Sunday At Full Gospel Mission

 Hey Friends, 

We have been on the move. Sunday found us in Evansville, Indiana. It was great to be in both Sunday Services at Full Gospel Mission. 

Pastor John, Sis. Debbie Eaton and the congregation welcomed us with open arms. It was great to be at church with our longtime friends and meet new friends, too. 

The Lord blessed and helped in both services. We are thrilled to have been a tiny part of it. 

Bro. John is my "Pops"—he and Sis. Debbie have been special to us for many years. God has blessed us with incredible friends!  Mom and I are so grateful for Bro. John and Sis. Debbie! We love them dearly!

When Dad incorporated Boggs Family Ministries, Bro. John joined our team. He is a wonderful asset to our ministry as a board member. He has helped us immensely to navigate the challenges of ministry without Dad at the helm.

He has been inviting us to come sing for them for a long time. I am so glad we could finally make it happen!

We had the added blessing of help from some extra-special people. Thanks to Bro. Morgan and Sis. Laura Stephens, thank you for coming to help us this weekend. We love your precious family. 

Laura is Bro. John and Sis. Debbie's daughter. Morgan is Bro. Sean Stephen's son. Together they are awesome and have four sweet children. We have been close to them for a long time. In fact, we consider them part of our road family. Sadly, we do not get to be together as much as we would like to. 

Morgan lent us his background vocals and played bass both Saturday and Sunday. He is very talented and a great help. It is always fun to jam with him!

I will close with my pics from Sunday. I hope you enjoy. 

Odie

Goodbye 2025

 Hey Friends,

We are saying goodbye to another year today. I am glad to be turning the page on 2025. 

When this year began, I was scared. This was the first full year Dad would not be physically with us. I did not know what life would look like for us without him. 

Currently, we are still trying to find our groove and figure out life. Mom and I can truly say God has carried us through 2025. 

He has helped us through some extremely tough days and new territory. We are incredibly grateful for God's faithfulness. 

We are so thankful for every ministry opportunity that we had in 2025. Thank you to every Pastor and congregation that invited us to minister in your services. Your confidence in us and your friendship to our family encouraged us immensely!

This year also had many high points. We sold the BoggsMobile. We traveled a lot by air and land. We were blessed to see many new and longtime friends this year. 

In June, we recorded a new music project. In September, The Next Step was released. It is available for download on all digital platforms, and you can purchase it from our online music store HERE

2025 turned out to be a great year Kelly Jo and Odie and Boggs Family Ministries. Thank you for your friendship and support! We love you all!

Please keep us in your prayers as we embark on 2026. 

Odie

2 Years Ago But Thanking God Again

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to the final days of 2025. December 29th is a date that will always ring a bell in our minds

It was on this date in 2023 that Dad was suddenly stricken with a brain stem stroke. We were preparing to hit the road and be gone for most of 2024. 

Wow, our plans changed in an instant. Suddenly, Dad was feeling very sick, and it was then that he realized he could not swallow. Within moments, our travel plans were on hold. Soon, we were all headed to the hospital.

Reliving those moments can be painful, but I am also left with thankfulness in my heart. 

God allowed us to be surrounded by the right people at the right time to help us. I am still so thankful that we were home when it happened, and not on the road. We were less than two hours from hitting the road.

I was in the house getting ready to leave when Dad got sick. Mom called me from the barn to alert me. From my very first prayer for Dad, when I knew he was ill. I prayed for God to heal and help him. I also asked God for grace and strength to navigate what was ahead. I really did feel peace in the midst of my panic, and I know that only comes from God. 

My prayers were answered! No, he was not instantaneously healed of everything that ailed him. God did give us many, many miracles during the time of his stroke recovery. Friends, I'm talking about things that only God could do.

Those miracles made life much more bearable for Dad for the 10 months he had left with us! I do not want to think about what those 10 months would have looked like without the miracles God did for us! I still remember the very moment I watched the video of Dad taking his first swallow of water after 16 days. I cried and shouted all at the same time!

As for the rest of my prayer, God answered it, too. He daily gave us grace and strength to make it. During the long weeks of Dad's hospital stay, we survived. His grueling therapy sessions, Dad and Mom survived. I genuinely do not know where our family would be without the strength that comes from God and His grace! 

Dad did not recover as much as he had hoped that he would recover post-stroke. I can tell you this much: he worked hard on his occupational speech and physical therapy! Mom and I are still extremely proud of him!

The memories from two years ago today may not be happy, but the goodness of God was there! I wanted to pause for a moment and thank God for being so wonderful to our family in our time of need and beyond!

Yes, we only got 10 more months with Dad, but I am so grateful that we did get those very special months! I am incredibly thankful that the grace and strength of God did not end when Dad took his final breath. 

God's grace and strength continues to carry us through each day. We still trust and rely on God to be our support. He will never fail us. Thank you, God, from the bottom of my heart!

Also, God has granted us a fantastic family, friends, a church family, and a road. family that are always there to help us! Y'all are amazing, and I cannot name all of you. We would be here forever if I tried! May God bless you for your love and friendship to us! 

Thanks for reading! I will see you all tomorrow!

