BUSH BEAT, June 2010
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HAND IN HAND WITH THE LEAST OF THESE
July was a busy month with 18 new orphans joining us in our mud hut community. Their
two stories are prime examples of WHY Jesus needs more willing hands to love
HIS lost children in this world.
Grandma Alina’s two daughters died only months apart, leaving newborn
twins barely 4 lbs each along with seven toddlers and one teenage boy in her
care. In desperation, she walked seven miles with all 10 kids to find us, as
she had no milk for the 3-day-old twins when her second daughter died
after giving birth.
Agirina, a 16-year-old girl and her two brothers ages 3 and 6, lost their
mother and then their father and finally their aunt, all in the last three
years. In desperation, after her aunt’s death, Agirina married a
man who promised to care for the three of them, but who abandoned them all
after getting her pregnant with twins. Farming a field to raise corn
and beans for a family of three is hard work for any woman, but Agirina did
it while carrying twins and mothering her two brothers. She did an excellent
job of caring for the twins born in May. But at 2 months of age, her
breast milk couldn’t support them both.
A neighbor told her we would give her formula, so she walked the six miles
to our mission, leaving her two brothers at home. Hearing her story,
we knew she needed a permanent home and a foster mother to take the load off
her shoulders. Our driver took her home late that afternoon with food
for the night and a promise to pick them up the next morning. He returned
to tell us that he’d found her two little brothers sitting outside their
broken down mud hut with swollen faces from crying most of the day. They hadn’t
eaten all day, and thought she wasn’t coming back!
Children are a delight to our Lord Jesus. Because of YOUR LOVE for the Lord
and these children, we were able to provide each of these families with a mud
hut near our mission as well as food, clothing, beds with blankets, and the
life saving baby formula so vital to these TWO sets of twins.
JESUS is in the rescue business. To these 15 children who lost it all,
He is bringing HIS JOY, PEACE, and LOVE.
We now have 104 orphans who have nowhere else to go, living in 20 homes you
have provided.
FOOD PROGRAM EXPANDING TO WEST SIDE OF BALAMA COUNTY
With our three barns full to the brim, we are finally able to give a helping
hand to the hundreds of orphans in the Kwe Kwe (Quay Quay) area, west of our
mission station.
Capena and Social Services are visiting mud huts in eight villages of this
area to determine how many orphans are in desperate need of our assistance.
Over 100 desperate children were discovered in the first two villages they
investigated.
Our motto is: the more the Lord gives us, the more we can give! THANKS for
filling our barns and making this possible.
WATER WELL DRILLING HALTED FOR 2010
Eric Dry, assisted by Clark Stidham and our Mozambican team, drilled for water
in four villages in July and August. The GOOD NEWS is the first well is
producing gallons of water each day as people pump it for 8+ hours non stop.
The bad news is that due to heavy granite formations, the other three wells
could not be completed.
Our drilling machine was built for normal ground with only some rock and cannot
drill through bedrock. While drilling the fourth well, the $1,500 tungsten
steel bit, vital to all our drilling, was damaged and can no longer be used.
YOUR WATER WELL FUNDS will continue to provide CLEAN WATER to villages as
our teams seek out and repair old wells that need new pumps.
We are researching how much it would cost to use a commercial machine to put
in wells in areas that are critically short of water.
Will let you know soon what I find out.
BUSH BUNNY TIDBITS
THREE MINUS TWO EQUALS ONE BUNNY!
Eric Dry is on furlough for six weeks in South Africa. Linda
Stanley, our 73-year-old super missionary, leaves September 1st to visit
family in the USA. Keep your prayers flowing for another FULL TIME
STAFF MEMBER, because a Staff of one is no fun for either Eric or I when the
other is gone from the Balama base.
Louis Gervais rode along with Eric as he drove to RSA last week. Louis
did a great job by organizing our sports evangelism program and training a
new youth pastor to continue the program when he left. Between soccer
games and prayer walks in the village, Louis performed many HELPS jobs that
really took the load off me.
Clark and Barbara Stidham left on Aug. 11th. Clark was a big
help with the food processing in June and was a key helper to Eric in the water
well drilling program. Barbara spent her time helping Linda sort the
hundreds of clothing items for the two major clothing give outs we had in July. Over
600 kids received clothing, thanks to their hard work.
RECORD LOW TEMPS RECORDED IN AUGUST
Global Warming? Only God knows, but a cold front came through RSA on
August 12th, dropping our normal 65-degree nights to 47º F (11º C)! NEVER
in my 20 years have I seen it so cold in this part of Moz. After
three days, it is finally warming up. Very, very unusual for sure.
DO SNAKES COME OUT IN WINTER?
You bet ya! Our washing women encountered a three-foot (one meter) tree
snake looking down on them as they folded our clothes a few weeks ago. Just
a few days ago our kids were clearing a field near by house (part of their
work project), when they encountered the five-foot (1.5 m) snake that we had
all been looking for. This snake has been circling my house for weeks
during the night and all the guards were nervous about his visits. That
big boy reigns no more, for the kids screamed and the bamboo started flying
as the guards reacted with a swiftness that was amazing to watch. None
of the kids were bitten, PTL!
Our angels are always on duty.
Blessings to all of you!
Bush Bunny Brenda
Eric Dry and the Mozambique staff
LOVE GIFTS TO: ORPHANS UNLIMITED, INC.
11152 WESTHEIMER RD., PMB 391 HOUSTON, TX 77042
LOVE GIFT TO: ORPHANS UNLIMITED in RSA
Standard Bank-Hatfield (branch code) 011-54515
Name: Orphans Unlimited
Acct. # 017743036
PERSONAL NOTES TO BRENDA
brenda@orphansunlimited.org
ALL OTHER INQUIRIES:
LINDA FERGUSON linda@orphansunlimited.org
phone: 979-234-3422 or 713-854-9197
To find out how YOU can improve your health and sponsor an orphan at the
same time, look at the videos on our MAX website: www.maxgxl.com/orphansunlimited
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