GOD KEEPING BBB FIT FOR DUTY

No mat­ter how many years pass by, I am VERY GRATEFUL TO JESUS for keep­ing me fit and healthy to do the work HE sent me to do in Mozam­bique. (28 years and counting!)

Res­cu­ing and evan­ge­liz­ing orphans is a priv­i­lege that I would not trade for any­thing else life could offer. In Texas we say:  “Wild hors­es could not drag me out of here!” For those of you who know how much I love hors­es, that is tru­ly a heavy state­ment. I love the Lord Jesus, and I love these chil­dren as if they were my own.

All these girls except the oldest came to us as orphaned infants. “Jesus saves” is more than words to them.

Sweet Dixon came to us at 4 months of age weighing only 4.4 lbs. (2kg.) 

Dixon is now 6 and in his final preschool year.

THANKS TO YOUR LOVE FOR THESE CHILDREN, our res­cue pro­gram has grown beyond any­thing I could ever imagine.

So on this day, many years ago, BBB was born. Fam­i­ly and friends described her as an inde­pen­dent, self-willed child, with a com­pet­i­tive streak a mile long. Her per­sis­tence, per­se­ver­ance, and flex­i­bil­i­ty helped her excel in any­thing she put her mind too.

Through­out her first 32 years, JESUS MOLDED those traits in her until she was ready to “hear his call” and become a pio­neer mis­sion­ary in a remote area of the world. This total­ly caught her by sur­prise, for she had no idea that all she had learned in life was about to be chal­lenged and stretched beyond her imag­i­na­tion. Becom­ing a mis­sion­ary was NOT on her buck­et list! BUT JESUS WON HER HEART, and you know the “rest of the story”.

FOR THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN IN GOD’S WILL, UNLESS IT IS IN HIS PRESENCE.

JOSEPH PROJECT ABOUT TO LAUNCH

The Bala­ma vil­lage co-ops are ready for our arrival, as June 1st is the offi­cial first day for food buy­ing through­out this nation. Dur­ing our food buy­ing time, over 1,600 FIFTY KG (110 lb.) FEED SACKS will be dis­trib­uted for beans and 5,600+ for corn.

The objec­tive:  To pro­vide food dur­ing the “time of hunger” for over 1,900 orphans and the 500+ wid­ows who raise them.

Meeting with our 90 man team who will move this mountain of food so that orphans and widows will not go hungry.

In July, we fol­low with the super dry corn, plus rice and peanuts “in the hull” for bet­ter stor­age. The Bib­li­cal sto­ry of Joseph tells us how he did this same type project at the Lord’s request while rul­ing in Egypt. Jesus gave me a sim­i­lar vision when I arrived in Bala­ma, and pro­vid­ed the means for us to move up to 30 tons of food/day with our 2 trucks. IT IS A MASSIVE JOB, and impos­si­ble to do with­out all our Pas­tors and staff help­ing out.

I am priv­i­leged to have Dave Deboer arriv­ing May 30th from Michigan,USA, to lend a hand in super­vis­ing all that needs doing dur­ing June.

Keep us in your prayers and for­give me if the June blogs are a bit short on words. Pho­tos are worth a 1000 words, so I will let them do the talk­ing while we are busy fill­ing our barns.

Bless­ings,

Bush Bun­ny Bren­da Lange

And the Bala­ma Staff

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDA from your US Staff!