Odie

Kelly Jo Christmas 2025 Instrumental

 Hey Friends,

Merry Christmas Eve, Eve! 😆 Here is something special I captured Sunday night at Dodds. 

Mom and the Band played an instrumental. I love Mom’s version of God Rest, Ye Merry Gentlemen!  This is a recording of most of it. I missed the very beginning, my phone and my dumb fingers were acting crazy.  

I hope you enjoy this clip! I think my Mama is awesome!!

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.

Practice Practice Practice

 Hey Friends,

Here is a picture from practice at DRPC last night. I know I told you about our mini Christmas tour earlier this week. Read that post by clicking HERE.

BFM is in full out panic and prep mode. The band is sounding awesome. I just hope we can remember everything. I might be singing Christmas songs in my sleep. 

Please keep us in your prayers. Pray for our minds to work properly and our bodies to be well without voice problems.

It is already Thursday as I write this post. I am going to try to get a little rest. 

See you tomorrow. 

Odie 

4 City Christmas Tour

 Hey Friends,

I guess we ended up with a mini Christmas tour this year. 1 date grew to 2, then 3, and now we are ending it with number 4 shortly before Christmas. We are celebrating the Joy of Christmas through song. 

We could have added more dates. I know we had some requests for other services. Due to my recent surgery, I only felt comfortable staying closer to home for this tour. 

The final countdown is on. It is an exciting time, but nerve-racking as well. We are working hard to prepare. It is coming down to the wire. 

We have 2 Christmas services this weekend. Both Friday and Saturday nights, we will also be joined by Bro. Colton Deane of Cantonment, Florida. We are so excited to sing with Colton. He is exceptionally talented!

Moraine, OH 

Friday 12/12/25

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Bennie Sutherland 

7:00 

Dinner with Cantata to follow. It is all in the fellowship hall. Here is more information.

London, KY 

Saturday 12/13/25

First Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Vernon Jarvis 

6:30

Sunday 12/14/25

Mom and I will also be singing some during the Sunday morning service at First Pentecostal. 

We have a little break before the other services of this tour. It would be awesome to see family and friends along the way this month. Please make plans to join us!

Lebanon, OH

Wednesday 12/17/25

Anchor of Hope 

Pastor E.J. Lamb

7:00

This service was just added last night. I believe the plan is for us to sing several Christmas songs. Then Pastor E.J. will be preaching. 

Waynesville, OH

Sunday 12/21/25

Dodds Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Jay Osborn

6:00

My cousin Luke Osborn will be singing with us for this service. We are still working out the details. We are excited to be singing with Luke. 

A huge blessing for us this tour; since we are close to home, our band from DRPC has agreed to do most of these services with us. Mom and I are thrilled. That helps us tremendously. These 3 gentleman are like family to us, and we work together so often. It is extremely fun to make music with them!

Please keep us in your prayers. Stay tuned. I will recap each tour stop in a blog post. 

Thank you for reading. Hope we can see you soon. 

Odie

Online Shopping

 Hey Friends,

Happy December 1st! If you missed Friday and Saturday posts, check out our 2025 MORGAN and BOGGS Thanksgivings. It is my favorite time of year. I love the holiday festivities. 

Mom is in Christmas Canta prep mode. She has practice with our band tonight. Keep me in your prayers. I am easing back into practicing my singing with Mom since my surgery. 

Tomorrow is two weeks since my surgery. I feel like I have progressed a lot in the healing department. Still taking it easy in many areas. I do not want a backset. I can do more things on my own, and I am not requiring as much pain medication now. Thank you, Jesus, for your help! 

Online Shopping 

I was able to do a lot of our Christmas shopping online pre-surgery. I took advantage of the sales last week for some more shopping. I love shopping in stores, but this year I am so thankful for Online shopping!

While doing your Cyber Monday shopping, check out our music store HERE. We still have time to ship our brand new project to you before Christmas.

Dad always said “CDs make great stocking stuffers, if you have square feet.” I had to quote him, I have heard him in my head for weeks now. 😍😂

Well, thank you for stopping by to visit. See you tomorrow. 

Odie

Happy Thanksgiving 2025

Happy Thanksgiving 2025!

Thank you for being a reader on our website. You appreciate your support of our music and ministry! We are incredibly grateful and thankful for our family, road family and friends!

Your support and friendship has helped us through an incredibly tough year! Thank you so very much for your prayers!

May God bless you abundantly for being so kind to us! We love you all! 

Kelly Jo and Odie 
Boggs Family ministries 

GoodNews Nigeria School November 25 Update

 Hey Friends,

It is Thanksgiving week, and we have something to be thankful for! Mom recently received an update on the school in Nigeria from our dear friends! 

They are making great progress on the new school building! They shared some pictures with us, which we can share with you all.

Mom and I are so thankful that Boggs Family Ministries has been able to continue Dad's vision in helping the GoodNews Christian School.  We have been able to help them build this building, because of the faithfulness of God and the graciousness of God's people!

Thank you Lord and thank you to our friends! Please join us in praising God for this milestone! If you would like to be a part of helping us support the work of GoodNews Christian School, please let us know!

Odie