Hello! We have about four and a half months left on the Race! I’ve gotten to know and love the people I am travelling with and am really looking forward to reaching the end all together. Here are some fun facts from friends that are still fundraising. Each of them is such a valuable part of our squad and I don’t want to see them go home early! So if you didn’t get a chance to donate before I became fully funded, or if you just really love their fun facts, please consider helping one of my friends!
Just to be clear, please DO NOT donate to me. Since I am fully funded, that money will go to a general fund, not to me or any of my squadmates. Thank you!
Anyway, I’ll let each of them introduce themselves 🙂 You can go to their blogs to donate!
Nicole Wilhoit
1) I used to be an opera singer.
2) I have completed six half marathons and a triathlon with hopes of doing more in the future.
3) Some of my poetry was published in grade school.
4) I have recorded an EP and hope to have a full album recorded/released one day.
5) I know bits and pieces of several languages including sign language.
Donate here: https://nicolewilhoit.theworldrace.org/
Tyler Hamblin
1) I choreographed a dance to “Yeah” by Usher at my 5th grade talent show.
2) I’m the oldest of 4 siblings and oldest cousin on both sides of my family with 11 cousins total.
3) I am a published author with Oxford press.
4) I was a captain of my football team as a senior.
5) I lived in Germany for 4 years when I was a child.
Donate here: https://tylerhamblin.theworldrace.org/
Shelby Downing
1) I marched in the Macy’s Day Parade in New York.
2) I have my own photography side business.
3) I am in the process of getting my masters in school counseling.
4) I have a dog named Aspen who is living with my parents.
5) I worked as a nanny for two years.
Donate here: https://shelbydowning.theworldrace.org/
Mary Schwark
1) I can speak English and Korean but I am currently also learning Chinese!
2) I studied film in South Korea my last semester of college!
3) I lived in Seoul for 4 years working as an English teacher and musical actress!
4) I adore teaching and hope to one day teach theatre overseas long term!
5) I’ve always wanted to play a super villain in a super hero movie.
Donate here: https://maryschwark.theworldrace.org/
Luis Lam
1) I’m blind in one eye.
2) Punched a shark when I was in Hawaii.
3) Chased a herd of elephants on a dirt bike.
4) Had a California road racing license.
5) Have been falling in love with Jesus for almost 5 years
Donate here: https://luislam.theworldrace.org/
Heidi Gray
1) I worked in reality television for four years in Los Angeles.
2) I won the 4th grade spelling bee.
3) I love doing improv and snuck onto a bus with college freshmen so I could go to the beach (not my college).
4) I snuck into Universal and rode all the rides for free (we were shooting a show on the lot next door).
5) I shot Tupac.
Donate here: https://heidigray.theworldrace.org/
Nora Cox
1) I have a crazy goofy laugh.
2) I am so content: In the past, I have gone for over a year without shaving my underarms or legs. Not because I am feminist, but because I am interested in the way God made me and I don’t care a lot about societal norms.
3) I love extreme adventure & meeting people: I have ridden on a solo bicycle trip from South Carolina to Key West.
4) I am shy to ask people for money because I have never been in debt myself: everything I have owned or done I patiently saved for. A house, 4 vehicles, bicycles, and bible college. I believe I am called to a high standard of giving.
5) I am a miracle baby: the nurse and my parents prayed because I swallowed my own feces while exiting the womb and almost didn’t make it. God has a purpose for my life!!!
Donate here: https://noracox.theworldrace.org/
Andrea Potter
1) My parents own the oldest bakery in Traverse City, Michigan (maybe in all of Michigan ??)
2) I rescued a stray cat 4 years ago that had leukemia and nursed her back to life despite the vets saying she would only live 1 year max.
