U.S. legislation to open up adoption for Haitian orphans gains momentum

Bill Terpstra, of the Haiti Orphan Task Force (HOTF), has been working with Paul Pennington from Hope for Orphans to gain sponsorship of HR 4603. They currently have 4 senators (2 Republican and 2 Democrat) who are interested in sponsorship and Lamar Smith (Texas), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, is also considering co-sponsorship.

In an email to HOTF partners, Bill states that God is moving and he believes that the groundswell of public passion and interest in the Haitian orphan crisis could be enlarging a much greater army of support for the FACE Act that Senator Mary Landrieu is advocating for.

Attached here are the REVISED documents for HOTF. They have changed the name back to the original - “Haiti Orphan Task Force” since Haiti Orphan Relief Team (HORT) is the name being used by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Bill is working on a partnership with them to work towards the goal of uniting everyone in a position to help in order to secure the rescue and care of every Haitian orphan possible.

HOTF's blog is http://haitiorphanreliefteam.blogspot.com.