Blessed New Year to everyone!

I am still kick­ing, so not to fret.

I trans­ferred my Dad, Willard, after 3 weeks in 2 dif­fer­ent hos­pi­tals, to a nurs­ing home in his home­town of Eagle Lake. He is doing well for hav­ing only 25% of his kid­ney func­tion. He is now able to walk short dis­tances, but can no longer live on his own. So Bun­ny has been hop­ping through the mas­sive paper­work loops to orga­nize his long term stay. Thank you for all your prayers and emo­tion­al sup­port for both of us.

If Dad remains sta­ble, I will fly out Wed. JAN. 10th to Africa.

Things are under con­trol in Bala­ma but…

BBC MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT put 1 Evan­ge­list in the hos­pi­tal with a bro­ken leg. Anoth­er bik­er came around a curve on the wrong side of the road at a high speed, hit­ting Car­l­i­tos Jorge and his assis­tant, Evan­ge­list Fred­eri­co from Rovu­ma vil­lage on Dec. 24th. Car­l­i­tos tried to dodge, but the oncom­ing bike struck them right between the 2 men’s legs, break­ing Fred’s right low­er leg in 2 places. Car­l­i­tos suf­fered only minor injuries to his right leg, and is fine.

Fred was trans­ferred from Bala­ma hos­pi­tal to Mon­tepuez region­al hos­pi­tal where he stayed for 2 days. His leg is not respond­ing well, so our Bala­ma doc­tor may send him for a fur­ther work up in a big­ger city. The bike is not repairable, and the rains have been very heavy since the acci­dent. I have tem­porar­i­ly sus­pend­ed this team till mid Jan­u­ary. It is too wet at this time to be on the roads.

This is a tremen­dous blow to our BBC TEAM.  We are very, very grate­ful that no one was killed. The oth­er man suf­fered a bro­ken leg also.

We thank you for keep­ing this team in your prayers. Prayers for my safe return are also appre­ci­at­ed. It is a full 3 days of air trav­el for me, and very drain­ing. I should be back in Bala­ma on Sat. Jan­u­ary. 13, if all goes as planned.

God’s Bless­ings to all of you in this year of “exceller­a­tion”.

GET READY FOR THE COMING OF THE SON!

BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE