The Weekend Dispatch 9/5/22

Wow! What a week and what a weekend!

First things first. I knew that we would be running the generator for several days in a row during tent revival so I changed the oil in the generator Wednesday morning in Central City.

I could only find the Rotella T6 Full Synthetic oil in 2.5 gallon jugs a few months ago and there is no way I can hold a funnel in the confined space AND pour oil from the large container. KJo bought a cheap measuring cup and I added oil one quart at a time. 

It only takes a little over a gallon so it worked fine.

Thursday morning is when the real fun began. It was a whopper of a day and entails too much to get into here. I will try to write up a description at a later date.

Our second day of travel was better. Friday morning we did the work of the evangelist, added diesel and finished the trip to Thomasville. 

Doing the work of the evangelist required some finagling. If I pulled up to the RV Dump at Flying J, the tent trailer would have blocked access and egress from the gas pump area and I would have made a bunch of people unhappy.

I dropped the trailer where we had parked overnight, pulled around to empty the holding tanks and then hooked up to the trailer. You are not supposed to leave trailers unattended, so KJo stayed with the trailer to answer questions. Thankfully, no one asked any questions.

We could not get into the diesel pumps at Flying J, so we stopped four miles later at Love's. We were only down to half a tank, but we are running the generator all week. I wanted to arrive in Thomasville with as much diesel as possible.

The BoggsMobile pulled into the church about 11:00 Friday morning. We first determined where the tent would probably go and parked the trailer and bus accordingly. 

After a shower and a very short nap, we grabbed a bite to eat. It was probably the last time I will leave the church as long as the tent is in the air.

After it cooled a bit in the evening, KJo and I along with Pastor Ben Shoemaker, measured and marked the stake line for the tent. It has been a while since we have done it, but it was no problem at all.

Saturday morning at 8:00 we began the tent setup and everything went well. IF it had not been for special help that came, we could have been in a bind, but we knew that ahead of time and had reached out to others for help.

However, the church folks here in Thomasville showed up and worked hard and smart. It was a joy for us to experience the day. We are so appreciative of all the help!

We have about 150 pictures to post from Saturday. Those will probably go up tomorrow. Here are a few of pictures and a video that I posted Saturday evening.

Sunday morning we were blessed to minister inside the church. 

 

Kelly Jo and I started working about 3:00 PM Sunday to have everything in place for the first service. I can not explain the joy that we felt under the Blue and White Gospel Tent Sunday afternoon. But the joy was short lived. 

It rained like crazy at about 4:40, but stopped after quite a while. We were already settting up sound and the forecast looked good so we kept working. About 5:45 the bottom dropped out of the sky and rained hard for nearly an hour.

It was a soggy mess and we could not have church.

I hate, hate, hate to cancel, but we can only do the best we can. God knows!

Bro. Ben and Sis. Deidre came and helped us load the sound equipment in the trailer. It was a muddy mess. Ugh! We finished up about 7:30 just as church should have been starting.

We will try again tonight, by God's grace!

Davy

Our View Out The Front Window 9/4/22

Sunday Morning Sanity

True submission is learning to rest by trusting in someone else's authority. DB

This is our wonderful view looking toward the right out our front window.

Here is the view of the tent going up Saturday. I will have many more pictures later in the week.

The tent is up in Thomasville, Alabama

I hope you have a super great Sunday.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, Greater Works Than These

It is time again for A Word For Wednesday. This morning, I am posting A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

Greater Works Than These

I am reading today from "John's Wonderful Gospel" by Ivor Powell. And I am focusing specifically on

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Jesus says the man that believes on Him will do greater works than He, Jesus, has done. Wow! What an amazing statement! It must be true, because Christ spoke it!

Thank you for checking in.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, Let's Go To Camp Meeting!

This is the first of two Mile Markers today. HERE is a link to the second post which contains a bunch of great pictures from Tuesday of Dryden's Fellowship Meeting.

It is time again for A Word For Wednesday. This morning, I am posting A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

Let's Go To Camp Meeting!

This week is the annual Indoor Fellowship Meeting at our home church, Dryden Rd. Pentecostal Church in Dayton, Ohio. On Today's A Word For Wednesday, I reminisce about camp meetings in the past and how they have affected me and my family for good.

Have you ever taken your family and attended a week of a camp meeting? I am not very smart, but taking my family to camp meetings has been a brilliant move on my part, for sure! We have been abundantly blessed!

Thank you for joining us today!

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, Run With Patience

It is time again for A Word For Wednesday. This morning, I am posting A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

Run With Patience

Notice the phrase in the verse below, "run with patience"

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

If I run, I run in haste, not with patience. But the Christian life is not a sprint, it is a long-distance race.

God did not call us to win first place. But he also did not call us to quit. He called us to finish the race. Run with patience!

In this Word For Wednesday, I also read an illustration from God's Gold Mines by C. Roy Angell.

Thank you all for joining us today.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, Tent Revivals

It is time again for A Word For Wednesday. This morning, I am posting A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

Tent Revivals

In September we have two tent revivals scheduled. We plan to begin the first Sunday in Thomasville, Alabama and the third Sunday in Richton, Mississippi. Today I am talking about those tent revivals, discussing the impact of tent revivals on our lives and asking you to pray for us concerning tent revivals.

We know the Lord is able to help us and we are believing that He will. God is in Control!

Thank you for tuning in today.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, Rev. SM Lockridge-The Great Proclamation

It is time again for A Word For Wednesday. This morning, I am posting A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

The Great Proclamation Rev. S. M. Lockridge

I am reading a sermon excerpt from Rev. SM Lockridge. I hope you enjoy!

Davy

-I acknowledge Him as my savior, my Lord now.

-I bow on my knees and cry holy.

-I fear Him because of his power.
-I love Him because of his wisdom. 

-I trust Him because of his goodness.
-I praise Him because of his greatness.

-I believe in Him because his faithfulness.
-I adore Him because of his holiness.

-The Lord is the light and my salvation.
-The Lord is my strength.

-The Lord is my rock.
-The Lord is my deliverer.
-The Lord is my high tower.
-The Lord is my shield and buckler.

-Yes, the Lord is plain and profound.
-The Lord is simple and sublime.
-The Lord is suitable and serviceable.
 
-Yes, He is Lord.
-The Lord is the fountain of every excellence.
-He is a mirror of perfection.
-He is the light of heaven.
-He’s the wonder of the world.

 -Yes, He is Lord.
-He is time’s masterpiece.
-And He is eternity’s glory.

 -Yes, He is Lord.
-He is a morning without a cloud.
-He is a day without a night.
-He is a rose without a thorn.
-He is a mountain without a valley.
-He is a light without darkness.
-He is health without sickness.
-He is strength without weakness.
-He is truth without error.
-He is life without death.

 -Yes, He is lord.

-And I love Him.
-He is my Lord.
-Yes, He is and I can brag on Him, yes I can.
-Because I have been washed in the blood of the lamb.

-The Lord is my shepherd
-Beside me are the still waters.
-Beneath me are the green pastures
-Before me is the table prepared.
-Between me and home lies the valley and the shadow of death.
-I will fear no evil
-His rod and His staff will lead me through the dark valley.
-And behind me are goodness and mercy.
-Yes, and beyond looms the house of the Lord forever.

-Yes, I am glad that I know the Lord.
-He is not only The Lord, but He is my Lord.
-Is He your Lord?
-Well, if He is not, He can be right now!
 
-There is a land that’s fairer than day.
-Yes it is!
-And by faith we can see it far.
-And the father waits over the way
-To prepare us a dwelling place there.
-In the sweet bye-bye
-We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
 
-Where is it, you say?
-I don’t know where it is, but it’s out there somewhere
-Yes, I’ve got a home beyond the hills and the horizon. -Yes, I’ve got a mansion beyond the mist and the mountains.
 
-I’ve got a possession, beyond the planes and the planets.
-I’ve got a society beyond the stars and the sky.
-I’ve got a paradise beyond the perils and the pain of this present time.
 
-When I get there
-I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
-I am talking about joy in the house of the Lord.
 
-Will you be there?
-Don’t you think you are going to be sitting there quiet in His house.
-There’s going to be shouting in the house of the Lord.
-If you are going to be still and quiet, you are going to get run over in the house of the Lord.
 
-You know this is just rehearsal down here?
-We’re getting ready.
-We’re just practicing down here.
-What we gonna do when we get to the other side?
-If you can’t act right in the rehearsal
-You’re not going to be in the performance.
 
-We will live in the house of the Lord forever.
-I will dwell in the house of the Lord, yes!
-Jesus Christ is Lord!
-Let Him be your Lord tonight
-Let Him be your shepherd

We Visited The Ark Encounter! (With Pictures and Video)

We visited the Ark Encounter in northern Kentucky and enjoyed it very much. It has been open since July 2016 and is located less than 90 minutes from us, but we had never been there. It was time to rectify that. 

For informational purposes, the Ark Encounter is a bit pricey. Parking is $15 a car and an adult ticket is $55. An individual very kindly offered us discounted tickets and we appreciate that very much.

We put together a short video of our day and it is posted on our YouTube Channel. The video has some of these pictures, but I will post them below if you do not have the bandwidth for video.

The Ark Encounter

I hope you enjoy!

Davy