12/1/09 am

Kelly Jo & Sis. Shobanke

12/1/09 Minister's Conference

The Minister's Conference is off to a good start this morning in
Abeokuta. It is being held in Bro. Shobanke's church. We had a great
crowd of preachers and church workers. This pic is of me preaching
along with Bro. Salmon Adelani interpreting.
It is now 2:15 pm and we are back at the hotel until 5:45. The
Crusade starts at 6:00. God bless you all.
Davy

Weather II

Next week in Ibadan, Oyo State looks more like the weather we
experienced in 2007. Notice Wednesday; 100 will be great with about
96% humidity. Good thing that's my last day to preach!
Heat, humidity, sweat and all, it's still great to be here! Thank God
for the opportunity to be here!
Davy

Weather

Morning everybody. We are not sleeping but the wifi is working so we
looked up the weather on my phone. This screen shot is for Abeokuta
this week. It is really not all that bad. In fact it is much cooler so
far than last time. I still get soaking wet when I preach but al least
I'm not instantly soaked the moment I step out the door.
When I look at the weather back home in Waynesville, OH And for our
friends the Metzgers in Montanna, it is really quite nice here.
Davy

11/30/09 Altar

We had a move of God at the Altar service tonight. The response to
the message was tremendous. I love the way God is reaching out and the
people are reaching toward God.
We start the Ministers Conference tomorrow at 10:00 am. The
schedule says I will be preaching two sessions at one hour and fifteen
minutes each. Pray that God will cover that place with the Holy Ghost.
The theme is from Esther 4:14 ...who knoweth whether thou art come
to the kingdom for such a time as this.
The message tomorrow is "A Portrait of Esther". Pray for us. God
bless you all.
Davy

11/30/09 Church

I couldn't stay on the platform tonight! Nights like tonight make me
want to grow up someday and be a preacher! We had great church.

On the road again!

Just can't wait to get on the road again. On the way to church Monday
evening. Not a traffic light in the whole city that I've seen.

11/30/09 Lunch

Monday lunch. Rice with fried Plantain. Very very tasty!

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
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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!