Richton Tent Revival 2026 Save The Date

 Hey Friends,

Our fall plans are shaping up to be busy. We have some exciting things that we get to be part of this year. 

Pastor Scott Morris and First Assembly are going to set up the "Blue and White Gospel Tent. Last I heard, Pastor Brent Gabbard Mon-Wed and Pastor Kenny Morris Thurs-Fri will be preaching this year. 

Pastor Scott Morris has aked us to be there for the meeting. We will be singing. This meeting is always a highlight of our year. It is an honor to be invited to return to Richton for Tent Revival! 

Save the dates and come join us in Richton for Tent Revival 2026. God has always saved, blessed, healed and encouraged under the tent in Richton. I expect He will do so even more this year!

See you in Richton. 

Odie 

DRPC Our Home Sweet Church

 Hey Friends,

We are still getting back in the swing of things at home. My body clock is having a hard time switching back from West Coast time this time around. Hopefully, I am about to get it figured out.

I was excited to get back to our church last night. We are blessed with the best church family at DRPC! 

They are so supportive of us with their prayers and love! They are also good at letting us know we are missed when we are gone. It feels good to belong to a church family!

Bro. Andrew Blevins preached great last night! It was a message straight to my soul. He encouraged us to rejoice in the Lord!

In the book of Philippians, we are commanded to rejoice and the Lord always. The circumstances of life may make it difficult to rejoice, But they do not change our obligation to rejoice.

There is one thing that we can all Rejoice about as Christians. We are saved and our sins are under the blood of Jesus! Oh hallelujah, I have a reason to rejoice today and forever more!

Can you join me today in rejoicing? If you are anything like me, you have a mountain of things to rejoice about. But in those moments when it's hard to rejoice, Find one thing to rejoice about. Soon the joy, the Lord will be your strength in your guide!

Thanks for joining me today! I will see you tomorrow.

Odie

Desert Cove Assembly 2026 Visit

  Hey Friends,

We are still enjoying our time in Arizona. We were thrilled to be part of the church service last night at Desert Cove Assembly. 

Our family first came to minister here in October 2002. That started a lifelong friendship with the people out here. They become part of our road family. They will always hold a special place in our hearts. 

Last night, it was great to reunite with them. Pastor Noah Martinez invited us to minister in song and testimony. I am thankful God is still opening doors for Mom and me to minister! We are blessed!

We had a wonderful time worshiping God in song. Sis. Carla Martinez joined us on the third vocal part. We love singing with her!

I will close with my pics from yesterday. See you tomorrow!

Odie

Humberto's Carne Asada Burtito. 

A family favorite burrito. 

Practice session 

Church and fellowship 

Bro. Jorge made Mom some fresh Salsa. She love his JJ's branded salsa. 

Blooming California Sunday Visit

 Hey Friends,

We first met the Detherage family in 2010. They have been our friends since then. 

They have prayed for us all through our hard times. It is special to have such wonderful encouragers. 

We have been wanting to see our friends at Bloomington Pentecostal Church of God again. When we began planning this California trip, Bloomington was a must-stop for us. 

On Sunday, we spent both services in Bloomington, California. Pastor John Detherage has extended an open invitation many times for us to visit. 

They welcomed us with open arms and loved us! We had a wonderful time with our dear friends! 

He asked Mom and me to sing and testify. Bro. Detherage preached messages that spoke to us. We greatly enjoyed our Sunday!

I snapped a handful of pictures. I will close with them in a moment Last night we had dinner with the Detherage family again. It was excellent.

This visit was great for the soul! We love the Detherage family! It was great to reminisce about old memories and make new memories. 

Thanks for reading. 

Odie

Merced Campmeeting Day 5

Hey Friends,

It's 3AM Saturday morning. I am headed to bed. Friday was an excellent wrap to our Gospel Defender visit. 

We love our sweet friends here. They treated us so kindly. It was great to be in campmeeting with them again.

Thank you to Bro. Jared and Sis. Valerie Burris for inviting us to be a help with music during the meeting. We had an excellent time this week. 

Here are Friday's campmeeting pics. 

Odie

 Hey Friends,