From: “Bren­da Lange” 
Date: Novem­ber 6, 2011 5:18:58 AM CST
Sub­ject: Blog, Novem­ber 6, 2011

JACINTO, THE MUTE FROM LAST WEEK, VERY ILL
  As soon as I arrived, Jac­in­to came to meet me.  One look told me he was very weak and his feet looked like bal­loons.  Since I last saw him, he has devel­oped seri­ous ane­mia (post malar­ia com­pli­ca­tion), and his inner eye lid is blanched total­ly white (means a very low Hgb)!  We imme­di­ate­ly prayed and asked Jesus to for­ti­fy him with new blood.  Jac­in­to refused to let us take him to the hos­pi­tal for a trans­fu­sion, as that is the treat­ment of choice in some­one this ane­mic.  His moth­er said NO, and his father was not in the vil­lage.  I keep a basic med­ical bag with me, so he agreed to chew de-worm­ing tablets and start on vit­a­mins with iron.  We had a care pack­age of beans for anoth­er fam­i­ly, which we divid­ed with Jacinto.
Pas­tor Tomas gave him some corn as his diet con­sists of only “cas­sa­va root and leaves”.  Cas­sa­va is an emp­ty car­bo­hy­drate that caus­es severe mal­nu­tri­tion and even­tu­al­ly death if that is all a per­son eats.  This is the case with Jac­in­to.  He has noth­ing else to eat, so eats the only thing around that fills his stomach.
Need­less to say, we will make a food drop to him tomor­row, and Pas­tor Tomas is keep­ing a close watch on him, since he only lives 200 yards from the church.
 
Ane­mia kills many in our area, as it comes on so slow­ly after hav­ing malar­ia, that most don’t real­ize they are severe­ly ill, until their body swells and they are too weak to do any­thing about it.
Please keep Jac­in­to in your prayers as he needs a mir­a­cle trans­fu­sion, since he refus­es to go to the hospital.

PEQUARIA KIDS COME TO CHRIST!?  I taught 85+ kids today about faith and the heal­ing pow­er of (YESU—yea-soo) Jesus, fol­lowed by an altar call.
My words via my inter­preter, Nel­son age 14, just seem to bounce off deaf ears.  Mario, our new “Evan­ge­list Car­pen­ter”, got up and asked to speak to them.
I’m not sure what all he said, but he got their atten­tion right quick, and we saw their eyes “light up” as he began explain­ing about Jesus’ love for them.
He asked how many want­ed to accept Jesus as their “friend who would nev­er leave them”, and lit­tle hands start­ing pop­ping up all over the place!
FORTY KIDS out of 85 raised their hands and came for­ward to con­fess Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
It was an awe­some site to see.
 
The whole atmos­phere changed after those kids prayed, and we believe the wall of doubt and unbe­lief has been bro­ken among the younger generation.
Mario will con­tin­ue going with me to guide the chil­dren into learn­ing more about our Lord who loves them.
FYI: Mario, now 49, nev­er got to go to school, so he learns the Bible by lis­ten­ing to an AUDIO Bible in Makua!
He has quite a memory.
 
ORPHANS UNLIMITED NOW SPECIALIZES IN 4 LEGGED AS WELL AS 2 LEGGED KIDS!
?  Thurs­day start­ed out with a 4a.m. call from our Rovu­ma pas­tor, who over­sees our goat herd.
A moth­er goat was found dying as they made their ear­ly morn­ing rounds.
At the same time anoth­er goat was giv­ing birth to twins.
We lost 2 moth­er goats this week because my men fed them corn, a big NO NO for goats as they can’t digest it well.
They thought it was eas­i­er than going into the bush to cut fresh greens which is their nor­mal food.
 
A 4:15a.m. call to Lin­da Fer­gu­son (9:15p.m TX time), saved the life of one of the twins, as Lin­da found me the expert advice I need­ed from one of the top goat breed­ers in Texas.
All is under con­trol, and all remain­ing goats are healthy.   I’ve read enough info on goats this week (for­ward­ed by Lin­da) until I’m dream­ing of goats!
Some fast first aid saved one of the twins who was born too weak to suck, and need­ed a feed­ing tube (mod­i­fied IV tub­ing) to give it the elec­trolytes it need­ed to recover.
Lit­tle “Scout”, who has the mark­ings of a paint horse, was up and bounc­ing around the next day, so all my neona­tal nurs­ing has come in handy.  Neonates are too weak to suck when born, and must be tube fed every 3 hours to save their lives.  God will use ALL your tal­ents and help you rise to the chal­lenge, no mat­ter what it may be.
I praise the Lord Jesus for all the human and vet train­ing I’ve received dur­ing my life.
 
So all you who donat­ed goats, we thank you and are get­ting every­thing in order.
We pur­chased 2 more goats to replace the 2 we lost.
A pole and bam­boo barn has been built, com­plete with birthing pens for the preg­nant does.   Tomor­row our roof­ing car­pen­ters will put a tin roof over it.  Pneu­mo­nia is a big prob­lem with goats, so they must have a dry place to live dur­ing the 3 months of dai­ly rains we receive from Dec. To March.
We’ll add more goats next year, as the rainy sea­son is upon us.  I want to keep the herd small until next April, and then expand it when fresh food is the most plentiful.
 
This is your Bush Bun­ny Vet Ser­vice doing its best to keep all under con­trol out here.
 
HELPERS STILL NEEDED (part time and full time)
Thanks for all your prayers and please know that NO ONE has com­mit­ted to help Eric in Feb. /March (while I’m fundrais­ing in the USA), nor has any­one offered to help with next year’s con­struc­tion program/food buy­ing programs.
Those are still very seri­ous needs for our ministry.
 
BUSH BUNNY COMING TO THE USA JANUARY 26TH.
  Invi­ta­tions are rolling in from sev­er­al parts of the USA, so if you desire me to speak to your church or small group, please let me know ASAP before the sched­ule fills up.
Due to the con­struc­tion chal­lenges next year, I’ve had to cut my trip 2 weeks short­er than usual.
I’m tak­ing dates from Feb. 12th (5th already tak­en) till 3rd week of March.
Look­ing for­ward to hear­ing from some of you soon.
 
Blessings,
Bush Bun­ny Bren­da and the Bala­ma Staff