Today was "Adoption Day" for our precious daughter - Hope!
The Champaign County Circuit Court in Champaign, IL issued a Judgement of Adoption today as a final step in the adoption process.
There was a portion of the cout hearing today that really moved me:
The said minor [Hope Tizita]...shall be duly and legally adopted child of the Petitionors [Andy and Jill Lehman] capable of inheriting their estate and shall be for all intents and purposes the child of the said Petitioners...
Hope is no longer an orphan.
Through adoption - Hope is permanently and legally...our daughter...a Lehman. She now officially has every legal right and privilege that our other 3 children have.
How is it that this little girl born in a thatched roof hut in the bush of Ethiopia - now has every legal right and privilege to receive a financial inheritance and legal right to our estate?
How awesome is that!?!
My mind quickly returns to the little room in a small building in Ethiopia earlier this May where Jill and I made a commitment to Hope's biological father that we will share our faith in Jesus Christ with Hope and raise her to know our Lord.
This gift of salvation is the ultimate inheritance.
