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.
Update!!! https://youtu.be/eWd0ntTkYzw
Update on calendar and progress!
We have 18 days left available!
As of today, in this moment, we also only need 16,731.98.
To quantify my excitement better, on 4/29/23, I posted that we need $17,249.18.
4/29/23 was 8 days ago. $517.20 is what we have received in 8 days.
That’s not counting Noonday purchases in the last 4 days or the mountain of clothing and textiles in my garage we will turn in this week!
Many of you might not know the total cost… it’s in the summary… and it’s over $80k.
I try to only do these email updates when something big is happening or has happened, and $517.20 in 8 days is $64.65/day.
Keep… Going!
Thanks for those for joining us today. Thanks for those who threw in all you had in the beginning and helped us find the rest.
People are good.
Happy Birthday to River, who as of today is our 7 year old Liberian Daughter! (We have 2 7 year olds total). :)
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We are inviting everyone to “purchase” a day in the Calendar of May to help with these efforts. Your donation can be anonymous or with your name mentioned in the comments on which day you are purchasing. You can purchase the day for a minimum of what the date is. You are welcome to donate more than the date that you choose. The minimum value of May is $496, once all days are purchased. You can always give more and still claim a day. As we cross off until we can travel to Liberia. You can help by donating between $1-$31 until all days are gone. You can give to us personally as well!:)
Thanks for getting us to the “home stretch”. We are excited to hear when we get to pack to go! Stay tuned….
19 days left!
Here are the dates still available in May to “purchase” as a donation to our kids adopt together fund.
Thanks so much!!!
Keep…. ….going!
Tomorrow is River’s birthday! She will be 7, on May 7th. We have 20 days left for you to “buy a day” to honor something important to you in the month of May! We are so grateful to our community of support that it has been 6 days so far for this fundraiser, and 11 days are already gone!
Happy Birthday to our Liberian daughter. Hopefully some day soon she will get to meet those that continue to fight with us for her homecoming!!
Keep…. ….going.
UPDATE ON CALENDAR FUNDRAISER!
***only 22 days left to “purchase” for the month of May and it’s only May 3rd! Thanks to our amazing support!***
Keep…. …..Going!
We are inviting everyone to “purchase” a day in the Calendar of May to help with these efforts. Your donation can be anonymous or with your name mentioned in the comments on which day you are purchasing. You can purchase the day for a minimum of what the date is. You are welcome to donate more than the date that you choose. The minimum value of May is $496, once all days are purchased. You can always give more and still claim a day. As we cross off until we can travel to Liberia. You can help by donating between $1-$31 until all days are gone. You can give to us personally as well!:)
Thanks for getting us to the “home stretch”. We are excited to hear when we get to pack to go! Stay tuned….
