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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2020
 
DIXON’S CHICKEN 
 
Many of you remem­ber DIXON from years back, for he came to us extreme­ly mal­nour­ished (4.4 lbs./2 kg) at 4 months of age. Today, 8‑year-old Dixon is a hand­some young­ster in the 2nd grade who loves his pet chick­en, “Gal­in­ha”. (Chick­en in Por­tuguese).
 

DIXON rep­re­sents the 20,000 vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren saved because you care.​
 
Dixon rep­re­sents the 20,000 plus orphans and aban­doned chil­dren in the 2 coun­ties we serve with food, cloth­ing, and school mate­ri­als.  These chil­dren live today because you shared the love of Jesus that lives in your heart.
 
The Bala­ma project is now 20 years old, and it keeps on expand­ing with the open­ing of orphan home #7 in Jan­u­ary 2021. JESUS named us ORPHANS UNLIMITED as He showed me a vision of a sea of chil­dren. That sea of chil­dren con­tin­ues to expand. 
 
Thanks to your love gifts we deliv­ered life-sav­ing food to over 1,449 vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren and the 550 wid­ows who care for them.
 
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS!
 
On Dec. 24th our chil­dren will cel­e­brate the birth of JESUS with a huge birth­day par­ty that includes games and a feast for the 110 chil­dren and fos­ter moth­ers who live in the homes you pro­vid­ed.
 
THANKS FOR MAKING THIS PARTY POSSIBLE!
 
 
INFANT UPDATE: PRAYER NEEDED
 
 
1. BABY FATIMA was hos­pi­tal­ized last Thurs­day after she devel­oped a fever of 101ºF/39ºC.  Malar­ia was ruled out, but the source of the infec­tion could not be deter­mined.  She is recov­er­ing well after 2 days of gen­er­al IV antibi­otics.  
 
FYI: Fati­ma remains with out a spon­sor. 
 

Baby Fati­ma feel­ing bet­ter but remains in hos­pi­tal.
 
2. INFANTS MAEZINHA AND QUISTON both received treat­ment for dysen­tery this week. With more ener­gy due to a great diet, both these babies show excep­tion­al curios­i­ty by putting every­thing they can get a hold of into their mouth. Both are recov­er­ing well.
 

Baby Quis­ton now has strength to sit up with lit­tle sup­port.​
 

Baby Maez­in­ha return­ing to nor­mal eat­ing habits.​
 
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!  
 
MAY YOU ALL HAVE FABULOUS FAMILY TIME AS YOU CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF GOD’S SON!
 
BLESSINGS,  
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE 
AND THE BALAMA STAFF