Happy Birthday 2025 Papaw Danny Morgan

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for visiting us on this beautiful Saturday. I want to take a moment to honor a special family member. 

Tomorrow is my Papaw Danny Morgan’s birthday. Mom and I want to wish him a very Happy Birthday!

We are so thankful for Papaw. He is the greatest Dad, Papaw and Pap-Pap! Papaw always makes life fun. 

Papaw we love you so much! Thank you for the always being there for us! You have been a constant support in our life!

We cannot see you to celebrate this weekend. Hopefully, we can connect with you in just a few days!

My original plan was to use one of Papaw's favorite sayings as a “Sunday Sanity” tomorrow. Now I have something else on my brain for tomorrow. That is why I chose today to Papaw’s birthday!

I just wanted to wish you a very happy birthday! And once again, tell you that we love you from the bottom of our hearts! I pray you have a wonderful birthday! each year is a gift from God and you are also a gift from God to our family!

Thanks for reading! See you all tomorrow.

Odie

Happy 81st Birthday Martha Boggs

 Hey Friends,

Today, we celebrate and reflect on the great day of July 30, 1944. Martha Emma Isaacs was born in a little cabin in Kentucky. 

That baby girl grew up to be a wonderful lady! She has left a significant impression on many lives during her lifetime. We all thank God for Martha Isaacs Boggs!

Our family would not be the same without our wonderful Mom, Mamaw and Nana Great! We thank God for giving us the absolute best! 

I know that I can say this from our whole big Boggs clan: We love you, Mamaw! We are all so grateful for the blessing you are to us in our lives! 

Your prayers, love, and unconditional support mean the world to us! I hope you have the best birthday ever! Thank God for letting you make it 81 years!

Thank you for being there for Mom and I! The words do not exist to adequately. Tell you how much we love you and appreciate you! We are thrilled that we can call you our family! You brighten our world!

Last year we had a great big 80th birthday bash! It was a wonderful day! I love looking back on these memories! Click here to see her party and pictures. 

My cousin Lauren Osborn put together this video last year for Mamaws 80th birthday. In this video, you will see the Boggs grandkids and the great grandkids.  Thanks to my cousins for allowing me to share this on the blog! Victor, I owe you!😂

Thanks for reading!

Odie

Throwback Thursday, 7/24/25

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to spend a moment of your Thursday with us! I hope you are having a wonderful day!

I appreciate all of you, but let me know you enjoyed Throwback Thursday 2 weeks ago! You can find that post by clicking here. 

Two years ago, we visited Kennebunkport, Maine. We absolutely loved this town. We had been there before but knew we had to return for another visit!

Saint Anne’s Chapel was one of our favorite spots that we ever visited as a family. This church is located near the Bush compound in Kennebunkport! 

The beautiful chapel and the views surrounding it brought us much peace! We treasured our memories made on this particular day as a family. The day was a gift from God! I treasured it even more today! I truly do not think I will ever forget this special day! 

As I reminisce, I am reminded of how blessed I am! I love that we were able to travel and experience so many wonderful things with Dad! I miss him so very much, and my heart aches and wants to be with him! But I hold these memories. I thank God for every special moment!

I will forever be grateful for all the memories we catalog on the blog and YouTube! On our last visit to Saint Ann's Chapel, we were able to sing two songs as a family and capture them on video. The post above has one of the songs. The second one is listed below.

Daily, I am reminded of God's great faithfulness toward me and my family. Thank you, Lord, for your tender mercies! He is truly our rock and provider. We would be lost without Him!

Thank you for reading!

Odie

Happy 12th Birthday Aunt Kim Roush

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for joining me today! I want to tell you a little about a special lady in my life. I hope I can get this post right. I had it all just about completed. Then, Blogger decided to crash on me and did not save my work correctly.

On July 14, 1977, a beautiful baby girl was born. Her name was Kimberly Ann Morgan. She was Danny and Betty Morgan's third and final child. Kim completed their family of five. She joined her big sister, Kelly Jo and big brother, Danny Lee. 

Mom‘s little sister was born when Mom was nine years old. I love to hear Mom tell stories about their childhood. I was born when Kim was nine years old. 

Practically, she was little sister to Mom and big sister to me. She probably did not like having a little niece in her shadow! I can genuinely say I do not remember fighting with Aunt Kim when I was little. We have always been extremely close!

Kim has always been there to cheer me on and be a shoulder to cry on when I need it. We love sharing funny things with each other, whether it's a funny joke, picture, video or a tiny object. I am just so blessed to have an awesome Aunt in my corner! She works hard to share a special bond with all of her nieces and nephews!

