A White Christmas

Im dreaming of a White Christmas!

Mile Markers

   This blog worked so well for providing updates from Nigeria that we are going to continue using it for our regular Mile Marker updates.  We have been posting them on our website but since we often go days and weeks without internet service in our travels, this may work much better. We can post individual pictures and news on here with email from our phones without having to find Internet service for the computer.  Anyway, we will try it for a while and if it works we will make it a permanent thing.  We will not send out an email each time we post here but if you join here as a follower I think you have the option to be notified of each update.  We will continue to send out an email update when we make changes or post groups of pictures on www.davykellyandodie.com. If you would like to be added to our email list go to the website and email us from there and let us know.
   Speaking of pictures, we have bunches of pictures from Nigeria and we added four sets today.  The others will be added over the next week or so.  Please look at the pictures and let us know what you think.  I wish we could capture the reality of Nigeria in a picture but at least they give you an idea of what it is like.  We hope you enjoy.
The Jeep is out of the shop now and running fine. They replaced the plugs, distributor cap and rotor button. But the main problem was a bad battery that we purchased in June of this year. Auto Zone replaced it free and Mr. Jeep is On the Road Again!
   God bless you every one.
Davy

Sunday

Bro Berkley Rose-One of our favorite musicians.

This morning we were intending to go to our home church at Dryden
Rd. But the jeep would not start. That's the 1st time it's let me down
completely. Since we are parked at Dodds church we went there Sunday
morning. Pastor Rex Lloyd asked me to preach so I went after the lost.
We had a good service and Holy Ghost conviction was very strong. That
shows how much I know about where I'm supposed to be sometimes.

Dad helped me get the jeep running so we were able to keep our
commitment for Sunday night. We went to Victory Pentecostal in
Hamilton where Bro. Donald Pierce is the pastor. We had a great time
there even though the Pierce family is in Alabama for the Holiday with
his family.

We were able to see many friends in each service and we enjoyed
that very much. Bro. Berkley is one of them and he stood still long
enough to get a pic.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. The laundry from the trip
needs to be done, we need to work on a newsletter and the jeep needs
to go to the shop.

God bless,
Davy

Pizza!

Great LaRosa's Pizza!

Kelly Jo and I had a craving for good Pizza so we slipped down to
Lebanon to LaRosa's. It was great and we had plenty left over for
later.

We cleaned up and went to bed before 6 last night and I actually
stayed in bed until 8 this morning. It felt so good I'm planning on
doing it again tonight.

The Dryden Rd. Christmas Dinner is tonight but we're not going to
make it. We hate to miss the good food and fellowship but we're not
near recovered yet. We plan to be there tomorrow morning for church
and then we are supposed to be in Hamilton tomorrow night with Pastor
Donald Pierce.

God bless all.

Davy

Home Sweet Home

We arrived home around 3:30 Friday afternoon after almost 30 hours
of traveling. We would have made it home a lot earlier without the
delays in Atlanta but when you think about the distance from Abeokuta
to Waynesville 30 hours is not bad at all!

Dad & Mom picked us up and delivered us safely home and we sure
appreciate it. Also Dad looked after the bus while we were gone and
made sure it didn't freeze up. Mom stocked us with sandwich stuff so
we wouldn't have to make a run for the grocery. Thank you Ma & Pa.

We are glad to be home and thankful for the help of the Lord. God
bless and to all a good long night!

Davy

Skyline

This is Odie and my mother at Skyline. Odie had to have some
Skyline Chili on the way home from the airport.
Davy

Still Almost Home

Well, we are still almost home. We were supposed to leave Atlanta
at 7:30 AM but the flight was finally cancelled at 10:15 and now we
are on a 12:05PM flight that we hope is going to go. It has been a
long day so far. We should sleep good tonight.
Davy

Almost Home

We deplaned, went through immigration, collected our luggage, went
through customs, checked our bags, went back through security and
found our gate at the other end of the airport in less than 45
minutes. It must be some kind of record.

The flight from Lagos went well and we are now almost home.
Davy

Lagos Airport

Odie & Kelly Jo at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria.

It is 7:45 pm as I type this which is 1:45 pm eastern time on
Thursday the 10th. I have no idea when I will be able to post it.

We made it to Lagos in good time and are now sitting at our
departure gate. The plane is scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm and
arrive in Atlanta 13 hours later at 5:30 am. If all goes well we will
catch our connecting flight and be in Dayton, Ohio around 9.

Bro. Shobanke brought us to Lagos along with Pastor Amos, Pastor
Israel, Bro. Samuel, Emmanuel our driver and his brother that drove
the second car. It was very sad to see them go as we entered the
security area. These men are my brothers and I already miss them very
much.

Thank you very much for praying for us on this short trip. Bro.
Shobanke told me today that he was very pleased with the results of
the meetings and I praise God for that.

Hope to see you soon but if something happens that we do not make
it home don't worry about us. We will be in God's hands and that is
the safest place I know.

Davy, Kelly & Odie

Leaving Nigeria

Our plan is to leave for the airport in Lagos at 4:00 PM, which is 10:00 AM EST in the U.S.A.
Our flight is scheduled to depart at 10:35 PM local time. We are looking forward to getting home. Please pray for us as we travel!
Odie
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Ramp

We thought we would add a picture of the only place in Nigeria
where we saw a handicap ramp. It was at the entrance to our hotel in
Ibadan.

Conference 12/9/09

A picture of the preachers and other church workers in attendance
the last day of the Minister's Conference in Ibadan.

We had a great conference and a great final day. Bro. Shobanke told
me that in the process of organizing and conducting the conference he
had been introduced to other holiness fellowships he did not know
before. That is certainly a blessing. Praise God for those of like
precious faith!
I am thankful our family had a chance to be a part of it.
Davy

Pastor Dapo Adeoye

Pastor Shobanke, Pastor Dapo Adeoye & Davy

Odie & Godliness

Godliness Adelani was fascinated by Odie.

Pastor Samuel Babarinde & Davy

Pastor Samuel Babarinde is the Pastor of His Grace Evangelical
Church in Ibadan. He hosted the Ibadan Minister's Conference.
The founding Pastor Bishop Nicholas Osameyan was away on a mission
trip to South Africa.
I appreciate these men for opening their doors for the conference.
Davy

Bro. Kuye & Davy

Pastor Stephen Kuye Is Pastor of Landmark Christ Mission. The
Gospel Crusade this week was held behind his church. He told me today
that much of the crowd each night were visitors and the response among
them was great. The Spirit of The Lord was really working in their
community.
That is even more special in this case since his church is in a
Muslim community. He himself was converted from Islam many years ago.
Bro. Kuye told me that 80% of his church people are converts from
Islam to Christianity. Praise God! That is awesome. I love what God
is doing through the ministry of his church.
Help us pray for this man of God and his church that is planted
right in the middle of the harvest field. Pray for their protection
and their efforts to win the lost.
Davy

Odie & Kelly Jo

Odie & Kelly Jo right before our last service in Nigeria.

Pastor Salmon Adelani

Pastor Salmon Adelani on Wednesday morning.

Hotel

This man works at the hotel in Ibadan. He helped us in and out of
the hotel each day.

Break

On break from Minister Conference.
Odie
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