POLIO VACCINES FOR THE LITTLE ONES A team from the Bala­ma Hos­pi­tal blessed us by vac­ci­nat­ing all of our chil­dren who are 5 years and under with the oral polio vac­cine. The chil­dren received it well, as it was like get­ting 2 drops of water into your mouth. We are grate­ful that this vac­cine is avail­able, and that the hos­pi­tal made our chil­dren a pri­or­i­ty to receive it.

Receiv­ing polio oral drops. These lit­tle ones did squirm.

KITCHEN RING BEAM A BIG CHALLENGE It’s a chal­lenge to build a frame­work for the ring beam over an 8 foot/2.5 meter open space at our new kitchen. The cook­ing area is an open area (no door) that requires extra care. Our team is used to build­ing over 3 foot/1 meter win­dows and doors, but an 8 foot space is extra tricky.

Ring beam framing.

It requires extra rein­forc­ing so that the weight of the cement and rocks that make up the ring beam do not cause it to fall. Our team did a great job of get­ting it set up on Thurs­day. Now we wait a week for it to dry hard so it can han­dle the weight of the last few rows of bricks.

Ring beam ready to receive cement mixture.

Every­thing we do is done by hand. No pre-fab frame­work, just nails and wood fram­ing. I am grate­ful for such a skilled group of work­men.  MOVING BEANS TO KEEP THEM FRESHER Our team did a great job of mov­ing 300 sacks of beans in the sun­rise hour before the heat hit. Remem­ber, each sack weighs 132 lbs./60 kg. It takes a whole team of men to do this quickly.

Job well done. Beans will stay cool­er when clos­er to the floor.

This is nec­es­sary to pre­vent our cur­rent 95 F/35 C heat from destroy­ing the top 3 rows of beans. By mov­ing them down to the now emp­ty part of the room, it keeps them cool­er and pro­vides bet­ter ven­ti­la­tion over all the beans. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR ALL OF US. BLESSINGS,BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF