Court Day!

It is early Wednesday morning in Penza. Our court date is today, at 10:00 AM (11:00 PM Tuesday, California time). Yesterday (Tuesday) was a day of running around.

We went to have Jessica and Sam’s chest x-rays taken for the American embassy in Moscow, but the person who does this for adoptions was sick, so we’ll have to do it another day. We did some shopping, picked up the pictures for their visas and some more pictures of our house for the court. We left Jessica and Sam at a movie theater (Vadim said it would be alright!) to watch a first run movie (in Russian) – they were very excited! We left Nathan at the hotel to watch one of his movies (he was very excited), and we went to the Folk Art Museum and souvenir shopping (Cyndy was very excited!)! Glen was still pondering the beef tongue we had for breakfast in the hotel restaurant!

After we all got “home” we hung out together. Cyndy worked English flash cards with the Russian kids while Glen worked on the “speech” he has to make to the Penza court today. We played “spoons” and just generally had a good time together. Nathan started not feeling well, so he went to bed early. He says he is still not feeling well. And Sam has a nasty cough. Pray for good health.

Everyone tells us that the court appearance today is a mere formality. But I (Glen) am quite nervous and anxious. It has been a long journey and we have waded through a lot of red tape. The judge COULD say no. But God called us to this, and God will see us through. We have been faithful to what we believed God called us to do, and so we must trust Him. Thank you, all, for your prayers and support! We will post again tonight (tomorrow morning for you in the US) and let you know how it all went. Hopefully, we have more pictures, too.

From Russia, with love,

Glen, Cyndy, Nathan, Jessica and Sam