Aunt Kim is an incredible person! Everyone who knows her loves her! She is a teacher by trade. When you go to town with Aunt Kim, expect to run into someone who is her former student. She has impacted many lives for the good!

So, I wanted to take a moment today to wish her a very happy birthday and let her know that we love her so very much! Not a day goes by that I do not thank God for giving me a wonderful Aunt Kim!

Mom, Kim and myself say you can get our actual age by adding our two digits together. Most years from July to October, the three of us are the same age. This year, 5+7, 4+8 and 3+9 = 12! That is why I say Happy 12th Birthday, Aunt Kim!

I decided to include a handful of photos in this post.

Mom wanted to share a few words about her sweet sister. I will let her close out this post.

Odie

I have the greatest sister in the world. 

She makes me laugh. 

She makes me feel loved. 

She makes me feel secure. 

She makes me happy!

I want to wish her the Happiest Birthday Ever!!

KJo

Throwback Thursday, 7/10/25

 Hey Friends,

I am so glad that you chose to spend a moment of your day with us! Thanks for making my day a little brighter!

I am missing my Daddy today. 8 months ago today, his home changed to Heaven. I have been in a reminiscing mood the last couple of days! 

One of our YouTube videos came up on my suggested videos a few days ago. I couldn't help but smile! This was a great day spent with my parents! We love St Anne’s Chapel in Maine! It was one of our favorite places to visit! I will forever cherish our time here. 

I thought this was a good video to share for Throwback Thursday! I am beyond grateful that my hope is built on Jesus Christ! The waves and storm of life have rocked us this year, but Jesus has been steadfast!

2025 should have been the summer that we made our bi-annual summer trip to the Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New York. Next month we wiill visit Boston, Massachusetts area for a few days.  Sadly, we do not have time to make it to the other Northeast states this time around.

Thank you again for reading!

Odie

The Great Iowa Fall Of 2025

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by! Today, I am going to share a hilarious story with you. I hope you're ready for a good laugh!

As you may recall, Mom and I traveled to Iowa last month. We had a fabulous time with Pastor John Stringfellow and his family! We immensely enjoyed the revival in Keswick, Iowa. I am still rejoicing over the services we had that week.

Our very dear friends, Bro. Andy and Sis. Tina Stringfellow was the evangelist during the revival. It was so wonderful to be with the Stringfellow family! We all made so many great memories during that week!

Probably the greatest of them all happened unexpectedly! Let me give you a little backstory…

There is a wooden ramp attached to Pastor John Stringfellow’s home. That is the entrance that I used to enter the house. to get to the ramp, we had to do a little off-road driving in my wheelchair and cut through the yard.

On Wednesday, it rained, making the yard very soft. Bro. Andy offered to push me through the soft yard to help Mom. 

I trust Bro. Andy, therefore, I agreed to his help. We took this picture laughing at a memory made by our friend Mandi Morris many years ago. Bro. Andy was imitating Mandi’s version of leaning me back! 🤣 We had a good laugh!

Then Mom showed him how to properly lean me back on the back two wheels, to make getting across the soft yard easier.

We made it safely across the yard. Bro. Andy decided to keep me leaning back while walking on the ramp. Sis. Tina warned him that there was a slick spot on the ramp.

We found the said slick spot! When his feet hit that spot, they went toward the street and his face toward the ground. My chair proceeded to lay all the way down on the ground. It all happened in the blink of an eye!

Bro. Andy and I bumped heads on our way down. Thankfully, we were both were ok! It is a wonder that I did not come all the way out of my chair!

My dress had migrated up around my waist. Mom said I was laying on my back with my feet pointed toward the sky. All she could see was me lifting my dress up in the air, trying to cover my legs. I was worried about being decent! Bro. Andy assured me that he did not see anything, because his face was toward the ground.

Once we were assured that we both were alright. All we could do was laugh! The Great Fall Of Iowa 2025 happened insanely fast! The memory will last a lifetime! I have not quit laughing about it since that day!

Bro. Andy and I said we needed T-shirts saying that we survived The Great Fall of Iowa 2025. The picture above was taken moments before the fall! My mom still had my phone in her hand.Everyone around us was laughing too hard to get any pictures or video of the actual fall. We were asked for a recreation, but we declined! 

Let me just state, I still trust, Bro. Andy! He pushed my wheelchair again the next day. He did not keep me leaned back while going up the wood ramp. We learned our lesson! We also avoided slick spot!

