What's Up, Weekend?

Get ready for sensory overload!

We loved the last service of Revival at Midway Friday night. The Lord touched us and we enjoyed His touch. We also got to see my niece Diedre, her husband Ben and my only great nephew Charlie Ray. It was a great start to the weekend.

Steak for lunch Friday did not diminish the weekend at all!

Saturday morning we loaded the Green Machine and pointed it toward Louisiana. We had planned to take the BoggsMobile, but decided Friday to make the 700+ mile loop in the car. That proved not to be the best decision.

We were a little hesitant to trust the Green Machine on a long trip, but it performed wonderfully! It carried us there and back and that is about all you can ask.

Some of you may remember that we replaced the transmission in the Green Machine last fall at 198,000 miles. That was 7,000 miles ago, but we have not driven the car any long distances since then. The longest was 140 miles two weeks ago when KJo and Odie drove alongside the BoggsMobile between Virginia and Tennessee.

Update: Oops, I forgot. Odie reminded me that I drove her home from Tennessee in the car on March 1. I guess this was the second long trip.

Our first major stop in Louisiana was our favorite Mexican buffet in Baton Rouge. It is El Magey Mexican Buffet on Siegen Lane. We discovered this place several years ago and we love it! The price has risen considerably through the years, but it is definitely worth it once in a while.

Wow! So good!

Sunday morning we drove about 2 hours to be in the Pastor Appreciation Service at Christian Tabernacle in Pine Prairie, Louisiana. We were invited to be the surprise guest speaker at Pastor Appreciation for Pastor Chris Juneau and we were thrilled to be there.

This was the very first Pastor Appreciation for Bro. Juneau as this is his first year as Pastor. He was saved in Christian Tabernacle over 20 years ago and He is well loved by all of the saints.

God blessed us with a sweet service and I think Pastor Juneau was properly honored. It was a privilege for us to be a part of the service.

After the service and lunch, we drove 2 hours back east to Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Pastor Jerry Arnold has driven many miles to attend our revivals in Louisiana and in Mississippi. It was time for us to repay the favor and make time to stop and preach for him.

We appreciate the invitation. We had a wonderful time Sunday night and we look forward to going back soon!

As I mentioned yesterday, we had planned to stay the night in Louisiana, drive to the bus in Alabama Monday morning and then drive the bus to the panhandle of Florida. Hurricane Sally changed our plans.

Since the BoggsMobile was parked directly in the path of Sally, we left after church Sunday evening and drove 256 miles to the bus at Midway Assembly. We drove a total of 466 miles Sunday and 742 miles in two days. I must be a wimp because I felt like someone dragged me 742 miles.😁

Monday morning we were rolling by 8:00 AM and we drove 160 miles to a rest area just east of Jackson, Mississippi. As of Monday, it looks like we are out of the storm path, but if we need to move a bit more west, we can do that easily by God's grace.

Please pray for all of our friends that are potentially in danger.

Thank you for dropping into Mile Markers today.

Davy

Thank you for joining us for a few minutes on Mile Markers!

Davy

Hurricane Sally

We had a full and fun weekend, but the report will have to wait. We are in hurry mode because of hurricane Sally.

When we left the bus behind in Alabama Saturday morning, this storm was forecast to be a tropical storm at the most. By Saturday night the weather guessers were cheering on a category 1 or 2 hurricane with the BoggsMobile in the projected path.

The Green Machine peddled as fast as it could after church Sunday night and we pulled into Midway a few minutes before midnight. We were in bed by one and we plan to flee very soon. God put wheels on buses so they could roll and we intend to roll northwest out of the path of hurricane Sally.

We will catch you up on the weekend soon. Thank you for stopping by.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 9/13/2020

 I do not have a picture out the front window this week, because we took the car rather than the bus for the weekend.

I do have a beautiful picture across the table!

Sunday Morning Sanity

Stephen Olford:

I remember well the chief of a primitive tribe in Angola, Africa who looked into my father's face and exclaimed after hearing the Gospel for the first time.

"This is what we have been waiting for. Why has it taken you so long to reach us? Your messages have taken away our fear and given us faith."

Hallelujah! Let us be in a hurry to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The world needs to hear it whether they know it or not!

Have a great Sunday. Thank you for stopping in.

Davy

Senior Pictures and Graduation Memories

Hey Friends,

This is Odie writing today. I hope you are having a great Saturday. I am doing well. When I consider my life, I think of the song Life Is Great and Gettin' Better. Click here to see Jeff and Sheri Easter perform the song on YouTube. Here is the chorus, it makes me smile.

"Life is great and gettin' better 

Every day His grace shines through the stormy weather

Got my family and friends and when you put it all together

Life is great and gettin' better"

I can not mention this song without giving my cousins, Lisa and Deidre, a shoutout. We have fun memories of jamming to this song in Lisa's car. I am pretending that we are in the car, on a sunny day, with the windows down and sunroof open. Sing it loud and proud, girls!

Senior Pictures Memories

Today I am on a trip down memory lane. I have lived 34 years and memory lane has turned into a long lane. Not long ago my Mom was going through things in the BoggsMobile. She brought me my senior pictures from their hiding spot.

I was 17 when I graduated in 2003. Senior pictures were a long awaited accomplishment for me. I was excited to reach that milestone. I had loved my friends' senior pictures and I was determined to get my pictures taken by Mark Bush at Marx Studio. He did great work! My parents were awesome and helped me get my desired pictures!

We had to make a special trip from where we had been preaching in Florida to Kentucky to get the pictures taken. Thanks to Bro. Duane and Sis. Annie Allen for inviting us to stay with them while we were there. I know we enjoyed some of Sis. Annie's delicious cooking too.

It really turned out to be a wonderful day! Mark had a great studio in his garage and we were extremely pleased with the finished product.

I was able to scan the photos and now I can share them with you. You will see I was much smaller back in 2003. Food did not stick to me as much when I was 17. This was a few years before glasses were a permanent fixture on my face.

Graduation Memories

I graduated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The first Saturday of May 2003, was the big day. My family and friends made me feel very loved. I will never forget their kindness to me.

Mt. Vernon Christian Academy is where I started my school journey in the fall of 1991. We had no idea that I would complete the journey there too. Eagle Heights Academy was the homeschool division of the school. Thank you, Bro. Rickey Searcy, for always believing in me! I appreciate your friendship to me and my family! We love you!

My diploma

Here is the program for my graduation service. There was also a surprise not listed in the program. The Crafton Trio sang a song and it was great! Thanks, Bethany, Anna and Callie, for singing for me. I love my Crafton sisters!

I found this newspaper clipping with my pictures. I had forgotten that I made the big time in The Western Star! Thanks to my grandparents and parents for making me "famous". I still have not made it to college, but life is not over. 

Well, I will end this trip down memory lane right there. Thank you for riding along with me.  There are many more adventures waiting ahead. See you next time.

Odie