WOW, FRIENDS!
In less than three weeks, you have given more than we need. Our adoption fund is overflowing! We are overwhelmed at the Lord’s provision through you and the outpouring of love through your texts, prayers, gifts, and encouragement. God has been so evidently at work.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
If you’re finding your way here for the first time — it’s not too late! Every dollar beyond our goal goes toward setting our family up for the future and blessing our child’s birth family. We would also love your prayers for us and our future child.
We love you so much. Blessed be God!
2026
// It would not be honest to say…
…that I (Codie) have always wanted to adopt.
I have always wanted a big family, but that reality felt so far off for so long.
Ambition and sinfulness and uncertainty in me clouded my “Cheaper By The Dozen” dream for many years. But God was at work—as He always is. Not to give me all I want, but to do good for me as He transforms me to be like Jesus.
And then God brought Chelsea into my life.
Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. Surely God has brought us together and it is glorious. No thing in my life has more clearly demonstrated the providence and goodness of God than the covenant of marriage that Chelsea and I share.
// It would not be honest to say…
…that I (Chelsea) have always wanted kids. For much of my life, I struggled to imagine I would marry—struggled to picture the man I could join my life with. Despite a career in children’s ministry, the kids I could raise with an unimagined husband wasn’t an idea I spent any time thinking about.
And then God brought Codie into my life. My earthly protector, provider, leader, and refiner, he is an extension of God Himself to me. Most assuredly, the best version of me—the one who, at the end of my life, is more united with God, who looks more like Jesus—lies on the other side of the refining work of God in our marriage.
// On the day we were united together,
we vowed to follow God in all the ways He would lead us. One specific vow stands out to us now:
Codie: “Should God bless us with children to raise, I vow to teach them by my life and words and love of you to know and love and supremely value Jesus.”
Chelsea: “Should God bless us with children, I vow to wholeheartedly take on the role of a mom and raise them in partnership with you to love Jesus.”
“Should God bless us with children” may be an unusual way to phrase that promise…yet, God was leading us with kindness and intention. Even then, with all the hope and joy and excitement of marriage, we knew it would be by God’s blessing alone that The Haddon Family would expand beyond our two souls.
In these first four years of marriage, we have tried consistently to conceive, believing (and reaching to believe) that “children are a gift from the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Many months and many tears have passed as we have planned and anticipated and waited and hoped that a child would join our lives.
Twice we rejoiced.
And twice we have mourned as pregnancies “failed” (the starkest of medical terminologies).
Never before have we been so confronted with the reality that all life is a gift from God—a true miracle and mystery beyond our understanding, efforts, and timing.
In many ways,
these years have been a long season of waiting—waiting on the Lord. But through the waiting, we are learning a deep truth: God sees us. And He is at work, even when we can’t see what He is up to.
More than anything, the Spirit is teaching us that God is not withholding from us,
even as he bestows children on other people.
His resources are not limited.
His power is not constrained.
This isn’t a zero-sum-game God is playing.
No, we have not yet received a child in our arms, but surely God is doing something good on our behalf.
That is His promise.
And when God is doing anything He is doing ten thousand things.
// One of the 10,000 things
God has been doing in our lives over the last four years is bringing us to understand that adoption is not simply a picture of the Gospel of Jesus, but the very heart of the Good News that Jesus purchased and proclaims.
Put simply: Adoption is the promise of God.
Despite our sin, rebellion, and separation from God, He loves us.
Jesus comes for us.
And God—through nothing that we do—adopts us into His very own family.
Co-heirs with the Firstborn of the Father!
When we trust in Jesus for forgiveness, salvation, and life, we become God’s true children.
Adopted? Yes! True Sons and Daughters of the King!
And He, our true Father.
Our Identity and inheritance are unquestionably and irrevocably secured by our elder brother, Jesus.
Adoption is not a back-up plan in the Kingdom of God.
Adoption is the only way in.
Thanks be to God!
// By God’s grace, we have received His promise.
We pray you have too. And now, with joy, we are following in the steps of our Father who has made us his own…
The Haddons are adopting!
In the next year, we are actively working and praying that God would add a son or daughter (… or both? 👀) to our family through adoption. As of April 2026, we are wrapping up all of our paperwork, our Home Study, and are well on our way to becoming an official “waiting family” — meaning we could be matched with a child at any time.
We can honestly say this next season of waiting will be full of excitement, hope, and joy.
Blessed be God!
// // ADOPTION IS BEAUTIFUL,
BUT IS IS ALSO COSTLY.
We trust God to provide fully for the story He is telling in our family. And we know some of that provision will come through you—our community—and your generosity towards us. Through your prayers. Through your encouragement. And through your financial support.
We expect this adoption will cost upwards of $75,000.
We are establishing our fund with $30,000 and hoping to raise the remaining $45,000 by July 1, 2026.
So, here is our ask:
Would you consider giving to our adoption fund?
Your gifts will help cover the real expenses of adoption, including: agency and consultant fees, home study expenses, care for the birth mother, legal and placement fees, travel, essentials for baby, and post-placement requirements among many other things.
You can give to our adoption fund here, or get the answer to some frequently asked questions below.
// Direct Access
In addition to financial support, we need your prayers. We are convinced that we have direct access to God through prayer…and that He moves when His children ask Him.
