We are so excited about the response we have had to the new Show Hope store and “Purchase for a Purpose.” We would love it if you would send us pictures of your friends and family wearing your Show Hope gear. E-mail your pictures to online@showhope.org, and we will put your pictures on the “Who’s Wearing Show Hope” section of the store site!!
I absolutely love this picture of Mark Hall from Casting Crowns and his family with Mary Beth Chapman at Maria’s Big House of Hope. They look great in our Show Hope t-shirts!! We are so excited for the Hall family….they just brought home their precious daughter Hope from China!!
Lindsey
Many of you know a little bit about my story, but I wanted to share how thankful I am to be a part of the Show Hope team! I have always had a heart for adoption…it is something that God put in me at a very young age. I remember holding babies in a Guatemala orphanage when I was in college and begging God to allow me to adopt one day. Then, the Lord gave me a husband (Chris) who had the same desires. I will never forget the first time we both went to Guatemala together…our lives would never be the same. We fell in love with a little girl and felt the Lord calling us to start the adoption process. There were so many twists and turns on our journey. I ended up actually moving to Guatemala for a few months to live with our little Eliana until her adoption was finalized. There are so many costs in adoption. I will never forget the day we received our 
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Check out this adorable picture of Grace! Grace’s family is in the beginning stages of an adoption, and recently attended a Steven Curtis Chapman event. She bought this t-shirt with her own money and asked if it would help bring home her little sister faster?! She has such a precious heart. Thanks Grace for supporting Show Hope!! You can check out more of our new apparel by clicking 
Can I tell you how much I love seeing people in the new Show Hope apparel?!! My cute husband is the one on the right of the picture (Chris). The other couple are some dear friends Johnny and Shannon….they have a passion for orphans and live life completely beyond belief. They have been praying for a long time about adopting….and are asking the Lord for it to be soon. Johnny and Shannon, we are cheering you on!! Thanks for sporting the new Show Hope gear….it looks great!! I can’t wait to start featuring other families wearing the clothing and sharing their stories. I have been overwhelmed with the response from my blog yesterday. I can’t wait to walk beside these precious families….and encourage them on the adoption journey.
My name is Lindsey Wheeler and what a journey the last few months have been! I came on staff at Show Hope in January 2010 to help with the new Show Hope apparel line. To say that I am grateful for the staff of Show Hope and the Chapman family is such an understatement! Mary Beth’s heart is one of the most giving hearts I have ever known. It wasn’t enough in her eyes to give grants to families that are in the adoption process (which is HUGE)….she wanted something more!! I am so excited for people all over the world to be wearing the new Show Hope apparel line. Mary Beth worked so hard to create a line of clothing that will not only be “cool”….but will also help families in the process of adopting. That’s where I come in. My husband Chris and I adopted a little girl from Guatemala (you can read our story in the “Featured Family” section of the store). We were able to design some t-shirts to raise money for our adoption….and it worked!! The t-shirts actually became conversation pieces and it reminded people to pray for us. I am so excited to get to work with other families to raise money for their own adoptions. We need your help in getting the word out! If you know of a family who is interested in using the Show Hope apparel line to raise money for their adoption, please tell them to e-mail me at 
I know, to say I am back blogging would be wrong because you can count the number of blogs I have written on one hand since we launched this section of our site last year. Maybe, I should say I am now blogging or perhaps to be most accurate and when I post this, I can say – I blogged J. I like to write, I like to share with you what is happening at SH from my vantage point, but last year was a challenging year for me personally as I battled a mild case of Guillain – Barre Syndrome while still keeping up with my duties and responsibilities as Executive Director, a husband to my sweet wife and dad to my children. Some how blogging slipped through the cracks. Having a great team in place that does their job WELL, not to mention with integrity and fervor for the Lord is especially a blessing. We have an awesome group of God fearing men and women who work at Show Hope – we are truly blessed and I am grateful for each of them. While the Doc says it may take up to a year to recover fully and still even then – I may carry some symptoms, I am doing much better now – so thanks to all of you who have stood with me in prayer and passed on well wishes.
