Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 61:3 "o grant to those who mourn in Zion to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified."
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite song to listen to on the road: One song?! I have no idea. Something by Ray LaMontagne. Or Feist. Or Black Keys. Or Fleet Foxes. I think because all my road trip memories have these bands in them.Favorite road trip snack: Trail mix
Most excited about: Smithsonian, Plantation, taking pictures. :) Bonding. Being goofy. So much excitement!
Least excited about: Re-packing for the ride home... It never fits the same!
What is your happiest childhood memory? Making forts with my brother. Playing house with my next door neighbor. Making coke floats with my babysitter. Cuddling with my dad. I loved being a kid.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? Full House! Between the basement and the extra staircase, it's always been the coolest.Do you prefer baths or showers? Showers! I feel dirtier after a bath.Why do you want to go on this road trip? Because college is the time to have adventures with your friends. And I love traveling and exploring!What is your goal on this road trip? To have some pretty cool stories to tell, make awesome memories, grow in these friendships, and learn something new.If you were to enlarge an animal and ride it into battle, what would it be and why? An eagle. They have super scary sharp talons, they can fly, and they rescue the Hobbits from Mordor.
Katie
Favorite Bible verse: Deuteronomy 7:6-10 "6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth..."
Favorite color: Teal
Favorite song to listen to on the road: anything I can dance to :-)Favorite road trip snack: trail mix or carrots
Most excited about: EVERYTHING!!!!!
Least excited about: the rising gas prices :-(
What is your happiest childhood memory? Some of the best memories I have are playing Barbies with my sister. We would camp out upstairs in our own little corner, where we would play for hours on end.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? Full House!Do you prefer baths or showers? Showers and baths on occasionWhy do you want to go on this road trip? I wanted to do something crazy and something I wouldn't necessarily be able to do once I graduate in a year and a half.What is your goal on this road trip? My goal is to live totally in the present and to make everything fun. :-) I want get out of my comfort zone more than normal, so that God can stretch me in some new ways.If you were to enlarge an animal and ride it into battle, what would it be and why? Ant, because they have super strength, so enlarged they would be even cooler!
Lauren
Favorite Bible verse: Job 38-42. It's maybe a little too long to type out haha. But basically it's God basically being super blunt about His awesomeness and then Job's reaction to that in 42. Read it- you'll thank me later!
Favorite color: Confession. I'm that girl who has a different favorite color for different situations. Yellow is my favorite color for in my room, red is my favorite color to wear, florescent pink and orange and dark purple are my favorite colors in a sunrise/sunset. The others aren't bad either.
Favorite song to listen to on the road: This is unfair. Either Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor guitar stuff, Kirk Franklin, or... this list could go on for awhile. At the moment I'm a definite fan of driving to Blue Eyes by Mika, too.
Favorite road trip snack: Trail mix with cranberries and dark chocolate, bell pepper, cookies. Very much depends on my mood I think.
Most excited about: Talking to random people- hearing people's stories!!! Getting to know the amazing girls on this trip better, and just living life with the Lord and seeing what He does with 9 days and 5 willing (and maybe a little crazy) hearts!
Least excited about: Hm. Not much! I guess not getting much sleep? Going into this pretty tired. But even that is minor. I'm mostly just pumped :)
What is your happiest childhood memory? Oh goodness. I had a WONDERFUL childhood, but probably wrestling on the trampoline or rollerblading, biking, and racing around the lake. Anything with my sisters and family. We had a lot of great times.
If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? The Cosby house. They're awfully fun :)
Do you prefer baths or showers? Showers. For sure. Baths are good sometimes, but only in a tub that I'm confident in the cleanliness of haha.
Why do you want to go on this road trip? See most excited about. :) I was super blessed by these girls by being allowed to join at the last minute! I can't believe they're letting me come! Everyone needs to do a crazy roadtrip at least once in their lives.
What is your goal on this road trip? To bless the girls on the trip and by the grace of God bless the people we meet!
If you were to enlarge an animal and ride it into battle, what would it be and why? So there's this bioluminescent squid that I absolutely LOVE that I heard about in my oceanography class last year, but unfortunately I'm completely blanking on the name. So that. Because it is INCREDIBLY fun and creative and I think we'd have a blast in battle together!!
Leslie
Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite song to listen to on the road: anything throw back...nsync, backstreet boys, britney spears, aaron carter you know all the good stuff from the 90's hollaFavorite road trip snack: Hmm.... depends on my mood but I'm always down for Dr. Pepper Icee and ice cream:) I'm a fatty!
Most excited about: I'm stoked for DC! And to have my picture made in front of the White House...lame? Maybe, but it's gonna be awesome!
Least excited about: Least excited about driving... driving scares me sometimes after I totaled my car last year on SB by the way I can be a scardie cat on big highways so I drive slow:)
What is your happiest childhood memory? Happiest childhood memories are the pranks my sister and I used to play on each other...you would think we were boys. Also we lived on 100+ acres so I would spend all afternoon on little adventures with my sister and friends...those were the good ol daysIf you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? Full House duhhhh is that even a question?! Danny Tanner as my dad heck yes and cool uncle Jessie!Do you prefer baths or showers? I LOVE baths but I rarely take them...I also don't take them at hotels because you don't know who else rubbed their behind on that tub... yuck!Why do you want to go on this road trip? I wanted to go on this trip because A) the legit people who would also be in attendance and B) because it's on my college bucket list to take a road trip and hello what better roadtrip then to discover the entire East coast of the US of A!What is your goal on this road trip? My goal is to eat a lot, be funny, try not to sleep the whole time in the car, meet some characters in the towns were at and be as spontaneous as possible.If you were to enlarge an animal and ride it into battle, what would it be and why? Easy a porcupine pine but I would saddle it first! I rode horses my whole life so I could saddle it. But ya so it has all those pointy things so if anyone got close to us they would get stabbed and die thus we would win the battle! Whoop!
Taylor
Favorite Bible verse: Just one?! Well, I'll do my current one... it changes every couple months... or weeks... Romans 5:2-5 "Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Favorite color: Blue, like a cool soothing blue, not a bold or dark blue, not too much green in it either.
Favorite song to listen to on the road: I refuse to answer this difficult question.Favorite road trip snack: Pumpkin or banana bread
Most excited about: Random experiences, meeting random people, learning to love my travelling companions well
Least excited about: Not having a kitchen to cook in :(
What is your happiest childhood memory? Jumping on the trampoline while it was wet to get high enough to pull a peach off the peach tree.If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? The house in Bewitched, I mean, the stuff that goes on in that house... life would never be boring.Do you prefer baths or showers? Showers. I like the water running over me... sometimes I sit down and fall asleep... ask my roommateWhy do you want to go on this road trip? Because we've been wanting to do something nuts like this all of college!!! What a new and different way to experience life. Such a blessing to go on this!What is your goal on this road trip? To walk close to the Lord's heart the whole time! I easily get distracted by things going on and forget that when I do life with Him it makes it the most fun, enjoyable, meaningful and memorable and rewarding to serve Him in all I do.If you were to enlarge an animal and ride it into battle, what would it be and why? An elephant. They're already huge... so enlarged it'd be a massive! And I like elephants a lot (my mom implanted that affinity in me since age 3, I can't help it)
