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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: DECEMBER 24, 2022
 
TRUE GRIT GETS REPAIRS FINISHED FROM STORM 8 DAYS AGO!
 
The final nails were dri­ven in on Tues­day morn­ing, PTL, and then the rains came tum­bling down. We thanked Jesus for hold­ing off the wet stuff until all was com­plet­ed. It’s hard enough doing roof work when it means walk­ing on slip­pery tin sheets, but you add rain to the mix, and all must come to a halt!


Final fix by car­pen­ters. This was only the front sec­tion of the bean/rice ware­house that was dam­aged. The back wall to your left was com­plete­ly rebuilt by Tues­day (8 days total!)
 
 
BEANS ARE BACK IN REPAIRED BEAN BARN
 
On Decem­ber 23rd,  26 men worked for 3 hours to get all the 132lb./60kg bean bags back into their prop­er barn. Now we have room to move more corn as need­ed. With 1000 sacks of beans in the corn ware­house, we could bare­ly get into the door!


1000 bean sacks (132 lbs./60 kg. each) being walked from the corn ware­house to the bean ware­house, a total roundtrip of 70 yards by 26 men in 3 hours time.
 
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO GAVE TO THESE REPAIRS SO THAT DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN CAN STILL RECEIVE LIFE SAVING FOOD.
 

ALFERES RECEIVES TEACHERS CERTIFICATION
 
It’s been a suc­cess­ful year of hard work for Alferes to achieve his heart’s goal of becom­ing a pri­ma­ry school teacher. He will stay in our boy’s dorm while receiv­ing excel­lent teach­ing expe­ri­ence by tutor­ing our chil­dren.


Alferes grad­u­ates Teach­ers Col­lege on Decem­ber 20th. Our 2nd young man to do so.
 
Our retired school­teacher, Pedro, will give Alferes the same great teach­ing instruc­tion that our first grad­u­ate, Helder, received. This stu­dent teach­ing expe­ri­ence, while wait­ing for a job open­ing, is an excel­lent learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty. It also helps our stu­dents glean from the newest teach­ing meth­ods that Alferes learned. Thanks to YOUR LOVE GIFTS, ALFERES HAS A GREAT FUTURE THAT WILL BENEFIT OTHERS.
 

CHRISTMAS PARTY RAINED OUT, SO BUNNY ACTIVATES PLAN B!
 
We resched­uled the par­ty twice this week, but a fore­cast of anoth­er 8 days of rain direct­ed us to use plan B. On Decem­ber 24th, two frozen chick­ens with all the fix­ings will be dis­trib­uted to each of our 7 homes. CHRISTMAS toys and treats will be giv­en out as well. Not the per­fect solu­tion, but the only one that keeps every­one dry while hav­ing a great feast. More on this next week.
 

LIFE IS FULL OF CHALLENGES
 

Life is full of chal­lenges that pull you here and there. Nev­er lose sight of the Mas­ter of Solu­tions, JESUS, and He will show you how to over­come them!
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF