What's Up, Weekend? 10/5/2020

The weekend began Friday with a wonderful meal from the master griller, Bro Scott and Sis. Kim! Wow!

If you start a weekend like this, you know it is going to be a momentous weekend. Buckle your seatbelt, here we go!

At 4:00 KJo and I set up all of the sound equipment for church, but saved the soundcheck for later. Then while she was getting the inside of the bus ready to ride, I was filling the water tank, disconnecting the utilities, cranking the BoggsMobile, moving it into the church parking lot and hooking up the Green Machine.

When all of that was completed, we dressed for church, completed soundcheck and by then it was time for the last night of revival. We had a wonderful closing night that capped off a great week.

It was different this year without the tent, but I really enjoyed the whole week. The Richton folks are like family to us and I am always to preach to them with a burden. We sure love them! It was hard to leave but it had to be done, duty calls!

After church, we loaded the sound equipment on Bro. Scott's trailer and took it to the bus. We had lots of help and that was wonderful!

Four pictures from Deidre.

We pulled out of the church parking lot about 9:20 and drove 272 miles and about 4 1/2 hours. The first place we would have considered stopping was the Welcome Center in Cuba, Alabama, but we were feeling good and it was still early. When we stopped at the Rest Area in Ashville, Alabama it was 1:45 and I was winding down.

I really could have driven further, but I knew my places to stop and park would be limited IF I began to get sleepy. We had made it passed Birmingham and that was good enough for me.

I did the work of the evangelist before we left the rest area Saturday morning and we were rolling by 7:30 AM. We had zero problems, slipped through Chattanooga easily and pulled into East Tennessee Luxury Coach 200 miles later.

We unhooked the car and loaded the car into the tent trailer.

I removed the towbar from the BoggsMobile, inserted the hitch, hooked up the tent trailer and away we went. We had an unexplained, self fixing bus glitch that is being thunk over by experts, but we made it to London First Pentecostal about 4:00 PM, finishing 600 miles from Richton, Mississippi.

By 5:30 we had the sound equipment unloaded, the car removed from the trailer, the trailer parked and unhooked and the bus parked and connected to utilities.

Soundcheck video

By 8:00 we were in the bus and by 9:30 I was out like a light. I love traveling with my own bed! It feels so good when I crawl in some nights that I get back out just to crawl in again!🤣😍

Sunday we had two good services to kick off revival. We are so glad to be back here with our friends. Pastor Vernon Jarvis, his wife Sis. Marsha and our brothers and sisters here are a joy to be around.

That wraps up the weekend! Thank you for joining us. May God bless you, friends.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 10/4/2020

This is our view out the bus window this week in London, Kentucky

Sunday Morning Sanity

Always be kinder to people than you feel like being.

Thank you for stopping in today. Have a super great Sunday.

Davy

A Scary Birthday Cake

Hey Friends,

Happy Saturday, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for stopping by to visit with me. We are making tracks from Mississippi to Kentucky today and we should be well on our way by the time you read this, hopefully!

The Scary Birthday Cake

Today lets stroll down my memory lane again. This one is going back to my second birthday. That was more than a few years ago.

I was terrified of my birthday cake! The cake was made to look like a Pound Puppy. The pictures and video footage that I remember seeing were hilarious. It really was a cute cake. Do you remember Pound Puppies? Here is a picture that I found online.

There is absolutely nothing scary about a harmless Pound Puppy! He is actually cute. Any normal two year old would have loved a puppy cake. In case you do not know me yet, I am not normal. 

I would not have a thing to do with the cake. I did not want to touch it or be near it at all! I must have thought the puppy was going to lick me, bite me or chase me. I just laugh when I think of my silliness today, but I was completely scared of that cake.

Real Fear

I am still terrified of dogs in my thirties! The size of the dog does not matter, big or small, I am not a fan. My fear comes from not being able to get away from them. I can not run if I need to run. It is a fear that I have to face very often. I have found that dogs are extremely fond of girls in wheelchairs. The dog's fondness for me and my fear do not mix well together.

Last week we were at a church with a friendly neighborhood dog. He loved on everyone and everyone loved on him. I was outside in my chair and he literally went for my lap! It scared the daylights out of me!😁

Here is another story that my parents have told me about. It also demonstrates my fear of dogs. This happened when I was very little too. We were visiting a friend's home. Somebody opened the door and our friend's big dog ran inside.

Do you remember that I am immobile and I am terrified of dogs? Those two things were against me at that moment. I was sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor. Dad tells me that my fear was so strong that I stood straight up to my feet, without assistance, before they could get to me.

I am amazed by this story. I can not go from sitting to standing in the middle of the floor on my own. I wonder if I could have run, from that dog, because of my adrenaline rush? I am glad that my parents rescued me, but I would like to know what would have happened.

Have you ever had to overcome any fears? Do you have any childhood fears, that are now funny? I would like to hear your stories if you are comfortable telling them.

Thanks for reading. I hope you have a great weekend.

Odie