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 167

    Day 747. Adopt from Liberia.

    April 14, 2024

    This is day 105 in our 2024 video update for our adoption journey to 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 747 days.

    YouTube link to subscribe:

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

    To shop our noonday fundraiser to help with needs for the orphanage, click here:

    https://bit.ly/lightsoninliberia

    To support the orphanage directly for their upcoming lease payment, go to this website:

    https://smallworldadoption.com/donate-today/

    and choose “Small World’s Children’s Home Liberia” from the drop down menu.

  • Update 166

    Day 746. Adopt from Liberia.

    April 13, 2024

    This is day 104 in our 2024 video update for our adoption journey to 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 746 days.

    YouTube link to subscribe:

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

    To shop our noonday fundraiser to help with needs for the orphanage, click here:

    https://bit.ly/lightsoninliberia

    To support the orphanage directly for their upcoming lease payment, go to this website:

    https://smallworldadoption.com/donate-today/

    and choose “Small World’s Children’s Home Liberia” from the drop down menu.

  • Update 165

    Day 745. Adopt from Liberia.

    April 12, 2024

    To shop our noonday fundraiser to help with needs for the orphanage, click here:

    https://bit.ly/lightsoninliberia

    Click here to find out more about our story. There is a place for tax deductible donations.

    https://bit.ly/adoptfaster

    To support the orphanage directly for their upcoming lease payment, go to this website:

    https://smallworldadoption.com/donate-today/

    and choose “Small World’s Children’s Home Liberia” from the drop down menu.

  • Update 164

    Day 743. Adopt from Liberia.

    April 12, 2024

    Some days are really sad…

  • Update 163

    Day 742. Adopt from Liberia.

    April 10, 2024

    Thanks for the solar panels!

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