There you have the story of The Great Iowa Fall Of 2025!  Bro. Andy felt horrible! There is no reason to feel horrible! I think it is hilarious! Accidents happened to all of us!

He offered to push my chair at church that night, but I turned him down. The spirit of my dad came over me, “I told him you know after our fall today I can't walk!” 🤣

See y'all tomorrow!

Odie

Dorcas and Dad In A Dream

Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by on this beautiful Tuesday. Did you catch yesterday's post? I shared an update on the latest GoodNews Christian School building project. You can see that post by clicking here.

Recently, I was compiling the photos for yesterday's post when I came across a picture of my dad and our precious friend Dorcas from Nigeria. 

Many of you all remember Sis. Dorcas. She was saved during one of the outdoor crusades my dad preached in Nigeria. He told her testimony for years. Dorcas drug herself through the dirt and grass to the altar, because she knew she needed Jesus! Actually, she did it two nights in a row until she felt like she got what she needed.

It greatly moved our family! When Dad realized her condition and that she was dragging herself to the altar, he got down and crawled to meet her!

I was on that trip, and I was able to meet Dorcas. We gained a friend for life! 

She actually became an honorary member of our family. She called my parents, mom and dad, me her sister and even wrote letters to my grandparents calling them grandma and grandpa. It really was special! Each trip that my parents made back to Nigeria She would have gifts waiting on them. Also sending some home for me. We would exchange video greetings through my parents during their trips.

Dorcas became my hero! She had to overcome tremendous obstacles to live with her disabilities in Nigeria. No other country makes life easy on someone with a disability like America does. We tried to help her with wheelchairs and other things. 

Every single day was more of a struggle for her than I could ever imagine. She lived life with a smile on her face and was thrilled to be a Christian. I know her life was never easy!

My parents were with her during their 2023 trip in Nigeria. She sent handwritten letters home with them. 

Shortly after their trip, Dad had a stroke. Later, we found out Dorcas had her own sickness, around the same time. God chose to call her home. Dad wrote a post about it here.

Our hearts were broken to lose one of our Nigerian family members! Yet we also rejoiced, knowing that she no longer had the struggles that life had given her. In Heaven, she would be completely healed! She would never suffer again.

Less than a year later, Dad joined her in Heaven. I knew that is one of the many people he would be reunited with! I rejoice knowing that they are worshiping our Lord together.

I hope you are ready for the story of a dream. A few weeks ago, I had a fleeting dream of Dad. I have had a handful of those through the months. Most of the time, I do not remember all the details. They are usually over before I realize what's going on.

On this one occasion, I had a quick dream in which I knew Dad and Dorcas were both in the location. I do not remember details of the location. It was shocking really, because I did not remember thinking of Dorcas before my dream. I did not get to speak to her. 

In the dream, I talked to my dad. He said your sister is healed. She  does not need her wheelchair anymore! I knew that he was meaning my Nigerian sister, Dorcas!

In an instant, the dream was over. I woke up rejoicing, knowing that they both were healed! No more wheelchairs, or any of the aids to help them live life. I was happy for the reminder that there struggles were over. 

The ache of missing them was there strongly! I am so grateful for the blessed hope and the promise that we will see them again! I look forward to the day that we can all be together in Heaven.

Thank you for reading, as I share what is on my mind today.

Odie

GoodNews Christian School July 2025 Update

Hey Friend,

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to visit us! We are always thrilled when someone checks in.

Our faithful readers will recall that our ministry has been supporting Pastor Shobanke and his family's work in Nigeria for years. Our families have shared a close bond for many, many years! 

Dad sure loved his people in Nigeria! Some of his happiest times in his life were spent there, and he was always looking for another chance to visit!  

One project was his passion from the first time we heard about it: Goodnews Christian School! The photos above were from a previous visit

Because of the Lord's provision and the giving of many saints of God, BFM has been involved in many projects at the school! Many of you have played a significant part in those projects!

Before his passing, Dad was excited to help them pay for the construction of a new school building. We have carried on his vision, and you all have helped us.

Construction on the new school building has continued. With the Lord's help, they are moving right along! I know my dad would be thrilled! Hopefully, it will be ready for dedication late this year.

A few days ago, Mom received an email from Pastor Shobanke. She sent it to me so I could share the pictures with you all. It is wonderful to see the progress!

 May God continue to bless and help our precious Brothers and Sisters in Abeakuta, Nigeria! They are wonderful people! Mom and I are thrilled to be a tiny part in this project.

Once again, thank you to each and everyone of you who have donated to BFM, and helped us with this project! Countless lives will be touched because of your generosity!

Sincerely,

Odie