FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2018 ZITO FACES SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUE ZITO, now 16, faces possible amputation of his left leg because the bone marrow has died (no bone marrow seen on X‑ray). Pastor Ramadan brought him into the Balama hospital last Thursday because he complained of severe groin pain on his left side. The Balama Dr. felt that an infection had begun in his bone marrow.
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA”DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2018 VILLAGE TEEN CHALLENGE Youth Leaders Bertino and Daude together with our teenage orphan boys put out a soccer challenge. The first to respond were the teens in the Mango Tree Church village of Mpaca. (population 5000+ people). Objective: To tell the Teens and the large crowd about the love of Jesus. Our team, the BUFFALOS, in light shorts, vs the Mango Team in dark shorts. WHY A SPECIAL CHALLENGE? Few older teenagers come
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2018 TWO NEW VILLAGES RECEIVE BAWANA GAMES! Carlitos Jorge and his band of merry men rode into 2 very remote, unreached villages this last Wednesday to set up their games for the first time. These villages are not huge, but they drew a good crowd as they taught the children how to play the games. Carlitos Jorge with some of the children
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 13, 2018 TEN ORPHANS RECEIVE NEW BEDS IN THEIR NEW HOME Thanks to a very generous donor in San Antonio, TX, our orphaned/abandoned group of 8 children (ages 3 to 12), plus 2 small infants, now live in a new, very comfortable “super complex”. The kids were so very excited to move in last week, and could not stay out of their
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 6, 2018 BBB BODY GUARD SAVES DE BUNNY Mario “BIG” is the tallest, strongest, Jesus Loving man on our staff. As my bodyguard and a qualified driver, Mario travels with me when I go out of Balama District. Yesterday, he was helping me pick up extra beds for the” soon to arrive” family of 9 orphaned/ malnourished children from a remote village. As
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 BBC NOW 6 MOTORBIKES STRONG! Two new faces who attended our August Pastor’s Conference have now completed their BBC basic training. They began their “field trials” with BAWANA GAMES this week by riding out with the BBC Motorbike Team. As I write this, they are out playing games with over 1,000 children in 3 remote villages of Balama. Children intently
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 TWO BABIES SAVED BY YOUR LOVE Each Thursday is food give out for the orphans who live near our mission station. Weighing the babies who receive milk formula is mandatory. Baby Ahselmina’s (Ah-sel-meen-ah) is 6 months old, and very malnourished even though she has been in our program for 90 days. Her poor weight gain the last 3 weeks, as well as
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 NEWBORN BABIES NEED OUR HELP In the last 7 days, our staff received 3 newborn babies needing formula because their mothers are hospitalized and not producing breast milk. These innocent little ones deserve a chance to live, but cannot do so without life- saving formula. WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS LOVE GIFTS THAT HELP MEET THIS NEED. At present
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 THE OLD COMES DOWN SO THE NEW CAN BE BUILT While I am in RSA fetching the life saving Hypo food packets for our malnourished babies, the building team helpers (better known as the tractor group) is taking down 2 of our 10 year old “granny homes”. This makes way for 2 new orphan homes donated by 2 very generous
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: AUGUST 18, 2018 SOAK IT UP AND BE DRENCHED IN GOD’S WORD! THE ANNUAL BAWANA PASTOR’S CONFERENCE was truly a “soaking event” both spiritually and physically. Aimed at learning more about story-telling, repentance, confession, integrity, and the Holy Spirit, these men all claimed that they left “too full” to absorb it all. Larry and friends gifted a t‑shirt to each of the 68 attendees. The 3 days of after-lunch