Interesting facts about Jo Ellen:

• Jo Ellen has been married to Jim Ballard for 35 years.  Jim became a minister 17 years ago after spending 22 years in the United States Navy.

• They have 3 grown children - Brent, Jenny, and Blake - and 4 grandchildren - Katie, Christopher, Leora, and Rachel.

• During the past 7 years Jo Ellen has participated in over 20 international mission trips to China, India, Kenya, Uganda, Romania, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Guatemala, and Egypt.

• The Bible contains about 773,692 words!
• The Bible has been translated in over 6,000 different languages around the world!
• The word Christian is found in only three places in the Bible:  Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and I Peter 4:16.
• "Do not be afraid" appears 365 times in the Bible.

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•  The shortest Old Testament book is Obadiah.  It has 1 chapter with 21 verses.
• The shortest verse in the Old Testament is I Chronicles 1:25.
• The Old Testament has more than 60 references to Jesus.

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• The New Testament  contains more than 260 Old Testament quotations.
• The shortest book in the New Testament is II John with 13 verses.
• The longest book in the New Testament is Acts.
• The New Testament has 7,959 verses.