FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“ DATE: July 22, 2023     FAMILY EVICTS NEW CONVERT    Nel­son, 15, received Jesus in one of our Namuno Coun­ty church­es 2 weeks ago. When his fam­i­ly found out, they told him to fetch his clothes and leave. He was now dead to them. Nel­son went to the only per­son whom he knew would give him refuge, our Pas­tor Alber­to, who imme­di­ate­ly noti­fied me of the sit­u­a­tion. Nel­son has stood firm in his sal­va­tion, PTL, and for that we all have a great respect for his courage and love of the Lord Jesus. Most young men of his age would have wavered and pos­si­bly renounced Jesus in order to avoid rejec­tion from their fam­i­ly.   Nel­son, 15, with our Namuno Pas­tors. Nel­son is 4th from the left in front row.   Our State Pas­tor inves­ti­gat­ed the sit­u­a­tion, and it was decid­ed that the young man should live with our Pas­tor, as there was tru­ly no where else for him to go. Accept­ing Jesus requires sac­ri­fice in many cul­tures. This is not the first time I have seen this hap­pen, and sad­ly it won’t be the last as we move clos­er to our Lord’s return.   BABY MADELINA NOT RESPONDING WELL TO IV MEDICATIONS FOR MALARIA   Baby Madeli­na, 8 MONTHS OLD, has been in the Bala­ma hos­pi­tal since July 14, after she devel­oped RESISTANT MALARIA that requires IV med­ica­tions to destroy it. After 2 days on the nor­mal Coartem treat­ment at our mis­sion home, Madeli­na sud­den­ly spiked a high fever, became super irri­ta­ble, and was vom­it­ing any­thing she con­sumed.    Baby Madeli­na still fight­ing to recov­er from resis­tant malar­ia   Those are the signs of Resis­tant Malar­ia, mean­ing the dis­ease is stronger than the nor­mal med­ical treat­ment. The nor­mal IV treat­ment is 5 to 7 days, but as of yes­ter­day (day 7), Madeli­na was still cry­ing a lot, and vom­it­ing what she ate. These are not good signs, and I am not sure what the Doc­tor will try next. PLEASE KEEP MADELINA IN YOUR PRYAERS AS THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS SITUATION.   BBC AND VILLAGE PASTORS SEEING A GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS FOR JESUS!   With the nor­mal food har­vest and our food buy­ing behind us, the BBC Teams are now back to their reg­u­lar program.

Awe­some action shot of the Bawana games. Note the crowd of chil­dren watch­ing the games
https://youtu.be/wwXq-jBokgw

The most pop­u­lar game of all is tug-o-war!
https://youtu.be/cco6nVmhHiU
 
This last quar­ter (April, May, June) nor­mal­ly sees a low­er num­ber of peo­ple com­ing to the evan­ge­lis­tic pro­grams, but not so this year! The fol­low­ing num­bers are adults, teens, and chil­dren com­bined with the largest group being the chil­dren.
 
APRIL SALVATIONS:  2,142 PEOPLE out of 30,000+ atten­dees
MAY SALVATIONS:   2,225 PEOPLE out of 32,000+ atten­dees
JUNE SALVATIONS:   1,386 PEOPLE out of 21,000+ atten­dees  (June is har­vest month, when every­one is har­vest­ing their fields.)

A group of young­sters pray­ing to receive Jesus!
https://youtu.be/9F_FY2N7D6E
 
GOD IS MOVING IN A POWERFUL WAY IN THE BALAMA AREA!
Keep your prayers com­ing for this SOUL HARVEST to con­tin­ue!
 
BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF