Dale and I are glad this first legal stage is over.  It has been stressful, but the challanges are teaching us much.  It has taught us that our freedom lies within, and no one can take that freedom away.   Judge Howard had a difficult task before him today in sentencing us, but he was wise to consider our children's well being, and we are very thrilled with his decision to allow us to stay as a family unit, which was our main concern.   The judge also realizes that jail time will not reform us, because he has witnessed our faith runs very deep.   God has written His Word upon our hearts and we can not disobey what is written there.  We are always thinking about Kara, we walk by her room everyday, which is kept open.   God has been our comfort and the healer of our broken hearts, so now we  walk in JOY knowing Kara is in a most glorious place called Heaven.  She is with Jesus.