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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: MAY 1, 2021
 
FUN IN THE SUN!
 
Our chil­dren are super active and healthy, thrilled that their school is open and Bawana-time is now more fun than ever!
 
I man­aged to catch their open­ing sing-a-long time on a short video this week. The youngest in the line on the left is 3‑year-old Jesuino, (Jezz wee no) who came to us in a very mal­nour­ished state as a new­born. His love for danc­ing and singing is hilar­i­ous, and he loves the laugh­ter he sparks. He is a bit of a ham, for sure.
 
We all got a super laugh when I showed the singing video to the chil­dren. As soon as Jesuino heard the singing, he start­ed danc­ing and singing along. The whole group broke out in laugh­ter at his actions, while Jesuino just kept right on danc­ing and singing. He is a char­ac­ter for sure!
Video Link —  https://youtu.be/LwzdTNj5RBQ
 

Jesuino, on the left, mak­ing the most of sing a long time
 
YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE GIFTS HAVE MADE ALL THIS POSSIBLE.  THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE LOVE AND CARE THIS GROUP NEEDED FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE. 
 
NOTE: Helder has made it through his first week of teach­ers’ school, only call­ing us 5 times for advice on uni­form pur­chase and oth­er school relat­ed needs. He’s learn­ing fast how to do what is need­ed to meet school rules.
 
 

Baby Juma still needs a spon­sor.​
 
 
HOUSE #7:  SHAPING UP AT A FAST PACE
 
To the sound of mor­tar slap­ping the walls, I watched as our small con­struc­tion team com­plet­ed the final plas­ter­ing on the front wall of House #7 on April 30th. Now the slow­er paced fin­ish­ing work begins. The kitchen sink and table, as well as the Rock­et Stove must still be built, but that takes time and patience as it must be done 1 stage at a time and allowed to dry before doing more.
 

Major cement work com­plet­ed on all walls of dining/kitchen area.
 
The four 16-foot/4‑me­ter deep “long drop” toi­lets have been capped, allow­ing the bath­room foun­da­tion to be built. In S. Africa, a “long drop” is the name giv­en to a USA “out­house” but the dif­fer­ence is our long drops have no seat but just a cov­ered 3‑foot/ 1‑me­ter-wide, 16-foot/4‑me­ter-deep hole with a small hole cut in the mid­dle for doing your busi­ness. After all, we don’t want any­one falling in!
 

Capped “long drops” allow bath­room foun­da­tion to begin this week.​
 
We will take it one step fur­ther by installing “san­i­tas” or a flat, stand upon, flush toi­let so no one can fall in and our lit­tle ones won’t be scared when their toi­let train­ing begins. SAFETY FIRST!
 
I will send a pho­to when all is com­plet­ed so you will have the full pic­ture. The pho­tos show our cur­rent progress, and I will give an update at the end of May.
 
Food buy­ing begins June 1st, so all con­struc­tion will come to a halt until the all-essen­tial food buy­ing pro­gram is com­plet­ed in mid-July.
 
Bless­ings and love to all of you as we con­tin­ue mov­ing for­ward one day at a time. 
 
As Tex­ans often say:
Your Bush Bun­ny is hop­ping on down the trail, let­ting no grass grow under her feet.
 
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE 
AND THE BALAMA STAFF