REGINIA  To be born with malar­ia is beyond belief, but baby Reginia is an over­com­er. At 1 week of age, she is now home with us in the new Tod­dler House with our best moth­er, Mari­amo. Reginia needs to be kept in iso­la­tion to pre­vent fur­ther ill­ness­es, and the Tod­dler House can pro­vide that since the lit­tle girl’s room is emp­ty at the moment.

Baby Rege­nia with Fos­ter Moth­er Mariamo.

SAMUEL STARTS ELECTRICIAN’S SCHOOL Samuel grad­u­at­ed High School last Novem­ber, but had to wait until Feb­ru­ary 23rd for the small tech­ni­cal school to open. This school is just 2 miles from our mis­sion sta­tion and is spon­sored by the local graphite mine at no charge to the stu­dents. The instruc­tors train young men and women to be elec­tri­cians, mechan­ics, and agron­o­mists. Samuel chose Elec­tri­cian, marked by the bright orange jump­suit he must wear to class each day. A used bicy­cle we had was repaired and loaned to Samuel to allow him time to eat break­fast before he has to be in class at 7:30 a.m. each day. Our Staff wants him to con­cen­trate his ener­gy on learn­ing, and not walk­ing 4 miles a day back and forth to the school. This school is a real bless­ing to all the high school grad­u­ates in the Bala­ma area. PROVIDING OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH A JOB SKILL IS THE FINAL STEP IN HELPING THEM BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.

Samuel with his new wheels!

BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF