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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2022
 
THE WOMEN AT THE WELL…
 
…is a real­i­ty in our area as many hand dug wells and any shal­low drilled water wells are now dry! Decem­ber is sup­posed to be a very rainy month, but for the last 2 years the rains have come late. We had a hard rain on Wednes­day this week. Now it is doubt­ful it will con­tin­ue rain­ing in order to sup­port the seeds the locals ran to plant after the rains. In 2021, the rains only began on Decem­ber 31st, caus­ing the corn har­vest to be over 30 days late. If you recall, we were able to buy beans in June, but corn only in July.


Women at the well at 5am.
A stream of peo­ple flow in all day long for this beau­ti­ful clean water!
 
These local women are blessed by the ONLY HAND PUMP (DEEP) WATER WELL in this area.  It was donat­ed by sup­port­ers over 8 years ago, and sits just 50 yards from our church on our 16 hectare/40 acre mis­sion prop­er­ty. With­out this well, MANY WOULD BE WITHOUT WATER. All local­ly dug buck­et wells in this neigh­bor­hood (10 to 15 meters/yards deep) have gone dry, as has the hand pump water well that serves my home and the mis­sion sta­tion. This is the first time our mis­sion well has gone dry as it has served us faith­ful­ly for 20 years! It seems the cause is the greater num­ber of peo­ple liv­ing in the area who are dig­ging wells into the same under­ground “riv­er” that serves our well.
 
The church well is over a 100 feet deep, and thank­ful­ly in a HUGE reser­voir of water. This well is avail­able to the pub­lic as well as to our orphan homes for 12 hours a day (day­light to dark). GOD HAS MADE A WAY, as we have a 2nd hand pump water well that serves 4 of our orphan homes at the far end of our project, about .5 miles/500 meters from our mis­sion base. Once the rains begin, hope­ful­ly the dry wells will all fill up.
 
We are VERY GRATEFUL  to those who made these wells pos­si­ble in pre­vi­ous years, AS WATER IS LIFE AND HEALTH TO ALL THOSE IN NEED.

THANK YOU LORD FOR GIVING “LIVING WATER” TO ALL THOSE IN THIS AREA.
 
SCHOOL’S OUT! LET THE FUN BEGIN!
 

Ready for fun and games.
(L to R) Bot­tom row: Adeli­na, Angeli­na, Vic­to­ria, Maez­in­ha. Upper row: Ibar­ra, Orten­cia, Dinis, and Anna.
 
Our chil­dren along with all the vil­lage chil­dren can now relax a bit in the 60 day sum­mer break! This morn­ing, I pulled out a new ball, and off went the pri­ma­ry school chil­dren to play soc­cer.
 

Being in the soc­cer zone can be risky!
https://youtu.be/u_CsK65x_oQ
 
As you can see in the video, film­ing them at play can be a bit haz­ardous as any­one in their “soc­cer zone” is at risk of get­ting hit by the ball.
 

Samuel teach­ing the lit­tle ones to lis­ten to instruc­tion and them jump when they hear the key word.
https://youtu.be/eOD7YJJ01BU
 
Samuel, our dorm leader, gave me a help­ing hand with our 3‑year-olds. His idea of teach­ing them to fol­low instruc­tions while hav­ing fun was a good one. After a few attempts, most of the lit­tle ones caught on to what they need­ed to do.
 

Samuel, dorm leader, and Zito teach­ing a game to our lit­tle ones.
 
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELPING HAND THAT MAKES ALL THIS POSSIBLE!
 
MANY BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF