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

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: AUGUST 25, 2018 BABY SANTOS NOW 5 MONTHS WITH A HEFTY APPETITE! Granny Josephi­na decid­ed this week it was time to return to Rovu­ma to care for her 5 old­er grand­chil­dren who were orphaned when Baby San­tos was born. Friends report­ed to us that the chil­dren were strug­gling under their uncle’s care, and real­ly need­ed their granny. Granny Josephine with Uncle and 5

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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: AUGUST 11, 2018     NO SALT!   With Food Dis­tri­b­u­tions start­ing last week, we had a MAJOR PROBLEM, for there is no bulk salt for sale in our area.   WHY?   Our salt comes from evap­o­rat­ed sea water.  SUPER HIGH TIDES have pre­vent­ed the evap­o­ra­tion process for the last sev­er­al months, thus shut­ting down pro­duc­tion.  Last Tues­day, I announced to our Pastors

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JOSEPH PROGRAM:  4 BARNS OF FOOD MAXED OUT AND READY TO DISTRIBUTE TO ORPHANS 800 SACKS OF RICE (40.4 TONS) rolled in this week to fill the remain­ing food space in barns 3 and 4. In 2004, God showed me how to pro­vide for orphans dur­ing their time of hunger in the same way Joseph had pro­vid­ed for Israel dur­ing their 7 years of hunger. Thus, the JOSEPH

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GOING THE EXTRA MILE Stor­ing 150+ TONS of corn in 5 days is quite a feat for 98 men! Hav­ing 1,300 of 2,500 sacks (132 lbs each/60kg) already in the barn from last week is the ONLY rea­son we could do it so quick­ly. As you can imag­ine, this pro­gram con­sumed all our time this week. Bales of 1000 sacks each are dis­trib­uted to Pas­tors.​ A bale weighs over 100kgs (220 lbs.)

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BAWANA GAMES REMATCH ATTRACTS LARGE CROWD Catholic Sis­ter Ligua (Lee-sha) and her Youth Team have been prac­tic­ing their BAWANA GAMES, and demand­ed a rematch. These excit­ed young­sters brought their friends, mak­ing for a BIG CROWD!   Open­ing cer­e­mo­ny. Our team on left. Catholic team on right. About half of the 120 that showed up had nev­er played before, so after the big com­pe­ti­tion we went “back to basics”, letting

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DAVE LEAVES MANY SMILES IN BALAMA Hard to believe this year is half over, but know that Bush Bun­ny and her friend Dave DeBoer, made the most of his 27 days in Bala­ma! By reor­ga­niz­ing many of our evan­gel­i­cal and children’s mate­ri­als (a God giv­en tal­ent for sure) Dave made it eas­i­er for me to find what I need with­out delay. Dave flew back to the USA

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BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG: June 23, 2018 TOYS FOR OUR TOTS! Find­ing the right type toys for our res­i­dent orphans is a chal­lenge since there are so many chil­dren of all ages. But noth­ing is too dif­fi­cult for our Lord, and a toy was final­ly locat­ed for each child. Sal­ly’s House show­ing off their new toys. Ostrich House chil­dren brav­ing morn­ing cold. Dolls for the girls, tiny cars and squeaky balls

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DAVE’S BALLOON PARTY Since Dave didn’t arrive in time for the June 1st children’s par­ty, he treat­ed the Sun­day School chil­dren to a bal­loon par­ty last week­end. They had a blast, and there were a few “popped bal­loons” before it was all over. I am most grate­ful for Dave’s vis­it, and the chil­dren love him for sure! Every­one hav­ing fun cel­e­brat­ing at Dav­e’s bal­loon par­ty! BELATED BIRTHDAY BASH! My friends,

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NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY: A HUGE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR BALAMA’S ORPHANS OVER 150 orphans and street chil­dren enjoyed a day of soc­cer, jump rope, and oth­er games on June 1st. The fun was fol­lowed by a great feast with 70 kg (154 lbs.) of goat meat served over 80 kg (176 lbs.) of rice, a bar­rel of Man­go fla­vored Koolaid, and box­es of can­dy and cook­ies for

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