BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: JANUARY 26, 2019 POWERFUL TROPICAL STORM GIVES FATIMA EXTRA DAYS IN BALAMA If anyone has a doubt at how the Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways, then read on. Sunday, Jan. 20th, a friend, Karen, in Ohio sent me a late night notice on messenger. A tropical storm with 40 mph (68 km) winds was approaching the Mozambique coast very near where
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: JANUARY 19, 2019 FOUR NEW ORPHANS MOVING INTO VICTORY HOUSE NEXT WEEK An overwhelmed Grandmother with 5 hungry, orphaned grandchildren, 4 children of her own, 1 infant grandchild, and a disabled husband, defines a “family in a difficult situation”. All 12 are living in one small mud hut in the village of Kionga. When this family was brought to our attention just
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: JANUARY 12, 2019 DUCK DAYS CONTINUE AS RAINY SEASON LIVES UP TO IT’S NAME Our rain-out days are lovingly called “DUCK DAYS” because the only happy creatures are the Ducks. January/February are Balama’s heaviest rainy days each year. We did manage on Monday and Tuesday to build up all the walls of Orphan House #6 to the 2 meter (6.5 ft.) level. The ring beam
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: JANUARY 5, 2019 “BIG SURPRISE” MAKES HAPPY FACES IN THE NEW YEAR! You never heard such a commotion, when 24 kids began jumping for joy after being told they got to pick out a toy at the local market! When I went to Pemba in early Dec., all I could find were baby gifts. Sincerely frustrated, I told our Staff, who quickly pointed
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: DECEMBER 29, 2018 CHRISTMAS PARTY/NEW YEARS PARTY A BIG SUCCESS! On Christmas Day, the Lord blessed us with Sunshine after 14 DAYS OF RAIN! With water standing on our playground, we prayed for a dry week and set the canceled Christmas Party for Friday, Dec. 28th. God honored our prayers, and weather patterns returned to normal. Raining only in the late afternoon or
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG DATE: DECEMBER 22, 2018 DUCK DAYS A DAWNING! Little was accomplished by anyone in Balama this week due to over 5 inches of rain since Tuesday. (It’s still raining as I write this.) We don’t have tar roads yet, so traveling on mud slick roads is very difficult even with 4 wheel drive. One mistake and you are in the ditch for possibly several days.
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2018 CAST FREE AFTER 11.5 MONTHS!!! PASTOR FRED FROM ROVUMA is now walking without his cast for the first time in 11.5 months! For our new readers, on December 24th, 2017 the BBC TEAM motorbike carrying Carlitos Jorge and Pastor Fred was rammed in the right side by another motorbike. The impact was so forceful it BENT THE BIKE FRAME and
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: DECEMBER 8, 2018 JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN JESUS was very clear in the Bible that we are to LOVE ALL CHILDREN who come across our path, no matter what. Our 6 man BBC (Bush Bikers for Christ) Bicycle Team works with a “Sea of Children” each day, who are learning of His Love. LOVE does not come naturally to all, for it is the Love of
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: DECEMBER 1, 2018 JESUS HEALS THE SICK TWO HEALINGS were reported at yesterday’s Pastoral meeting! Healings are not lightly reported by our Pastors, as they allow TIME after a confessed healing to make sure it is the “real deal”. 1. A man from Nacala Village stating he had ” CHRONIC MALARIA”, which multiple trips to the hospital would not cure. He confessed before his church
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG NOVEMBER 24, 2018 ALL VILLAGE FOOD/CLOTHING GIVE OUTS COMPLETED! Our efforts were complicated this year as our 16 year old, 6 ton truck, broke both front brackets that secure the front springs. This truck is a true work horse, BUT SIXTEEN YEARS of wear and tear on rough dirt roads finally took its toll. NOTE: THANKS TO 2 MISSIONARY HELPERS IN RSA (ERIC AND HENK),