This is from a message that I sent out on March 6th to many family and friends (pre-Blog)...

There are some changes in the process that are being proposed by the Guatemalan President (Oscar Berger) that could interrupt all international adoptions in Guatemala. This means that I could lose Charlie (and the option of adopting from Guatemala); hopefully that will not occur. You may have heard that I flew (unexpectedly) to Guatemala last week ago to sign a document (Power of Attorney). My goal was to get my adoption to a state where normally adoptions would be 'grandfathered' in and thus not affected by process changes. Unfortunately, this new proposal later announced that it will not consider 'grandfathering' in adoptions that are in process. The proposed changes, while trying to deal with ethical issues are introducing new issues that will cause thousands of kids each year to wind up in underfunded institutional care (or on the streets). While Berger and his team work through the proposal implementation, we keep moving forward. I'll have more info in the coming weeks. Until then, please keep us in your prayers.

On a lighter note, while I was in Guatemala I was able to have Charlie with me for 2 days. I met his foster mom, who is wonderful. Hopefully I'll get him home!