These gorls and i get to dive deaper in relationship, minister together and stretch each other closer to Christ. A little family inside my big family. Forever sisters! So excited for the rest ofnthese 8 months along side them wooo
Gillian Scheer
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interviewed by: Iggs
Age:19 | From: SteamBoat Springs, CO | Tied for middle child | Spirit Animal: a giraffe butterfly hybrid
Q: What is your walk on song?
A: September by Earth, Wind and Fire ~Do ya remembahhhhh~
Q: If your team was a human, which body part would you be and why?
A: The big toe because it’s like a little but also big plus hairy like me, but it’s crucial for the body to be balanced ya know?
Q: What is something you wish you could’ve fit in your pack and why?
A: My dog because she is so cute even though she kind of stinks- My family and I just lover her so ahhhh she just wags her tail in the breeze and it’s just so precious.. My She’s just really really amazing ugh I miss her.
Q: What is the coolest fact about you?
A: I have flown a plane before. *all team is shook and starts yelling* yeah guy’s I’m getting my pilot’s license woooo.
Alex Wead
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interviewed by: Gill
Age:18 | From: Cody, Wyoming | Youngest Child | Sprit Animal: Mountain Blue Bird
Q: If you were a vegetable what would you be and why?
A: Um I gotta think. Hmm. Um. What kind of vegetable would I be? Probably a carrot. I’d be a dumb thick carrot. I’ m not sure why I just feel it in my bones. Like what else would I be?
Q: What 3 things make your favorite season your favorite.
A: My favorite season is summer because there’s no school, Im alive and I’m thinking umm. And because… I get to be outside working with my hands, and the last reason is because you get to stay up late and have bonfires honestly. Yeah.
Q: What is your favorite characteristic of God?
A: His forgiveness and His willing to sacrifice because if not I would be screwed. I would be ruined.
Q: If you had to wear the same outfit over and over again like a cartoon character what would it be?
A: Dang … a sweatshirt. I’m choosing my outfit. So sweatshirt, jeans, and converse.
Abigail Lineberry
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interviewed by: Hayley
Age: 18 | From: Gastonia, North Carolina (I don’t claim King’s mountain where I actually lived. But I guess I live in Africa now.) | I am the baby child, of three | Spirit animal: My dog, Georgia, because she is literally me reincarnated as the most perfect animal that may have ever walked the earth and I miss her so much!
Q: How do you worship?
A: I worship in a lot of ways, but by singing and writing music mostly. Also being outside and just feeling the wind and sunshine. I love that. amen- right guy’s.
Q: What is your go to thing to do in your hometown?
A: I enjoy long romantic drives to Cookout, with a good oreo milkshake- where the quesadillas run free in my belly.
Q: What is the piece of clothing that you wish you could have fit in your pack?
A: I wish I could have fit my big chambre jean shirt with the Coca-Cola symbol on the pocket, even though I don’t drink coke. Actually I take a few small sips of coke occasionally.
Q: What is your favorite sticker from your water bottle, why?
A: My Panajachel volcano sticker from Guatamala. Actually, I have never been to Panajachel I just found the sticker in an airport and really liked it. I did see a volcano erupt, not the most recent one just a little one- it was just smokin’ a little like a cigarette.
Makayla Lipscomb
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interviewed by: Alex
Age: 18 years old | From: Littleton…aka Vanillaton, Colorado | I am the oldest child | Spirit Animal: My cat Snuggles because she needs a lot of attention, she sleeps a lot, and she eats all day.
Q: What color is your toothbrush and why?
A: It is green because at Walmart I saw the toothbrushes and found the green one
Q: What was your childhood nickname and why?
A: “Um my stepmom used to always call me Makadoodledoo! I’ve gotten Mak and Cheese, Mak attack…. one guy once tried calling me MK….. and yeah I didn’t like that one. But I do have some pretty cool nicknames. But the one most known is just Mak”
Q: Describe briefly one of the best days of your life?
