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

Weekend Wrap Up 11/12/25

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to visit with us today! Last week, I mentioned to you that we made a quick trip. We were in Florida for a few days. The trip also included a day in Mississippi.

We were in Cantonment, Florida, spending time with Bro. Philip Deane and family. Bro. Colton Deane is going to help us with a couple of Christmas concerts next month. 

Last week, we were able to work in a few practice sessions. We will not be able to meet in person to practice again until the week of the concerts. 

I already included a couple of pictures from our practice sessions, but here are a few more. 

A Weekend Wrap Up must have a few food pictures as well. 

The day we spent in Mississippi included a service at Trinity in Pascagula. They had a fellowship meeting last week, and we were able to be there for the final night. 

We were able to hear, Bro. Tyler Combs preach in the youth service. Bro. John Brock preached the evening service. They both did wonderful! It was great to see so many friends!

I snapped some photos. We had to slip out before the church was over. I was not able to get all the pictures that I wanted. 

We had a crazy time traveling home. I did not get any pictures of our travel day. We were just thankful to get home! 

Mom and I had to end up taking separate flights from Pensacola to Atlanta. Then we were able to get on the same flight from Atlanta to Dayton flight. I was the last  to board  the flight. I was going through Atlanta airport as fast as my little wheels would carry me. Thank God I made it. 

That wrapped up our weekend. We made it home Sunday in time to take a long winters nap. Then woke up to snow.

I want to close today by wishing a very special person Happy Birthday! Lisa Isaacs is celebrating a birthday! 

We love you, Lisa, so very much! I hope you feel extra loved and appreciated today! 

Thank you for all that you do! Everyone needs a Lisa in their corner! 

See y'all tomorrow!

Odie

The Circle Of One Year

Hey Friends,

Thank you for joining us. Today is a date that is forever imprinted on our hearts. Dad completed his earthly life on 11/10/24. 

My mind can not comprehend that my last statement is actually true.  I still feel like my Dad should be a phone call away! He should be walking down to my house in a while to go to lunch. 

Instead, we have made a circle of one complete year. 365 days have passed since I hugged him or held his hand! 

 

For Dad, it is just a blink of an eye. He is probably still worshipping at the throne. He is still getting used to his new body. No pain, fully functioning lungs, 100 percent strength. He might be running around worshiping. His end goal was always Heaven, and I have no doubts that he is there now!

Back to the circle of life, here on the Boggs Blogs, Dad often wrote about circles. Long-time readers may remember circle posts at the beginning and end of every tour. He knew all the facts about the trip: highlights, states visited, number of services, and miles traveled. Dad liked keeping track of the circles!

Over the years, we have enjoyed looking back over our lives and connecting dots to make our circle bigger. This happened, or we have these friends or experience because of a specific moment. It was a chain of events from God. Most of the things pointed back to our first evangelism stint in the early 90’s! God’s hand was always at work in our lives. 

Dad pastored at New Horizon Holiness Church in Wichita, Kansas, from 1999 to 2003. January 5th 2003, was our last service as pastors. We started a revival that night in Oklahoma City. We were filling in for another evangelist for 2 nights there. 

On January 8th, we packed the final things in Wichita  Then we hit the road. First stop was Weir, Kansas. There were just a few revivals on the schedule. We were uncertain of our plans, but God knew it all! 

That first revival service in Weir, Kansas, was life-changing for our family! Then we knew evangelism was probably the direction our ministry was supposed to go. How long was it still up in the air.

The next almost 22 years. We crisscrossed the country traveling for ministry. We also traveled to other countries. We called 2 5th-wheel trailers home in that time, and most of the time our home was the BoggsMobile. A 1995 Prevost bus. The entire time we were doing circles! I cannot know the exact number of miles or services, but Dad would have known!

In October 2024, Dad drove the BoggsMobile back to Wichita for another visit. We were excited to be in revival with our friends at Bethany Revival Center. Dad preached 3 services of revival. The final 2 services were scheduled for Sunday. 

Then we were supposed to be back on the road. there was I more revival on the schedule for the year. Then we would have completed another circle by coming home to Ohio. 

Things did not go according to plan. By Sunday, Dad was suffering horribly with a kidney stone. We prayed all day for him, but he could get little relief. Monday, he went to the hospital. 

Sunday afternoon, November 10th, Dad went to his Heavenly home. Dad had suffered long and hard; he was so ready to go home! He let everyone know it, too. COVID, the stroke and the last sickness took a toll on him!

We were not ready for him to leave! Our heart’s cry until the end was for total healing! God chose to give him the ultimate healing!!

We grieve and miss Dad terribly! Mom and I can not fault him for wanting to go home. He was ready! Dad had longed and dreamed of Heaven for decades. His dream became a reality!

Dad completed his circle of life in Wichita, Kansas—a place where he always felt at home. Dad’s real life began on 11/10/24, when He crossed over. 

There are two things that we find very interesting, when we stop and think about Dad ‘s circle of life. Mom and I see a circle that began and concluded in Wichita, Kansas. Dad‘s last stint of evangelism began in Wichita, Kansas in 2003,  and it concluded in Wichita in 2024. Also, he began filming his, “A Word For Wednesday” series in Wichita at Bethany Revival Center. The last episode was filmed in the very same place the Tuesday before he got sick.

Daddy, I love you ”more than a hog loves slop!” Today, we remember and honor you for being an incredible person! It was a tremendous honor to be part of your amazing life!

Thank you for your prayers and support for our family! Your love and friendship has meant even more to us this year! we have felt the power of prayer carry us through this year. Mom and I have made it by God's grace, and we will continue to do so one day at a time.

Odie