Jeremy and Rachel Smith

are adopting 3 children from Liberia

Here is our Adoption Journey so far…

We started this process of adopting 2 little girls from Liberia in April of 2022.

After visiting Liberia for 5 months in 2024, we decided to additionally adopt a little boy. This little guy, already bonded to our Liberian daughters, also became very close to our entire family during our time in Liberia, and now, life without him with us is unimaginable.

We chose Liberia because we are impressed by Liberia’s resilience and progress as a war torn country that is healing from so much. Liberia works hard to allow adoptions when necessary and to reunite families whenever possible. We are grateful Liberia is allowing us to adopt our daughters, and hopeful as we watch Liberia grow as a country.

We started this journey in April of 2022.

In May of 2023, with the help of our friends and family, church, community, and organizations like Noonday Collection, Phill the Box, Funds2Orgs, and Adopt Together, we reached our fundraising goals to make our adoption possible. At that time, we anticipated our Liberian daughters would be joining our family in 3-6 months time.

We did not get any solid updates for months, until November of 2023, when adoptions for multiple agencies, including our agency, were suspended in Liberia, which prompted our visit to bond with our kids and explore all avenues in person in February of 2024. We returned home in July of 2024 after exhausting all resources to unite our family permanently.

There are multiple political conflicts that brought adoptions to a halt in November of 2023. Although these political conflicts put Liberian children at risk, the layers of the conflicts are multifaceted and complicated beyond the adoption process itself.

As we continue to wait, we are committed to intentional international parenting. We will continue to visit as much as we can and continue to pursue every avenue to unite our family on one continent. We appreciate any encouragement as we continue to walk this road.

Adoption Status

Matched

Adoption Agency

Small World Adoption Agency

Updates

  • Update 234

    Day 823. Adopt from Liberia.

    June 28, 2024

    We took our Liberian daughters to a fancy restaurant today for our farewell lunch. It was so much fun to be out and about as a family. We are beyond sad to leave them here. We need the Liberian and US government officials to do better. As we journey home without them, we anticipate 2 more trips to Liberia that only one parent will go and the other will stay in the US working to keep our lights on in Florida. Any help in any form is always appreciated. We have no idea how long this will take or how much money it will cost. We are grateful for the hospitality of so many Liberians during the last 5 months of living here. We will miss them and are forever indebted to them for their assistance and compassion.

  • Update 233

    Day 820. Adopt from Liberia.

    June 25, 2024

    Out of words..

  • Update 232

    Day 819. Adopt from Liberia.

    June 24, 2024

    Out of hope…

  • Update 231

    DAY 818. Adopt from Liberia

    June 23, 2024

    Hoping for miracles…

  • Update 230

    Day 817. Adopt from Liberia.

    June 22, 2024

    Number of Days Living in Liberia: 130
    Number of Days of Daily Videos: 174
    Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 817
    Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,157

    Venmo option to donate to HOBI orphanage:

    https://www.venmo.com/u/HOBICHILDREN

    YouTube link to subscribe:

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY

    Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA

    Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster

    Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
    @Rachel-Smith-964

    To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:

    Bruce Family:
    https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
     
    Butler Family:
    http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
     
    Coffman Family:
    http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s

    Godfrey Family:
    https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys 
     
     Lipe Family:
    https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
     
    McGafee:
    http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
     
    Smith Family:
    https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
     
    Whitney Family:
    http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys

$56,907 raised of $68,000 goal
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Matching Donors

  • Devon (Happy Birthday Sadie!!) matched $500
  • Devon matched $500
  • Anonymous matched $1,000

Donations 122

  • Pam & Mike gave $100
    Sending our love and best wishes
  • Anonymous gave $1,000
  • Debra McDowell gave $50
    You are a blessing in this world 💓
  • Jimmy & Trudy Hughes gave $100
    Love you!
  • Kristie Larsh gave an undisclosed amount
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
  • Agne Gaijaouskaite gave $50
    All my love to your beautiful family ♥️❤️♥️
  • Keri Thompson gave an undisclosed amount
    Love you guys!!!!!
  • Devon gave an undisclosed amount
  • Karen Harder gave $200
    Jeremy and Family - thank you for extending yourselves and the many sacrifices to ensure these less fortunate children have a loving home. And by the way, Sadie and I share the same birthday (12-1). Many prayers and blessings.