Pedro's adjustment to his family

 Pedro and our whole family are finally "complete?" and adjusting well. Pedro has surprised me so much in the way that he just jumps in. He went to school just 3 days after entering the US by his choice. Guess he figured there would always be a first day and that just staying home with mom might be pretty boring. He also LOVES to play futbol so to get started in school might have meant making friends to play futbol with. Yes he does have to go at it alone in some classes. He does have 2 spanish speaking teachers, he is in off-season football so that you don't have to know alot of english just what do what he loves to do. Work-out and play! Then several of his other classes are with his sister so it works out pretty good.
 He had his first futbol practice the first weekend he was home to and loved it. He is going to play on a pretty competitive traveling team that the Lord worked out for him during the process and will have a 3 on 3 tournament this weekend. So as you can see we hit the ground running but with adopting a teenager things are much different and you just have to work around there comfort zone and take it one day at a time. There will always be things he does alittle different than my other 2 teenagers because of the big culture difference but overall I think he fits like a glove in our family. So thankful God chose us to be his family and the Lord continues to grows us and there is definatly a new lesson for my kids in this situation. A lesson on compassion within our own family when sometimes we take each other for granted and not treat each other the way we should.
 Pedro also got to experience his first snow! Not sure if he liked the hit in the face he received but sure liked given it. We have snow on the ground today and expect it pretty much all week. So we will continue with new experiences, hopefully go sledding this week and will press on getting to know each other more and more. And as his mom I will say for those that fear adopting a older child, I had so much anxiety even though I knew I loved him and he was a sweet boy and the Lord definatly called us to adopt him, the fear of how to relate and to communicate with him was so scary but let me tell you even as a 14 year old boy there is still a sweetness with momma and her son and communicating, it just takes care of itself.Pedro and his cousin Bryce.