Kelly's Friend

Kelly Jo found a little friend Inside the motel.

Hello from Odie

Hey Friends,
I am having a great time here in Nigeria. It is so good to see so many friends from our last visit in 2007. All of them are so kind to us. They go out of their way to do their best for us. It is overwhelming the love and appreciation they show us just for coming to Nigeria.
Saturday night was our first service here. The youth choir sang a special song welcoming us. There we signs hanging saying Welcome Evangelist Davy Boggs and Family.
At Bro. Shobanke's church they use white plastic chairs on the platform. As Dad says "they are not fat boy approved". Last time they would bring Dad a more solid chair from Bro. Shobanke's office. The Youth of the church bought a couch for us to sit on because they wanted us to have a better seat. They even carried it outside for the crusade service.
The three services we have been in have been great. Dad has preached very good. Bro. Matthew has interpreted twice and Bro. Salmon interpreted Sunday morning. They both do a great job. I am sure it is a difficult thing to do.
Well I must go for now. Dad wants you to know that the wifi went back down before he could get all the pics posted from the trip to market.
Odie
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Water

This is the place they bought our bottled water. It's just around the
corner from our hotel. The young lady tried to charge more when she
saw us in the van this time. Bro. Emmanuel refused to pay more than
three days ago and she giggled with embarrassment. She looked at us
with a sheepish grin as if to say, "you can't blame me for trying."
The truth is, I can't blame her at all.
Davy

More Along the Street

Along the Street

11/30/09

Trip to the market 11/30/09

The next few pics are from our trip to the market. I use the word
market in a general sense because any city street that has much
traffic has booths or tables set along each side selling goods that
people need for their day to day lives. The first picture is the place
we bought our material. It is one of dozens of places just like it up
and down the street.
When we get out of the van in a place like this it always causes a
scene of sorts. There are no traffic laws that I can see, so cars and
motorcycles are going everywhere. The people are constantly trying to
stop traffic for us so we can cross the street or even walk along the
street. Some are probably genuinely concerned for our well being but
many are trying to get a tip.
All the vendors are competing to get us to their wares because they
think we have lots of money to spend. We have to let a local negotiate
for us because the price immediately goes up when they see us. The
tailor from the church negotiated the price for us.
Can't wait to see this material turned into out new clothes.
Davy

Monday

Monday at 12:25 pm. My bride is just as beautiful in Nigeria!

11/29/09 Crusade

Altar service Sunday night.

Ice Cream!

Very good a creamy chocolate ice cream made from pasturized milk.
(Kelly checked Before we ate it.)

11/29/09 The Great Meal

Here it is.

11/29/09 Lunch

Bro. Shonanke took us to a new restaurant called Chicken Republic.
Here's a pic of the Sunday Special. 1 roasted chicken, 4 servings of
fried rice, a serving of fries, 4 cokes & 2 ice cream cones. Notice
the price. On sale for N4000. That's around $26 and about 25% of a
good monthly wage here in Abeokuta.
The food was DELICIOUS!

11/29/09

Bro. Shobanke & Kelly Jo

11/29/09

Kelly Jo enjoying a Mt. Dew treat after church Sunday morning in Bro.
Shobanke's office.

11/29/09

Inside Bro. Shobanke's church. This is also where the Ministers
Conference will be held.

11/29/09 Sun. Morning

It is Monday morning about 11:30 am. We are all doing pretty good
but still not resting well in the middle of the night. Pray for us
concerning that. Also pray that God will give us strength and good
health the remainder of the trip.
We are having a great time with the people of Nigeria. They are so
kind to us. The Ministers Conference starts tomorrow so we only have
one service today. Bro. Shobanke is going to pick us up around 12:30.
We are preparing to go buy material for my new African clothes.
As you can see, the updates from Sat. night service have posted.
Hope you enjoy.
This pic is from the altar service Sunday morning in Bro.
Shobanke's church. We had a wonderful move of God in the altar.
More to come I hope.
Davy

Oops

The pic of me and Bro. Shobanke was included twice in that last post. I guess Odie's Blackberry had never seen anything like me in my traditional African clothes.
It is between 3-4am and we are awake. Other than that everything is great. The pic is Odie tonight before church.
Have a good night.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Sunday

Wifi has been down at the motel so my updates from Sat. night are sitting in the outbox on my phone. I will add them if and when wifi comes back. They will be out of correct order but they will have the date in the subject line. Odie has regular Internet on her phone so I will try to update from here.
Sunday morning service in Bro. Shobanke's church was great. They responded in the altar service very well. The Gospel Crusade kicked off tonight. The crowd was good and we has a good service. Odie took some pics on her phone so I will try to add them. I must warn you that our phones take terrible pics at night.
Thanks for all the prayers. If you have commented and it hasn't been posted it is because I can't access my email. I will get to it ad soon as possible.
God bless,
Davy
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Sat. 11/28/09 V

Preaching with Bro. Matthew interpreting.

Sat. 11/28/09 IV

Crowd coming in before dark.