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.
Today is day 701. I added the YouTube video below and put an older song called “Where the Angels Sleep” by Bebo Norman. The words really spoke to me today as we battle to be the panacea to the orphanism that holds our daughters’ futures hostage. As the song states, we are no farther forward, just farther along. No progress and no changes, but lots of reasons to hope that tomorrow brings us something tangibly good. For today, we enjoyed visiting them and learning about them and having just a couple of good hours to be their parents in person.
We grieved to day as my Aunt Trudy found peace in heaven last night way too soon. She encouraged our adoption and supported us in so many ways. She was a calm voice of encouragement for me as a child and an adult. Her approval mattered to me, and I am grateful for her encouragement to me. As we grieve with her family, specifically my Uncle Jimmy and my cousin, Keri, it is a comfort to me to believe she can see me from a better vantage point tonight as we wage this war of politics and poverty to gain the freedoms for our daughters that they deserve. I know my Aunt Trudy will sleep with the angels tonight. I hope she knew how much she encouraged me and so many others in her time in this life. And I look forward to the day I meet her in the next life.
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This is day 58 in our 2024 60 day video update or our adoption journey of 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 700 days.
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This is day 57 in our 2024 60 day video update or our adoption journey of 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 699 days.
Please watch, like, subscribe and share our story as much as possible. Our story is a true representation of several families on the same journey.
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To shop our noonday fundraiser, click here:
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Click here to find out more about our story. There is a place for tax deductible donations.
https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
This is day 56 in our 2024 60 day video update or our adoption journey of 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 698 days.
Please watch, like, subscribe and share our story as much as possible. Our story is a true representation of several families on the same journey.
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
To shop our noonday fundraiser, click here:
https://bit.ly/noondayfromliberia
Click here to find out more about our story. There is a place for tax deductible donations.
https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
This is day 55 in our 2024 60 day video update or our adoption journey of 2 little girls from Liberia. We have been in the process of adopting these 2 little girls for 697 days.
Please watch, like, subscribe and share our story as much as possible. Our story is a true representation of several families on the same journey.
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
To shop our noonday fundraiser, click here:
https://bit.ly/noondayfromliberia
