More Fun In Tennessee

Jo & Tab decided to go on a hike the other day.  If you 

didn't know, Joanna is not much of a hiker and she is a 

hypochondriac. The two do not mix. : )  She thought she 

was going to die the second we walked out of the 

apartment.  Surely she was going to get attacked by a 

snake.  Or perhaps she would get a tick.  We reassured 

her nothing would think to come near her -  she is quite 

loud and would have scared anything away!  You all 

can be thankful pictures don't have sound. : )

She grabbed her water bottle and started drinking 

like we were lost in a desert the second 

we walked out of the door.

We weren't even to the trail and she grabbed a granola bar

from the bag.  She was dying of starvation!!  Dramatic?! : )

As we were hiking, I wondered why my bag felt so heavy. 

I looked down to see Joanna hanging on for dear life.

I don't know if it was to help her up the trail or to save 

her from the big lions and bears we faced ahead? : )

We didn't get very far but we had fun.  Thankfully we made

it back in one piece.  Just barely though...we had a couple 

of attacks from very mean, wild, vicious butterflies. : ) 

Might as well have been a bear the way Joanna reacted!

Rebekah does an awesome job teaching the deaf girls.

Ronnie Rice had fun playing Abby's phone as a harmonica. : )

He was trying to teach Joanna how to finger spell 

cat & dog at the same time.  Try it - it's hard!

Bill & Mary Rice invited us over for ice cream after 

the Wednesday evening service.  They have a beautiful 

log cabin.  We enjoyed our time with them and hearing 

all of their interesting stories!  We could have listened 

to them talk all night!  As we were leaving, Joanna 

was thanking them and telling them how much we 

enjoyed being there.  She walked right out of 

the house without her shoes. : )