So, would you join us and pray for:
A match. Pray that as we share our profile with expectant mothers, God would orchestrate the match he has ordained for us. Pray for patience as we continue to wait on the Lord. Pray for discernment as we listen for the Spirit’s leading. And pray for confident assurance that God will make good on His promise.
Our child’s birth family.While the circumstances that God will use to bring a child into our family are still unknown to us, what we do know is they won’t be outside the need for God’s redemption. Pray for the expectant mother to be strengthened in her choice to give life to her child. Pray for the peace of God to invade her life over the course of the pregnancy. Pray that the grace of God will abound to her, bringing eternal life and joy in the fulfillment of God’s promise on her behalf. And pray for her to be strengthened in her choice to entrust her child to God and to us.
A healthy pregnancy. Pray for baby to grow according to God’s design and to be protected in the womb from all harm.
Readiness and preparation. Pray for God to go before us in all logistics and timing and personal preparation, so that, at the time of our child’s birth, we will have all we need to receive him or her in our home.
In addition to these things, we will be building a prayer book to keep in baby’s nursery—a testimony of sorts to the family of God who prepared the way for him or her to join our family. If you’d like to submit a written prayer that we can reflect back on and remember God’s faithfulness in this process, you can do so here:
// In Jesus name, we bless you.
Thank you for helping us take faithful next steps toward welcoming a child into our family and— prayerfully, one day—into God’s family too.
WAYS TO GIVE
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Donate online through our Give A Hand fundraising page.
There are no platform fees, though the platform may request you add an additional gift to “Support Give a Hand.” This is completely optional and does not affect any gifts given to us. To remove an automatically populated “tip,” select “Other” from the dropdown menu, then you can set $0 as the amount.
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You can mail a check payable to Chelsea & Codie Haddon to 790 Lowndes Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. If you include your email in the Memo Line, we’ll send a quick confirmation when it arrives.
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To initiate a bank transfer, email us at adoption@haddon.us and we’ll share our bank transfer details securely.
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Send funds through Venmo to @codiehaddon. Please note “Adoption gift” in the memo so we can track it accurately and thank you properly.
Frequently Asked Questions
ADOPTION
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We are adopting a newborn who could come from anywhere in the United States!
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We are working with Faithful Adoption Consultants. They will help facilitate our match with an expectant family by casting a wide net across multiple agencies. Once that happens, they will connect us directly to the agency that is supporting our child’s birth mother.
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We are open to a “direct adoption”—meaning the adoption happens directly between the birth family and the adoptive family without an intermediary adoption agency. If you become aware of someone who may be looking to give a child up for adoption, we’d love to connect with you and hear more about that situation. You can reach out to us by phone or at adoption@haddon.us.
GIVING DETAILS
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Your gift is intended to support our adoption and related needs, though online donations may have small processing fees depending on the payment type. If you’d like your full amount to go directly to us with no processing fees, check or bank transfer is usually best.
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Your gifts will be used for adoption-related expenses and practical needs that come with bringing our child home. These include things like: home study and education requirements, agency and attorney fees, background checks and paperwork, required filings, and travel.
Every adoption journey is different, but your support helps us meet these costs as they come.
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Most gifts are one-time, but if you’d like to support us monthly, please reach out and we’ll help you choose the easiest method. Recurring support can be especially helpful as adoption expenses arrive in stages.
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Give A Hand does not charge any platform fees, though a small payment processing fee may be deducted from your gift depending on the payment method.
Give A Hand, by default, requests you add an additional gift to support their platform and work as you make your donation. This is completely optional.
To remove an automatically populated “tip,” select “Other” from the dropdown menu, then you can set $0 as the amount.
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Yes—we plan to track off-platform gifts so our progress reflects what’s been given overall. Direct gifts won’t run through the platform payout, but they absolutely count toward our goal and we’ll record them. We plan to enter these into the giving platform as “anonymous gifts” unless you indicate otherwise.
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If anything glitches at checkout, please try again later or use a different browser/device. If it’s still not working, you can always give by check, bank transfer, or Venmo—and you can also reach us at adoption@haddon.us so we can help.
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If our timeline shifts, we’ll continue using gifts for adoption-related expenses as they arise. If we are blessed with more than we ultimately need, we’ll share an update about how any remaining funds will be handled. Our intention would be to use any additional funds to set our child up well for their life (ie. education funds, etc.).
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It’s a personal gift and therefore not tax-deductible.
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No—these gifts are not tax-deductible because they are personal gifts to support our family, not donations to a registered charity. If you need tax guidance for your situation, we recommend checking with a tax professional.
SHARING & OTHER SUPPORT
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Sharing the fundraiser with your community is a huge help, and so is prayer and encouragement. You can also help by offering travel-related support (miles/points) or simply checking in along the way.
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Sharing means a lot—feel free to text, email, or post to social media this link [haddon.us/adoption]. A short personal note about why you’re sharing often helps others understand and engage.
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Yes—practical support can be a real blessing, especially around travel and baby needs. It’s possible we will not have a baby shower until after we bring our child home. In light of that, we will need to procure a few essentials to prepare our home to receive a child. If you have items such as a car seat, bassinet, bottle washer, baby carrier, or newborn clothes that you would like to share, please reach out to us by phone or at adoption@haddon.us.
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Yes—we would gratefully accept airline miles, hotel points, or similar travel support when the time comes. Domestic travel may be part of our process, especially when it’s time to bring our child home. If you’re interested, please contact us at adoption@haddon.us and we’ll coordinate the best way to use them.