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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: August 19, 2023
 
BABY JUMAIDA FINALLY HOME!
 

Baby Jumai­da and Fos­ter Moth­er Esti­va­nia much hap­pi­er now that they are home
 
At Noon on Mon­day, August 14, the hos­pi­tal released this sweet 7‑week-old infant girl, but the thrush in her mouth con­tin­ues to be a prob­lem. We are chang­ing treat­ments in hopes that mak­ing her mouth less acidic with a super dilut­ed bicar­bon­ate of soda will kill it out. Oth­er­wise, she seems fine as she now weighs 4.1 kg/9 lbs. which is amaz­ing! (Her admis­sion weight was 3.5kg/7.7 lbs.) An infant that gains weight in hos­pi­tal while ill is not some­thing I have seen before. Keep pray­ing for her immune sys­tem to strength­en, as that will take care of the thrush prob­lem and give her a safe­ty shield.
 

AUGUST FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS NOW COMPLETED
 
This week found our food dis­tri­b­u­tion teams in 3 loca­tions giv­ing out the last of the corn that these orphans will receive this year.
 

Orphans real­ly hap­py with their food and soap gifts
 

No mat­ter how young, these chil­dren know the val­ue of this sack of corn and are mak­ing sure no one takes it while Granny is fetch­ing their beans
 
The Sep­tem­ber dis­tri­b­u­tion will be rice, along with the much need­ed beans, soap, and salt. It’s a dif­fer­ent world for all of us, as we switch gears at the end of August from corn to rice. With world­wide food short­ages, I am thrilled that we can pro­vide our fam­i­ly of orphans with good, nutri­tious food, even if it is not exact­ly what they are use to.
 

Typ­i­cal scene with the orphans help­ing their Aunt who divides corn while her own infant sleeps
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Granny divides the corn sack so her orphaned grand­sons can help car­ry the load back to their mud hut
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THREE BEDROOM HOUSE NOW AT ROOFING LEVEL
 
The emp­ty lot I showed you a few months ago now holds a 3 bed­room house with walls up to 3 meters/9.75 feet! 
 

Walls almost com­plet­ed on 3 bed­room home for tod­dlers
 
These bed­rooms are 6 X 6 meters/19.5 ft square, so there is plen­ty of room for our ever-grow­ing lit­tle ones. The roof­ing will begin next Wednes­day if all goes as sched­uled. Doing our best to get it fin­ished as soon as pos­si­ble, as our lit­tle ones are fast out grow­ing their junior beds!
 
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE GIFTS, FOR OUR STAFF AND THE BUSH BUNNY COULDN’T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT YOU!
 
BLESSINGS AND MUCH THANKS!
 
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF