LITTLE ONES GROWING UP FAST!

I am fas­ci­nat­ed by how fast our babies are grow­ing up. As a proud “Mama” to these chil­dren, I want­ed to share their lat­est fun pho­tos with you.

Arman­do learn­ing to walk with the help of ‘big sis­ter’ Felimina.

7 month old Vic­to­ria with Fos­ter Father Raul.Orphaned at 3 days and weigh­ing only 2kg (4.4lbs.), Vic­to­ria has blos­somed weigh­ing in at 6kg.(13.2lbs.) this week!

Ade­line with ‘sis­ter’ Angel­i­ca is now in pre-school!

Your Love Gifts are a bless­ing beyond words. THANKS TO YOU, THEY HAVE A BRIGHT, HEALTHY FUTURE!

TEXAS DONOR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH OUR STAFF

One of our Texas donors, David, want­ed an Inter­na­tion­al Birth­day Par­ty, so we made it hap­pen! On March 29th, our BBC teams (18 men), the 15 Bala­ma and Namuno Dis­trict Pas­tors, and our ENTIRE STAFF, includ­ing the 12 man con­struc­tion team and our 5 car­pen­ters, gath­ered togeth­er for a great time of fel­low­ship and feast­ing. David’s gift pro­vid­ed 2 goats, and all the “fix­ins” as we Texas folks call it.

Pas­tors being served at the Inter­na­tion­al Birth­day Party!

Since many feasts are pro­vid­ed for our chil­dren and Fos­ter Moth­ers, David decid­ed that the “back­bone work­ers”, who make this pro­gram pos­si­ble, should be hon­ored.  I total­ly agreed, and we made the most of it.

Every­one left with smiles on their faces and full tum­mies, total­ly blessed by the love shown them through this party.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID, AND THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US!

CYCLONE RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU CARE!

I felt the best way to say ‘Thank You’ is to tell you exact­ly what we are doing with your gifts.

    1. $15,000 is being sent to Mer­cy Air for fuel for the 2 helicopters. 

    2. The bal­ance is being used to assist Mer­cy Air with the Water Purifi­ca­tion Pack­ets they so des­per­ate­ly need.

    3. Eric, an O.U. Board Mem­ber and South African Liai­son, is still coor­di­nat­ing efforts with Mer­cy Air in RSA to get these water purifi­ca­tion pack­ets to the cyclone victims.

I am very thank­ful he no longer has to dri­ve the dif­fi­cult route through Zim­bab­we (4 bor­der cross­ings) to get these pack­ets to the Mer­cy Air base in the cyclone area.

Mer­cy Air’s car­go plane is now trans­port­ing TONS of donat­ed mate­ri­als TWICE A WEEK direct­ly to their Mozam­bique dis­tri­b­u­tion site.

Mer­cy Air staff plan­ning next load to cyclone victims.

Fuel and a pick-up (bakkie) have been donat­ed for Eric’s use, so he will now trav­el only 4 hours each way to get these pack­ets to Mer­cy Air’s RSA (South Africa) base. This allows us MORE FUNDS to buy water purifi­ca­tion pack­ets vs. trav­el costs. Please know we are stretch­ing your gifts to help the mul­ti­tudes have clean water.

TOGETHER, WE ARE SAVING LIVES!

BLESSINGS AND MANY THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP US, TO HELP OTHERS.

BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE

AND THE BALAMA STAFF