Crystal’s wearing “THE shirt”. It makes an appearance once a year here at Thrive Africa.
It all started in 2005 with the arrival of our interns. One of them stepped off the airplane to start his year with us wearing THE shirt. He’d had it made just for the occasion. We laughed; we cringed; we told him he wasn’t allowed to wear it off the mission base.
The next year, smack in the middle of our summer internship program, THE shirt surfaced again. At the end of a Family Night gathering at our house, one of our summer interns took off his sweatshirt and there it was! THE shirt! It was an incredibly fun surprise, and the rest of the night was filled with a lot of laughter.
Last year one of our interns did something similar. At the end of Thrive Church, she unzipped her fleece and revealed THE shirt! It caught us totally off-guard—once again!—and solidified its spot as a Thrive family tradition.
Two weeks ago at a staff meeting, we went around the room sharing testimonies, same as always. When it was Crystal’s turn to share, she started off by saying how hot it was in the room. She dramatically pulled her sweatshirt over her head, revealing THE shirt underneath. Niel and I couldn’t stop laughing.
So, in case you hadn’t heard, this is THE shirt to wear this season!
I love it!!!
Crystal let me borrow it….
hmmm (machievious chuckle) Let’s pass it from blogger to blogger and photo.. Now that would be hilarious….
A Niel and Alece marathon… Ha!!!
Good Morning Friend!!!
By: Heidi on November 8, 2008
at 7:17 am
I love it. Almost as much as I love Crystal. And Niel & Alece. : )
It’s splendid.
Give Crys a big hug for me!
By: mandie on November 8, 2008
at 8:46 am
love it ;)
By: Amy on November 8, 2008
at 9:09 am
oooo the shirt..and you found the picture of Marco..that is funnny. i wonder how it always keeps coming back.
By: jaceinafrica08 on November 8, 2008
at 12:38 pm
I love this story.
By: danielle on November 8, 2008
at 1:21 pm
That is tooooo awesome!!!
By: moweezle on November 8, 2008
at 3:08 pm
heidi — you are crazy funny!
By: alece on November 8, 2008
at 5:17 pm
how funny! i want one! ;)
By: Joy Renée on November 8, 2008
at 6:20 pm
HAHA!!! I LOVE it!! That’s so cool.
By: Rachel Rowell on November 8, 2008
at 6:38 pm
Yup… and it could be a large advertisement for Thrive… My wheels are spinning in the head..
love you
By: Heidi on November 8, 2008
at 6:50 pm
Yeah…that is pretty fantastic. I love how people love you.
By: kristiapplesauce on November 8, 2008
at 7:07 pm
I like the idea of all the bloggers being photographed in the shirt…..
By: whatireallywanttosayis on November 8, 2008
at 8:45 pm
I love the pictures to go with the story Alece!!! So fun to be let in on your fun jokes!! Thanks for sharing!
By: Faith Start Essenburg on November 9, 2008
at 4:08 am
Alece, you are so incredibly photogenic! For some reason I “pictured” you standing about 5′8″. How tall are you?? Heidi says I’m short … I say I’m tall for my height. :)
By: Hope on November 9, 2008
at 4:45 am
I was thinking that picture would make its way into a banner. (The boat.)
I’m glad you found pictures - I don’t have any! Oh, the shirt. Good memories.
By: roo on November 9, 2008
at 6:23 am
Alece is “short” er than me Hope. I tower over both of You…
Yes Alece is very photogentic.. huh??
By: Heidi on November 9, 2008
at 6:32 am
i want one!
how can i get one?
do i make my own? cuz i totally can.
By: tam on November 9, 2008
at 7:35 am
LOVE IT!!!!
By: annie on November 9, 2008
at 8:45 am
Aahh! That is grand; just rich!
By: @ngie on November 9, 2008
at 6:59 pm
Ha! Ha! That is so great!
By: Birgit on November 10, 2008
at 2:51 pm
I want one!
Can mine be a V-Neck and in Khaki with Black Lettering??
:)
By: Theresa on November 10, 2008
at 7:33 pm
hope — you pictured me 5′8″?! that is awesome. sadly, i’m only 5′4″. oh, and 3/4. don’t forget that. it’s important.
By: alece on November 16, 2008
at 12:32 am