DAVE’S BALLOON PARTY

Since Dave didn’t arrive in time for the June 1st children’s par­ty, he treat­ed the Sun­day School chil­dren to a bal­loon par­ty last week­end. They had a blast, and there were a few “popped bal­loons” before it was all over. I am most grate­ful for Dave’s vis­it, and the chil­dren love him for sure!

Every­one hav­ing fun cel­e­brat­ing at Dav­e’s bal­loon party!

BELATED BIRTHDAY BASH!

My friends, the 4 Catholic Sis­ters of Bala­ma, invit­ed Dave DeBoer and I for lunch last Sun­day. We had NO IDEA they were plan­ning a belat­ed birth­day bash for this Bun­ny! They served up a great meal of grilled rab­bit and roast pork (a super treat, hard to get in our area). The Sis­ters grow their own rab­bits, but the pork came from a neigh­bor­hood farmer they know.

BBB and the Sis­ters with Birth­day Cake.

The Sis­ters topped off the cel­e­bra­tion with a home­made cake, and while I was dis­tract­ed with pho­to tak­ing, they set a tub of ICE CREAM next to me! I couldn’t believe my eyes!!! Ice Cream is only sold in Pem­ba, so this took plan­ning! These sneaky par­ty lovers bought the ice cream a week before the din­ner, cold packed it, and drove it FOUR HOURS to get it to their home freez­er! NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL “GOING THE EXTRA MILE”!

BBB total­ly sur­prised to see the ice cream treat!

I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO THEM ALL, FOR A GREAT DAY OF FUN WRAPPED UP WITH A FEW HANDS OF “RUMMIKUB” AND MANY LAUGHS.

CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT

Ten of our youth, ages 10 to 16, were invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in the Bala­ma Children’s Par­lia­ment last Sat­ur­day. The kids lis­ten to speak­ers, vote on issues of inter­est to chil­dren in our area, and end the day with a great lunch pro­vid­ed by our local hos­pi­tal. They enjoyed it and it gave them a sense of com­mu­ni­ty responsibility.

Our respon­si­ble youth about to enter Chil­dren’s Parliament.

Our lit­tle ones hav­ing a “sit in” for they were not invit­ed to the par­lia­ment with their old­er sis­ters and broth­ers. So they decid­ed to have their own meet­ing! To break their sad mood, I dis­tract­ed them with home­made build­ing blocks which “made their day” and brought smiles back to their faces.

The ‘sit in’ by our younger crew.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, THESE CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

BLESSINGS,

BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE

AND THE BALAMA STAFF