Chip and Michelle Dean

Why Are We Adopting?
We are both adopted. Not many people are aware of that about us, but we really are. God adopted us into His family at our salvation. “That’s not real adoption” some may say, but spiritual adoption is the most real adoption!

Because God has adopted us into His family, we desperately desire to “do for someone WHAT GOD DID for us.” We believe adoption is the clearest, physical picture of salvation on earth.

God has made it clear through prayer that He’s calling us to follow Jesus into the adoption journey. We have 2 months to raise $15,000. We would love for you to walk with Jesus and us through this adoption journey together!

Ephesians 1:5 (NLT) says it like this: “God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure.”

“Do for someone WHAT GOD DID for you.” These are the words that God used to call us to adoption. What did God do for us?

• Gave us His family.
• Gave us Himself as our Heavenly Father.
• Gave us brothers and sisters.
• Gave us His eternal inheritance.
• Gave us His name. We want to do the same things for someone else!

Who Do We Want To Adopt?

• We desire to adopt domestically.
• We desire to adopt from infancy.
• We desire to adopt transracially.

How Can You Play A Part Prayerfully?
We desperately need your prayers! We absolutely mean this. Prayer is more important than money. We fully believe since God has called us to adopt, He will provide the financial means to adopt. We want you to feel the freedom to not financially give, but to prayerfully give to our adoption.

How Can You Play A Part Financially?
At the same time, we know many of our family and friends aren’t called to adopt, but they love to support adoption. We certainly want to give you that opportunity. In fact, for every donation $50 or more, we want to send you a free coffee mug with our adoption logo and Scripture. All we ask is to use our mug once a week while you do your personal devotions to pray for our adoption journey. (If you can't afford $50 but still want a coffee mug to pray for us, of course we will send it to you. Prayer is more important than money!) As well, for every donation, we want to include you in a pictorial mosaic (collage) that we will give to our adopted child so they will always see the faces who partnered with us in their adoption.

We are so thankful to God for each of you in our lives, and we truly appreciate all the prayers and support through our adoption journey with Jesus!