From: “Brenda Lange” Date: October 16, 2011 9:51:05 PM CDT Subject: Bush Bunny Brenda Blog, Oct. 16, 2011 An update on a few happenings this week. LINDA STANLEY, our 74 year miracle missionary, will leave us tomorrow to fly to the USA. Linda helped me manage the “Village of Love” in 1998 and 99. She has been a wonder to bestow in these last 2 years as she gave her
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: October 12, 2011 9:51:05 PM CDT Subject: Bush Bunny Brenda Blog, Oct. 13, 2011 An update on a few happenings this week. LINDA STANLEY, our 74 year miracle missionary, will leave us tomorrow to fly to the USA. Linda helped me manage the “Village of Love” in 1998 and 99. She has been a wonder to bestow in these last 2 years as she gave her
From: Brenda Lange , ” Bush Bunny Brenda ” Date: October 9, 2011 6:25:06 AM CDT To: Subject: Blog, Oct. 9th, 2011 MASSIVE RAIN AND COLD WINDS HITS MOZAMBIQUE FIRST, let me say that NO ONE living in northern Mozambique has ever seen RAIN in October. Known as the hottest and driest month of the year, what happened this week has never been recorded before! Thursday,
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: October 2, 2011 6:40:38 AM Subject: Blog, Oct. 2, 2011 WILD CHURCH MEETING IN PEQUARIA (peck-waar-ee-ah) I realized long ago to go expecting the unexpected at the meetings in this village. They are diamonds in the rough and God is moulding them into His Gems in a rapid way. First we had Sunday school under a huge Mango Tree nearby, as over 120
From: “Brenda Lange” Date: September 25, 2011 5:53:49 AM CDT Subject: Blog Sept. 25th, 2011 AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD THEM Today at the Pequaria Church (sponsored by Coopersville Reformed Church, MI), 122 children J came to the Sunday School class to hear God’s Creation story for the first time. (only had 45 last week) A 13 year old boy, who has attended every church service since we showed the
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