i had fun it week at bill rice ranch but sadly i went home =( but however i will see my firend again at Bill Rice Ranch next year!
Do you have website for bill rice ranch??
I just want know how old kids allow to be there?
I went to the Bill Rice Ranch in (or near) Murfreesboro, Tennessee - twice as a kid. I've had some memorable times and some strange times.
I've always been impressed with how, faced with a deaf child ("Ronnie" I think his name was), the entire family had picked up sign and had incorporated deafness into its industry.
The horse ride among the Native American graves is still my highlight of memories.
It's a Christian institution, especially among the deaf, that offers (for two summer weeks if my memory serves) free board. The last time I was there, there was an in-ground swimming pool with an impressively high diving board, a "town" done in Wild West/pioneer style with shops, barracks/dormitories (separating males and females, of course), a huge worship building/auditorium/assembly hall, and a cafeteria. It's all not any different from any other American campground.
Bill Rice had children and all of them, I think, live with their families on the campground in their own houses and such.
There's also an arena/rodeo barn, too. The year that I was there (and I have a picture somewhere in my collection) they'd had a "jump onto the horse without any support or saddle" contest. First, the girls went and, while they were continuing the contest, the horse had developed a major, major erection! After the crowd had noticed and cheered, they'd replace the horse. Second, the guys went and, of course, I looked like I was tackling the horse instead of mounting it.
It's a camp experience sprinkled heavily with Christian teachings that seek to defend the young Christian against "the world."
Or did you want to know about the horse ride?
Off topic....I lived about 15 miles from the Ranch for several years.
You poor, poor child.
Isn't it VERY fundie? It's basicly very almost fundie seperatist......like stereotypical Bible Belt style Christian. Not nessarily, libral Christian.It's a camp experience sprinkled heavily with Christian teachings that seek to defend the young Christian against "the world."
Dr. and Mrs. Rice had a daughter born hearing. Her name was Betty. At age 19 months, Betty became very sick. She had meningitis, with a high fever. She survived the sickness but it caused her to become deaf.
Eventually, the Rice family established special camps for deaf children.
Ronnie was born deaf to a young unwed mother. His mother died soon after his birth, and his grandparents didn't want him. He became a ward of the state. When he became old enough to attend school, he went to the state residential school for the deaf. For the first few summers, he went "home" to the hospital. Later, he was sent to various elderly foster people for his summers. He became a troubled, bitter, rebellious teen.
The state was frustrated about Ronnie. So they sent him to the Bill Rice Ranch for the summer. Dr. and Mrs. Rice accepted him like a son. The state allowed them to keep and raise Ronnie as their son.
In 1973, Ronnie graduated fro Tennessee Temple College. He is married and a father now.
Ronnie Rice is now a deaf missionary. I met him once when he preached at a local church. He was a wonderful preacher.
Ronnie Rice
Isn't it VERY fundie? It's basicly very almost fundie seperatist......like stereotypical Bible Belt style Christian. Not nessarily, libral Christian.
Isn't it VERY fundie? It's basicly very almost fundie seperatist......like stereotypical Bible Belt style Christian. Not nessarily, libral Christian.