Inheritance

Today was a really important day in the life of our family. Our court date happened in Rwanda, and a judge decided that (Cooper's) life will forever be intertwined with ours. Today he is Cooper (with a few names in between) Spore!

Yesterday Chad and I were talking about what would change at the moment the judge made this decision. At that moment, Cooper went from owning absolutely nothing to being joint heirs with our other four children. At that moment, he went from having no one to call his own to having a Mommy and Daddy, two sisters and two brothers, two grandmas, two grandpas, four great-grandmas, two great-grandpas, four aunties, five uncles, eight cousins, way too many second cousins to mention, and a church family who has sacrificially given and prayed for him for months!

During this entire adoption process, we have seen many parallels with what God has done for us when He adopts us as His children. I think we saw the strongest, most beautiful parallel as we were talking about Cooper's inheritance. At the moment each of us accepts Jesus' forgiveness for our sins, we are grafted into God's forever family. We go from being spiritually bankrupt and destitute to being joint heirs with Jesus Christ!

And today, Chad and I have gained a son. We are humbled and amazed that God chose us to love this beautiful baby boy. It is possible we will leave as soon as this Thursday to go get our son. Please pray we can get plane tickets!