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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: AUGUST 6, 2022

NEGLECTED BABY ANCHA JOINS THE FAMILY
 

Baby Ancha when 1st admit­ted to milk pro­gram in mid April
 
Ancha’s moth­er ran out of breast milk when Baby Ancha (born March 6) was 5 weeks old.  Social Ser­vices request­ed that we admit her to our Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram, which we did in mid-April.
Baby Ancha only comes in every 2 weeks due to liv­ing in a vil­lage 17 miles from Bala­ma.  She con­cerned us with her slow weight gain as she weighed only 4.1kg/9 lbs. at her weigh-in two weeks ago.

This week (at 5 months old) she weighed  3.6 kgs/7.9 lbs, which is a loss of .5 kg/1.1 lbs, so it was time for intense action.  Our staff imme­di­ate­ly called me to bet­ter access the sit­u­a­tion.  The now ane­mic infant had a fever and was very, very weak.  I rushed her to the Bala­ma hos­pi­tal where she was admit­ted imme­di­ate­ly as her Rapid Malar­ia Test turned POSITIVE with­in sec­onds.

She was so dehy­drat­ed that flu­ids had to be giv­en before fur­ther lab test­ing could be done.  Lab tests lat­er that day revealed that Ancha need­ed blood (Hgb only 6.6, nor­mal is 12), had seri­ous diar­rhea,
and a res­pi­ra­to­ry infec­tion as well.

Social ser­vices inves­ti­gat­ed, and a trip to the fam­i­ly revealed the moth­er has men­tal prob­lems.  My staff and I agreed to take over the care of the infant, and the moth­er was removed from parental care due to seri­ous neglect and inabil­i­ty to prop­er­ly care for an infant. PLEASE PRAY FOR ANCHA AS SHE IS IN A FRAGILE STATE, BUT SLIGHTLY STRONGER AFTER HER EMERGENCY TRANSFUSION. 
 
This lit­tle girl is tru­ly a sur­vivor with lots of fight. Just try to remove her bot­tle before she is full, and she instant­ly lets you know that was NOT a good move! I’ll keep you informed as to how she pro­gress­es.
 

7TH OF APRIL GROUP LOOKING STRONGER
 

9 Orphans show off the food and nice clothes your Love Gifts pro­vide
 
The nine orphans liv­ing with 3 Aunts in a vil­lage called 7th of April are all healthy and going to school THANKS TO YOUR HELP! The 3 feed sacks con­tain 2 weeks of corn flour and beans, plus salt, and the chil­dren are hold­ing the bars of soap need­ed to keep their new clothes nice and clean. Your love gifts also pro­vide them with school mate­ri­als so the old­er chil­dren can go to school.

Their vil­lage sits at the foot of a moun­tain about 1 hour dri­ve from Bala­ma by motor­bike.  Two of our Bush Bik­ers for Christ lead­ers take these gifts to them every 2 weeks on their motor­bikes as the road is a bit rough on pick-ups.
 
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE CHILDREN.
 
BUSH BIKERS FOR CHRIST UPDATE
 
Our Office Admin­is­tra­tor, Cape­na, and I met with gov­ern­ment offi­cials on Tues­day of this week to ask per­mis­sion for our BBC Teams to return to the vil­lages with the BAWANA Pro­gram of games and Bible Sto­ries.  At the moment we are wait­ing to meet with oth­er offi­cials as this requires 3 dif­fer­ent agen­cies to give their per­mis­sion.  I will keep you informed as those meet­ings are delayed due to 1 offi­cial being in meet­ings in the cap­i­tal city, Pem­ba.  PATIENCE is the name of the game. 
 
PRAY FOR FAVOR AS WE CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY THIS COMING WEEK.
BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF