Sunday Night Of Celebrating Babies

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for spending part of your Wednesday with us. I hope your week is going well. We are doing good here at home.

I told you about our Saturday events on Monday and Tuesday. Now I am here to tell you about two wonderful things that happened Sunday evening. One was before church, and the other was after church.

Our church, DRPC, is adding some new members this year. It is always fun to know that there are babies on the way!

Sunday afternoon, it was baby shower time. We were celebrating the upcoming arrival of baby Dotson. 

I am so excited for Darren and Abby. Their baby girl should make her arrival next month!

After church, it was time to celebrate baby Ellis! 

I believe every child is a gift from God! Lauren and Dustin have prayed for a baby for a long time! God has answered their prayers and they have a little one on the way in November.

Sunday night's gathering was to reveal the gender of their miracle!

Our entire church was excited!

Getting ready for the reveal. It is a????

He 💙 or She🩷 what will it be? Dad would say a baby, that is what it will be. 🤣

Yes, that is pink. It is a girl! She is going to be so loved! 

I am thrilled for both of these couples!  I can not wait to meet their new baby girls! Please keep the Dotson and The Ellis families in your prayers! I know both families would appreciate extra prayers, as they begin their new chapters in life!

That wraps up our busy weekend. Thanks again for tuning in! I will close with one more picture from Sunday night. This is Mom with our dear sweet Albany! We love her!

Odie

The Riddells May 2025

Hey Friends,

Thanks for stopping by to visit with me. Yesterday, I told you about the first part of our Saturday. That was the graduation celebration that you can read about here. 

Then, we left Hillsboro and pointed our vehicle toward the Dayton area. Strictly Gospel was hosting a concert Saturday night, and I wanted to see some friends. 

Last week, I received an email reminder about Strictly Gospel’s upcoming concerts. The Riddells were going to be at Moraine City First Church of God.

I was confused about the start time. As I rolled in the door, I heard talking from the stage. We quickly got our tickets, and then I heard the promoter, Tim Fitzharris, introducing the Riddells!

Yikes, that was a close one! We slipped in. It was great to enjoy the night with more family, Rhonda and Landell Smith! I enjoyed the singing and the fellowship!

We love our long time friends and cousins, Sonja, Justin and Kayla! We had not crossed paths with them in a long time. It was so good to see them again!

We had lots of hugs, reminiscing and laughter! The concert was a great way to end our day! 

Below are my pictures from the evening. I hope you enjoy just a glimpse.

Thanks to Tim Fitzharris and those behind Strictly Gospel for having the Riddells! They bring southern gospel concerts to our area. I have attended a few of the concerts now. I have always enjoyed them!

I am really looking forward to their Christmas concert this year. I reserved this date on my calendar in December of last year! It is an Isaacs Christmas concert! For more information on the concert, you can get info here.

Thanks for reading! I will be back tomorrow. I hope you will join me as well!

Odie

Ponderings 5/20/25

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for joining me again today. I did some reflecting here in yesterday's post. I appreciate the kind comments and response. 

Now, I am going to share something I have been pondering recently. Dad is never far from my mind, so he is the subject of my ponderings most of the time.

Our long time family friend, Danny Jansen from Tennessee, text to check on us. He also said he was wondering what Dad was doing in Heaven?

We love Danny and Kathy Jansen! They are special to us! Mom and I really appreciated him taking time to check on us!

His text sparked a conversation between Mom and me. What was going on in Heaven? I have ideas of what may be happening, but I cannot say for certain. Dad is worshipping Jesus! I think He has reunited with family and friends and meeting heroes of the faith!

There are several things I thought of that he is NOT doing right now. There is no more struggle with diets, blood sugar, breathing, swallowing, numbness, crippling fatigue, pain worry, fear, and so much more! 

Where do I stop? Here are a few more things that come to mind. No more schedules to worry about. No more grief. He is free of bus induced psychosis!

Oh, hallelujah, my heart rejoices for Dad. He fought his earthly fight and finished his race! He is free! As Christians we have something to look forward to!

Thanks for reading my ponderings for today! See y'all tomorrow. 

Odie

Announcement For Our Friends

Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to visit with us today. I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday!

We know that many of you miss the weekly Word For Wednesday devotions Dad published for a few years. Mom and I miss them too! Thankfully, they are all archived on our YouTube channel! 

Several people have told me they have gone back to watch past episodes of Dad's devotions. If you are new here, I encourage you to check them out. Click here to visit our YouTube channel.

I want to share a very special devotional series with you by our friend, Pastor Brent Gabbard! Voices From The Valley is now available on YouTube!

Pastor Brent Gabbard of Bible Holiness Church in Elkton, Virginia, has shared a Tuesday devotional with the BHC church family for many years. Along the way, he started sharing it with close friends as well.

Our family has loved his weekly devotionals! Dad stronly encouraged Bro Brent to let the BHC digital media team post the devotions on their YouTube channel. Dad wanted others to hear the encouraging and challenging devotional series from our dear friend!

A few days ago Bro. Brent let us know he had made the decision to make the devotions public on YouTube. His decision came from the suggestion of the great BHC digital media team, and also to honor our Dad’s wishes!

Mom and I were thrilled! We were so happy, and we knew Dad would have been ecstatic! 

Bro. Brent thank you most of all for being an exceptional friend of my Daddy! Also, thank you for honoring him!

Two new videos were released yesterday on the BHC YouTube channel here. Episode zero is , here. It is an introduction to Voices From The Valley. There Bro. Bent tells about the history and vision of the weekly series. 

He gave Dad a wonderful shout out! When Mom and I watched the introduction, we were crying tears of happiness!

Episode one was also released yesterday. That is this week's devotion. You can find it by clicking here. 

I am only posting links to the episodes and BHC’s channel, because I want you to go directly there. A new episode will be posted every Tuesday. don't forget to subscribe to their channel.

I highly recommend Voices From The Valley! I believe it will bless and help you, as it does me! Please let them know that you came from Boggs Family Ministries!

I will close with this little reminder, Mom and I posted a new song to our YouTube channel this week. Thank you for the great feedback!

Thanks again for reading! I will see you tomorrow.

Odie 

God Knows Where You Are

 Hey Friends,

 Thank you for joining me. I hope you are having a great day. I am feeling extra thankful today. I will share more on it later on in the post. 

Mom and I visited the revival last night at West Harrison Pentecostal Tabernacle. Pastor Wade Hicks had invited us to revival. Seeing our dear friends again in West Harrison, Indiana, was wonderful! They are special friends to us!

Bro. John Cordle is preaching the spring revival at West Harrison Wednesday through Sunday. It was good to be in service, Bro. and Sis. Cordle! I pray they have a fabulous revival this week. Wednesday was the only night that we could attend.

Last night God used Bro. Cordle to remind us of an incredible truth. He preached a sermon titled God Knows Right Where You Are At. 

Here is a nugget that encourages us from the message Bro. Cordle reminded us, God knows where you are in your sin, struggles, sickness, sorrows and storms. Today I am extra thankful for the reminder that God knows where we are always! 

Mom and I have made this far in this our journey, because He does know where right where we are! This is a fact that daily brings us comfort! God walks with us on the rough days and the easier one. 

Friend, the same message is true for you. God knows precisely where you are. He does not need a specific app to find out locations. There is no lag time with Him. He is always with us!

Smile and remember God is with you! See you tomorrow. 

Odie

Tennessee Family and Friends Fun

 Hey Friends,

Hello from the home front. We were gone Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

This time, it was time for a road trip with Mamaw and Papaw to visit Friends. We had a great trip! The travel went smoothly, the fellowship was superb, and, of course, we had delicious food along the way!

I failed as a blogger in documenting everything. However, I do have a handful of pictures from our short trip to share.

The weather was gorgeous. On the trip down there, it was terrific to see spring in action! Redbud trees lined the road, and we enjoyed the sunshine.

Mamaw and Papaw wanted to visit a long time family friend, Gladys. It was great to see her once again. Tuesday afternoon we met her for dinner at Cracker Barrel.

Dad often loved to quote the words of wisdom from Garfield the cat. I saw this towel in Cracker Barrel and knew he would have loved this one! It would have become part of his regular vocabulary!

Wednesday we traveled to Oak Ridge Tennessee. Where we met up with Bro. Herman, Sis Margaret Woods and Sis. Sue Nicholas. We enjoyed a great lunch with them at Shoney's. That is where I started forgetting to take pictures.

Before heading back to the hotel. We did stop for ice cream at Dairy Queen. I can not spend too much time with either one of my Papaws without an ice cream.

I did take some pictures of DQ to show Papaw Danny what he missed. 

We took a drive to see some of the beautiful scenery along our route. Here are a couple pictures that Mom captured of Papaw Eugene. I thought they were wonderful!

Wednesday night we attended church at Beechfork in Wartburg, Tennessee. It was great to be in service again with Pastor Herman Woods, and all of our precious Beechfork friends! We love those dear people like our family! They have been so instrumental in our lives over the years.

Thursday morning it was time to point the car toward home. We took our time driving home enjoying scenery in Kentucky. 

The car magically found its way to Sonny’s BBQ for lunch! Yes, the food tasted just as good or even better than it looks! below our pictures of mine and Mom's meals.

The company was even better! 

I love my Mama!

I always have to take a quick picture of Sonny’s sweet barbecue sauce to send to my Uncle Danny Morgan.  He loves it! Well, it is one of my favorite barbecue sauces too.

That is a full recap on this week’s travel. I hope you enjoyed a peek into our week. See you tomorrow.

Odie

Oklahoma Friends And Fellowship April 2025

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for dropping by for a visit. I hope you stay for a while!

Yesterday I wrote about the Golden Celebation we attended Saturday in Oklahoma. Click here to see that recap.

Today, I have the rest of the pictures from our trip. Visiting Oklahoma gave us an excellent reason to see the Mayhans! 

Bro. Bruce and Sis. Priscilla have made many trips down the road to visit us countless times! It has been rarer for us to see them at home. We contacted them when planning our trip. They were going to be home. Plans began to take shape. 

First, we flew from Dayton to Oklahoma City with stop in Atlanta. Both flights were great. We love flying with Delta. Their company makes most travel days so smooth. 

It was a beautiful day for flying and pictures. Here are the pictures I captured during our travel.

The Mayhans kindly picked us up from the airport on Thursday night. They made sure we had dinner and got us settled in the hotel. 

Friday was a day of adveture. They took us on a driving tour of their area of Oklahoma. Mom and I greatly enjoyed spending time with our special friends!

Food was also high on our priority list of the trip. It was exciting to eat at the Mayhan’s local favorites. Here is our pictures from Friday. 

We also enjoyed the opportunity to fellowship with Tyler Mayhand and family and Zach Mayhan and family. I was enjoying the visits so much that I neglected to take pictures. The fellowship was precious. 

Bro. and Sis. Landress also came by to visit with us too. We loved being with so many fabulous people. 

Saturday was party day. Before and after the party the Mayhans continued to be phenomenal host and tour guides.

Sunday was time to travel home by plane. The Mayhans were up way to earlto help us make our flight. 

I am so thankful we made this trip. It was amazing to visit friends! It was a great encouragement to all of us. 

See you later!

Odie