Fly Home Mother’s Day SALE

Mother’s Day May 10th! That’s only 3 weeks away!

We’ve got a limited stock of birds left and for TODAY ONLY* we are cutting prices in half!!!!

Regularly they are $20 each or 2 for $30
But today only you can get them for $10 each or 2 for $20
AND if you purchase 2 or more (shipped to the same address) you get FREE SHIPPING!!!!

We are still working to Fly Home a new son and daughter from Ukraine! Help us get that much closer. 

There are plenty of  both Hummingbirds and the little Jay on Praise Him! Praise Him!  
but very limited stock of Cardinals and Blue Jays. Get them quick!

Order now at this link and pay via PayPal and we will get them in the mail tomorrow (Monday 4/20/2020).

We'll ship directly to you or your mother! Let us know in the Mailing address spot on the order form.

* TODAY ONLY = Sunday, April 19, 2020

Ink, Quarantine, and Birds

I ordered the wrong ink

Last weekend we were sent one more paper to print, notarize and apostille. But I was out of ink. And I'm avoiding Walmart cause... well, it's crazier than normal. And they don't have toilet paper anyway. 
So I ordered ink. And it came a day earlier than expected. And I ran to put it in the printer and... it's the wrong size. (Although it look exactly the same *eye roll*).

So I HAD to go to Walmart to exchange it. 

So we also bought a few other things. (but no toilet paper - found that at Dollar General). 

But then The Daddy isn't home to sign it... so.... we wait. Again. 

(Before I could edit and add links and pictures Gene came home and a sweet friend Notarized them for us. Thanks Mary Ann!)


In somewhat happier news, Andrii's radiation treatment is going well. He still gets a few

FaceTime with Andrii

visitors. And a friend even got to go to radiation with him. I got to talk with him on Thursday and tell him good night. He looked really good!

There is still fundraising happening to help cover parts of his medical needs. Some testing and nursing care and MRIs. More on that can be found here. 

Haven't heard much from Anastasia this week.

Today, Ava went to Aldi with me. Which was a huge blessing because they had limited the number of gallons of milk you can buy to just 2. Which is totally ridiculous to someone that normally gets 6. Since she didn't need milk she got 2 for me with her order. What a relief! 
But I'll still have to go to the store again sooner. Which flys against this whole "shelter at home" malarkey. 

This whole mess is becoming silly. All these talking heads.... (*huge eye roll* followed by mumbling about the Constitution and rights...). 
Only sick people should be quarantined. We may bust out. (We may have already.)

And we, all 8945 that seem to live here, are not sick.  We are only sick of hearing about it ALL the time!
So, while a few weeks ago I was all about our Grand people staying home and away from others who could be carriers (like us), now... well, this is no way for any people to live life. Especially our hurting and elderly and those who have lost a loved one. It's hard to show how much you care from far away. 

"The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.' On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together."

I Corinthians 12:22-26

Can you tell that even this homebody is fed up?  

"Security without liberty is called prison." 

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

(*stepping off soap box* *noting that, if this is a prison, it's a pretty nice prison*)

We have made use of our park passes and continue to be thankful for the beautiful weather and room to roam. 

And we still have Fly Home bird prints for sale! Only a few of some but lots of hummingbird prints! 

The printer was closed and now someone else is "helping" and I'm not sure when we will order more. We had hoped Spring festivals would be a help to us... but those are all canceled. 

So look for a SALE SOON (like tomorrow). I'll link it when it goes live.

And we are still waiting for grants. But like everything else, many are paused. Some are waiting on an update from us that things are moving forward. 

It WILL happen. Soon. 

It just will.

While we wait

Last April we were busy compiling all the things for our homestudy. Our first home visit from the social worker was April 20th, 2019. Easter (my favorite holiday) took a back seat to this important task. Our Passover meal was skipped entirely. We celebrated birthdays and mourned the loss of a dear young friend.
That first goal, to complete the homestudy took a LONG time to reach. One piece of paper held us up for months. Like much of this process, it was totally out of our hands.
Last week, despite slow downs and total shutdowns, our Dossier was shipped to our facilitator in Ukraine.

This week Andrii celebrated his 16th birthday. We thought we'd be celebrating with him. A year ago we thought our biggest concern for him would be if he should get a learners license. We were looking forward to the happy "honeymoon phase" and watching the two of them relax into a huge new normal. I thought by now I'd be hugging them good morning and kissing them goodnight.
We thought by now life would look different than this. 

Ukraine hopes to reopen offices April 24th. What will that mean for us?
Will travel open back up? Next month? This summer? Could we go if they called us?
What will the timeline look like now?

We long to wrap these kids in love and hugs.
It’s hard for this mama to stay focused on task. I’m working in circles.
Psalm 91 continues to be a comfort. As well as our continuing study of Genesis.

Joseph was in some terrible trouble. “The Lord was with Joseph...” (Genesis 39:2) and made him a successful slave. But more trouble came “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor...” (Genesis 39:21) as a prisoner. The Lord never left Joseph, but prepared him for the responsibilities to come. The Lord had Joseph wait two long years before he was brought before Pharaoh (Genesis 41), but God was still with him, it was evident even to Pharaoh. And He was promoted and continued to succeed.
God is with us too. Tenderly loving us. Preparing us for what is to come. We are challenged to remember that God holds us in his hands, for His plans, in His timing. And “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16)