Orphans Unlimited Report

Date: June 19, 2011 1:26:08 AM CDT

Subject: Blog June 19, 2011

WHAT WAS THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE…Was completed in 15 days!!!!

Our team of super missionaries and 80 Mozambican men did an amazingjob by moving 30-35 TONS of corn per day!

God sent me the most amazing team of missionary helpers this year, and I can't thank them enough for their sweat and determination in makingthis happen in record time. Some days they were hard to recognize under all the dirt stuck to their bodies. Nothing was white except their mouth and nose which was covered by a dust mask. But nothing deterred them,and their hard work will feed the multitudes over the next 12 months.

450 TONS of corn and 104 TONS of dried beans now fill our 3 barns to the brim! Sylvai, our orphanage administrator in Meluco, says that UNICEF was so impressed with our assistance of orphans in Meluco County, that they are taking their assistance to other counties in this state where Orphans Unlimited doesn’t work. Their words were “you’ve got itcovered”. "We'll go where you aren't working."That is quite a compliment coming from such a large organization.

DISTRIBUTION STARTS THIS WEEK TO MELUCO COUNTY’S 511 ORPHANS

Drought during the rainy season killed most of the corn and beans inMeluco where the “Elephant Village” kids and 400 other orphans live.

This Tuesday, our 6 ton truck will begin the first of 12, TWO DAYtrips (9 hours each way) to provide the food needed for the 511orphans we now assist in Meluco County

THANKS TO YOUR LOVE GIFTS.WATER WELLS DRILLING IN MELUCO COUNTY STARTS THIS WEEKFOUR WELLS will be drilled in 4 different villages of Meluco countywhere water is in short supply.

These people have lived for many years with strict, "county wide"water rationing due to the lack of working wells.Thanks to your Love Gifts, O.U.’s water well team repaired 17 wells inthat county last year bringing much relief to those villages.These 4 new wells are being placed where no water wells exist.

YOUR LOVE GIFTS ARE MAKING A BIG IMPACT ON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.By showing the Love of Jesus, we know that GOD’S LIVING WATER (HisWord) will follow as these people come to know the one true God wholoves them so.

BUSH BUNNY TIDBIT:Two days ago, 5 men came to my door. They are members of our Nsewe Bchurch which we planted last year in the remotest village of ourcounty. (one of the "ends of the earth places" the Bible talks about)What was a village "lost in witch craft", is now “seeing the Light”,and boasting over 50 church members. These church members formed an agricultural coop, so we agreed to buy corn from their bountiful harvest this year.These church members took their TITHE and bought 5 sacks of cement in order to cement the pulpit area of their church. They came to me,asking help to transport the cement the 24 miles to their village. Dave Deboer gladly delivered it for them.This act of responsibility in paying their Tithe is VERY RARE in our churches, and I admit that it brought tears to my eyes.It usually takes YEARS to get these people to understand tithing.

THE WIDOW’S MITE:For the second time, the widows of our 23 orphan homes in Balamabrought in their tithe. Last Sunday, these widows, who dedicated their “retirement years” to caring for orphans, marched in together with colourful fabric wrapped around cook pans full of corn and beans. Each year, we give these woman a small area of our 40 acres to farm. Armed with hoes and machetes, they do a wonderful job of training our orphans to farm. Their testimony is strong, as all are elderly, some blind, and others crippled. They abound in determination, and God honors their “love” each year with a bountiful harvest.

Blessings, my friends!

Bush Bunny Brenda and the Balama Staff