HEIGHT OF THE HUNGER SEASON On Friday, April 20th, Grandparents Mariano and Assena walked 14 km (7 miles) carrying their 2 newly orphaned grandchildren on their backs to ask help from Social Services in Balama. The family was brought to us immediately for long term assistance. Severely malnourished, the hospital staff thought the 2 orphans were very young due to their small sizes. Their birth records showed
SYRAH/SODEXO SEND TREATS Balama was honored with a visit from this country’s President on Thursday the 12th of April. President Nyusi was here to inaugurate the Syrah/Twigg Graphite Mine and the new Agriculture School that is just down the road from us. His helicopter’s pilot whisked him in and out with great skill between heavy rain storms that surrounded our area. After his departure, our office manager
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: APRIL 7, 2018 EASTER MORNING BRINGS NEW LIFE TO OUR DOOR A baby boy born in his mother’s home on Good Friday, lost his mother to complications that same night. Unable to afford milk, formula, or find a nursing mother to suckle the boy by Saturday night, the family took the baby to our nearest church. At 7a.m. Easter Morning, I was handed
BBC TEAM GOES THE EXTRA MILE Each Thursday our 10 man BBC MOTORBIKE TEAM takes off for a remote mountainous area south of our mission base. They hold Bawana Games for over a 1000 children, and then Carlitos Jorge (C.J.) holds a proper adult church service requested by 30+ residents of that area. Those rock walls look close to us, and are truly magnificent in the
Computer problems makes for short blog this week. I am two-finger typing this on my tablet, letting each photo tell its story. BALAMA WOMEN’S GROUP VISITS ORPHANS FOUR women, all Balama leaders in the nationally known OMM women’s group, visited all 5 of our orphan houses today. They were very pleased with our accommodation, foster parents, and the beautiful, polite children we are raising. One family
FRED IS BACK! Office manager, Capena, fetched our “cheerful” Pastor Fred yesterday from the Nampula private clinic, where he had leg surgery last Sunday. It is WONDERUL to have him back with us, and to know that his leg will now heal rapidly. His cast has 3 “windows” in it for suture removals this Monday. Pastor Fred with new “window” cast. Our Balama Doctor just left Fred’s bedside after
BBC PASTOR FRED HAVING MAJOR LEG SURGERY BBC Pastor Fred is the victim of a motorcycle accident which occurred while he was on the road to play BAWANA GAMES with the children in a remote village. A motorcycle came around a blind curve at a high speed in the wrong lane, hitting our motorcycle broadside. BBC LEADER and bike driver Carlitos Jorge swerved to avoid collision, but
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: MARCH 3, 2018 IT TAKES A VILLAGE Caring for the needs of 100+ orphans and their 30 substitute mothers (widows), is a big job that can’t be done without massive team work. Our small staff of 7 have multiple duties and everyone pitches in to do “whatever it takes” to keep the children healthy and happy. Women’s Pastor Dominica helping cook lunch
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2018 BBB, 1 OF 215 MILLION TOUCHED BY BILLY GRAHAM At age 8, my family took me to a Billy Graham Crusade in Houston, TX. My heart was heavily impacted as I listened to Billy Graham talk about Jesus with such easy to understand words and stories. Everything I’d been taught as a toddler about JESUS suddenly came together like pieces
PTL, BABY ARMANDO SURVIVES MALARIA! Baby Armando, 7 weeks old, miraculously overcame his malaria, and was released from the hospital Monday, (Feb. 13th). In addition to the malaria, he was fighting an upper respiratory tract infection.This, too, is now GONE after prayer and antibiotic treatment at home. My thanks to all of you for your prayers for this little guy, and to the 2 foster