For those of you who don't already know.....

There has been a story in the news that broke on Friday about a single mom from Shelbyville, TN who sent her 7 year old adopted son BACK to Russia on a one-way ticket with a letter explaining to officials that she could no longer parent this child. She said he had mental problems that the orphanage caregivers lied to her about, etc. etc. You can read about it online. The big problem is that this outraged Russian govt. (understandably so), and they said they wanted to halt all Russian adoptions until a new agreement/reform could be put in place.

So, we learned about this from Wes's sister while we were at JFK getting ready to board our plane to Moscow. We spoke with our family coordinator, and her contacts in Russia told us to continue with our plans. Their hope is that since our court date is so soon (Tues), that we'll still be fine and be able to continue as planned.

PLEASE continue to pray that God will work miracles and pave the way for our court date to go as planned. We feel that He will take care of us. However, the court hearing will be very stressful with this breaking news, b/c I'm sure the judge will be concerned about this and probe us with many questions.

Thanks everyone!