Missionary update

EXTRA EDITION
Brendas story in poem form.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUSH BUNNY BRENDA


BIRTHDAY POEM FOR THE BUNNY

BY LINDA F.

IN 1955 THERE WAS HARDLY EVER A PERSON ALIVE WHO HAD BEEN TO THE HEART OF AFRICA, DARK. BUT GOD KNEW,FOR HIMSELF, HOW HE WOULD REQUIRE A PERSON TO CARRY THE TRUTH OF SALVATION TO A LOST PEOPLE WHO 'S LIFE AS A NATION WOULD SUFFER FROM WAR, BOTH CIVIL AND MORAL



GOD KNEW HE WAS GOING TO NEED A WOMAN OF ACITON, SPUNK, AND GRIT. SOMEONE WHO WOULD TRUST HIM AND SERVE HIM AND LOVE HIM, TO WIT. SHE WOULD FOLLOW HIS LEADING, AND WITH RELENTLESS RESOLVE KEEP HER EYES ON THE PRIZE OF RESCUING LOST SOULS. SHE WOULD WILLINGLY POUR OUT HER LIFE AS AN OFFERING OF SERVICE IN A LAND OF LACK, HUNGER, AND LOSS.



A PLACE WHERE DARKNESS COVERED THE SOULS OF MEN WHO LIVED IN FEAR, LOST IN SIN. THEIR HUNGER, SICKNESS AND HOPELESS DESPAIR FED THEIR EMPTY LIVES, AND LEFT THEIR HEARTS BARE.



THE DARKNESS OF SIN LEFT EACH HEART BROKEN AND COLD, BUT GOD'S LOVE SAW THEIR PAIN,AND WITH A PLAN THAT WAS BOLD SPOKE INTO THE HEART OF A NEW BABY GIRL, A GIRL CLOSE TO HIS HEART WHO COULD CARRY THE NEWS OF HIS SON'S DEVINE GIFT, BOUGHT WITH THE BLOOD PRICE SO EACH ONE COULD CHOOSE.



A NEW BABY GIRL, BORN IN 1955, MAY 26 WAS THE DAY APPOINTED,

BRENDA SUE LANGE WAS BORN. A "CALLED OUT ONE," HER CALLING UNNOTICED, NOT YET ANOINTED. SHE GREW WITH LOVE FROM HER MOM AND HER DAD. SHE LEARNED TO LOVE HORSES AND GAVE ALL THAT SHE

HAD TO BE EXCELLENT, TOPNOTCH, OUTSTANDING, THE BEST. BRENDA RODE TO BE FIRST, KEPT HER DREAMS 'CLOSE TO THE VEST".



BRENDA DREAMED OF VET SCHOOL AND MORE- A RANCH,LOTS OF HORSES, AND DOGGIES, FOR SURE. AS A YOUNG TEEN AT YOUTH CAMP SHE HEARD THE GOSPEL, WELL SPOKEN. THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS LEFT LEFT HER HEART CHANGED AND BROKEN. SHE SAID "YES"TO THE SAVIOR. SHE BELIEVED AND WAS SAVED, BUT THE ANOINTING ON HER LIFE WAS LIKE A ROAD STILL UNPAVED.



LIKE MANY BEFORE HER BRENDA FORGOT. THE COVENANT CUT WITH OUR LORD, LEFT TO ROT.

THE WORLD HAD IT'S WAY AND THE LORD HAD TO WAIT. LIKE SO MANY BEFORE HER, HER SUCCESS CLOSED THE GATE.

HER LIFE WAS BUSY AND SUCCESS HAS A PRICE.

SHE FORGOT HIM A LITTLE MORE WITH EACH "ROLL OF THE DICE".

BRENDA THOUGHT SHE WAS HAPPY, HER PLANS WERE COMPLETE.

THE RANCH AND THE HORSES- SHE WAS AT LAST "ON HER FEET".

NURSE - RANCHER - A SELF-MADE SUCCESS

BUT THAT STILL SMALL VOICE WAS SILENT TO BLESS.


ONE DAY CAME A SMITHY TO ATTEND TO HER HORSES

HORSE SHOES AND HORSE SENSE HE SERVED UP IN COURSES.

HIS WIFE AT HIS SIDE HE SPOKE HOLY TRUTH, UNTIED,

AND DREW ANGRY REPLIES, SO REMORSE SAYS.


LITTLE BY LITTLE IT WAS REVEALED

THE CHRIST INSIDE DREW DOWN THE SHIELD

OF SELF BUILT WALLS THAT KEPT HER BRIDLED, TETHERED, STALLED IN DOUBT AND SELF DEFENSE- ALONE.


SHE OPENED UP HER HEART AGAIN AND LET THE SAVIOR HAVE HIS PROPER PLACE UPON THE THRONE OF HER LIFE, HER HEART, CHRIST'S HOME.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED, AS YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS. A MISSIONARY

CAME TO SPEAK AND BLESS. SHE TOLD OF MIGHTY WORKS OF GOD AND SHE SHARED AN INVITATION. COME HELP US SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH HUNGRY FOLKS HERE AND ABROAD.


AND WHEN SHE SAID, "YOU ARE WELCOME",BRENDA'S SPIRIT JUMPED UP AND DANCED. SHE TELLS IT WELL, "MY SPIRIT MAN PRANCED".


THAT AFTERNOON BRENDA'S ANOINTING WAS COMPLETE.

THE KING OF HEAVEN, GOD OF LOVE, LORD OF EVERY CONTRITE HEART POURED OUT THE OIL OF DEDICATION ON THE WOMAN WHO, FROM THE WORLD'S FOUNDATION, HE KNEW, HE WAS PREPARING TO RECEIVE THIS CALL.


LIKE SAUL,UPON THE DAMASCUS ROAD, A NEW LIFE OF JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND TEARS OF PAIN HAD BEGUN. FOR BRENDA, LIKE PAUL, HER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WOULD START HER ON THE RACE WELL RUN.

MOZAMBIQUE, A PLACE UNKNOWN TO BRENDA, WOULD SOON BECOME THE EPICENTER OF LIFE GIVING FOOD, CLEAN WATER, SHELTER, LOVE, AND HOPE

FOR HELPLESS CHILDREN AND MORE.

BRENDA, AS PER INSTRUCTIONS,SOLD , RETURNED, AND GAVE AWAY ALL THE LORD COMMANDED. SHE PUT HER LIFE IN GOD'S HANDS AND NEVER TURNED BACK, KEPT HER HAND TO THE PLOW IN THE FIELD WHITE WITH HARVEST.
TODAY, A SPECIAL DAY IN BRENDA'S LIFE. HER BIRTHDAY, SUNDAY CELEBRATION…PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW


A CAKE, BANANA NUT, I THINK, BAKED BY OTHER DEDICATED HANDS. HEARTS FULL OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE FOR A LIFE FULFILLED IN GOD'S PERFECT PLAN.
SHE IS LIKE A FIELD WHITE TO HARVEST, RINGED ROUND BY OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

WHAT SHALL WE GIVE HER AS A GIFT ON THIS SPECIAL DAY?

LABORERS FOR THE WORK AT HAND- BECAUSE ONE THING SHE KNOWS

THE TIME IS SHORT AND VAST THE UNTOUCHED, UNFULFILLED CALL STILL ECHOING FROM BRENDA'S HEART, DIRECT TO GOD'S EAR


LORD OF THE HARVEST , LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME

SERVE HIM WITH GLADNESS

YOUR SERVANT I WILL BE


RESCUE THE PERISHING

CARE FOR THE DYING

THE GREAT COMMISSION WILL SOON BE FINISHED

CHRIST'S RETURN IS VERY NEAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRENDA

WITH LOVE, LINDA

Linda Ferguson

Secretary

Orphans Unlimited Inc.

307 E. State Street

Eagle Lake, TX 77434

"Hand in hand with the least of these."