From: “Bren­da Lange” 
Sub­ject: BLOG, July 1, 2012
Date: June 30, 2012 10:14:43 PM CDT

GOD’S FAVOR REIGNS
  After 6 days of prayer for favour, and many hours of hard work by our while team, the region­al inspec­tor came to “pre-inspect” us last Tuesday.
Three hours lat­er, after see­ing all we had done and check­ing our paper­work thor­ough­ly, he gave us 4 items we need­ed to cor­rect, but DID NOT levy a fine!
He told us to work quick­ly to cor­rect these 4 areas by Mon­day, July 2nd, and that he would tell the main inspec­tor group that we were in compliance.
Three were admin­is­tra­tion cor­rec­tions on paper­work, and the 4th was to put smooth cement plas­ter on the walls of our corn grind­ing mill and paint it.
All these items were cor­rect­ed by Fri­day as our team of brick­lay­ers worked long hours to com­plete the cement work.  Paint­ing will begin this week.
 
On Thurs­day, we got the call that the inspec­tors accept­ed his report and would not be com­ing to Bala­ma at all!
All of us were so relieved!
THANK YOU ALL for your prayers for favour, as God gave us more than we expect­ed.  I nev­er dreamed we would be exempted!
We serve a BIG GOD who can move moun­tains!  We are so hap­py he moved this one.
 
LAME WOMAN WALKS CAUSING HER ANKLE ROD TO BREAK LOOSE
 
Veron­i­ca, the woman who could not walk after break­ing both ankles when she fell into a 30 foot tra­di­tion­al water well, has devel­oped a problem.
We took her by car to the Region­al hos­pi­tal last Tues­day for an X‑ray as the met­al plate and screws put into her ankles to help them heal have come loose!
She was trans­ferred to the Pem­ba hos­pi­tal yes­ter­day as she will need surgery to remove them.
Her sis­ter is with her and a neigh­bour is watch­ing her daugh­ter till she can return home.
O.U. is pro­vid­ing the fund­ing for this, as this woman has no mon­ey for food, much less an operation.
We’ll keep you post­ed on how things develop.
 
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT IS TODAY
  The Pres­i­dent of Mozam­bique flies into Bala­ma today by heli­copter and will be in town for 2 days.  Over 50,000 peo­ple are expect­ed to fill the streets this morn­ing.  All church­es were asked to have their ser­vices at 6a.m. today so that all cit­i­zens can be in the streets to greet him by 8 a.m.
Church ser­vices will resume nor­mal activ­i­ties next week.
Our team will be serv­ing at the Bala­ma church, since the large crowds makes it impos­si­ble to even dri­ve through the streets.
 
Love and Hugs,
Bush Bun­ny Bren­da and the Bala­ma Team