Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: DECEMBER 17, 2015 EMERGENCY RUN TO PEMBA SAVES LAYLA’S LIFE LAYLA SILVA AND CREW ‚WORKING ON CLOTHS DISTRIBUTION. (THIS PHOTO TAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR.) Sunday, 8a.m. Layla felt sick and began to vomit large amounts of fluids, was suffering body aches, and had a rapidly rising fever. Around here that means malaria is usually the culprit, and
Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: DECEMBER 5, 2015 AN OFFERING OF LOVE Complete Widow and mother group poses for a photo with the gifts they brought. Our Balama Pastors and Foster Mothers requested to meet with me yesterday for prayer in the large shaded area in front of our employee kitchen. It’s 95 degrees F (35 C) in the shade and much hotter in
Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2015 NOTE FROM BUSH BUNNY BRENDA: Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day with your families. Since this is only an American Holiday, our staff spent the day blessing others with a food give out to the orphans that totaled 2.5 TONS of food. Layla and I took the afternoon off to eat a simple
ush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2015 BUSH BUNNY BACK IN BALAMA, SENDING THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, PRAYERS, AND LOVE GIFTS DURING THIS LAST WEEK. It was a hectic 11 days with 5 of those days being in the air or on the road so I could join my family in Eagle Lake for my Mom’s funeral. I was
Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2015 20 WATER WELLS BEING REPAIRED THANKS TO MANY GENEROUS HEARTS Manuel loads the water well parts from the MFA aircraft. With the help of multiple donors, we were able to meet the $1,700 parts bill for the water wells in Meluco District, pay transport costs, AND provide the 3 man team’s food expenses
Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2015 MELUCO DISTRICT BEGGING FOR URGENT WATER WELL REPAIRS AFFECTING OVER 40,000 PEOPLE Thursday, a hand carried message was sent from the Meluco Administrator to our Balama gate. TWENTY WATER WELLS went “out of service” in the last 2 weeks, and need urgent repairs. BUT, no spare parts or repair team are available. Could
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2015 425 CHILDREN ATTEND AWANA IN N‑QUIDE VILLAGE Youth Leaders Carlitos and Ambrosio returning from N‑Quide Village. Set a new record today with 425 children in attendance today. (3 meetings over 4 hour time span).Carlitos Jorge and his assistant, Ambrosio, (one of our orphans all grown up now), have set up THREE AWANA GAMES sites in
Bush Beat Blog FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2015 Brenda receiving Licensing Plaque from Balama Administrator. VICTORY AT LAST!!!! With license in hand, we are now able to legally host as many orphans as Social Services sends us. The photos are worth a 1000 words, so read and enjoy the fun we had that day. All 24 orphans enjoying the banquet in their
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 LICENSING CEREMONY FOR OUR ORPHAN PROGRAM SET FOR SEPT. 28TH Been a busy week as we will be hosting a “goat and rice” feast for 90 people at our Children’s Center this coming Monday. Having a “ceremony” with many government officials (state and local), means hauling every table and chair we have on site (including those the
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 DE BUNNY, A HORSE, AND LOTS OF “DEVINE APPOINTMENTS” WITH GOD’S CREATION! Riding a horse through a game park is the perfect way to see the animals “up close and personal”. No motor sounds to alert the animals, just the clip clomp of the horses hooves (which all hoofed animals make, so they pay no attention