Saturday - June 29th, 2019

We started the day with breakfast with our host families. Then we got right to work with canvassing. We split into groups of two headed off to deliver flyers for Living Hope. We did the first neighborhood and went back to Pastor Melso's house for lunch. We got right back to work and did the same process. When we got back to Pastor's house, we got to go swimming and eat dinner. Then we rehearsed to sing for church on Sunday. The boys stayed with Pastor Melso for the night and the girls went back to their host family to end the day.

Friday - June 28th, 2019

We started the our last day in Orlando with breakfast. We had a devotion and watched a slide show of our time in Florida. The we were on the road again. We stopped for lunch at Bojangle's and continued on our way. We stopped for dinner at Wendy's and continued driving. Later we decided to do some carpool karaoke. We finally arrived back in Chattanooga for the night.

 

Quotes of the Day!

"Oh goodness! I got pooped on!" - Faith

"I'm gonna make a phone hammock" - Olivia

"Confused and overly enthused" - Faith

Thursday, May 27th, 2019

Today, we spent the entire day at Animal Kingdom doing the Amazing Race Teen Challenge! We were in teams of 4-6 teens and we got clues to find out which rides we needed to go on throughout the day. Our girl's team got 19th, and our guy's team got last. The lines were pretty long... For the Avatar ride we went on, the wait time was 2 hours and 30 minutes, just for a 4 minute ride, but it was totally worth it and we still had a lot of fun playing games and getting to know each other in lines. In the guy's picture, you can see that they had 2 other guys who were from Florida on their team, Lucas and Anthony. We got to know them pretty well and had a ton of fun. Overall, it was a super awesome day and we can't wait for many more adventures!!

Wesnesday - June 26th, 2019

We started the day with breakfast and went right into devotion and keynote speeches. Then we had a pizza dinner and went to Universal Mini Golf. Then we went straight to Dave and Buster's for two hours of unlimited play! We ended the day by coming back to the resort, we swam for a bit, listened to one more keynote speech, and went to bed.

Quotes of the day

"It's abnormal for me to think" - Hunter
"Look at that tiny pine tree" (looking at palm tree) - Callie Jo

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

Last night we arrived at our host family's house in Tennessee. While it was a steep and winding road that led up to the house, the view was definitely worth it! We left their house at 5:00 a.m. this morning, but 10 minutes later it was 6:10 a.m. since we crossed the time zone. Many naps were taken today also. We stopped at Hardee's in Georgia for lunch right before we crossed into Florida. We did a little carpool karaoke, then got to our resort around 4:30, just in time to check in before dinner. We were taken by surprise at how hot it really was in the Florida humidity! The air conditioning broke in the building where dinner was, so it was a little sweaty and sticky for a while, but eventually, they got it working again. We did some mixers and icebreakers to get to know the other kids at the Amazing Race, then we had free time. We ended our day with reflection time in our cottages, and we can't wait for tomorrow!!

Monday, June 24th, 2019

We started the day with a departure from Jerusalem Church and School. We drove,
then we drove some more, and then just a little more, then we stopped at Costco for lunch.
We resumed our adventure, but this time instead of being anti-social and boring, we wrote
some mad libs. We drove a little farther and got dinner at Culver's. After that, there was
even more driving. During all this driving there were many movies watched, many naps
taken, and many topics discussed (we did table topics). Although it may seem boring,
we had a lot of fun.

Quotes of the Day

"I don't need coffee to be annoying" - Hunter

"I didn't know that was in the Bible" - Faith

"My thoughts are going to cause more thoughts, and we don't have time for that"

- Callie Jo

"It's Saturday somewhere" - Haden

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Day 1

We started the day at St. Croix and began our adventure… We drove to Madison to pick up Seth (we didn’t forget him), and then proceeded to Morton Grove, IL. We got to Jerusalem Church where we got to know the youth group from Jerusalem that will also be at the Amazing Race Teen Challenge. We had an amazing dinner that consisted of some great pulled pork and brisket. Afterward, we played some dodgeball.

Then we went to our amazing host families’ houses for the night.