s so TWINS in addition to this surprise “late
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“DATE: JULY 4, 2020 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL OF YOU IN THE USA! Be blessed at what you have, for time with FAMILY is irreplaceable. Those precious memories live on with us forever. Praying for all of you that you will have a safe and fun weekend. BALAMA KIDS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH DURING STAY AT HOME TIME With school out through July, our staff is