I get home in less than two weeks, which is CRAZY!!! You might be wondering what this year was like for me, so I wanted to leave you with fun questions that I can answer for you! I would love to get coffee and chat about this amazing year with you, so feel free to reach out!
Months 1-3: Georgia
Why did you love tent life?
Your tent flooded?
What card games did the squad play together?
What was the fitness hike?
What were cohorts?
How was night one worship?
What were the best/worst parts about sharing a room with 40 people?
What were the AIM stairs?
Who talks the most in their sleep?
What happened when you played musical chairs?
What did Sabbath look like for you in this season?
What were team times like?
What did you learn from being a part of Team Stride?
How was it having Alicia as your Alumni Team Leader?
Who is Jewel?
How did you do your laundry? Did it ever dry?
What was it like having only bucket showers for a couple weeks? There was a snake in the shower?
What is OneRace? What did you learn from them?
What happened on November 5?
How many covid tests did you take?
Who left, and how was that for you and the squad?
What is squad church?
Favorite meal from the AIM kitchen staff?
D squad’s favorite worship song from months 1-3?
favorite pictures?
If you could describe this season in one word, what would it be?
Did your team get along?
Litter box or hen house?
What did the Lord teach you the most in this season?
if you play a double reverse in spicy uno is it your turn again? (please let a girl know we still argue about this)
Can you describe women’s week & what happened?
What did the guys do for the girls the last night?
Why was Georgia your favorite part of the race?
Samaritan’s Purse:
Why was working with Samaritan’s Purse in Lakes Charles, LA one of your favorite parts of the Race?
Who were some of the people you served at Samaritan’s Purse?
How many cockroaches did you kill?
What did you find in a dresser?
Who are Patty and Perry?
What did D Squad do for Halloween?
What did Stride dress up as for Halloween?
What was your favorite part of working with Samaritan’s Purse?
Why did Becca have to get ice cream/ you lost your voice on the road trip home?
what changed for your team at SP?
what was Derider, LA like?
Month 4: Home
how did you feel about being home for a month?
how did you keep in touch with the squad?
what was the hardest part?
Where did you go?
You froze on top of a mountain?
How did you feel about/prepare for going overseas?
Favorite pictures?
Months 5-7: Costa Rica
What was your first travel day like? Were you excited for Costa Rica?
Who was Nicole?
Where did your squad stay?
How was sharing a room with your team?
How was it being on the race without the Alumni Team Leaders?
How did you get fully funded in a day? What did your team do after?
What is gallo pinto? How was sharing a room with Stride?
What was the ministry training like at the Hope Project?
Who are the Mixons?
Who is Quique? Dona Ceci?
What was the hardest part?
How was it living with just the girls for a month?
What game did everyone want you to play?
How did you learn to trust the Lord with your future/ how did he call you to CGA?
Who are Caleb and Corrie?
What does Stride put on everything/ is addicted to?
What did D Squad do for Valentine’s Day?
You went to a coffee plantation?
What’s dance ministry? Waves of Grace?
How was grocery shopping and meal planing for all of Stride’s weekend meals?
What did you learn about the church?
Who are Kacie and Jezie?
What did you learn about prophecy and the Lord’s voice?
What was the dance party on the balcony like?
Who are Alfredo and Xinia?
How was camping in a garden?
What’s Manuel Antonio?
You can shuffle?
Who are Rachel, Pablo, and Josh?
What was Abraham’s Project?
How many times did you move within a week, with less than 48 hour notice?
What visions did you get from the Lord?
What did He teach you about waiting?
Why were Morgan and Anjali banned from the kitchen?
Why did the squad get banned from uber eats?
How did you feel leaving?
What happened on St.Patty’s day?
If you could describe this season in one word, what would it be?
Debrief:
What is debrief?
How did you process your time in Costa Rica?
Who was your roommate for the week?
What kind of bugs did you find?
You jumped off a bridge?
What was the blob?
Who are Madie and the Cocos and why did they come to debrief?
Favorite place at the camp?
Months 8-9: Dominican Republic
How were the first two weeks in the DR?
Who else lived on the base with the squad for two weeks?
A cow broke in?
How was celebrating Easter while quarantined in a foreign country?
What is Mission of Hope?
Who are Alec, Tim, and Shannon?
Who are Papa Paul and Mama Kim?
Who are Austin and Paige?
What was the spiritual atmosphere like?
What did the squad do to fight against the spiritual warfare?
What is SMT?
How was cooking for the whole squad everyday?
What was a safety hazard walking from your room to the dining hall?
Did anyone ever catch a chicken?
What was the view like from the backyard?
Who are Blackie, Chuck, and Thomasita?
How many people were injured?
Why do you have a purple scar on your knee?
How was it when the whole squad had a bacterial infection?
What did you learn in dealing with sickness on the field?
Who was the medical translator?
You had a fake birthday?
How did D squad celebrate Hailey’s birthday?
Who is Lidani?
What songs would D squad always scream on the bus?
How was mango dodgeball?
What were team times like for Stride in the DR?
Who is Edwin?
What was the party bus?
What would Hailey play every time she had aux?
How did you prepare to go home?
Favorite part of ministry?
D squad’s favorite worship songs?
Why did your squad stay up all night?
How was getting to be a part of Haitian church?
What was 27 waterfalls?
If you could describe this season in one word, what would it be?
What was it like sharing a room with ten girls for the first two weeks?
What happened during the first worship night?
Favorite SMT story?
What was the funniest ministry story?
What was bible study like?
What was the showering situation like?
How did you grow with the Lord?
Months 1-9:
How did your team change and grow?
What was it like living in community?
What did you learn from living in community?
How did worship change for you?
How did the Lord continue to affirm your calling/passion for children?
Did you pursue the Lord in different ways in different seasons?
How did the Lord pursue you differently in different seasons?
Favorite memories?
How many different places have you slept over your race?
Why are you not the same person who left home nine months ago?
