ABANDONED INFANT OUR NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER Victoria’s moth­er has both men­tal and phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties, com­pli­cat­ed by no breast milk. Social Ser­vices placed Vic­to­ria in our week­ly milk pro­gram on August 24th, with the grand­moth­er as care­giv­er. On Sep­tem­ber 17th, the 2‑month-old weighed only 2.8kg/16lbs. which is severe malnutrition.

Baby Vic­to­ria tak­ing for­mu­la mixed with clean water.

She was brought to us by a 15-year-old girl in a very weak and severe­ly dehy­drat­ed state (sunken fontanel) from diar­rhea, most like­ly caused by unclean water being mixed with the infant for­mu­la. The girl car­ing for the infant report­ed that the entire fam­i­ly had aban­doned the infant, telling her to care for Vic­to­ria. This was very frus­trat­ing to our entire staff, to say the least. We wast­ed no time in get­ting Vic­to­ria to the hos­pi­tal where life-sav­ing IV med­ica­tions and flu­ids were imme­di­ate­ly giv­en.  Vic­to­ria is in crit­i­cal con­di­tion but is slow­ly respond­ing to the treat­ment. Cape­na, our office man­ag­er, took the teenage girl to find the fam­i­ly on Thurs­day. Once found, the fam­i­ly gave con­sent for the infant to stay with us, mak­ing her the youngest in our care at the moment.  Vic­to­ria needs fer­vent prayer, as her diar­rhea con­tin­ues even with the best meds. The hos­pi­tal staff are con­cerned due to her very small and weak­ened state. I will keep you post­ed on her con­di­tion as we are watch­ing for some sign of improve­ment. As of Fri­day, she is tak­ing infant for­mu­la almost hourly, which is nor­mal for a severe­ly starved infant.THANK YOU for join­ing us in prayer for this lit­tle life. She didn’t ask for this, but at least she is safe now in our care because Jesus sent us to save his lit­tle ones.  BBC REAPING THE HARVEST Our three teams of Bush Bik­ers for Christ (BBC) youth evan­ge­lists taught Bible Sto­ries in August to 29,511 chil­dren and teenagers. Chil­dren who received Jesus Christ as Lord and Sav­ior were 1,359! Praise the Lord!

Our 3 teams of BBC Youth Evangelists.

The major­i­ty of these 29,511 chil­dren already know Jesus as their Sav­ior, thanks to this pro­gram which has been ongo­ing for over 15 years.The major­i­ty of these young evan­ge­lists were just tod­dlers when I came to Bala­ma 26 years ago. I find it amaz­ing how the Lord works in rais­ing up those who will fol­low him.   CIS FEAST PUT SMILES ON OUR CHILDREN’S FACES Here are a few pho­tos of many smil­ing faces as our chil­dren received their cup­cakes for dessert.Our fam­i­ly is quick­ly grow­ing up!

Enjoy­ing the cup­cakes at the end of a great meal pro­vid­ed by CIS.

Enjoy­ing the cup­cakes at the end of a great meal pro­vid­ed by CIS (2)

Enjoy­ing the cup­cakes at the end of a great meal pro­vid­ed by CIS. (3)

Enjoy­ing the cup­cakes at the end of a great meal pro­vid­ed by CIS. (4)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL PRAYERS FOR ALL OF US! The need for the baby for­mu­la and bot­tles pro­vid­ed by your Love Gifts will nev­er end.It’s the same with our Lord’s Love. It nev­er ends! PTL! BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF