🌍 Faith • Marriage • Family • Life Abroad
We’re Lee and Clarissa, a husband and wife raising our kids while pursuing a life of faith, freedom, and global adventure. Our current home base is Panama 🇵🇦 as we explore what it looks like to build a life beyond borders.
On this channel we share the real side of living abroad with a family. The wins, the challenges, and everything we are learning along the way.
Expect videos about:
• Living in Panama and expat life
• Moving abroad with kids
• Marriage, family, and parenting
• Homeschooling while traveling
• Remote work and location independence
• Faith, purpose, and building a legacy
Our goal is simple. Follow where God leads while building a life of freedom for our family.
If you are curious about living abroad or designing a different kind of life, you are in the right place.
Subscribe and join the journey.
Business inquiries: hello@withthesmithfamily.com
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We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with our friends Drew and Jermika (@lifebeyonddefault2018) to chat about their journey living as an expat family in Panama! 🇵🇦✨
Moving abroad as a family comes with so many unique moments, and hearing their story was such a blessing. Check out the full sit-down on the channel now, and drop some love for them in the comments! 💛
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Let's come together fam! Sedrick (Dub) is preparing for an upcoming surgery in Panama, and the team at Pacífica Salud is organizing a blood drive to ensure everything is ready! While B- negative blood is specifically needed for Dub, Pacífica Salud is accepting all blood types to help replenish their overall supply for other families in need.
If you are in Panama City between Tuesday, Sept 8 and Friday, Sept 11, please consider stopping by to donate or sharing this post to spread the word!
Location: Pacífica Salud – Punta Pacífica (Blood Bank, PB Ground Floor)
How to Donate: Tell the blood bank you are donating for Sedrick J. Butler (DOB: Feb 20, 1971).
What to Bring: A valid government-issued photo ID (Passport, Cédula, etc.).
Donor Eligibility: Ages 18–65, at least 110 lbs (50 kg), in good general health.
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Y’all… we went almost 14 hours with zero water in our apartment. No shower, no dishes, nothing. And somehow we ended up laughing about it by the end of the night 😂 New video’s up breaking down what happened and why it actually changed how we’re thinking about Boquete.
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Next Monthly Inner Circle Live Stream will be August 13th, 2026 at 9:30 pm EDT. See you all there! And again, special shout out to our first Inner Circle member, @NijaChavies !
Hope to see more of you there!
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Big things happening in the Inner Circle this week 👀
We’re doing our first live, no script, no filter conversation with the fam who’ve joined us there. Real talk about life in Panama, the good, the hard, all of it.
If you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s a good time. Link’s right here on the channel. See y’all soon.
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If you’re thinking of hiring domestic workers in Panama, then we recommend you watch this video to get some food for thought. It’s not to say don’t hire domestic workers, but be prepared and informed beforehand.
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Happy Mother’s Day to every mother here with us — and to the precious ones watching over us from heaven above.🌸
Motherhood is one of the most challenging, stretching, and beautifully exhausting callings there is. And yet, in the middle of all the tired days and hard seasons, I have found so much beauty in it. This journey has grown me in ways I never could have imagined.
I count it all joy — and I feel deeply blessed that God trusted me to be the mother of three beautiful, amazing children. That is a gift I don’t take lightly.
May your day be filled with love, laughter, peace, healing, harmony, revelation, trust, and growth — and may every desire of your heart be met with grace beyond what you can ask or imagine. 🙏🏾
With love — The Smiths 💛
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