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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: September 3, 2017 O.U. STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE AFTER HURRICANE YES, our office survived the storm as it is located in one of the few areas that did not flood, PTL! HOWEVER, our Houston Post Office is still underwater after a week, and all mail service in most of the Houston area has stopped. More on that below as there is
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: August 27, 2017 WET AND WILD IS THE NAME OF THE GAME! Larry Friend, .….”,God’s good and faithful servant.” SIXTY FOUR Men and women from 3 Districts (counties) devoured the Word of God as Larry Friend poured out his heart during our 5 day Bawana Bible Conference. The afternoons rocked with laughter as the adults learned new games by “playing like kids”. The finale