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FROM “BUSH BUNNY BRENDA“
DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
 
ANCHA AND FRANCIANO IN HOSPITAL
 
Wednes­day morn­ing is food dis­tri­b­u­tion day for our 7 orphan homes, but we were met with an ear­ly morn­ing sur­prise when 6 month old Baby Ancha wouldn’t stop cry­ing, and Baby Fran­ciano was look­ing weak.  Both were rushed to the hos­pi­tal, and as sus­pect­ed, Ancha’s malar­ia had rebound­ed.  Since she is just under 5kg/11 lbs, she was unable to take the fol­low up med­ica­tions after her first malar­ia case. This made her vul­ner­a­ble for a 2nd case after 2 weeks time.  An infant MUST BE over 5kg to take an oral malar­ia med­ica­tion or it will dam­age their liv­er.  Fran­ciano was dehy­drat­ed as he had sores in his mouth, and had a diar­rhea stool at the hos­pi­tal.  IV’s were start­ed on both and appro­pri­ate med­i­cines giv­en. Ancha must stay at least 5 days for IV med­ica­tions since that is the required stay for this malar­ia treat­ment.
Thank­ful­ly, Franciano’s lab tests returned neg­a­tive for any infec­tion, so he was rehy­drat­ed with an IV solu­tion and released lat­er that after­noon.  Both are recu­per­at­ing well, and we THANK YOU for con­tin­u­ing to hold them up in prayer.  Both these lit­tle ones are still in the “dan­ger” zone as they are very under­weight for their age.
 
 

Ancha look­ing bright eyed after 2 days of malar­ia treat­ments
 
 

Fran­ciano home from the hos­pi­tal
 
 
MORE INFANTS NEEDING FORMULA
 
We have admit­ted 1 sin­gle birth and a set of twins into the Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram this week. Our Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram has 34 mal­nour­ished vil­lage infants at this time, so the local Doc­tor in charge of the Bala­ma Nutri­tion­al Pro­gram came to see them at our mis­sion this Thurs­day. Three were tak­en to the hos­pi­tal by the Dr. for fur­ther med­ica­tions, as they were sick, but NONE need­ed hos­pi­tal­iza­tion. The remain­der were deemed in improv­ing con­di­tion and allowed to go back to their vil­lage homes.  PTL!
Please keep all these pre­cious lit­tle ones in your prayers.
 
 

Chil­dren’s Direc­tor teach­ing new moth­er with no breast milk how to bot­tle feed
 
 
EVANGELISTIC TEAMS CAN RESUME TEACHING VILLAGE CHILDREN!
 
JUMPING FOR JOY!, the VILLAGE PASTORS AND THE BBC BICYCLE TEAMS will begin cir­cu­lat­ing in the vil­lages next week if all goes as planned.
 

Hap­py Pas­tors as they can now con­tin­ue their bawana games Bible teach­ing to 100’s of vil­lage chil­dren
 
 
BBC MOTORBIKE TEAMS will make a slow­er start as NO GASOLINE is avail­able in the Bala­ma pumps.  The price has jumped to $5.90 per gal­lon due to the short­age. The BBC’s nor­mal dai­ly con­sump­tion is 4 liters/bike/day. Using 4 bikes over a 5 day pro­gram = 80 liters or 20 gallons/week.    Know that we are pray­ing for a solu­tion as the pumps in the next town over (Mon­tepuez) have a lim­it­ed sup­ply of gaso­line. Many pump own­ers are not allow­ing cus­tomers to buy in bulk.  It is a 60 mile/120 km round trip dri­ve to Mon­tepuez. 
 
GOD CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, so join with us in find­ing some­one who will SPONSOR THE PRICE OF THE FUEL, AND FOR A FUEL STATION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO FILL AT LEAST EIGHT, 5 GALLON CONTAINERS at one time. (2 weeks fuel for the team).  The PERFECT SOLUTION would be if our Bala­ma fuel sta­tion received fuel, but as of now, there is no fuel at the Nacala Port where the fuel is off loaded.  UGH!
 
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO BY KEEPING OUR CHILDREN AND PASTORS IN YOUR PRAYERS!
 BLESSINGS FROM BALAMA,
BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE
AND THE BALAMA STAFF