The Amazing Race – Missionary Style

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A couple years ago I organized an event for the single missionaries in the Orlando area, including singles Sunday school classes:  New Tribes Mission, Pioneers, Campus Crusade for Christ, and  Wycliffe, just to name a few.  It was my own version of one of my favorite television shows, The Amazing Race.  With the help of my very talented friends, this event was a huge success!  Oh, how I’d LOVE to do this again!

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Giving out the instructions.  From here the racers had to find their cars . . .

Yes, we had “valet” parking!  ;)

Here are a few of the road blocks/detours:

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Make your own tortillas…one team mate makes them, the other eats them.

Speaking of eating . . . we even had a “fast forward” . . . cockroaches are considered a delicacy in some countries.  I purchased these from an Asian store in Orlando…they had to be kept in the freezer until ready to serve.

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Of course, this was only first come first serve!

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Sorry, this picture is so small.  This  is a Philippino dance…anyone know the name of it?

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Another tiny photo…here we have archery with a tribal bow!

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 Looking for the next clue in mounds of shredded paper.

Yes, this was my classroom!

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 The winning team!

A wonderful time was had by all!

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  1. On March 12, 2008 at 1:24 pm Carol Said:

    Oh, this looks like it was so much fun — I really got a kick out of the valet parking. Hope you can do another one soon.

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  2. On March 12, 2008 at 5:27 pm Kolfinna Said:

    How neat. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. Our church supports New Tribe Missions. We have a family that grew up in our church that were missionaries for many years, and are now working at the New Tribes school.

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  3. On March 12, 2008 at 6:08 pm sapphire Said:

    The Filipino dance is called ‘TINIKLING’. Since the pic was so small, i couldn’t be so sure. Is it the one that uses bamboo?

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  4. On March 31, 2008 at 12:36 pm Linda Kittrell Said:

    I would like to plan something like this for our small groups at church. Do you have anything else that you could E-mail me that might help.

    Thanks! I love the race too.

    Linda

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  5. On April 16, 2008 at 7:01 pm Lissy Said:

    I have a group I would love to plan something like this for – it looks like great fun. I’ve never seen the show The Amazing Race so I’m unsure of how the challenges, road blocks and detours work. Would you be able to send me some info on it or maybe the outline for your event? Thank you in advance!

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