Knoxville, Tennessee!

   This post is dedicated to Samantha because when I got my mission call she made me a blog post all about Georgia!!!
  Sorry Sam but this was the first thing I thought of when you got your call...Are you from Tennessee because you're the only ten I see! Haha!
Alright in all seriousness here come random facts of awesome about your future missionary homeland!

• The first Kentucky Derby winner was bred in Tennessee
• Full of country music!
• There are more horses in Tennessee per capita than any other state
• It is the turtle capital of the world
• Tennessee has more than 3,800 caves
• Birthplace of the KKK
• Knoxville's nickname is the Marble City
• Butch Cassidy once escaped from the Knoxville county jail
• There's a Knoxville Georgia!
• Mountain Dew was invented in Knoxville
• Knoxville has the nation's largest firework display for Labor Day
• You have the University of Tennessee! They're bright yellow and have a FANTASTIC softball team

  Do you recognize this picture?! That's right you're right in the middle of the bible belt too!! I knew we should have read the bible more...

  82% of Tennessee is christian, 39% is baptist, 10% Methodist and a whole bunch of other little ones. Tennessee is home to several Protestant denominations, such as the National Baptist Convention, the Church of God in Christ, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 

You have an NFL football team too!! They kinda suck but oh well!! Say hello to the Tennessee Titans. 

I used to love the Tennessee Volunteers. They had this pitcher named Monica Abbott she is the bomb!!! And Dedee Trotter the Olympic sprinter graduated from there.

I'm pretty sure this is the closet temple to you...Nashville

  According to urban dictionary Knoxville is home to beautiful views of the Smoky mountains, friendly folks, sundown in the city, great bars and local bands, and the kick butt University of Tennessee Volunteers who will forevermore be more talented and better looking than the Florida Gators! 

Also beautiful picture of a famous Tennessee horse farm...

They have huge gorgeous houses and they're always lined with cute little white picket fences. 

Anyway Knoxville looks pretty awesome. I know that they will love you there Sam and that this really is where you're supposed to go. People are waiting for the gospel and they're waiting for you to teach it to them! Thanks for the example you've always been Sam!