TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: MAY 6, 2023
 
BABY REGINALDA IN HOSPITAL
 
Baby Reg­gie, as we call her, has resis­tant malar­ia, mean­ing the oral treat­ment didn’t stop it, so she need­ed IV med­ica­tion treat­ments for 5 days. This is her 3rd day of treat­ment, and she is show­ing progress, but still needs prayer, as her immune sys­tem is weak. Her Hemo­glo­bin was only 9.2 upon admis­sion when it should have been between 10 and 12. A Hemo­glo­bin of 8 is con­sid­ered crit­i­cal, need­ing a trans­fu­sion to pre­vent fur­ther com­pli­ca­tions.

Reg­gie is now 2 years old but weighs only 7kg/15.4 lbs. She was born with tuber­cu­lo­sis of the bone. This is a rare dis­ease that was passed to her dur­ing ges­ta­tion by her moth­er who had res­pi­ra­to­ry TB.  Her moth­er passed away short­ly after Reg­gie was born. Reg­gie com­plet­ed the 14-month TB treat­ment and is free of TB in her bones.   No one knows why, but her body hasn’t shown much growth since then.  Please pray for her bones to hard­en, and that she will begin to grow.  She is unable to crawl but can sit up on her own.  She is a sweet lit­tle girl and a fight­er, no doubt about that. The Lord’s heal­ing hand is her only hope, as she needs a JESUS MIRACLE!
 

2 year old Reg­gie sit­ting with Fos­ter Moth­er Angeli­na last week just before Reg­gie’s Malar­ia start­ed
 
 
CHILDREN HELPING OUR CHILDREN
 
The COLD weath­er has moved in ear­ly this year with nights around (55F/16C). Our weath­er went straight from hot and rainy to cold and dry. It is very unusu­al to see these cold tem­per­a­tures until late May or June! The peo­ple of Bala­ma are used to tem­per­a­tures being HOT in the day­time, and com­fort­able at night. NOT SO LAST WEEK, as it has been windy and cold for all of us. It’s time for warmer cloth­ing!
 
Two class­es in an Ohio Chris­t­ian School con­tact­ed us in March want­i­ng to raise funds for sweat­shirts for our chil­dren. The chil­dren were learn­ing about han­dling mon­ey and study­ing mis­sions, so their teacher thought this idea would help them apply what they are learn­ing. Their fundrais­er raised $400 which assist­ed all our younger chil­dren under 12. Our teenagers need­ed adult sizes and were blessed by anoth­er donor. 
 

1 of 2 class­es of Ohio chil­dren who helped fundraise for sweat­shirts for our chil­dren
 

2nd Ohio class of fundrais­ers
 
I TRULY LOVE SEEING CHILDREN HELPING OTHER CHILDREN, as it teach­es them the valu­able gift of “giv­ing” in Jesus name! OUR HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THESE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS WHO SHARED THEIR LOVE FOR JESUS WITH OUR CHILDREN.
 

3 of our 1st and 2nd graders wear­ing their new sweat­shirts in ear­ly morn­ing cold
 

Susan­na (left) and 3 month old Orlen­cia held by Head Fos­ter Moth­er Gil­da as they try on new sweat shirts
 
 
ANOTHER FAMILY OF ORPHANS RESCUED THIS WEEK!
 
Tues­day, May 2nd, found us again giv­ing a help­ing hand to a Granny with 4 orphaned chil­dren. The moth­er died late last year from post-malar­ia ane­mia. Malar­ia kills red blood cells, and caus­es severe, life-threat­en­ing ane­mia if not treat­ed with a blood trans­fu­sion and a high pro­tein diet. The children’s father cared for them with Granny’s help, but then he passed away last week (cause unknown), leav­ing only Granny to look after them.
 
She was over­whelmed with grief and had lost hope until some­one told her to come to us.  
 

4 Orphans with Granny on Tues­day this week as they came to ask for help
 
She left with a big smile know­ing her grand­chil­dren would have food at our week­ly give out and warm blan­kets to sleep under.
 

Hap­py does­n’t come close to express­ing their joy at get­ting new clothes and house­hold items when they only asked for food.
 
 
THANKS TO YOUR LOVE GIFTS, WE WERE ABLE TO OUTFIT THEM WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED.
 
BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF