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 22

    Day 209. Adopt 2 Liberian Daughters

    October 24, 2022
    We just got our approval letter for our I 600A fo in the mail! This means the US embassy approves of us adopting River (age 6) and Sadie (age 4) from Liberia. We thought this would take 3-5 weeks from fingerprinting, but it only took 1 week! Next step is to send our Dossier (fancy French word for info) to Liberia and let their government officially approve us to adopt these 2 specific kiddos. This could take 1 week or 4 months. We have no way of knowing. After that process completes, we get a court date in Liberia to appear and complete... Read more
  • Update 21

    Day 202. Adopt from Liberia. FBI fingerprinting done! The rock that floats.

    October 18, 2022
    The Adoption Process is like moving the biggest Rock I’ve ever seen. Our adoption process is becoming the Rock that Floats. Our adoption of these 2 little girls used to be the immovable Big Rock. It grew to a big rolling Rock with tons of momentum. Now it is about to float. Click here to see our “Adoption Rock” start to float. https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s FBI fingerprinting is a big milestone in our timeline to get our feet on Liberian soil. On average, we will wait 30-45 days from today to get a letter (I-600A approval) from the USCIS (immigration for the United States) that gives... Read more
  • Update 20

    Day 196. Adopt from Liberia. Keep….. …..going.

    October 13, 2022
    https://adopt100morehappykids.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/day-196-adopt-our-liberian-daughters-keep-going/ Please click link for full update!! I’m not sure how to start this one, just know it will end with : Keep…. ….going. https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s as it always does. Because I will keep going. My Keep…. …..going bracelet has spread a lot of joy this week. For some reason it softens the blow when the worst imaginable things happen. Days when we unexpectedly lost the most. Days like September 28th. And days like September 11th, where we all lost a lot. And more personal days for me like April 1st and August 1st and May 21st and April 26th. Days my heart pauses and I accidentally... Read more
  • Update 19

    Day 191. Adopt 2 from Liberia

    October 6, 2022
    Day 191. Adopt 2 from Liberia. October 6, 2022Adopt100more As we recover from Hurricane Ian, we are grateful we did not have any major damage, and have been in a position to help others. It is so devastating to see a natural disaster first hand. It’s encouraging to see people come together for good. People are good, with good intentions. We got the rest of our passports in the mail today! We are waiting on the US embassy to acknowledge our intent to adopt from Liberia, and stamp a piece of paper that gives the blessing of the US government for us to proceed... Read more
  • Update 18

    Ian . Day 183. Adopt from Liberia.

    September 28, 2022

    Please keep our family and our town of Cape Coral, FL in your prayers as we brace for Ian.

    Arrow is where we are in the picture.

    We received a $1000 anonymous donation yesterday, amidst the storm preps. Thanks!

    Keep…. …going.

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