CATEGORY 3 TROPICAL CYCLONE (HURRICANE) CHIDO AIMED DIRECTLY AT BALAMA WITH LANDFALL IMMINENT As we are prepar­ing Bren­da’s usu­al Sat­ur­day Blog, we must pause to ask for your urgent prayers for Bren­da and the orphans. Trop­i­cal Cyclone Chi­do (equiv­a­lent to a hur­ri­cane) is now a CATEGORY 3 STORM and just shift­ed on a path with an almost DIRECT HIT antic­i­pat­ed to Bren­da and the orphan­age.  Sched­uled to make land­fall with­in the next day, Chi­do brings hur­ri­cane force winds and rains sim­i­lar to Cyclone Idai, anoth­er Cat­e­go­ry 3 which slammed into Bala­ma in March 2019 caus­ing wide­spread destruc­tion. So many were flood­ed out of their homes and even strand­ed in trees. https://orphansunlimited.org/bush-bunny-brenda-blog-special-march-20–2019/ Your prayers are needed.

Cyclone Chi­do has shift­ed south.

Remem­ber, hous­es in the area are made of mud and grass. Our Orphans Unlim­it­ed build­ings are made of con­crete, BUT OUR ROOFS are made of sheets of tin. Wind dam­age could be hor­ri­ble if the high winds rip off our roofs. Heavy flood­ing with 4 to 10 inch­es of rain is expect­ed, with land­fall antic­i­pat­ed in the next 12–15 hours (US Sat­ur­day morn­ing) and winds of 115 miles per hour mov­ing inland.PLEASE PRAY OUR FOOD STORAGE AND HOMES CAN WITHSTAND THE WINDS! Bren­da is spend­ing her day today prepar­ing as they only received notice with­in the past 2 hours of the antic­i­pat­ed direct hit com­ing tomorrow.

Chi­do is now antic­i­pat­ed to make a direct hit to Pem­ba and then on inland to Balama.

WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF