ZITO FACES MAJOR LEG SURGERY AGAIN On Wednesday, November 27th, the head orthopaedic surgeon in Pemba will perform an exploratory surgery on Zito’s leg as osteomyelitis is a very difficult infection to stop. After speaking to an OR (operating room) nurse very familiar with this problem, she stated that it is not unusual for patients to need more than 1 surgery to eradicate the infection from
ZITO’S SURGERY FAILS TO RESOLVE INFECTION The surgeon opened Zito’s hip muscle to find a large pus pocket which she thoroughly cleaned out. The source of the problem was not located, so he was kept on IV Antibiotics for 5 days before being released. Once home, and on oral antibiotics, his wound began draining pus from the incision within 3 days. A call to the Provincial
TINY BABY ANGELINA JOINS OUR FAMILY Baby Angelina, weight 2.45kg (5lbs.) at 30 days Angelina only weighed 2 kg (4.4 lbs) when born on October 4, 2019. Sadly, her mother passed away on October 24 from postpartum complications, and her father is in the hospital suffering the final stages of tuberculosis. Angelina’s very elderly Granny Clementina tried her best for 2 weeks to care for the
ZITO NEEDS MINOR SURGERY Doctors suspect Zito has an internal suture that did not dissolve after his major hip surgery in July, for he developed a fistula (pus pocket) in his hip suture line that will not heal. Three weeks of antibiotics did not resolve it, so the only solution is for the Montepuez surgeon to go in under anesthesia to find the source. Capena, our
2019 FILM RELEASED! THE BUNNY IS HOPPING! Brenda has a traveling day today, so we will have to catch up with her on next week’s blog. For those of you who may have missed it, here’s our new 2019 OU video. Please share with your friends. The film (link below) begins by featuring the beautiful children living in our 5 foster homes. It follows with an overview of
WONDERFUL WEEK WITH OUR CHILDREN School is out this week for the national elections, so it gave our staff more time with all the children in our 5 foster care homes. JESUINO surprised us by taking his first independent steps, as he is our 2nd youngest, but the last to begin walking on his own. Watch this short video clip and share our joy, as another
2019 FILM RELEASED! Three minutes of fun in the sun with our children. The film (link below) begins by featuring the beautiful children living in our 5 foster homes. It follows with an overview of all we are doing to bring JESUS to the people in 3 counties. (Click link to see our new video on YouTube) https://youtu.be/M0XCggD68d8 Film makers Eric Dry and Dave Deboer, we thank
BUNNY’S CHOMPERS REPAIRED, SO CARROT FARMERS BEWARE! After the dentist, Eric Dry and I spent most of my final 48 hours in S. Africa completing a new, exciting video containing our rescued orphans, plus the work our staff, Pastors, and BBC Teams (Bush Bikers for Christ) perform to spread the gospel to all we meet. My part was the easiest, since I only had to help
A MILE OF SMILES LIT THE WAY FOR OUR FOOD TRUCKS NEW RECORD: 46 TONS OF FOOD DELIVERED 1 MONTH! Tired, but happy, our food delivery team returned from the last village near noon on Thursday. THE MILE OF SMILES seen by the team made all the hard work and long hours well worth it. There is a smile about to break through Soap is such a fascinating
FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS MOVING AT RAPID PACE The hot and dry months are the “hunger months” in Mozambique, (September to November) as water is too scarce to grow anything but the smallest of gardens with left over water from dishes and washing clothes. Since the 2 cyclones hit earlier this year, the lost crops area is estimated to cover over 3,000 square miles (7,800 sq. km). UNICEF has identified and