DINO IS WITH JESUS Baby Dino, our tiny 7‑month-old lit­tle boy with a heart anom­aly, had to be read­mit­ted to the hos­pi­tal on Tues­day this week in severe res­pi­ra­to­ry distress.Sadly, the med­ica­tions and oxy­gen didn’t work this time, and his lit­tle heart just stopped just after mid­night on Sat­ur­day. He was laid to rest in his home vil­lage today by his family.

Lit­tle Dino back in July.

THANK YOU for all your prayers for this lit­tle one. We gave him the best care avail­able, and we know he lived a good life for the short time he was with us. He has now received a new body, and is play­ing in heav­en as all lit­tle ones should.  TOYS FOR TOTS! Our “toy man” walked in last Thurs­day with 2 large bags of toys and balls for our chil­dren. This man, who didn’t want his pho­to tak­en, buys toys in a far-off city, then brings them to the small towns that nev­er receive toys to sell. We asked him the last time he came to please stop by our mis­sion first when com­ing to our town, as toys are basi­cal­ly non-exis­tent in our mar­ket stores. Balls, hero action fig­ures, stuffed ani­mals, and many baby rat­tles were among the items he brought this trip. We took them first to the Lion House where the 2‑to-4-year-olds went wild! We had them sit down to calm them a bit, so they each could receive their toy along with a ball.

Toys bring JOY to chil­dren at Lion House.

All our chil­dren under 5 received toys as well in the oth­er hous­es. Praise the Lord for men like our toy man who works hard to find the type toys our chil­dren like.The chil­dren eager­ly wait for his next trip to Balama.

A bet­ter look at the toys our chil­dren just received.

Your Love Gifts are mak­ing our work excep­tion­al as we reach out to help orphaned chil­dren in the vil­lages with food to keep them healthy.More on that next week. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF