From:Brenda Lange Date: September 17, 2011 Subject: Blog, Sept. 17, 2011 MORE New Regulations for Orphan Homes sets off wave of mass construction. Praise the Lord that these new rules do not affect our 20 mud brick homes hosting widowed grandmothers who are raising their orphaned grandchildren. But the new rules specify that orphans living in “Foster Homes” (because they have no family at all),
From: “Bush Bunny Brenda Lange Date: September 10, 2011 10:30:31 PM CDT Subject: Blog Sept. 11, 2011 5 WATER WELLS COMPLETED (Thanks to your generosity!) Balama County–2 wells Meluco County–3 wells (includes the Elephant village) All 5 wells are now pumping 1000’s of liters of water/day to over 500 families in EACH of these 5 villages. A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who pooled
Subject: Blog, Aug. 28, 2011 A TYPICAL SUNDAY? Well….??? Ministry is much more than most imagine. When you pioneer churches in little villages where no one has been before, you never know what will greet you on each visit. Here’s what happen today. Arriving at the little grass roofed mud hut that hosts the Pequaria church about 6 miles (12 km) from our base, I was met
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog Aug. 20, 2011 EXTREME MAKEOVER HAS NOTHING ON US! Monday, Aug. 15th, Social Services notified us of a nationwide inspection of all orphanages. Friday, Aug. 19th was our inspection date. A “friendly bird” told us about the new regulations that had not been published. My brick layers and carpenters kicked it into high gear and we made the necessary bathroom and kitchen improvements
From: “Brenda Lange” Subject: Blog, Aug. 6, 2011 MICHIGAN TEAM LEAVES MORE THAN FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND The 6 member Michigan team did a marvellous job of reaching out to the locals using teachings that were culturally sensitive. Team leaders Dale and Sally brought many object lessons to illustrate Bible lessons, leaving the people with a clear image of why Jesus came to earth. While Dale taught 2
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: July 19, 2011 8:25:33 AM CDT Subject: Blog July 19, 2011 INTRODUCING THE CHILI/DUNG BOMB! The World Wildlife Federation set up a program last year just south of our “Elephant Village” to provide farmers a line of defence against elephants raiding their fields. Their solution is a dry concoction of elephant manure and the powder from the local Peri-Peri chiles. These chiles when
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: July 9, 2011 10:07:10 PM Subject: Blog, Saturday, July 9, 2011 As all you Americans were waking up on Saturday, our water well team was completing the deepest well we’ve had to drill so far. In a Meluco County Village Called N’Coripo, they hit TONS of WATER at 52 meters (169 ft.). Everyone was dancing and having a party, as these people have long suffered
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: July 9, 2011 3:08:23 AM CDT Subject: Blog July 9, 2011 WATER WELL DRILLING STARTS TODAY The geology team from our water well company has located good water sources in 3 of the villages where water wells are desperately needed. But all of us are frustrated as no adequate underground water can be found in the area nearest our Meluco mission station. The geology
FOOD DROP TO ELEPHANT VILLAGE Yesterday, Saturday, July 2nd, our 6 ton truck left at 4a.m. with 4.5 tons of corn and 1,400 lbs of dried beans for the elephant village kids. This will keep smiles on their faces and food on their plates for the next 2 months. This was no easy task to organize as our truck team of 3 men and our Meluco
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: June 29, 2011 8:11:46 AM CDT Subject: Blog, June 29, 2011 I’m on the road to Pemba for government meetings in a few hours, but wanted to give you a quick update on the last 10 days. FOUR WATER WELLS IN MELUCO county are being marked this week, and drilling will begin next week. The water spotting team is having trouble finding water in 2