Dodds Christmas Concert 2025 Pics

 Hey Friends,

We wrapped up our 2025 4-city mini Christmas tour last night.  Mom and I had a wonderful time at all four stops! 

Thank you to each Pastor and church that invited us to be part of your church’s Christmas celebrations. We love celebrating and worshiping our savior through song. 

We had the massive honor of singing with 3 extremely talented young men. Thank you, guys, for helping us out this year. Mom and I  greatly appreciate your sacrifice, time and labor to be part of the our Christmas services!

Bro. Colton Deane sang with us in Dayton, Ohio and London, Kentucky. Bro. Luke Hauri sang with in Lebanon, Ohio. My first cousin Luke Osborn sang with last night here in Waynesville. It was a huge help to us to have them singing with us. 

Mom and the DRPC Band worked hours on our songs. They sounded excellent. Thank you to Bro. Michael Alexander, Bro. Berkley Rose and Bro. Carmin Dottry for participating in the mini Christmas tour. It was so fun. We dearly love you all and your precious families. 

My cousin Jacqueline Coffman did an incredible job helping with narration. She is a gifted speaker. Thank you so much, Jacqueline. She was also an excellent stagehand on tour.😆 

I will close with pictures from last night. It was a good way to wrap up the 2025 Christmas tour. 

Thank you for reading! I will see you all tomorrow!

A little Angel choir joined us on Go Tell It On The Mountain. They did so good. We love you, Hadassah, Albany, Everly and Addeline. Keep singing girls! 

Sunday Sanity 12/20/25

 Hey Friends,

Here is one of my favorite scriptures for our nugget of sanity this morning. 

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭6‬ 

Let us have a happy Sunday as we celebrate our Lord's birthday. I want to keep Christ the reason for my celebrations. He is the greatest gift of all!

 

Merry Christmas week!

Odie

Good News From Baby Beckham

 Hey Friends, 

Are you ready for some fantastic news? Look at this Christmas gift!

Beckham is home with his Mommy and Daddy! Hallelujah, I feel like shouting!  God is so awesome! Thank you, dear Lord, for answering this prayer for us!

If you are a new reader, Beckham is my Dad’s great-nephew. He was born the end of August. All but a few weeks of his life he has been in the hospital with breathing issues. His case has been a roller coaster, and left doctors scratching their head. They were searching for weeks on end for the problem and solutions. 

He had surgery this week to correct the airway issue. Last report I heard, Beckham was doing well with his breathing! He sounds much better and was weaned off the oxygen.

We are praising God for helping Jonas, Kylee and Beckham through this major hurdle!  As a family, we will take all the victories we can get and rejoice with them!

Thank you so much for praying for our sweet baby boy. Please do NOT stop praying. Last week, they receive another diagnosis for a completely different problem. It will require further treatment. I am praying for a complete miracle in his little body. 

Here is a short explanation in my understanding. I borrowed Kylee’s wording for some of this explanation. He has been diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD). 

“This is a genetic autoimmune disease. It is a rare condition in which affects only 1 in 200,000 people in the United States. This disease causes infection-fighting white blood cells to not work properly or are not there at all. In Beckham’s case they are almost non existent.”

CGD affects his ability to fight different bacteria and fungi. There are certain things, and places they will have to avoid. This will NOT cause Beckham to be more susceptible to colds, flu, viruses or covid.

It seem like a Bone Marrow Transplant will be the method of treatment to hopefully, cure the CGD. They are hoping, praying and trying to find a match for the BMT. If he has to go thru it, hopefully it is sooner rather later.

Jonas and Kylee are hopeful and trusting in God. They have asked us to stay positive about the situation and help them pray. 

We are praying hard for a miracle. I ask that you join us in praying for Beckham Boggs, his parents and grandparents. 

Thanks for reading.

Odie

Odie’s 4 Week Post Surgery Update 2025

 Hey Friends,

Tuesday was the 4 weeks since I had surgery. It was 4 weeks ago yesterday since I came home from the hospital. It is hard to believe that 4 weeks have already passed.

First, I would like to say thank you so very much for all of the prayers, calls, messages, food, flowers, cards, gifts and love. I am overwhelmed by the kindness of so many people. I still have people checking on my recovery, and I greatly appreciate it!

God has heard and answered the prayers. My recovery process has been smooth! I feel I am recovering quickly! My next doctors appointment is at the end of the month.

Mama has been my angel! She has been with me through it all! Thank you Mom for all of your help!

Thankfully my incision has healed nicely. My strength is coming back. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I still need some help from Mom. 

Pain-wise, I am still sore at times, but it is so much better. I manage it with Tylenol a couple of times a day. I am still trying to take it somewhat easy. I rest when I can! I cannot say thank you, Jesus, enough. He has helped me tremendously!

Did you happen to hear somebody shouting around 10:30 PM on Wednesday? If you did, that was me! I was ecstatic for the shots to be done. Below is the final devil. 

My least favorite part of the recovery process has been the blood thinner shots. I knew going in this was something I would have to do, and I dreaded it horribly! Due to my limited mobility, they wanted me to do a daily blood thinner shot for 4 weeks. I definitely want to avoid a blood clot!

I counted down the days. Mom was a great nurse. The shots hurt and I bruise so bad! I have heard of some people having to do these long-term. People who do that are heroes! I am a wimp!

That wraps up my 4 week postop report! Thank you, Lord that everything went so good! You deserve all the glory! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all your prayers! Without a doubt, they helped carry me through!

Thank you for reading. I will see you all tomorrow!

Odie

Christmas Worship At Anchor Of Hope 2025

Hey Friends,

We got to be in service last night with our dear family and friends at the Anchor of Hope. Pastor E.J. and Sis. Lacey Lamb invited us to do worship for their Wednesday night service, and we love being there with them! They asked us to do some Christmas songs. 

Bro. Michael Alexander helped us on bass and Bro. Carmin Dottry played drums from the DRPC Band/ Kelly Jo Band. They were both a tremendous blessing to us!

Sis. Jacqueline Coffman and her Mom, Sis. Renae, came to be in service with us. Jacqueline also helped with narrating a couple places. She does a fabulous job. 

Joining us on vocals at Anchor was Bro. Luke Hauri. It was a privilege to sing with Luke. He is amazingly talented! 

Pastor E.J. Lamb had mentioned to us earlier in the year that he would love for Luke to come sing at Anchor. Mom had a last-minute idea to see if he would come help us. He was willing and available to make a special trip to Ohio, and we had a blast singing with him. Luke, thanks so much for signing with us!

Here are a handful of pictures I snapped last night at Anchor. Most of them are quick selfies. It was wonderful to see all of our friends. 

I hope you enjoy. See you later. 

Odie

We ended the night at Alcapulco. Good food, fellowship and salsa! That is a fantastic way to wrap up a great day.