Power of Attorney

The director of our agency left on a plane yesterday headed for Ethiopia. In order to represent us in court, there are attorneys and they need a power of attorney letter (allowing a rep. to stand in court for our case) from the adopting family as well as a power of attorney from the agency's owner. Our director's POA (power of attorney) expires in July 2008. The court interpreted this as the BEGINNING of July, and Hope interpreted it as the END of July. So the court is requiring a new agency power of attorney before they will sign off on any of Hope's cases. Since providing the court with a new POA requires going through a whole long authentication process and DHL to Ethiopia, he doesn't have time to do this or none of us will make it before courts close. Therefore, he is just going to go to Ethiopia and appear in court for each of our cases in person. If he is there he does not need a piece of paper allowing someone to stand in court for him. It is amazing to see his dedication for these kids. He even had a family vacation planned, but rescheduled it due to his dropping everything and heading to Ethiopia. We are blessed to be with Hope Adoption Agency!

We have 9 more days till we know if our little girl is "legally" ours. There are several families with court dates in the next few weeks. Please pray that we will all make it through court before closure!