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TRULY A LIFE SAVING RESCUE 

On Thurs­day, a father who’d lost his wife 3 weeks ago, brought his mal­nour­ished 6‑month-old son named Deni­sio (Dee-knees-ee-oh) for his 2nd weigh in for infant for­mu­la. After 7 days in his Father’s care, Denisio’s weight had dropped 200 grams from the pre­vi­ous week, which he couldn’t afford to lose since he is the size of a 4‑month-old.

The milk in the baby bot­tle was sour, and the infant was sick with a mild fever, and an upper res­pi­ra­to­ry infec­tion. The father obvi­ous­ly need­ed help. The relief on the father’s face was imme­di­ate­ly obvi­ous when we offered to assist him for up to 8 months by car­ing for the infant until it could eat nor­mal food. He had his hands full car­ing for his oth­er 3 children.

Baby Deni­sio held by Fos­ter Moth­er Argentina.
This very respon­si­ble young father was obvi­ous­ly doing his best, as he seemed pro­fi­cient in car­ing for his oth­er 3 chil­dren. For a Father of 4 to take on this type of respon­si­bil­i­ty is rare here, so we go all out to help a man who is tru­ly try­ing to save his fam­i­ly.

As soon as I saw this lit­tle one, I knew in my heart that he had malar­ia. No out­ward signs were vis­i­ble, but I knew that I knew this baby had hid­den malar­ia. He was tak­en imme­di­ate­ly to the hos­pi­tal for test­ing, and an hour lat­er the malar­ia test was pos­i­tive. He was placed in the arms of Fos­ter Moth­er Argenti­na, and his treat­ments for malar­ia and his Upper Res­pi­ra­to­ry Infec­tion were start­ed imme­di­ate­ly. He is not in hos­pi­tal since he is old enough to take oral med­ica­tion. 

JESUS SAVES is not just a slo­gan, but a truth. If we had just looked at the obvi­ous signs, giv­en the father the milk, and then sent them home, the infant could have eas­i­ly per­ished. His Hemo­glo­bin is low, only 8.6. Below 8 he would need a trans­fu­sion, as the body can’t fight off dis­ease with a poor blood sup­ply. THANKS TO YOUR LOVE GIFTS, Deni­sio can live with us so we can mon­i­tor his sit­u­a­tion and pro­vide what is need­ed.

Being sen­si­tive to the Holy Spirit’s “small still voice” is so essen­tial for all of us in every­day life. We appre­ci­ate your prayers for us, as we now have 39 lit­tle ones under 3, and that is a big job for all our staff.

It has been a heavy rain week, with lit­tle going on but essen­tial jobs to sup­port the chil­dren. The major flood­ing in south­ern Mozam­bique has delayed the open­ing of the schools. School will not begin until March, so at least we have time to get the children’s uni­forms com­plet­ed. Feb­ru­ary hap­pens to be the heav­i­est rain month each year, so we live with the mud and do what we can.

THANK YOU for part­ner­ing with us, so that these babies might live.

BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF