Words from Carlos

Hola Amigos. Como Estan? Quiero jugar soccer. Me llamo Carlos Andres, pero mi mama y papa me llaman Charlie Brown. Estoy muy feliz con mi nueva familia. Quiero espero ver a Angie y Judi. Por favor Mr. Triemstra quiero aprendre manejar carros.
Carlos
Translation:
Hello friends. How are you? I like to play soccer. My name is Carlos Andres, but my mom and dad call me Charlie Brown. I am very happy with my new family. I want to see Angie & Judi. Please Mr. Triemstra, I would appreciate a ride in your car.
Carlos
Today was another uneventful day...until before dinner. We have made some friends from France who are adopting a 5 year old boy. We have spent a fair amount of time with them at the park and on our outings. They met their son 2 weeks ago as well. They have been struggling with some temper tantrums. Well, today they were feeling frustrated with how things were going and asked their son "do you want to go with us to France or not?" They told him that they loved him, but didn't want to continue if he wasn't desiring to be a part of their family. He told them that he didn't want to go with them to France. Well, Carlos understood their dilemma and being a Spanish speaking friend, he offered to go and talk to him. Carlos went into their room with their son and just the two of them spent some time talking. When their son came out of the room he went right over to his mom and gave her a kiss and gave his dad a big hug.
Some of you already know this, but 2 weeks before we had our "presentation date", a horrible mistake happened and we were unaware of a presentation date that had been assigned. Carlos went to meet us at the adoption office, and we didn't even know we were supposed to be there!! Carlos was rightfully upset as were we. We know all things work for good, but didn't know why we missed that date and why our new date was 2 weeks later? Knowing God has a perfect plan, today we asked ourselves if Carlos was needed for this exact moment. To help another young boy understand the wonderful importance of a family. Carlos waited 13 years to be in a family, he could share with this young boy his feelings. What a wonderful experience!! Please pray for this wonderful French family as they continue to work through this process. Pray that their son - Estaban- will open his heart to them and they may feel the love of a family. Praise God for Carlos and the wonderful friend he was today. Carlos and his mom

P.S. For the Triemstras...Carlos is an avid car enthusiast. He loves fast cars. Today when we saw a mustang he went crazy. We told him that our amigos in the United States - the Triemstras have one. We told him that we would do our best to talk Mr. Triemstra into giving him a ride when we get home.