FRAGILE LITTLE ALBERTINA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL After bat­tling 5 weeks in the Bala­ma Hos­pi­tal, Baby Alberti­na has dumped 500gms or 1 lb. of ede­ma caused by ane­mia. She is still very frag­ile, but woke up on Wednes­day and asked for her high pro­tein cere­al! She was hun­gry! This is tru­ly a mile­stone for Alberti­na who hasn’t said a word since we start­ed car­ing for her in the hos­pi­tal. She now sits inde­pen­dent­ly, and is gain­ing strength dai­ly on her high pro­tein diet of Baby For­mu­la and Hypo cere­al. She is on a 3 hourly feed­ing sched­ule which has done won­ders for her heal­ing. Her lit­tle feet are still a bit swollen from the ane­mia, but that will dis­ap­pear soon with our con­tin­ued high pro­tein diet. We are just THRILLED to have her home with us! Keep her in your prayers, as she is a long way from what I call “safe” from mal­nu­tri­tion com­pli­ca­tions. Thanks so much!

Home after 32 days in hos­pi­tal. 5.5 kg/12 lbs. at 14 months. She should be twice that weight.

ELEVEN LITTLE ONES LEARNING TO SLIDE  Get­ting these 3‑to‑5 year old chil­dren to pose for a pho­to is dif­fi­cult, so I tried for the action video instead. All 11 of our lit­tle dis­ci­ples were on our lit­tle slide (as we have a big 16-foot­er for the school kids), so out came the phone to cap­ture them in action.

This will soon be our largest class. The Lit­tle Dis­ci­ples Class will increase year­ly as our 20+ infants are grow­ing fast. Won’t be long before many of them will be 3 years old and able to par­tic­i­pate in learn­ing Por­tuguese, num­bers, and the alpha­bet, much of it taught through games and songs to make it fun and help them to remem­ber it better.

BABY ESTALESIA LEARNING TO WALK When I vis­it­ed the Infants in the Leop­ard House, bet­ter known as House # 7, I was amazed to see Estale­sia hold­ing fast to the house wall while a Fos­ter Moth­er watched her attempt to walk. She is learn­ing to bal­ance and walk with­out an adult’s help. I find her inde­pen­dence extra­or­di­nary, as few ven­ture into this phase with­out their mother’s help. This lit­tle one has had a rough start in life and some thought she wouldn’t make it. Just goes to show what prayer, lov­ing care, and good nutri­tion can accom­plish. These chil­dren belong to JESUS as He sent me here to care for them. I just fol­low His instruc­tions when we have a frag­ile one who needs His heal­ing touch.

Estale­sia using the wall to bal­ance as she walks.

ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE AN ANSWER. THEN DO WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS YOU.THOSE ARE THE 2 KEYS THAT BRINGS JOY AND RESULTS FROM OUR LORD JESUS. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF