FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE:AUGUST 2, 2014 BUNNY AND THE BLAZERS FORGING AHEAD HAPPY doesn’t come close to describing how our team felt when we completed the corn buying on Wed.! Our warehouse is “full, full” as our Moz. workers put it (one of the few English words they know). When you walk through the double doors of our corn warehouse, you are totally surrounded on 3
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JULY 26, 2014 BUNNY NOTES: Running to the USA and returning after only 8 days made it a wild trip and exhausting trip for sure. But it was good to be able to max out my time with my parent’s, and help them as much as I could while there. My Mom was admitted to the Eagle Lake Hospital in the
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JULY 5, 2014 BLIND WIDOW MEETS JESUS BUT HER 4 ORPHANS ARE TAKEN IN BY SISTER WITH 7 OF HER OWN! God made some women to thrive on caring for children. Juliana is one such woman and I take my hat off to her. Ali is the tall boy to the far right in the picture above. The three little girls in front
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JUNE 29, 2014 MEET MONICA, A 4 YEAR OLD WITH A BIG HEART! Monica was born with an enlarged heart on May 7, 2011, but that has never slowed her down. She is our “poster child” for PERSISTENCE AND PERSEVERANCE. Her small size never slows her down. She talks, sings, marches in with our Youth Choir, and plays with the intelligence of
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JUNE 21, 2014 MEET KATIE POLCYN, NEW STAFF MEMBER FROM SEGUIN, TEXAS. KATIE LOVES THE KIDS, (THE FOUR LEGGED KIND AND THE TWO LEGGED KIND.) MEET HANNAH GILMAN, THE NEWEST SUMMER STAFF MEMBER. AS YOU CCAN SEE, HANNAH IS ALREADY AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN, WHO LOVE HER VERY MUCH. SHE SAYS THE FEELING IS MUTUAL. Hannah is seen here with
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JUNE 14, 2014 URGENT PRAYER NEEDED AS MOTHER FORCES RELEASE OF CHILDREN REMOVED FROM HER HOME On Friday afternoon, we received word that the mentally deficient mother of the 2 little boys, Lindo and Caneto, showed up at the orphanage in Pemba with her brother, demanding the children. Since they are not orphans, the boys could not be held if the family
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: JUNE 7, 2014 EIGHT MONTHS OLD AND ONLY 6 POUNDS This baby boy was brought to our door by his mother on Wed., June 4th (names withheld at this time). The mother told us her breast milk had dried up, and they had little food for her and the other 6 children in the family, so she decided to walk the 10
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: MAY 31, 2014 ORERA RELEASED FROM REGIONAL HOSPITAL, FORCING US TO HIDE THE CHILDREN With Orera released after only 24 hours in psych care last week, we had no choice but to secure the 2 little boys at the home of one of our pastor’s in a remote village where she couldn’t find them. The week before her hospitalization, it was
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: MAY 24, 2014 OPERATION RESCUE SAVES 2 LITTLE BOYS FROM STARVATION For several months, 2 little boys and their mother “ORERA” (name changed), an intelligent woman who is now mentally ill, have been in our food program. Orera’s illness made her restless and she roamed the streets a lot with her children in tow, making it hard for us to determine
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA” DATE: MAY 17, 2014 MOVING DAY… WE ARE A BIT OVERLOADED, BUT THE WHEELS STILL MOVE! 3 DAY INSPECTION MADE FOR AN INTENSE WEEK It was a looong 3 days of “show and tell” to reveal all the types of children’s programs we use, with detailed housing inspections of all 26 houses (included the 23 houses of widows with their orphaned grandmothers), briefings