Hi,
We are Jordan and Kat Smith. We have been married 12 years and started the international adoption process back in December of 2013, our eldest was 6 months old at the time. We were trying to adopt from Ethiopia and after years of waiting they closed their doors to international adoption. We then welcomed our second biological child, and switched countries to Haiti right after our third biological child was born. June of 2018 was when we were officially on the waiting list with Haiti. We waited years until December 26, 2023 we got the call that a little girl named Esther was placed with our family. After all this waiting we were finally placed and accepted the referral of Esther. With everything going on in Haiti, plus more expenses due to the country being in a state of emergency, we are now raising funds to help support our adoption. We fully believe this is all in God’s hands, it is His money not any of ours so we are fully trusting Him in making a way. If you would continue to pray for Esther to come home quickly and safely we would greatly appreciate it.
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