New Country, New School, New Language

Samuel's first day of school was Monday and we are incredibly proud of our brave boy.  He met his teacher early and then we went to the front to stand in with all the other students.  There are between 4 and 500 students.  We went to his classroom and Sam was introduced to his deskmate.  She is a Ch*nese girl who will keep him in line! She seems incredibly smart and focused (today she let Sam have it for coloring the wrong space), but he seems to like her anyway.

Sam and his teacher Ingel Anna

Then it was time for David and I to leave and Daddy stayed (Sam chose Andreas because he could understand the language the best).  Andreas kept me up to date with sms on how Sam was doing.  He was just Sam and we are so thankful that this has been an easier transition than we thought it would be.  So far he has been incredibly upbeat about his school (even though it is in a different language, it is grade 3 instead of two..which he would have been in in Sweden..and all new people and school).  He says he understands most everything, but when he doesn't he just tries to do what everyone else is doing.  Sam even chased the girls on his first day there...that's my boy.  

We understand that there still might be some hard transitional days but Samuel is passing with flying colors.  He is truly amazing!  This child has had tons of transitions in his life and he seems to take them better than anyone I know.

Praise Jesus for my Sam... he continues to amaze us and show his precious heart and quality.

Blessings,
Laurie
(please forgive the blurry pics...the lens is broken and we need a new one)