3 ORPHANS ADMITTED TO FOOD PROGRAM These 3 lit­tle girls, ages 4, 5, and 6, and their grand­moth­er walked into our mis­sion sta­tion on Tues­day this week. The girl’s moth­er had just passed away from a long­time ill­ness. The father left them over 3 years ago just before the moth­er became ill.   It was obvi­ous the granny need­ed all the help she could get. We start­ed by imme­di­ate­ly giv­ing her a 2‑day food sup­ply. They came on Thurs­day this week to our week­ly food give out, tak­ing home a whole sack of rice, plus a 2‑week sup­ply of beans, soap, and salt.

Three girls with grandmother.

At our next give out, thanks to your love gifts, we will orga­nize cloth­ing for them. The rains have caused a cloth­ing short­age, since sup­ply trucks couldn’t get through some areas of the coun­try. Children’s sizes are in very short sup­ply, so we must wait until a new ship­ment arrives at the local mar­ket.  INFANT FORMULA PROGRAM ESSENTIAL FOR NEWBORNS  Under 90 days, an infant is total­ly depen­dent on milk for­mu­la to sur­vive. Week­ly, we admit an aver­age of 2 to 3 infants to our Thurs­day Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram and weigh in. These 2 pho­tos show the 2 infants admit­ted in Feb­ru­ary so far. The 3‑week-old lit­tle boy came in on Feb. 2nd, as his moth­er per­ished due to dif­fi­cul­ties after childbirth.

Chil­dren’s Direc­tor Anna show­ing Grand­moth­er how to bot­tle feed her Grandson

The 9‑day-old lit­tle boy joined our milk pro­gram on Wednes­day, Feb. 10th. His moth­er also per­ished due to dif­fi­cul­ties after giv­ing birth. He was kept hydrat­ed by his aunt who is in the back of the pho­to. She nursed him his first week, along with her own infant. He will be tak­en care of by the aunt who is hold­ing him.

Only 9 days old, this baby boy is in the arms of an Aunt who loves him.

PRAISE REPORT! ERGILSIA, the 2‑year-old girl who suf­fered severe ane­mia after a bad case of malar­ia, is now WALKING with bal­anc­ing help and her Hgb on Thurs­day was up to 10!!! This is tru­ly a heal­ing from the Lord, because noth­ing any­one did seemed to help her red blood count to rise towards nor­mal. She had an 8.6 Hgb 30 days ago. Our entire staff is super hap­py over this!

Ergilcia receives a touch from the Lord, giv­ing her the blood she needs to live.

TOGETHER, WE ARE SAVING LIVES– ONE CHILD AT A TIME. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF