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

Travel Planned

Adoption Agency

Small World Adoption Agency

Updates

  • Update 278

    Day 1067. Adopt from Liberia. Keep going.

    February 28, 2025

    We received such a positive update yesterday! Now we need to move as quickly as possible to find the remaining $6320.00 for our son’s fees. If you live in Tennessee or Florida, contact us if you have any textiles to donate!

    To shop Noonday Collection to benefit our adoption, click here: https://noondaycollection.com/rachelsmith-audrey

    We are so grateful to everyone for watching and sharing our videos and our story.

  • Update 277

    Day 1066. Adopt from Liberia.

    February 27, 2025

    So happy to finally have good news!

    Thank you to everyone who reached out to various government officials and God Almighty on behalf of our children.

    Our agency received formal notification they are no longer under investigation in Liberia. Furthermore, their investigation revealed no wrongdoing by our agency’s adoption practices or overall business processes.

    The Liberian government did give some
    homework tasks for our agency to complete before they will allow normal business operations to resume. These tasks are not complicated, and our agency will work to complete them expeditiously.

    So when will our kids come home?

    This is still impossible to predict, but it boils down to 4 steps.
    1. Tasks are completed in Liberia, (may be a week, may be a month)
    2. We then will have to wait for IAAME (US government overseers) to review everything and give permission for our agency fo resume business operations. (Best case scenario a week, worst a month)
    3. Our children’s case history reports must be signed and released by the Liberian government so we can schedule a Liberian Court Date to adopt them in Liberia. (Could be a week or could be 3 months for the girls, could be 10 months for our son). *We are prepared to bring the girls home and go back later our son. A miracle of paperwork brings them home together . We still need $6,448.00 for our son’s adoption fees before he can come home.

    4. We apply at the U.S. Embassy in Liberia for emigration of our kids. (Could take 3 days, 3 weeks, or could be 3 months with DNA confirmation requests, or could get denied and sent to USCIS (immigration) to await review within 13 months.

    So the good news is, we see a way forward and the Liberian government is now willing to conduct business with our adoption agency.

    In a perfect world, this kind of stuff never happens, but we live in a fallen world. That’s why these kids need us.

    Thank you for your prayers and support and encouragement and emails and donations and every effort to help us
    keep…. …going.

    We hope these last few steps go quickly. Best case scenario means our kids are home by June. Worst case is Christmas 2025.
    Regardless, the shift in trajectory today is a miraculous one. Thank you for following us on this lengthy rescue mission. Today, we will just enjoy the miracle that God has offered.

  • Update 276

    Day 1048. Adopt from Liberia

    February 9, 2025

    Liberian Culture Long Term + Noonday + Super Bowl Sunday!=

    So many good things..

  • Update 275

    Day 1045. Adopt from Liberia. Noonday Spring Launch!

    February 6, 2025

    We are using our Noonday Colllection powers for good! We still need $8,864.00 for our son’s adoption.

    To shop Noonday for our adoption, click here: https://noondaycollection.com/rachelsmith-noondayforarthur2

    We are also assisting HOBI with their grocery bills for March.

    To shop Noonday for HOBI children’s home, click here: https://noondaycollection.com/rachelsmith-hobi2025

    To learn more about HOBI, click here:
    https://hopeofblessinginternational.org/

    Thanks so much for all the amazing miracles we have seen occur because of the people who receive these email updates. We love you all.

  • Update 274

    Day 1041. Adoption Update + Phill the Box Explained

    February 2, 2025

    For more info on our adoption, click here: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster

    Contact us directly for textile donations in Florida, or out of state here via email: adopt100more@gmail.com

    To shop Noonday for our adoption, click here: https://noondaycollection.com/rachelsmith-noondayforarthur2

    To shop Noonday for HOBI children’s home, click here: https://noondaycollection.com/rachelsmith-hobi2025

    If you are a family in limbo, matched or unmatched, I hope this video restores your hope.

    #orphanismpanacea #adopttogether #phillthebox

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    The Lord will make a way.
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    Praying God multiples this money and brings yall home all together soon!
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