Approved!!!

Our petition to get Sam was upheld and we were given a positive ruling. That is a fancy Russian way of saying we are now Sam's parents. The judge asked about 20 times if we were sure we wanted to adopted, and we are still are sure that we want him. We are very excited, so we celebrated the safest way we could think of by eating at McDonald's. And yes, somehow we ended up with 3 Big Mac's and 3 Fantas even though Carrie held up her finger and said 2. There was something strange in my Fanta too. We probably won't go back there. But Carrie says, "Desperate times...."

I spoke most of the time during court. We had already decided that well before they gave us the option of either of us speaking. I really only was tripped up twice. Once during our prepared speech, and during a question I really didn't understand. And a got a few laughs which is good.

Thank you for all your prayers. They made a poor public speaker a better one.

We will get to see Sam on Thursday and Friday and three times next week. I am really looking forward to those visits, but I am also looking forward to our break times in between our visits.

God is a powerful God. He soften the heart of a judge that thought we had no logical reason to adopt. All praises be to God! I am thankful everyday that He adopts into His family!

Time to rest!