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
Adoption Agency
Updates
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Update 231
DAY 818. Adopt from Liberia
June 23, 2024Hoping for miracles…
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Update 230
Day 817. Adopt from Liberia.
June 22, 2024Number 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: 1,157Venmo 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/ADOPTIONINLIBERIAClick 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-964To 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-sGodfrey 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 -
Update 229
Day 814. Adopt from Liberia.
June 19, 2024“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not!”
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Update 228
Day 813. Adopt from Liberia.
June 18, 2024Number of Days Living in Liberia: 126
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 170
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 813
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,153YouTube 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/ADOPTIONINLIBERIAClick 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-964To 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-sGodfrey 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 -
Update 227
Day 812. Adopt from Liberia.
June 17, 2024Number of Days Living in Liberia: 125
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 169
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 812
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,152YouTube 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/ADOPTIONINLIBERIAClick 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-964To 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-sGodfrey 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
Matching Donors
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Anonymous is matching $1,000 -
Devon (Happy Birthday Sadie!!) matched $500
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Devon matched $500
Donations 121
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Anonymous gave $1,000
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Debra McDowell gave $50You are a blessing in this world 💓
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Jimmy & Trudy Hughes gave $100Love you!
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Kristie Larsh gave an undisclosed amount
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Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
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Agne Gaijaouskaite gave $50All my love to your beautiful family ♥️❤️♥️
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Keri Thompson gave an undisclosed amountLove you guys!!!!!
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Devon gave an undisclosed amount
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Karen Harder gave $200Jeremy 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.
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Anonymous gave $30