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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2020
 
JOSEPH PROGRAM 2020 NOW COMPLETED!

The Joseph Pro­gram is the name the Lord gave me for our Vil­lage Food Dis­tri­b­u­tion Pro­gram: Fill the barns in time of plen­ty and give out in the time of hunger. 
 
Our staff has been busy doing just that since August 1, 2020. Orphans and wid­ows assist­ed TOTALED 1,864 in Bala­ma and Melu­co Dis­tricts. The pho­tos in today’s blog show us giv­ing out the final sacks of food this last week to some of the wid­ows and orphans, as the rainy sea­son is upon us. Our team dis­trib­uted TWICE to each child in Octo­ber so that all could have food and seed for plant­i­ng before the rains begin in Novem­ber.

YOUR LOVE GIFTS MAKE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE! THANKS TO YOU, these 1,864 orphans and wid­ows have full tum­mies AND the ener­gy need­ed to plant their fields in Novem­ber.
Our aim is to GIVE THEM A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT! Thus, food to help them gain strength, and seeds to plant so they are more self-suf­fi­cient.
 

Each wid­ow car­ing for more than 3 orphans receives 60kg/132 lbs of corn.

These grannies are doing a great job of train­ing up their grand­chil­dren in the food-grow­ing tech­niques they must learn in order to become suc­cess­ful farm­ers. Vil­lage pop­u­la­tions depend on the par­ents pass­ing on to their chil­dren these life-sus­tain­ing farm­ing tech­niques. That “life­line of infor­ma­tion” is bro­ken when the par­ents pass away, so who will teach them?
 

Grate­ful Granny receives food and soap for the 4 orphans in her care.
 
If you don’t grow it your­self around here, then you have noth­ing to eat. My hat goes off to these faith­ful, lov­ing Grand­moth­ers and Aunts who accept the respon­si­bil­i­ty to care for and train up their orphaned fam­i­ly mem­bers. It is NOT an easy process.

NOTE: The chil­dren who live with us are all giv­en train­ing in these same tech­niques by the Fos­ter Moth­ers who care for them.
 

Wid­ow receives life sav­ing beans for her 3 orphaned grand­chil­dren.
 

RESCUES CONTINUE WEEKLY

This week, Granny Aluina (Ah-loo-ee-nah) asked Social Ser­vices for food help as both par­ents of her 3 grand­chil­dren are now deceased. The mal­nour­ished 6‑month-old baby boy, Maez­in­ho (Ma-eh-zeen-you), was in dire need of milk for­mu­la, as the moth­er had nev­er intro­duced him to baby food.
 

Alci­na, 8, broth­er Alci­no, 6, with Granny and baby Maez­in­ha.
 
The 6‑year-old boy, Alci­no, and his 8‑year-old sis­ter, Alci­na, are both thin, but noth­ing that 2 to 3 weeks of good meals wouldn’t fix. The father passed away last year before Maez­in­ho was born. The moth­er passed away at home on Oct. 10th from an unknown ill­ness as she didn’t seek med­ical help. Granny Aluina tried to man­age the baby with the help of sev­er­al vil­lage women who nursed him, but it clear­ly wasn’t enough. He refused to eat the local baby por­ridge, but is now eat­ing the tasti­er Hypo Baby Por­ridge that we pro­vide to infants.

I am very proud of Granny Aluina for seek­ing help BEFORE the sit­u­a­tion for the infant became crit­i­cal. THANKS TO YOUR LOVE GIFTS, Granny Aluina and her 3 grand­chil­dren are all being cared for through our Bala­ma Food and Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram. EACH LOVE GIFT YOU SEND TRULY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Know that all of us are most grate­ful for each of you, and that our staff prays for you each week.
 

ROOF ON ORPHAN HOUSE #7 IS COMPLETE!

This huge job took 9 days total with 6 car­pen­ters, mak­ing it pos­si­ble to COMPLETE THIS 4 BEDROOM HOUSE dur­ing the fast approach­ing rainy sea­son. The fin­ish­ing work will begin next week, so my “hope” is to open this orphan home by Jan­u­ary, 2021.
 

Orphan Home #7. Roof com­plet­ed.

Around here, we have learned that dur­ing the “rainy sea­son”, you must be patient and take it one day at a time. But we will forge ahead as is pos­si­ble, for our mot­to is to “nev­er leave for tomor­row, what can be done today”. Our team WILL make it hap­pen with God’s help.

THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS HOME WHOSE LOVING KINDNESS IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HELP MORE CHILDREN IN NEED.

BLESSINGS,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF