We like to camp

We enjoy camping.  We even went a few days after Christmas.  Here in south Texas winter and spring are the best times to camp because of the heat.
Recently we traded our fifth wheel for a smaller, pull behind camper.  It suits us better now that it's not our home but a weekend get away home.
We have decided to see how many state parks we can visit.  We take a picture by the entrance of each one to document where we have been.  So far we have been to four state parks.
There are quite a few around the San Antonio area.
I imagine we will at least try one time to camp on the beach.  Just for fun.

In other news I will be planting my garden in a couple of weeks.  Seems strange.

Its been a long time

I have not posted much because most of the time I am on my ipad and cannot post pictures from it for some reason.
I have also had trouble with my blog for a while.  I don't know what's up with that.
Today I decided to try posting something again.  I do miss blogging although I wonder if anyone reads blogs any more.
I had gotten to where I was only reading kindle books.  While that is neat I missed actual paper books.  When we moved from the farm into the 5th wheel I had to get rid of many of my beloved books.  I have since started collecting them again.  I want to move more away from Facebook and the internet.  While I love the friends I have there I find I tend to get less actual living done.
With that said I hope to go back to blogging.

Crochet

I have been so busy with crochet orders.  I had thought that after Christmas I would be done but I tjhink I have more orders than I did before the holidays.
Who knew?

Happy Veterans Day

Thank you to all veterans.  I appreciate your service to our country.

This is my favorite veteran, my husband Jeff.

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Missionary update

FROM "BUSH BUNNY BRENDA" DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2014 TRAIN THEM UP AND SEND THEM OUT 2 BY 2           Pastors with their new AWANA materials   Final training was held on Wed., Oct. 22 for the 6 new AWANA leaders who are part of our Pastoral team.  They will join the 4 experienced  Pastors on our team who have been holding AWANA Games/Bible studies for children since last year. GOAL: To teach the 80,000+ children in 28 villages, all about God, his creation, and the why he sent Jesus to show us “God’s path”.   It is a big task, but nothing is too difficult for those who love Christ and have a passion to reach the lost. Thanks to a generous donor, the AWANA lessons are now in PORTUGUESE, making this outreach much easier for all of us.     COLORING PAGES HELP VILLAGE CHILDREN LEARN BIBLE STORIES         Ashlynn, Nelson, and Katie show us examples of their coloring skills as they prepare for the AWANA Teams.       The Balama Blazers, (Katie and Ashlynn), as well as Youth Leader Nelson, and I, kept very busy last week by coloring 15 sets of the Story of Creation for our AWANA Games teams.  It took us 3 days (in our spare time) to color these 75 pages, and it was a joy doing it. The Pastors and village children truly love the pictures, as they are a great visual teaching tool.   You may not realize it, but most of these children have never seen a book or picture of ANY KIND. Seeing full color pictures that shows them what we are talking about, helps them grasp the stories and “make them more real”. We will continue to color more Bible stories as they are needed to go along with the AWANA lessons.   SATURDAY EMERGENCY     Our Oldest Pastor lives in Kpweetoo (Kah-pwee-too).  An frantic phone call was received from him at 10a.m. today after he stepped onto a “canna stalk” while hoeing in his field this morning.   Equivalent to putting an ice pick through your foot.  The Canna entered just under his ankle bone and went several inches up the inside of his leg. A BIG OWWEE!   PTL FOR CELL PHONES, or it would have been hours before he we would know he needed a ride to the hospital.   Balama Hospital did their best to clean it out, but part of the shaft might still be inside his leg. Time will tell. A penicillin injection, and Ibuprofen with Tylenol is about the best they could do for pain relief. We quickly organized 2 beds and a room in one of our houses.  A friend of his will stay with him to do the fetching and help him with essentials. Doing what needs to be done to help those in need. That is what we do best.       Pastor Kpweeto in bed after hospital treated and released him.       2 STORY TREE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION IN FINAL STAGE             The roof is on the tree house, and final cement “plastering” is in progress on the concrete pillars.    Then it’s paint, paint, paint, before the final stage, which is to mount the 3 metal slide sheets onto the super slide mounts. Each day the children eagerly watch our brick layers and carpenters working at a fast pace to complete the “SUPER SLIDE”. With the rainy season approaching (Nov. 15th), we are working hard to complete the slide, and get the final loads of corn and beans out to the orphans and widows in the 21 remote villages before muddy roads prohibit our trucks from entering those areas.   Blessings and thanks to all of you for your prayers and love gifts that are making it possible to take the love of Jesus to the children in this area.   Bush Bunny Brenda Lange Balama Blazers: Katie Polcyn Ashlynn Grabill "Bush Bunny" Brenda Lange 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 Brenda’s Blog is Posted at: www.orphansunlimited.org/blog or SUBSCRIBE to receive the blog by e-mail.

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My first Lilla Rose party

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Apples, apples everywhere

I bought three cases of apples to put up.  Whew.  Today I canned 21 quarts of apple pie filling.  I bought two kinds of apples.  Two cases of one kind for apple pie filling and a kind for applesauce and apple butter.  Tomorrow I will make some apple butter and apple sauce.  I have at least 27 or more quarts of apple pie filling to do.
I also canned 18 pints of beef today.  I'll be canning apples all this week I imagine.
It smells really good in here.

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Missionary update Sept. 11, 2014

Linda Ferguson Bush Beat BlogF FROM "BUSH BUNNY BRENDA" DATE:SEPT. 6, 2014 MEET DANIEL MANUEL, OUR NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER Daniel, born July 2nd, lost his Mom 30 days later to postpartum complications. Born in the Mari

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Bush Beat BlogF FROM "BUSH BUNNY BRENDA" DATE:SEPT. 6, 2014 MEET DANIEL MANUEL, OUR NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER     Daniel, born July 2nd, lost his Mom 30 days later to postpartum complications.    Born in the Marica Village, his aunt, Deolinda,  8 months pregnant, had to walk over 15 miles to ask for our help to save little Daniel.  Since they live so far away, she received 2 weeks milk at a time.  After her last visit, Aug. 21st, Deolinda gave birth to a healthy baby, but fell victim to a serious case of malaria which affected her legs, leaving her bedridden.  She was taken to a hospital in the next District (county) since it was closer than the Balama hospital.  Baby Daniel was left with an uncle and Deolinda’s 14 year old son. When these 2 young men walked in on Thursday, Sept. 4th, I knew something was drastically wrong.  The baby bottle was completely coated in rotten milk, and Baby Daniel was not a happy camper.  I don’t think those 2 had washed the bottle or the baby in over a week.  I was AMAZED that little Daniel was healthy, with no signs of dysentery from drinking formula for 7 days from that filthy bottle.  The boy just said he cried a lot when he fed him from the bottle.  I guess so, as that must have tasted horrible, and given him a terrible tummy ache!   The Uncle agreed to give us Daniel since there was no one else in the family who could care for him.  Social Services agreed, wrote out the proper guardianship papers, and 2 hours later, Daniel was presented to his new Foster Mother, Ernestina.  He managed to finish a 1 lb. (400gm) can of formula in 48 hours!  His new family are amazed at how much this little one can eat.  He is happy and healthy, and gives us the occasional smile as proof.  He won’t lack for love and attention, as he now has 2 foster Moms, plus 2 sisters who are crazy about him.  The 4 boys in Ernestina’s house just laugh at how everyone “coos” over the baby.  Boys will be boys and it is obvious that babies are not their thing. Daniel is in need of TWO $30/month sponsors.  At $6/can of formula, he will easily eat $50/month in formula and is only a month away from needing cereal to appease his hearty appetite! A FIGHT IN CHURCH ENDS IN A SALVATION    Geraldo, 9 years old, was a new face in the Rovuma Church last Sunday.  He was sitting among the 80+ boys in attendance,  when one of the boys said something to him that made him mad.  So Geraldo did what seemed natural to him, and jumped on top of the boy while everyone else was singing.  I was nearby, so grabbed his collar, and hauled him off the other boy.  The ushers came to my aid, hauling him outside for counseling.  He had a “sling shot” hanging around his neck, so I removed that for everyone’s safety.  After counseling, he was allowed to sit alone in the back of the church till Sunday School time, as I promised to return his slingshot after the Sunday School lesson. When we completed praising JESUS (I noticed Geraldo was enjoying the singing), and teaching the Sunday school lesson, I called Geraldo to come up front before the all the children.  We asked him about the fight and he told us his story.   He had never been in a church before, and was just visiting family as it was school holidays.  He asked us if he Jesus could love him, even though he had done a bad thing. It was all I could do to keep the tears from flowing. Geraldo asked forgiveness for his sins, and told Jesus he loved him.  His entire countenance changed, so we knew this was for real. We have a church in his home village, and he says he will start going there.   NEVER DOUBT THE POWER OF JESUS’ LOVE.  Children are very sensitive to the spiritual realm.  Even unsaved children know the real thing when they see it. AWANA TEAMS SAW OVER 300 CHILDREN COME TO CHRIST LAST WEEK   ROVUMA AWANA CLUB broke the attendance record today with 316 children in attendance!!!! Old Record was from Nacala Village last Saturday with 240 present. Most of our teams report 150 to 200 children in attendance in 10 locations each week. Needless to say, our Candy Bill (each child gets 1 piece for attendance), is out of sight! It’s a great problem to have!  I’m just thrilled that over 2,000 children/week are being impacted through the 10 AWANA TEAMS we have on the field right now. This week, 6 more Pastors will be trained and equipped with all they need to start AWANA CLUBS in their villages. Our goal is to reach all 80,000 children in Balama by December if we can. Our Pastors in Meluco and Namuno Districts are also in the process of organizing AWANA Clubs for their churches. The goal for these 3 Districts is to reach the estimated 200,000 children living there with the Story of Jesus by Sept. 2015. HOUSE SPONSORED FOR THE ROVUMA WOMAN WITH 11 CHILDREN (4 ORPHANS), NOW COMPLETED           Since most of the children are girls, we took them 5 beds, grass mats and blankets today so they could move into their new home.  The littlest ones sleep with the older girls, so 5 beds was plenty. The 2 boys are both older teenagers, and have taken over the house of the blind woman who died, leaving the 4 orphans with her sister who already had 7 of her own.  The teenage girl in the photo, holding the baby, is the oldest, and helps her Mom care for all the children.           A BIG THANK YOU to our supporters who made this happen.  One gave the house, while others gave the blankets, beds, plates, cups, and cooking pans that were essential to help this Mom cope with the added needs of the family. TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! ASHLYNN GRABILL RETURNS FROM RSA ON THURSDAY WITH RESIDENCY VISA We will delay taking her to Immigration to complete her Residency process until Sept. 16th, as the Mozambique President is coming to Balama next Tuesday.  With over 100,000 people flowing into our area, travel is not the wisest thing to do.  Many government offices do not operate at all when famous people are in town. So we will avoid the hassles, and just stay home till his tour is over. Elections are October 15th and this is his final campaign tour in our Province (State). Blessings, Bush Bunny Brenda Lange Balama Blazers: Katie Polcyn Ashlynn Grabill

FROM "BUSH BUNNY BRENDA"

DATE:SEPT. 10, 2014

Hello Friends,   If you were not able to open the video link to see Zito walking in Brenda's last Blog. we are sending you another link that will open the "Zito Walks" video for you via our website and You Tube.   To see a TRUE MIRACLE........CLICK HERE!   http://www.orphansunlimited.org/zito-is-walking/   BLESSINGS TO ALL, Linda

Happy birthday mollie

My sweet Mollie is 20 today.  Happy birthday.  I love you.