Michael & Lindsey Fladie - Adoption

In 2018, Michael & I believed that we were supposed to pursue adoption to grow our family. 

We applied and were accepted with Crisis Pregnancy Outreach. In 2019 we were so excited to be chosen as an adoptive family. Unfortunately, that adoption was interrupted. While we fought heartache and disappointment, we sensed that we were being redirected to become foster parents. 

Two days after completing our training and becoming active foster parents, we received a call about a 2.5-year-old girl in need of a home. Our original desire had been to only foster infants, but we sensed God’s direction and immediately said yes. 

Deana came into our lives and the years that followed changed our hearts and our lives. Deana is sunshine, she is resilient, and she trusts God whole-heartedly with the sweetest faith. On March 23, 2023, after 1,129 days as a foster family we were able to finalize Deana's adoption and officially become a family. 

We prayed so long and so hard for Deana – before we ever knew her or understood what our path to a family would look like. She is a constant reminder of God’s wisdom, grace, and faithfulness.

During the years we served as foster parents, we continued to pursue adoption through Crisis Pregnancy Outreach. We went through several more interviews and endured another painful interrupted adoption. 

In December 2021 we learned that we had been chosen as an adoptive family by a birth mother. Our second daughter Leyla was born on February 25, 2021.

Through our years of waiting, I often questioned God and asked if He really was going to answer our prayers for children. God’s answer was always the same, “Trust in Me, I am God.”

I'm so thankful now that He took us through those valleys. Without the wait, without each yes ending in a not yet, without each interrupted adoption, we would not have the family we have today. 

Our family is proof of God’s ability to bring beauty from ashes in so many ways.

Wednesday, August 2nd

REMINDER: No family dinner, adult discipleship groups or chapel kids groups this week due to the holidays. Activities resume August 23. 

6:30pm - 7:30pm I Chapel Youth Brazil Check-In Service

Sunday, August 6th

6:00pm - 8:00pm I Homegroups I Chapel Youth D-Groups I Chapel Kids I Nursery  [get involved]

Wednesday, August 9th

6:00pm - 8:00pm I End Of Summer Pool Party I Camp Loughridge I Pizza, Cookies + Drinks I [get directions]

Wednesday, August 16th

REMINDER: No family dinner, adult discipleship groups or chapel kids groups this week due to the holidays. Activities resume August 23. No Chapel Youth due to leader training. 

Sunday, August 20th - Back To School Sunday!

6:00pm - 8:00pm I Homegroups I Chapel Youth Color War I Chapel Kids I Nursery  [get involved]

Wednesday, August 23rd - WEDNESDAY KICK OFF! 

5:15pm - 6:30pm I Family Dinner

6:30pm - 7:30pm I Adult Discipleship Groups I Chapel Youth I Chapel Kids I Nursery [see group options]

Sunday, August 27th - Baptism Sunday!

12:30pm - 1:30pm I NEXT GEN Connect I Free Lunch for 18 - 30 y/o

Wednesday, August 30th

5:15pm - 6:30pm I Family Dinner

6:30pm - 7:30pm I Adult Discipleship Groups I Chapel Youth I Chapel Kids I Nursery [see group options]

Wednesday groups kick-off

Join us for a family meal served on Wednesday nights from 5:15pm - 6:30pm. 

Lent Services/ The Annual Business Meeting, Chapel Youth and Chapel Kids run from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. Nursery is available. 

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Chapel Youth had an amazing opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus on a recent mission experience in Brazil. Pastor Titus Schmitt and his wife Rachel led a team of 18 people to the coastal town of Aracati in northeast Brazil. They worked with Global Gospel Action, a ministry directed by Rubens & Steffi Cunha.  

The report below is from Hailey Parker, one of our Chapel Youth Students. Hailey has attended Christian Chapel for five years, and will be a senior this year at Jenks High School this year.

I was called to go on the mission trip to see and experience how God is working in Brazil. This trip was my first mission trip as well as my first time out of the country. I was nervous about raising the funds, but the Lord provided and made it possible. Each person that donated to help me was another confirmation that the Lord wanted me to go to Brazil. 

Our week of ministry centered around a three-night-crusade that Rubens Cunha and Global Gospel Action had set up to introduce people to Jesus. During the crusade, there were salvations, healings, and deliverances - all of these made possible by the power of Jesus Christ. Our team also went door-to-door preaching the Gospel in impoverished local villages near Aracati. During these outreaches, we were able to listen and build relationships. Our team was blessed with the most amazing translators who helped us communicate with the Brazilian community. We were able to lead many to Christ and pray for their needs.

My most significant takeaway from this experience was the unwavering faith of the Brazilian believers.. No matter their living conditions or illness, they were looking for a reason to praise the Lord. Those who were not believers were also very receptive. During the door-to-door outreaches our team was never turned away. We were welcomed by hungry hearts. It was a reminder that the Holy Spirit had already prepared them to receive the good news of Jesus. The Lord showed me that faith can move mountains. I am forever grateful that the Lord provided this opportunity. I will never forget their joy of the Lord and astounding faith.