We are still $1000 from being fully funded and the longer stay is making the financial strain even harder. Chris is missing even more work and the cost of living is a bit more than we anticipated with these 5. To be honest, they eat 3-4 times more than us... And that's with us monitoring and making them wait until later for MORE after their second and third portions. Anyway, if you could share this on your blogs and fb and let anyone know, perhaps God will place it upon some ones heart to help us and our five orphans - NO-MORE.
Today we awoke (kids actually slept until 7am, which is better than 5 and 6am, whew!), ate breakfast, got ready, played some here at a small Park by our apartment, walked the 2 miles to the bigger Park, played for several hours, and ate ice-cream. Our kids LOVE babies and are so gentle with them. But they also are a bit too hands on with babies for some people's taste. Jonathan and Elijah took a special liking to a sweet little 15 month old girl. With how they kept fixing her hair, helping her up and down play equipment, and pretty much keeping their hands all over her, I was concerned that the man and woman she was with would be irritated. I approached them and asked if they spoke English. He spoke English very well, so I let him know that it was perfectly fine to ask our boys to stop or just let her be. I explained our situation too. He said that the boys were fine, were very gentle, and his friends daughter was so happy playing with them. He said he saw a light in our eyes that no Ukrainian has. He said it is something about us that he knew us taking them into our family was a very good thing, he said he was very happy in his heart that we were taking them to America and in our family. He talked about the unhappy lives that Ukrainian people live because they are not satisfied with anything - a husband, a wife, a job, a house. He thought that was why there was not that light in their eyes like there is in ours. He thanked us for doing what we are doing. We talked to him about his gift of playing the violin, and we told him that we felt the children and the ability to have all 9 of ours was like his gift of playing the violin, and these gifts from from God. What encouragement! And I needed that encouragement for what was to come. Alex, our facilitator, called to let us know that 2 days ago all 5 passports were ready, but for some reason they did not send Hannah's to Kiev. And, again, they did not send it, so we cannot have our embassy appointment tomorrow, which means we cannot leave Friday. We cannot have our appointment Friday because they are closed for the American Independence Day. So, our only option is to have our embassy appointment Monday and leave Tuesday. I was so angry, ready to cry. I want to see my 4 children in America! I miss them. But a crazy thought went through my mind: Perhaps God wants someone to see that light in our eyes for a few more days. We left the park and ate, then watched some musicians who were playing by the street. We donated to them to capture an opportunity to have our kids give, as they only want want want. They did great. They tend to laugh at anyone who is shorter, walks with a limp, is very old, or who begs on the side of the road. Today they laughed at a grandma who was begging. I told them not to, but to show her love. They said, "NO!" Later we saw a man covered in sores, with no shoes, sitting with what looked like all of his possessions and flies swarming around his feet. The kids looked at him in Part disgust, part familiarity that I can't explain, then they looked at me. I was smiling at him, and my sweet children did not laugh but gave him their precious smiles. And a ways down, we parted hands to pass an elderly man walking very slowly with a cane. The kids turned to look at him. They looked at me. I said, "Loo Bloo?" which means love. They gave me their sweet smiles and said yes. Then I told them to blow kisses to him, and they did. I wish I could explain the glow on that wrinkled face and the smiled that followed. I could not have asked for something to warm my heart more . We are now home(our temporary home in Ukraine), have washed our feet from the long adventure in sandals, and our five are snuggled under the sheets. It has been a good day.
We are still $1000 from being fully funded and the longer stay is making the financial strain even harder. Chris is missing even more work and the cost of living is a bit more than we anticipated with these 5. To be honest, they eat 3-4 times more than us... And that's with us monitoring and making them wait until later for MORE after their second and third portions. Anyway, if you could share this on your blogs and fb and let anyone know, perhaps God will place it upon some ones heart to help us and our five orphans - NO-MORE.
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