BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG , JUNE 21, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LINDA STANLEY! Linda Stanley, Danielle Van Zyle, Emma Clifford, Eric Dry, Melissa Olmsdahl, and Bush Bunny Brenda Lange We held Linda’s 76th birthday today at our little bush camp we call EDEN. It’s our little hideaway only a 10 minute drive from our base, but since the locals don’t go there, we can have a great
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG, JUNE 16, 2013 LIFE AFTER CORN BUYING DOES EXIST! 200 TONS of corn in the barn. When the whole team is focused on corn buying for 9 days straight, it can seem like an eternity. For this Bunny, here’s my daily time line: Getting up at 3:30a.m., get the office work done before weight teams arrive. 5a.m. our 2 trucks and weight teams (28
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, June 8, 2013 BUSH BUNNY AND TEAM PUSHING TO FINISH CORN BUYING THIS COMING WEEK Our team of 90 men, 2 trucks, and 4 young ladies pushed an amazing 167 TONS of corn into our barns this week! Just 35 tons remain in the field for the June buying season. Meluco’s price war was very intense, but Sylvia, our orphanage manager,
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: May 31, 2013, Subject: Birthday Notices TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS! I was OVERWHELMED by the tremendous response received after Linda posted her Birthday poem to me. THANK YOU for all who sent BD messages. With our challenging corn buying going on, I’ve not had time to answer most of the 45+ BD wishes. Please forgive me for that, but at the
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: May 31, 2013 MELISSA OLMSDAHL JOINS TEAM JUNE 1ST The blog is early this week, as I’ll be in Pemba picking up Melissa this Saturday, returning early Sunday morning. Melissa is from a CMA (Christian Bikers Association Church) in George, South Africa. She has been their Youth Director for the last 2 years, and feels called to come help us with our youth.
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG , MAY 26, 2013 EXTRA EDITION HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BIRTHDAY POEM FOR THE BUNNY BY LINDA F. IN 1955 THERE WAS HARDLY EVER A PERSON ALIVE WHO HAD BEEN TO THE HEART OF AFRICA, DARK. BUT GOD KNEW,FOR HIMSELF, HOW HE WOULD REQUIRE A PERSON TO CARRY THE TRUTH OF SALVATION TO A LOST PEOPLE WHO ‘S LIFE AS A NATION WOULD
On May 25, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Brenda Lange BUSH BUNNY BRENDA BLOG SATAN ON THE RUN, AS 3 WITCH DOCTORS COME TO CHRIST THIS WEEK! The Witches Pot is ready for the fire Last Sunday, May 19th, our whole team was invited to participate in destroying Alena’s Witch Doctor Medicine Hut in Namara Village. This is a big thing out here, and drew a large crowd
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, May 18, 2013 BEAN BUYING FINISHED!!!! 101 TONS IN THE BARN! Thank you all for your prayers for as you can see, we exceeded the minimum 80 tons necessary to keep the kids in food. Monday, the team will join our 80 man hauling crew to start the processing so the beans can be stored for up to a year. VISITORS JOIN THE
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, May 11, 2013 Date: May 11, 2013 UPDATE ON OUR 2 BABIES IN THE HOSPITAL Testing showed that both are suffering from CHRONIC MALARIA, which occurs when you have malaria and don’t get it treated. They were admitted to the Balama hospital immediately on Thursday. This family lived over 12 miles from a hospital. The granny is emaciated and has no
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Today’s bean and orphan report Date: May 9, 2013 THE BEAN BUYING RACE IS ON Our miracle village netted 162 bags (11.3 tons) today and have another 140 (9.8 tons) coming next week. THE NEWEST FAMILY TO JOIN OUR HOUSING PROGRAM (GREAT GRANDMA NOT PICTURED). The family who’s photo we used 2 weeks ago, and again above, had to be admitted to our housing