Stay away from stinging insects, Jessica

Jessica left at 8:30 this morning with a group of senior high youths to spend a week doing missionary service in Appalachia.  A lot of hard work and the satisfaction of helping others is in store.  I hope Jessica can avoid fire ants on this trip.  She was stung on each ankle and had an allergic reaction when she took junior high youth to Florida for a week of service..  The fire ant bites as  well as stings but it is the sting that causes the pain and reactions.  When bees sting they sacrifice their lives; not so the fire ant. It can sting, sting again, and go sting some more without harm to itself.  Doesn't seem fair, does it?