Revival In Pictures - Bristow, Virginia

I do not remember when I first heard of Pastor Ken Taylor in Bristow, Virginia. It had to be in the early 1990's for sure and everything that I heard was good. I do remember finally getting to know Bro. Taylor and his wife in Merced, California in 2004 or 2005. They flew out for camp meeting to be in church with their daughter's family and I was preaching the meeting. We fell in love with them that first week we really visited with them.

We began preaching revivals for him here in Bristow in the next few years after that, but I am not sure what the first year was. I know we were here in 2009, so our relationship with this church goes way back. We love to preach here when we swing through Virginia every couple of years!

We missed our Virginia tour in 2020 due to the world being shut down that spring, but we did slide through Virginia last fall on our way from New England to Mississippi. Bro. Taylor met us to eat one evening along with his daughter, Laura, her husband Benji Burris and their family. Bro. Benji and his family have appeared in our Mile Markers many times throughout the year and are dear friends as well.

September 2021

Our week at the House of Prayer in Bristow has been wonderful. The fellowship from other churches has been outstanding and the services have been great. We are praising God for His help for His people.

I hope you enjoy the Revival In Pictures. We have a bunch of pictures for you. Thank you for stopping in for a few minutes.

Davy

The church sits way up on the hill and we park near the bottom of the hill. Can you see the bus down there?

Now you can!

Progress Building A Church In Nigeria

I mentioned in November again that we were trying to help Bro. Shobanke build a new sanctuary for an existing church in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. We were blessed and privileged to preach an outdoor crusade at this church in the past and we are thrilled to help with the construction cost as much as possible. 

We sent a good offering to help. We are able to do that because of our regular commitment to missions in Nigeria AND because of churches and individuals that help us to give.

Two weeks ago I received an email from Bro. Shobanke with pictures of some progress. I want to share some of them with you.

I am so excited to see the plaster applied. They still have a long ways to go, but they have already come a long way. 

This is the text from Bro. Shobanke's email.

Dear Evang. Boggs,

Calvary greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,

Praise the Lord, the work has been done.

The last money you gave for our new church was used for the plastering of the new church building and the whole church building has been plastered.

Thank you very much, we appreciate you greatly.

I attached the pictures of the plastered church building.

Thank you, greetings to everyone.

Please tell your wife I say hello and sister Odie.

Pastor E. Ade Shobanke

Praise God for helping us to be a blessing to our brothers and sisters in Nigeria. By God's grace, we plan to send more very soon.

We would also like to visit Nigeria before the end of 2022, IF the restrictions for entry are such that we can and IF it is God's will. We long to return. It has been way too long because of the pandemic. We are praying fervently for direction and the open door from the Nigerian government.

Thank you for praying with us and thank you for reading today.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday He Wouldn't Stay Dead

It is time for A Word For Wednesday. A Few minutes ago, I posted A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.

He Wouldn't Stay Dead

I posted this poem for Easter last year a few days after my sickest day. I was surprised when watched this week how weak I was. Thank God that He has brought me a mighty long way!

This is the video from 2021.

He Wouldn’t Stay Dead

by: Willard G. Thomas

They laid His body in Joseph’s new tomb

And filled His disciples with sorrow and gloom

They did not remember what He had said

That He would die, but He wouldn’t stay dead

Mary came at the break of day

And found the stone was rolled away

She saw an angel and in terror fled

And told His disciples that He didn’t stay dead

In that cold dark tomb, He would not stay

He conquered death and walked away

And now that old grave has lost its fear and dread

He lives again! He wouldn’t stay dead

Full atonement and pardon were made

And forever the sin debt was marked fully paid

The price was His blood as it flowed crimson red

And I’m thankful today that He didn’t stay dead!

Let’s go to our churches and cry aloud

Let’s go to the marketplace and talk to the crowd

Let’s go to the mission fields that lie up ahead

And tell the whole world that He didn’t stay dead!

Because if Jesus Christ had only died

Then the gulf between us and God would still be wide

But thank God He did what He said

He got up out of the ground, He couldn’t stay dead!

Last Stanza by Davy Boggs

Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy

A Mile Marker 14 Years In the Making

It has been busy on the BoggsMobile the last few weeks and we have had plenty of subjects to write about. We try to give you a variety of things to read and pictures to see on Mile Markers and a wide assortment of topics have been easy to find lately.

In all of the busyness and excitement, I failed to point out for you a prominent Mile Marker we passed about three weeks ago. We noted it in our personal conversations, but I neglected to make a note of it here.

Today, I am rectifying my error and recognizing an important anniversary that rolled by us in March.

March 21, 2022, marked 14 years of us owning the BoggsMobile!

We purchased our 1995 Prevost XL Vantare on March 21, 2008 from Florida Luxury Coach in Sanford, Florida. We left that evening and drove toward Alabama and spent the first night at Flying J in Tallahassee. 

March 21, 2008, Sanford, Florida

March 30, 2022 Romney, West Virginia

That first night at Flying J, Odie slept on the couch, KJo slept in the bed and I sat in the driver's seat and stared out the window all night long! I wondered for hours, "What in the world have I done?"

I had borrowed more money than I had ever borrowed in my life and put it on a long term note. The bus was thirteen years old and once I left the lot, there was no warranty at all. It could have been tragic. It could have been the worst decision I had made in my life. 

That night in the parking lot of Flying J, I was not sure at all. In fact, I was leaning toward driving back to Sanford and begging them to rip the sales contract and loan into a million pieces.

Somewhere in the middle of the night leading into March 22, 2008, I had my first episode of "Bus Induced Psychosis" and we began one of the most exciting adventures in our lives. Through the years, the bus morphed into our home, the BoggsMobile, and it became a beloved member of our family.

We look forward to the BoggsMobile being a big part of our family for many years to come!

You will find a bunch of interesting pictures of the BoggsMobile HERE.

Thank you for joining us today.

Davy