James and Samantha Davis

Updates

• Update 7

  

  Meet Jeremy

  May 6, 2026

  Adoption can be a funny thing. Our hearts are so full of love for a child that we have never met! The information we do know is minuscule compared to what we wish we knew about him. In the matching process, we received 4 pictures of him, 4 videos of him, all under 30 seconds long, a short medical report, and a few government documents stating he is eligible for adoption.

  Despite the lack of information, here is what we know.
  1. Jeremy is 3 years old, and his birthday is right after Christmas.
  2. He is living in a children's home in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the 3rd largest city in the country.
  3. We are not changing his name. Jeremy is his current name, and his middle name is Yaw. In Ghana, it is customary to name a child after the day of the week on which they were born. Yaw means born on Thursday. That is an important part of his heritage, and we are honored to keep it for him.
  4. He does not speak English yet, but he is fluent in Twi, which is a major language in Ghana.
  5. His caregivers told us that he is "calm, quiet, and independent." We received a video where he confidently lifts a ladder over his head and carries it for his friends.
  6. All of the photos that we received, Jeremy has a very serious look on his face. We think that is absolutely charming.
  7. We think he has an eye for detail. In one of the videos we received, he is playing catch with a caregiver using a stuffed animal. Before throwing it back, he smiled at it, fixed the hair, and threw it back.

  We might not know his favorite color, favorite animal, favorite food, or what he likes to play with yet, but the adventure of learning those things about him will be so exciting. In the next few months, while we wait to travel to Ghana, we get to put together care packages, photos, and videos to help him prepare for this big transition. At the end of the day, we know that he is the missing piece to our family and that we are all meant to be together.

• Update 6

  

  It's a Boy!

  May 6, 2026

  We can now officially share that we have accepted an adoption match. This coming fall, we will be welcoming our son, Jeremy, into our family. It has been a long journey to get here, but we are so thankful. Every bump in the road and heartache has led us to Jeremy. Our hearts are already so full of love for Jeremy, and we cannot wait to officially meet him when we travel to Ghana.

• Update 5

  

  How's the adoption going?

  January 20, 2025

  How's the adoption going? Do you have your baby yet? How much longer? We have been getting those questions a lot. Truthfully, we have been asking ourselves the same questions too. Adding a child through adoption is different than pregnancy in a million ways, but most notable to us is the lack of a timeline. When we started this process in May of 2023, we did not imagine that we would still be in the waiting process at the start of 2025.

  And in some ways, it sucks. We are at the mercy of other people's timing, and although we feel ready to be parents, and the nursery is ready for our little one, we are still a family of two.

  On the other hand, it is in divine timing. Not only has 2025 marked the end of a challenging season in our lives, but it has also been a time of transition. Sam started a new job for the school district to start a new preschool classroom for children with autism. With that came many changes, but also so much joy! Growing Davis, our small business grew faster than we anticipated, which was a blessing. We picked up some new hobbies and worked on some long-term projects. We have gotten to see family and even go on a cruise to Canada!

  So in the pain of waiting, there is also joy. In the waiting, there is impatience and trust in divine timing that knows the full picture and plan.
  So how is the adoption going? It's a loaded question, but we usually say, "It's good. We are just waiting to match with our child."

• Update 4

  

  Why did we select Ghana?

  May 31, 2024

  This is a great question that we have been getting a lot. When we began the process in May of 2022, we spent a full month researching the adoption process and what route was best for our family. During that month, we investigated becoming foster parents, foster-to-adopt programs, snowflake adoption, domestic adoption, and international adoption. After talking to lots of social workers and program coordinators and taking lots of online seminars, we were led to select international adoption. Within international adoption, there are many different countries that Americans approved to adopt from. Each country has different requirements, such as the age of the parents, how long the parents have been married, religious affiliation, pre-existing health conditions if the parents spoke a certain language, and even the BMI of the prospective parents. When we looked at those factors, it narrowed it down quite a bit. With a handful of countries left, we prayed and discussed it, and somehow, we kept landing on the Ghana page. We really felt like God was leading us to our child.
  Although it was a leap of faith to pursue adopting from Ghana and selecting an agency to help us on our journey, we are so thankful for the journey this far. Choosing to adopt from Ghana has its obstacles, like the long time we will have to be in the country, educating ourselves on the complexities of transracial adoption, and even the fact that the government in Ghana does all paperwork by hand, so the process can be slow. We know that in every obstacle, God is creating a path for our family. Knowing that he is working in the background is the best comfort we have in this journey that is full of uncertainties. In the waiting, that truth is what helps us smile.

• Update 3

  Inching Closer

  May 21, 2024

  We just heard from our social worker that their team in Ghana has received and reviewed our file. The wanted us to send them more pictures of our home, which was an easy fix! Even though it is something that made the process a little longer, we are hopeful that it means that our file is being reviewed and is almost ready for approval. Now we are back to waiting and praying.

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