DINO GIVES US A BIG SCARE Dino is still in hos­pi­tal, as Sun­day night he began to cry off and on dur­ing the night. On Mon­day night he did the same, but by Tues­day morn­ing he was SEMI-COMATOSE! Oxy­gen and IV flu­ids were need­ed to keep him breath­ing. It looked like he was los­ing the bat­tle against the pneu­mo­nia. The head nurse said don’t give up, and she ran a blood test on him that showed he had devel­oped MALARIA! He was test­ed upon admis­sion, but the test was neg­a­tive. Four days lat­er, it is positive.

Dino after 2nd malar­ia treatment.

Malaira explains the cry­ing and loss of ener­gy and men­tal alert­ness. Dino was imme­di­ate­ly giv­en Anti-malar­ia IV treat­ment. After the 2nd dose Dino was alert and tak­ing a bot­tle again, and again, and again. THAT BOY CAN DRINK! The moth­ers tell us that as soon as he fin­ish­es one bot­tle, he is ready for the next one in less than 30 min­utes. He is eat­ing more baby food per day than most kids twice his size. This exces­sive hunger is due to his severe mal­nour­ished state. With­out that hunger dri­ve and will­ing­ness to eat, he would not stand a chance against his ill­ness­es. Dino will remain in hos­pi­tal for the next 7 days to com­plete the IV anti-malar­i­al course that is need­ed to elim­i­nate the dis­ease. PLEASE KEEP HIM IN PRAYER AS ONLY THE LORD CAN PULL HIM OUT AGAINST THESE GREAT ODDS OF PNEUMONIA AND MALARIA. FOOD BUYING IS ONGOING This week we man­aged to fill our quo­ta of Juko Beans and 30 sacks of the much loved Mon­te­ga Beans. The Mon­te­ga bean (a mem­ber of the Pin­to Bean fam­i­ly) is hard to find in our area, and very expen­sive as it must be trucked in from 250 miles/about 500 km away. The chil­dren receive a por­tion each week to increase their pro­tein levels.

Mov­ing the corn in Meluco.

The JUKO BEAN is also much loved, but it is less expen­sive as it grows local­ly. Juko is very deli­cious as it has a nice nut­ty flavor.July, our busiest food buy­ing month will bring in corn, rice, and peanuts. MELUCO WAREHOUSE HAS A NEW ROOF That ware­house is now filled to the brim with 800 sacks of corn as well as 120 sacks of beans.

Melu­co ware­house gets new roof.

Our car­pen­ters in Melu­co took off the old, now putting on the new. Note our home­made wood scaf­fold­ing they use to get onto the roof.

PLEASE KEEP DINO AND OUR STAFF IN YOUR PRAYERS AS WE CONTINUE MARCHING FORWARD TO FILL OUR 3 BARNS WITH THE FOOD THE ORPHANS DEPEND ON.    BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF