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.
Number of Days Living in Liberia: 125
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 169
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 812
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,152
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA
Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
@Rachel-Smith-964
To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:
Bruce Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
Butler Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
Coffman Family:
http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s
Godfrey Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys
Lipe Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
McGafee:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
Smith Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
Whitney Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys
Number of Days Living in Liberia: 124
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 168
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 811
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,151
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA
Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
@Rachel-Smith-964
To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:
Bruce Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
Butler Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
Coffman Family:
http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s
Godfrey Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys
Lipe Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
McGafee:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
Smith Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
Whitney Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys
Number of Days Living in Liberia: 123
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 167
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 810
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,150
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA
Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
@Rachel-Smith-964
To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:
Bruce Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
Butler Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
Coffman Family:
http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s
Godfrey Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys
Lipe Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
McGafee:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
Smith Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
Whitney Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys
Number of Days Living in Liberia: 122
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 166
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 809
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,149
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA
Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
@Rachel-Smith-964
To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:
Bruce Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
Butler Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
Coffman Family:
http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s
Godfrey Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys
Lipe Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
McGafee:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
Smith Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
Whitney Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys
Number of Days Living in Liberia: 121
Number of Days of Daily Videos: 165
Number of Days Adopting from Liberia: 808
Number of Days in Orphan Care: 1,148
YouTube link to subscribe:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvmF_X0zoUuAwUF7WzqlfZaskzIBmns2&si=0SE6xFYPJoXfkGIY
Shop Noonday AND assist with our adoption expenses by just clicking here: https://bit.ly/ADOPTIONINLIBERIA
Click here to make a tax deductible donation to assist with our adoption expenses: https://bit.ly/adoptfaster
Venmo option to give to our adoption expenses:
@Rachel-Smith-964
To learn about other matched families whose children wait with our daughters in their orphanage, click a link below:
Bruce Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-bruces
Butler Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-butlers-1
Coffman Family:
http://www.adopttogether.org/families/the-coffman-s
Godfrey Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-godfreys
Lipe Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-lipes
McGafee:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-mcgaffees
Smith Family:
https://adopttogether.herokuapp.com/families/the-smith-s
Whitney Family:
http://adopttogether.org/families/the-whitneys
