The Amazing Race...YOUTH ALMIGHTY style

Tonight I had the great opportunity to chaufer 6 teenagers around in our youth groups version of "The Amazing Race" and it was so fun. We started at the church with pumpkin bowling. After each task completion the kids received another clue and we as drivers were not allowed to help them figure them out. That was so hard because I usually knew the answer except to one of them. They even had to tell me were to drive and how to get there. I couldn't just take them to the next spot. After the pumpkin bowling it was off to a local high school to either run around the track or kick a 10 yard field goal. From there we had to go to the pastors house and one of the kids had to either eat candy or smoked fish. The girl in my van ended up getting the smoked fish. She did awesome though and ate it in like 2 minutes. Next it was off to another person from our church to either rake a bag of leaves or find a hidden pumpkin. The kids split up and half did one and the other half did the other and we left when the first group got done.

Then we got lost because the kids misunderstood the clue, and so did I. We thought it meant a race track because the clue said that you were towed and got to the starting line. It was talking about the ski hill in the area because you are towed to the top of the hill to get to the starting line. We probably lost about 20 minutes trying to figure that one out. From there it was to another person house from our church. There the kids had to make up a rap about YOUTH ALMIGHTY and the guy at the house had to say if it was ok or not. He did so the kids got the next clue. For that one we had to go to a gas station. There the kids could either pump gas for 3 customers or eat some beef jerky looking things. They chose to eat and ate them really fast. The last place we had to go was to another house of a person from the church and the kids had to first find the clue in the dark, which was hard enough on its own, and then they had to honk the horn of the persons 18 wheeler. Then it was back to the church to the finish line. We did not come in first, but we also did not come in last. I have never done anything like that before, so I didn't know what to expect. I had so much fun, though, and would totally do it again.