JUMAIDA WITH COMPLICATIONS On Mon­day, Jumai­da need­ed an emer­gency blood trans­fu­sion. The malar­ia she had just defeat­ed caused her hemo­glo­bin to drop dan­ger­ous­ly low (8.4 down to 6.4 in 5 days)!   That’s a true emer­gency! The call came at 3pm as the hos­pi­tal staff need­ed per­mis­sion for the trans­fu­sion. I was impressed as the hos­pi­tal staff had her trans­fu­sion com­plet­ed by 6:30pm! To accom­plish this, they had to call in a donor, get the blood processed, and then give it to Jumai­da. We have a ded­i­cat­ed nurse who gives us a great help­ing hand by stay­ing with our sick infants until their trans­fu­sion is com­plet­ed. This trans­fu­sion brought her up to 9.4, which is safe.

Jumai­da just before her hospitalization.

But the sto­ry con­tin­ues, as Jumaida’s low immu­ni­ty caused her mouth to break out in sores. She wouldn’t eat or drink on Thurs­day, so the Dr. restart­ed her IV flu­ids with Dex­trose to lift her blood sug­ar. Her appetite returned dur­ing the night, and she actu­al­ly ate and drank ear­ly Fri­day for the first time in 24 hours.As you can see, this lit­tle girl is very frag­ile. She needs LOTS of prayer because her body isn’t want­i­ng to func­tion as it should. Thank you for being so faith­ful to pray for her.  MOVING UP IN THE WORLD!  Four lit­tle boys, who are now 5 to 6 years old, were moved this week from the Lion and Ostrich Homes into the school age house for boys. Fos­ter Moth­er Mil­ka resides with them. They are not grown up enough to func­tion alone, yet we must get them ready for big kid school in 10 months time. That is why Mil­ka is there to help them with every­day activ­i­ties like get­ting dressed, bathing, etc.

L to R: Quis­ton, Jul­ho, Sal­vador, and Ambrosio

They will grad­u­ate from the Lit­tle Dis­ci­ples (kinder­garten) in Novem­ber, 2026, and face a whole new adven­ture as they start school in Feb­ru­ary, 2027. This house has a Fos­ter Father, Samuel, as boys this age need the pres­ence of a father fig­ure. This will give us more room for younger tod­dlers in the Lion House, as all our chil­dren are grow­ing up fast, espe­cial­ly the 2‑year-old group!   VISITORS CHECK OUT OUR PROGRAM On Wednes­day, the head of our District/County came to vis­it our chil­dren, and he brought 4 vis­i­tors as well. Since the old­er chil­dren were in school, we took the vis­i­tors to meet the under 5‑year-olds and their Fos­ter Moth­ers. They were impressed with our homes and facil­i­ties for the chil­dren, and end­ed up tour­ing 3 of the 4 homes for babies and toddlers.

Vis­i­tor and Admin­is­tra­tor encour­aged our mothers

One of the vis­i­tors is a Chris­t­ian Leader in Mozam­bique, and he prayed for one of our frag­ile infants in the Leop­ard House.

Vis­i­tor prays for baby Laurinda.

OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU PRAYING AND SUPPORTING THEM. THANK YOU FOR HELPING THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES.  BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE  AND THE BALAMA STAFF