Sierra stood behind a tree, waiting until the bear was about 50 yards away, she said. Then she took careful aim and squeezed the trigger. The bullet struck the bear behind the shoulder. Unfazed by the rifle's light recoil, she said, she ejected the casing, reloaded and fired another round. It hit. The bear ran about 150 feet before collapsing."I was really, really, really happy," Sierra exclaimed. "They won't eat now. They won't eat a thing."

"We don't think to question why there is a Tree of Life. God just sort of puts it there. Why is it a tree? Why apples? It's just the problem, and the solution, and God made it."