Africa T Shirts!

 We are SOLD OUT of shirts for the moment!! Thank you!







We finally have our Africa t- shirts for sale!! As you know, we are headed back to Rwanda in just THREE weeks!! We are so excited but we still have some fundraising to do! (We had a little modeling session with the Cheathams!) There are 4 different shirts- all are $20 each
Let's start with the green...and the navy...
These are both the same shirt- super soft and comfy, v neck, unisex. They fit completely true to size- Jeff and Derek have on a large and I have a medium. All the shirts have Isaiah 61 on the back. And on the front say pray.give.go which was inspired by my super cool blog friend, Wynne

 Next is the baseball tee- love this one!! (well ok I love all of them:)) This one comes in YOUTH sizes too! (Don't worry, little man Beck Cheatham has one on order:)) they run a little big- I got a small in it (which is probably why it's my favorite;) Jeff still went with a large though- just depends how you like them to fit!

 And lastly here is the teal-ish color women's fit tee. It is also soft and comfy but more of a "fitted tee"  You definitely want to go a size up in these. Heather has a medium on here and is definitely a small usually! I got a large in this one. Chandler can wear the small though and it looks super cute on her too!

So yeah, that's it! Order yours today and help support our trip! Thank you!!! If you are local just let me know and I can just give it to you so you don't have to pay shipping:)

i love CAMP! (cheer camp part 2)

Ok, this was the BEST day at camp!! We always have one day at camp to wear whatever colors we want- just to break up the one million red white and black tshirts in our closets! So as I was looking around for some fun, different shirts I ended up looking at some blogs I read....and found THE PERFECT shirts for camp!! My sweet online friend,   Wynne is adopting a sweet little boy from Ethiopia and naming him CAMP!!!! How precious! and was selling these shirts to help raise money for the adoption. I knew right away we must wear these!!

 I mean seriously, how cute are these!! My girls loved them and LOVED the story behind them!

 So we get to the morning rally and give a shirt to all 4 of our buddy counselors! They immediately put them on and wore them for the rest of the day!! Cameron (below) wanted to know all about them so we start telling him the story. And then....he has all 64 FWC Cheerleaders stand up so all 450 campers can see our shirts and then asks the girls to tell everyone what they're about!! It was the coolest thing!

 3 of our buddies wearing CAMP shirts!

 We wore them all day around the TCU campus and I cannot tell you how many people asked us about them! At some point in the day I started handing out notebook paper "business cards"! So many of the staff and other schools wanted to go to the website and order shirts too!!

It was such a blessing to get to wear these and get to talk about a sweet little boy who will soon be home with his forever family! AND after she had made these shirts they found out that they actually get to adopt TWO sweet kids! Camp now has a sister... Asher! We cannot wait to watch this story unfold and see these 2 precious children come home!! As a squad, we will be praying for them and will all celebrate the day they get to be with their mommy and daddy!

Beck Gudeta

We've been home from Ethiopia for 3 weeks now. Or has it been 3 months? Or 3 days? Sometimes it feels like forever ago and sometimes it feels like yesterday! Anyway, I've never gotten around to posting the BEST pictures of the ENTIRE trip: Mr. Beck Gudeta Cheatham! He is seriously THE cutest! We couldn't have asked for a better day with him- sweet sweet day from the Lord! I absolutely know for certain, without a doubt that the Lord whispered into his heart that the Cheathams were HIS family. It was just breathtaking to watch him just KNOW them. He was super sweet to me and Aimee but he really couldn't care less if we were there or not (he'll be so thankful one day when he gazes at the one million pictures taken of him that day;) but when one of HIS parents or siblings threw him a ball, or twirled him around, or hugged him and kissed on him, he just lit up! That was such a blessing to witness!

 Seriously, the cutest!

 Then I, oh so casually, went up behind him to measure him!:) He immediately turned around and looked at me like "what in the world do you think you're about to do to me?":)

 But as soon as he turned back around I got it real quick! These things are important people:)

 Then it was time to say goodbye. We all knew it would be hard but man that was gut wrenching. I love this next picture- Heather trying to keep it together (ha!) and Derek's eyes just seem to say I can't let him go.  It was precious.

It was such an honor to be there and I'll never forget it! Hurry home Beck- we cannot wait to love on you!!!

The Big Day!

Cannot express enough how well this day went! Thank you for all your prayers! We left this morning about 9:00 and headed 2 hours away from Addis in a van, on bumpy roads, dodging cars, monkeys, cows,and it was hot and dirty... BUT guess what? This girl never felt even a smidgen sick!! (that alone is a miracle in itself)  We arrived at the orphanage and they took us all to a back nursey room where "little man Cheatham" was waiting! He was shy and a little timid at first but didn't cry or get upset at all when Heather picked him up! The whole family took turns holding him and he went to all of them- so precious! Then we took him out into the courtyard to sit with him and talk and love on him- he warmed up quickly! but after about 30 minutes you could just tell he was getting SO tired! One of the nannies said it was his nap time but that he could stay with us. So Heather just put in him in her lap and in about 5 minutes he was out! It was the most precious thing! We got to play with him for hours and it was just such an amazing time! We won't post any pictures of him until they pass court but I did get some shots of our drive out there and then some precious ones of his hands and parts of the orphanage- I took 878 pictures just while we were there so rest assured as soon as we can you will see LOTS of little man!....
                             These were all the gifts that were donated for the orphans and widows!

Finally at the orphanage and walking in to see Little Man! Aimee and I took our jobs seriously!!:)

This next picture is one of my favorites- I'm not trying to brag but I had some mad skilzz today!

We got the grand tour of the whole orphanage and it was really nicely run. All of the nannies and widows were so so kind and welcoming. When we were taken to the directors office this was the first thing that caught my eye....

When he went down for a nap, Aimee and I took the girls to go meet and love on the widows. It really is the coolest thing-orphans and widows together, they both benefit from being around each other and those ladies were just so precious and thankful! We brought them nail polish, lotion and bracelets and had such a fun time giving each woman her gift! This next picture is one of my favorites too! She was just absolutely beautiful and was so happy all the time!

This precious lady didn't know what lotion was or what it was for so I just told her I would show her. Well after getting her hands and arms rubbed she pulled up her skirt for me to do her legs as well! It was an honor to me- she was so greatful for something so simple and I was the one who was blessed.

It really was just the perfect day! We were all so tired on the way home but stopped for dinner and then headed to the hotel- which is where we are now and I should go to bed!:)

I am so thankful to be here! Little man is a perfect fit for the Cheatham family and I just can't wait for him to come home with his forever family!  Hopefully Heather will be able to post actual pictures of him soon! They appear at court tomorrow at 1:30 so keep the prayers coming!