A: “So i was like seven and I found this cat on the street. It was a lost cat- I brought it into my house and fed it and loved on it but then uh the owner came and found and I cried a lot. So my mom just said ‘let’s go to the shelter and get another cat! wooo!’ So we went and saw a bunch of cats but a lot of the cats were really mean and scratched a lot. THEN we found this one cat that loved to snuggle so we got that one. It’s name is snuggles:) And yes that’s the best day I’ve ever had. Miss you snuggles hope you haven;t eaten Swimmie! (that’s my fish[i named that one too] i also named my grandmas cat Maynard) .”
Q: What did you want to be when you were younger? Are you living up to your expectations.
A: “I wanted to be a vet, a ballerina, a firefighter, I wanted to be a Princess! The princess part… heck yes I am living up to that but now I want to be a nurse”
Isabel “Iggs” Jaquette
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interviewed by: Emmy
Age:18 | From: Eugene, Oregon | Middle Child | Spirit Animal: Snoop Dogg
Q: Would you rather wear a suit made of bricks for 6 months or spend the entirety of your 30s never being able to say or write your own name?
A: Wear a suit full of bricks. I’m a swole gurl. I would be like a walking mood ring since i could paint that thing like daily. Sister would be ripped.
Q: What is the greatest thing thats ever happened to you?
A: I got a stand up kitchen aid mixer for my 13th birthday. My whole family pitched in and bought it. I baked the bread for the whole year for our family. Paula Dean was Shquaking in her boots.
Q: What conspiracy theory would you represent at a conspiracy theory convention?
A: Beyonce is illuminati. Wait also Avril Levigne is very dead and has been replaced by her body double Melissa. Lastly, Tupac is alive. Yets all three so extra ik!
Q: What is one thing you’ve learned since being on the race?
A: You literally don’t need any things to be happy. This has been incredible like there’s just a lot of joy and all this um like you know joy in like the poverty like there isn’t anything here but it’s full of the happiest people I’ve ever met ya know. Emmmmmy! everyone’s gonna thing I’m the dumbest cali valley girl in the world and I’m from Oregon (Check out isabeljaquette.theworldrace.org for the exact same amount of information on this blog[there’s one in the works about this gnarly dope place mka.]) And that’s the tea.
Hayley Grosh
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interviewed by: Mak
Age: 18 | From: Mount Joy, Pennsylvania | I am the oldest by one minute | Spirit animal: a baby elephant cuz I feel like they are just bumbling around and they are so cute
Q: If you could mix two animals, what would you mix and why?
A: Hippogriff, from Harry Potter, it’s an eagle mixed with a lion
Q: If amount of money made and amount of school didn’t matter, what’s your dream job?
A: A photo journalist so I can take pictures and travel the world, but I don’t have a camera so It’s kinda hard … dreams guys.
Q: What’s your favorite bible story and why?
A: Right now all I can think of is veggie tales … I like Esther. She’s a queen. The way she stood up for her people and her king is confidence I wish I had. Her faith and wisdom are goals if I were ever in that position.
Q: How do you hope to grow on the race?
A: In a lot of ways, but the one I hope you grow most in is knowledge of the bible, and being more disciplined in reading the bible.
Emmy Shepherd
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interviewed by: Abby
Age: 18 and 3 quarters | From: Orange County, California | Youngest | Spirit Animal: Golden snub-nose monkey.
Q: What are your hobbies.
A: I knit, I play solitaire, I dabble in origami, um I I play the ukelele like a beast um um um. I thrift shop! Let’s thrift together! My pants were $3!
Q: What is your favorite TV show and which character would you be?
A: The office, I would be Creed. Creed is also my spirit animal. Creed is runner up to the golden snub-nose monkey..
Q: Which Disney princess would you be?
A: Oh I hate Disney. But i really like Jane Lynches character in Another Cinderella Story. Baby Got Bacne will always be gold.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Are you ready? I’m thinking hold up, I’m thinking- chic grandpa, with a dollop of- no no nono I’ve recently been leaning into skater boy and Avril Levigne. Avril Levigne is not dead. I so regret not bringing my doc martins.
