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! 

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

Uncle Jay Snow Cam 12/25

Hey Friends,

We had a massive snow Saturday into Sunday, last weekend, and we were out of town. Mom knew coming home Sunday evening she was probably going to have to shovel our way into our driveway. 

My Sweet Uncle Jay Osborn surprised us by coming to pack the snow in the driveway with his Bronco. He also shoveled our sidewalk. 

Uncle Jay made our day, and saved Mama lots of work in the cold. We can never thank him enough for his kindness and help! Thanks again Jay! We love you so much!

I found a gift from Uncle Jay on my doorbell cam. I had to share this awesome video. It makes me laugh. My Uncle Jay is the best!

This was recorded via a WYZE VIDEO DOORBELL PRO. 

Click HERE if you missed the Moses sighting this fall. Uncle Jay keep the videos coming, I love them!

See you all tomorrow!

Odie

London First Pentecostal Christmas 2025 Pics

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for stopping by for a visit! I hope you're staying warm on this bitterly cold day. 

I am incredibly grateful for the provisions that God has provided us to stay nice and cozy. We are blessed abundantly! Here is a little perspective for all of my warm-weather readers: as I am typing this post, the weather says it is 1°, feels like -6° outside! As my Mamaw Martha says, that is “bone-hurting cold”!

We escaped from Ohio on Friday night. The weather was forecast to be bad in our area on Saturday. We were scheduled to be in Kentucky for a Christmas concert Saturday evening and worship service on Sunday morning. The weather forecast for Kentucky called for extreme cold but no snow accumulation.

 I am grateful that we left when we did. Snow it did Saturday in Ohio. Most people in our area of Ohio were snowed in for the weekend. By Saturday afternoon, it was a level two snow emergency, where they strongly advised you not to be on the roads unless it was an absolute emergency!

The Lord helped us have an excellent service Saturday night. We were so thrilled to be back with our friends at London FPC. when dear love, Pastor Vernon and Sister Marsha Jarvis and their congregation! 

It was also wonderful to see many of our other friends from the area! Thank you all for braving the cold weather to come and see us! You made our day!

Mom and I were extremely grateful to have Help Saturday evening from Bro. Colton Deane singing. God has given him a true gift! It is incredible to watch God use him! 

Jacqueline Coffman made the trip with us from Ohio for the weekend. She was an extremely great asset! We loved having her with us.

Bro. Berkley Rose also made the trip from Ohio to Kentucky for the weekend. He helped us out with the drums on Saturday! think not think there's an instrument that he can not play, if he tries, and he plays them all very skillfully. It was a blessing to have him helping us.

I was also very excited to meet his new grandbaby, who lives in Kentucky. He helped pull his Grandpa Berkley to Kentucky for us! 

Above is a picture of me with my dear friend Mellyn, and her baby Miles!

Well, I will quit my ramblings and finish this post with the rest of my pictures from our Christmas concert at London FPC.

Odie