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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2021
 
BABIES? NOT ANY MORE!
 
I was shocked as I exit­ed my King Cab pick-up to see 3 of our “now walk­ing babies” come RUNNING to the fence to greet me. Lit­tle Fati­ma’s Fos­ter Moth­er, Cecelia, was near­by so I asked her, “Did I just see Fati­ma RUN to the fence?” Cecelia shook her head yes, say­ing “It is her favorite speed now!”
 

L to R. Ade­laide, Jul­ho, Fati­ma, and Maez­in­ha with “big Sis­ter, Anna” stand­ing behind them.
 
Lit­tle Maez­in­ha was anoth­er sur­prise, as it was the first time I had seen her move so quick­ly. Sor­ry I did­n’t catch it on video, but these lit­tle tykes are FAST! I think I will set up a baby race to see who is the fastest in each age group! Will show you the fun when I am able to make it hap­pen. 
 
 
A CHICKEN CHRISTMAS 
 
No goat feast this year as we had to make the dif­fi­cult deci­sion last month to sell the 20 breed­ing age females we had left due to a lack of good grass this year. We had no males that were eat­ing size, so our “girls” and their young went to a breed­ing farm in the coun­ty south of us. 
 
We could­n’t get new breed­ing stock as goats are nonex­is­tent in our coun­ty. The local mar­ket sells goat only 1 day a week now, and the price/kg is more cost­ly than frozen chick­ens. 
 
FROZEN CHICKENS are the obvi­ous menu this year, so we will need at least 16 of them to feed our ever-grow­ing fam­i­ly of 160! A plump 2.2 lbs./1kg chick­en sells for $8/R112. 
 

Yeah! We need chick­ens for Christ­mas!​
 
With the chick­en and fix­ings, our par­ty will cost around $350. Deboned chick­en with fan­cy rice will be this year’s menu. Toys are avail­able, but have a $10 price tag on them. I’d love to give the 60 old­er chil­dren a shop­ping trip if enough toy dona­tions are pos­si­ble. We’ll orga­nize the under 5‑year-olds with age appro­pri­ate gifts. Thank you for any­thing you can give towards our Christ­mas Par­ty.
 
 
DYNAMIC DUO FROM RSA
 
Jes­si­ca and Stephanie are close friends who desire to give me a help­ing hand in Novem­ber. Stephanie has a mis­sion­ary heart, and has want­ed to come play with our chil­dren ever since we met at an RSA BBQ in March. 
 

Jes­si­ca Christie​
 

Stephanie Nolen
 
Jes­si­ca I have known since she was an infant in arms. Her moth­er, Shiona, became my best friend as she was my vol­un­teer shop­per for my gro­ceries when I first went into Mozam­bique in 1991. Our sup­plies were flown in to our remote area, thus the need for some­one to buy and box our gro­cery list each 6 weeks for the plane.
 
It is a thrill to have both of them com­ing here, as they plan a real Thanks­giv­ing Din­ner for me since I haven’t had one in the 31 years I’ve been in this coun­try. GOD IS GREAT, ALL THE TIME.
 
BLESSINGS 
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE 
AND THE BALAMA STAFF