From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, Sept. 21, 2013 FLEXIBILITY: WITHOUT IT, NO MISSIONARY CAN SURVIVE FOR LONG The week flew by as we jumped from one job to another, as priorities changed rapidly. 1. Manuel and his 2 man team filled the 7 ton truck and left on Monday for 2 full days of food distributions in Meluco county where we have 515 orphans in our program.
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: BLOG, Sept. 14, 2013 BABY RESCUE SAVES 4 LIVES On Thursday, I received an urgent call from Nilza, our Children’s Director, who handles our weekly Baby Weigh In and Formula Program. Baby Sara, who I wrote about last week, was brought in with a fever and badly swollen legs (3rd spacing fluids due to a lack of protein for 3 weeks). (Don’t shoot
From: “Melissa Olmesdahl” Subject: BLOG, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 A NOTE TO ALL FROM MELISSA OLMESDAHL Hi family and friends One of the most amazing sounds for me is the sounds of the village at night. Sometimes I just lay there and listen to our kids worshipping God before I go to bed. I’ve only discovered this recently, but it’s so beautiful and peaceful. It’s like my
From: Brenda Lange, Date: September 7, 2013 MANY SMILING FACES THANKS TO YOUR LOVE GIFTS! Rollin, Rollin, Rollin! Get those trucks a rollin! The old “Rawhide” theme song was our team’s jingle these last 3 days as we carried 18.3 TONS of corn and beans to 433 hungry orphans and the 252 widows in 3 major areas of Balama District. We have never missed an August give
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: BLOG, August 31, 2013 SIX MONTH PERMIT IN OUR HANDS! This is a GREAT accomplishment after a 2 year wait and many hours of writing a BOOK containing the needed documents. The State Office of Social Services has blessed us with a 6 month permit for our orphan program, thanks to all the improvements we made in the building projects, as well as
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: August 24, 2013 THE FIRST AND THE LATEST EVA, 13, seen in the background of this photo, is the first child ever accepted into our Balama feeding program (2001). ORTENCIA, 18 months, and just learning to walk, is our youngest addition who came to us in 2012. Below, ORTENCIA, in her early days with us. She is held by her house mother.
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog correction Date: August 18, 2013 Yesterday photo of Dixon, not Zito There was a mix-up yesterday, and the little boy’s photo shown in my blog is DIXON, not Zito. I forgot to caption the photo, but as you can see, our “boy wonder”, who at 4 months of age weighed LESS than his birth weight and near death, is now WALKING independently.
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: BLOG Aug. 17, 2013 DISTRICT BASKETBALL COURT GETS A WORK OUT The local Administrator and I made the first run at the new basketball goal as I presented the rebuilt half court with 2 new goals to the County. Our budget would not allow us to complete the court, as rebuilding half the court cost $4,500, using 170 bags of cement. Cement and
FROM BRENDA LANGE aka. “The Bush Bunny” Date: August 14, 2013 Melissa Olmsdahl is the newest member of our Moz. staff. She comes to us from George, South Africa, where she was the Youth Leader for that town’s CMA church. (Christian Motorcycle Association) Melissa is a true blessing to our kids and to our staff. She picked up Linda’s responsibilities of cooking, as well as the
From; Bush Bunny Brenda Lange August 3, 2013 BUNNY AND STAFF HOPPING CAUSE INSPECTORS COMING THIS WEEK! A week ago we received a surprise inspection from the State office of Social Services. They gracefully brought us a 20 PAGE DOCUMENT containing this year’s new rules. They gave us warning that a NATIONAL INSPECTION TEAM from Maputo would be at our door on Tuesday, Aug. 6th. We were