Bush Beat Blog  FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  NOVEMBER 26, 2017 ORPHANS BLESSED WITH MANY VISITORS THIS WEEK Our annu­al State Lev­el Social Ser­vice inspec­tors dropped by mid-morn­ing Thurs­day, and stayed till 1.p.m.  They checked the children’s records, then vis­it­ed all the chil­dren in their homes, ask­ing the old­er ones many ques­tions.  They also inspect­ed the new children’s home still under con­struc­tion.  This 3 mem­ber team depart­ed very satisfied

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  NOVEMBER 18, 2017 BARN HALF EMPTY, ORPHANS BUSY PLANTING This week was finals week for all Bala­ma school chil­dren as class­es let out for our “sum­mer break” just yes­ter­day. It also sig­naled the com­ple­tion of food give outs to the 2,000 plus orphans and the wid­ows who care for them. Thanks to your love, the vil­lage orphans have the need­ed seeds

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  NOVEMBER 12, 2017 A BUMP IN THE ROAD CHANGED EVERYTHING Our food buy­ing team was return­ing from their first load to Tuane (too-any) Vil­lage, 8 miles (13 km) into the bush when a loud POP forced them to stop to see what was wrong.  The main spring bar on the right front wheel had SNAPPED IN 2 PIECES, leaving

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  NOVEMBER 4, 2017 FINAL FOOD GIVEOUTS AS THE RAINY SEASON BEGINS LATER THIS MONTH MANUEL took the final 5 tons of corn to Melu­co last Fri­day as the first 2 day rain of the sea­son caught us by sur­prise. On Sat­ur­day, the team deliv­ered plant­i­ng corn as well as the final food sup­plies to the 120 Ele­phant Vil­lage orphans. Now every­one (chil­dren

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  OCTOBER 28, 2017 DE BUNNY IS BACK IN BALAMA! Sor­ry for the silence over the last 2 weeks, but bad weath­er knocked out the WIFI at Horse­back Africa. HORSEBACK AFRICA WAS A THRILL! 400 hectares (1000 acres) of beau­ti­ful wilder­ness forests with lakes, small moun­tains, and a beau­ti­ful scenic over­look to the val­ley below. Took me back to younger days

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  OCTOBER 7, 2017 KEEP OUR STAFF IN YOUR PRAYERS: OUR TRUCKS KEEP ROLLING! THE BALAMA TEAM DISTRIBUTED 12 TONS of food in 2 days this week to 315 orphans and the 99 wid­ows who care for them. LONG DISTANCE DRIVER MANUEL AND HIS 2 MAN TEAM TRANSPORTED anoth­er 210 sacks (12.6 TONS) to Melu­co this week to com­plete­ly fill that orphan warehouse

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 EVIL LOSES TO PRAYERS OF FAITH At 2 a.m. Wednes­day, Sept. 27, thieves broke into Manuel’s home.  Manuel is our long dis­tance truck dri­ver, and he was in Melu­co Dis­trict on an overnight run to deliv­er food to the 520 orphans in that area.  Manuel’s wife total­ly depends on that motor­bike for her job as she teaches

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Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  Sep­tem­ber 23, 2017 BABIES GALORE! We’ve received 9 orphaned babies into our for­mu­la pro­gram in the last 2 weeks. (7 sin­gle births, 1 set of twins). TWENTY of the 24 babies in our infant pro­gram are cared for by their grand­moth­ers or aunts, liv­ing with fam­i­ly in their home vil­lages. They come each Thurs­day to “weigh in” and receive their

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Bush Beat Blog  FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  Sep­tem­ber 16, 2017 NEW ORPHAN HOMES NOW IN SERVICE WITH GREAT THANKSGIVING we announce the open­ing of both “Sally’s House” and “June’s House” as the new inter­im“con­crete brick homes” for our 13 orphaned/abandoned chil­dren while their old home site is being rebuilt. Sally’s House, was built with the gifts of mul­ti­ple donors, much of which came from friends of my Aunt Sal­ly Legg’s memo­r­i­al fund. Foster

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:  Sep­tem­ber 10, 2017 ORPHANS UNLIMITED ANNOUNCING NEW ADDRESS FOR LOVE GIFTS Our Board decid­ed our Postal Address should be in an area that doesn’t flood, and does not depend on flood-prone Hous­ton for its mail. Our new address for Love Gifts is:        ORPHANS UNLIMITED        562 Hwy 123 Bypass, # 301        SEGUIN, TX 78155 Seguin is just outside

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