BUNNY HOPPING TO PEMBA Please forgive me for not having photos this week, but our post-food buying catch-up kept me hopping on Monday and Tuesday. I’ve been in Balama since April, so it was time to take a 2‑day break on Wednesday and Thursday. Then Friday of this week was a public holiday and I had to attend the ceremonies. Next week, hopefully things will be more normal (if
JOSEPH PROGRAM GOES INTO OVERDRIVE… Last week when I thought we were finished buying rice, I received word that Mozambique is expecting even less rainfall than we had this year with some areas going into drought! YIKES! That’s why we call this food program ‘the Joseph Program’, saving up food for the time of hunger. The rice crops barely made it to harvest this year,
2,800 RICE SACKS STACKED IN 4 DAYS These last 4 days our team of 70 very powerful men managed to put 2,800+ sacks of rice into our big barn to help avoid hunger for the orphans in the villages. It may look like chaos on the video, but let me assure you it is “organized chaos”, thank you very much! Each man knows his particular job in
FRAGILE LITTLE ALBERTINA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL After battling 5 weeks in the Balama Hospital, Baby Albertina has dumped 500gms or 1 lb. of edema caused by anemia. She is still very fragile, but woke up on Wednesday and asked for her high protein cereal! She was hungry! This is truly a milestone for Albertina who hasn’t said a word since we started caring for her in the
ALBERTINA SHOWING GREAT IMPROVEMENT! She is far from being “safe” from malnutrition complications, but her face and arms are now free of the edema that plagues severe anemic/ malnourished children. The only remaining swelling is in her legs and feet. That area is the first to swell and the last swelling to leave. Your prayers are working, as this is a very rapid rate of recovery for this
CRITICAL NEW ARRIVAL, ALBERTINA Thirteen-month-old orphan female, Albertina, is the definition of neglect and abuse by her grandmother. I personally have never seen a child this badly neglected and malnourished. The grandmother dropped her off at the hospital 3 weeks ago with malaria, and a Hbg (hemoglobin) of only 6. She weighed only 11 lbs./5.7 kg! She should weigh at least double that! Her Aunt cared for her
NEW BICYCLES FOR BALAMA BBC A BIG BLESSING from a very generous donor has provided us with 4 new bicycles for the 4‑man BBC team. This team works with the children who live within 5 miles of Balama town. Their old bicycles were so worn out from traveling an estimated 1000 miles/1,667km since 2020, that repairing them was becoming very difficult. 4 very happy children’s Pastors! With
JUNE 1st, NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY! Our children received a special party on Saturday, June 1st given by the CIS company. CIS provides the food to 100’s of workers at the Balama Graphite Mine. The children were blessed with rice and beef tips, chips (French fries), chicken pieces, coleslaw, and 3 different desserts! CIS made a BIG cake just for our children! That is something that doesn’t happen easily
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BEANS! Our Bean Barn is now full, holding a whopping 110 TONS of beans! The following photos and videos will better explain what a MASSIVE program this really is. 5 a.m. start each day. The churches brought beans the night before to avoid delays in delivery. Starting before dawn on May 20th, we spent the day weighing over 900 sacks. Each sack averages 132
BEAN BUYING BEGINS For the next 10 days our entire staff will be up to their ears in beans, no joke! We need 1,800 sacks (110 tons) of beans this year to meet the needs of the orphans we assist. On Friday, 600 of those sacks came in, with the other 1,200 coming in on Monday and Tuesday. If all goes as planned, our team of 90