WATER IS A PRECIOUS GIFT Our mission’s water well next to our church is a busy site each day as many of the local hand dug wells have dried up. This is the DRY SEASON for our area, mean­ing no rains will fall until prob­a­bly Decem­ber. That will refill all the local wells, and make water more acces­si­ble to most of the locals who now use our well. All of you are to be thanked for mak­ing this water well pos­si­ble over 10 years ago. It is 35 meters/105 feet deep and was drilled into a large, under­ground reser­voir of water. For this, we are most grate­ful, as water means life and health to all those who use the well. The pho­tos show the con­tin­u­ous flow of local peo­ple who are com­ing to pump today.

Water pump­ing going on for 8 to 10 hours per day as peo­ple keep flow­ing in to fetch water.

Many peo­ple world-wide take water for grant­ed, but in our area, we val­ue this pre­cious, life-sav­ing resource. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE LIVES through clean water.

Crowds gath­er ear­ly a.m. to pump before 37C/100F tem­per­a­ture hits after 10 a.m.

Pre­cious water flows gen­er­ous­ly from our church well. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_mhKeIFMlQY

ERGILCIA IN HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN STOMACH PROBLEMS  The pho­to of Ergilcia in last week’s blog was tak­en 1 day before her stom­ach prob­lems began. Her vom­it­ing was under con­trol on Sun­day with an oral med­i­cine, but on Mon­day, she was not tol­er­at­ing liq­uids or food. I took her to the hos­pi­tal for analy­sis, but her malar­ia test came back neg­a­tive. She was dehy­drat­ed, so IV flu­ids and med­ica­tions were begun, but the staff was stumped. She was tak­ing flu­ids Mon­day morn­ing, but refus­ing Hypo baby cere­al. I told them to liquify the hypo and put it in her milk. Ergilcia was released on Thurs­day with a sore throat, but feel­ing bet­ter. She has a few sores in her mouth and throat, and is on med­ica­tion and baby vit­a­mins for that. I am just glad she is now home, and doing bet­ter. Her sick­ness was nev­er diag­nosed, so all we can do is treat her symp­toms. Prayers for her con­tin­ued heal­ing are appre­ci­at­ed.  JORGE HOME AFTER 7 DAYS OF MALARIA TREATMENT  Jorge had a rough start to his malar­ia treat­ment, but, after 48 hours, was back to his nor­mal self. His lab tests showed he had a very pow­er­ful case, so he was held in hos­pi­tal for 8 days to com­plete the 7 days of IV anti-malar­ia treatment.He is also a hap­py camper to be back at home with his “broth­ers and sis­ters” where he can roll the ball and play with his sib­lings. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF