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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: AUGUST 22, 2020
 
STANDARD BANK DONATES FACE MASKS
 
Our chil­dren, Muzi­la, Fati­ma, and Ali rep­re­sent­ed our entire chil­dren’s group in a sur­prise cer­e­mo­ny on Thurs­day to receive an entire case of cloth face masks with the bank’s emblem on them. The old­er chil­dren will be giv­en instruc­tions on when and how to use them before we dis­trib­ute them. 
 
Thank you Stan­dard Bank for your con­cern about our chil­dren’s safe­ty.
 

Muzi­la, Bala­ma Admin­is­tra­tor, Fati­ma, Ali, and SB Pres­i­dent mod­el their new masks. (left to right) 
 
 
COOL WEATHER HANGING AROUND
 
August is sup­posed to be warm to hot, but not this year. Nor­mal­ly, August and Sep­tem­ber in Bala­ma, the temps match TX weath­er almost per­fect­ly. HOT, HOT, HOT.
 
The 2 lit­tle vil­lage boys in the pho­to are keep­ing warm at the fire they made while wait­ing for the sun to heat up the air. Chil­dren learn essen­tial life skills, like start­ing a fire, at an ear­ly age here, for it is nec­es­sary for sur­vival. They are well trained at an ear­ly age, and rarely burn them­selves.
 

Two intel­li­gent lit­tle boys start a sim­ple fire to keep warm.
 
YOUR LOVE GIFTS pro­vide warm cloth­ing for our chil­dren so they don’t suf­fer the cold. Thank you for keep­ing them healthy and warm dur­ing our pro­longed cool sea­son. 

 
TEEN POWER!!!
 
Our 17 teenage boys helped out this month by giv­ing our 1,600 meter (over 1 mile) fence­line a good clean­ing. They suc­cess­ful­ly chopped and pushed back the weeds dur­ing their week­ly 2 hour work project, over a 3 week time peri­od. 
 

Our TEEN POWER return­ing from 2 hours of fence clean­ing.
Mon­key Bean best dealt with before the dew dries.
 

Mon­key bean grows wild on fences and in trees.
Those tiny hairs make you scratch like a mon­key.​
 
Teen pow­er is quite a force when har­nessed and these young men did a great job. This teach­es them work ethics, gives them work expe­ri­ence and exer­cise, burn­ing off their abun­dant sup­ply of ener­gy. School is not due to open till Octo­ber 1st, so busy hands are a good thing. 
 
All our chil­dren are kept busy dai­ly with games, sports, and class­room activ­i­ties. 
 
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
 
BLESSINGS 
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE 
AND THE BALAMA STAFF