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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: JUNE 20, 2020
 
GOD DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL IN ZITO

No one can explain it, but no one denies it is a good thing.  Zito 
con­tin­ues to THRIVE even with the odds against him.
 
Zito is ener­getic, plays Rum­mikub with the boys, loves art class, and con­tin­ues to wheel him­self long dis­tances in his adult tri-cycle with­out any­one help­ing him. He still requires a tiny dress­ing change on his hip each day, as the fis­tu­la found by the last sur­geon is still active. 
 

Zito and his ever faith­ful wheels.
 
HOWEVER, it doesn’t phase him one bit.  If you didn’t know he has a pseudomonas infec­tion in his left femur, you would nev­er sus­pect it. OUR STAFF, and the hos­pi­tal staff are hap­py to see him doing so well. 
 
I have no idea how God will answer our prayers, but in no way is this nasty infec­tion in con­trol of his body any­more. I will keep you post­ed as time goes on, but know that many months have passed with ONLY POSITIVE changes seen in Zito’s health. PRAISE THE LORD, for He is the God of won­der­ful mir­a­cles.
 
Here’s anoth­er quick video of our kids hav­ing fun and cel­e­brat­ing. Who’s your friend? Jesus!
https://youtu.be/yJzT160JAVA
 

SPECIALTY TEAM PROVIDES A HELPING HAND.

Our spe­cial­ty pro­cess­ing team of Manel, Car­l­i­tos, and Mon­sur left 
Tues­day morn­ing with a loaded 7‑ton-truck for our Melu­co mis­sion.
 
Prepar­ing them for the trip took 2 full days as it is sim­i­lar to  send­ing your fam­i­ly on a 3 day camp­ing trip in the bush. They need­ed every­thing from pots and pans to bed­ding, as well as a corn chute and all the small equip­ment to do the job. They also took 60 sacks of this year’s beans for the orphans.
 

Lift­ing a 400 lb./182kg corn chute onto our truck takes 10 men.​

The Melu­co mis­sion is the main stor­age facil­i­ty for the orphans’ food dis­tri­b­u­tion pro­gram that sup­ports 515 orphans and the wid­ows who care for them. They need­ed help to prop­er­ly sack, sew, and stack the 600 sacks of new­ly har­vest­ed corn that was now in their barn.

Using a small team of men, the team com­plet­ed the dusty job in 2 days, PTL, and were back in Bala­ma ear­ly on the 3rd evening. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL, FOR THIS TEAM’S WORK MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE FOOD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
 

PREPARING CORN FOR MILLING INTO FLOUR

In order to make corn flour, it must be sift­ed to take out any dust and husk par­ti­cles present when sacked in the fields. This “clean corn” is then re-sacked and stored for a few days until it needs to be milled. 
 

Sift­ing the corn so it’s ready to mill into corn flour.
 
Click on the link below to see a short video of how it’s done in our huge 3‑foot-sifters.
https://youtu.be/FqflMosXrjY

Life in Bala­ma takes a bit more “prepa­ra­tion” than most real­ize. It is the locals who taught me how to do this. I just built the sifter a bit big­ger than what they use.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL THIS POSSIBLE VIA YOUR LOVE GIFTS. TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
 

BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF