The Weekend Dispatch May 20, 2024

Friday Kelly‘s mom and dad came to visit for a while. Of course we enjoyed them being here long with a little mandatory guitar picking.

Then began another weekend spent away from home with dear friends that we love to see. 

Saturday morning KJo and I traveled in the Jeep to Evansville, Indiana. The drive was about 4 hours. We met Pastor John and sister Debbie Eaton at Full Gospel Mission and help them adjust their sound system. we really enjoyed our visit with them before going to the hotel.

Later in the evening Bro and Sis Eaton and Pastor Brad and Sis Tammy Nolan came to the hotel and visited with us for a couple hours. We had a great fellowship with our friends that we had not seen for about a year. Our last revival here was in early May 2023. 

Sunday morning we had a very good service at Full Gospel Mission. We love preaching here because they love to hear preaching. Sunday morning was no different than the response in the altar was beautiful. 

Sunday afternoon Bro and Sis Eaton brought their lunch to the hotel and we enjoyed more great fellowship while they ate. 

Later in the evening we drove about 30 minutes to Mount Vernon, Indiana to preach at Faith Fellowship for Pastor Brad Nolan. Bro Brad and sSis Tammy have also been our friends for years going back to when they worked under Bro Eaton Full Gospel Mission. 

They also had a great service there and we loved watching the Lord touch people in the altar service. One of brother and sister Nolan‘s granddaughters was kind enough to get a few pictures with my phone.

That pretty much wrapped up our weekend. Now we will head back toward Ohio and try to get rested up. thank you for stopping in today.

Davy

Sunday Morning Sanity, May 19, 24

Achan demonstrates the natural progression of sin. 

First he saw, then he coveted it, then he took, then he hid. 

Finally he suffered. 

Clarence E McCartney  

Joshua 7:21

The Wisest Fool P.37

I hope you have a super great Sunday.

Davy

Praise Report And Karen Peck And New River May 2024

 Hey Friends,

This is Odie checking in from Ohio. It is excellent to see you here today! Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are doing well. I am doing great. I do have a praise report this week! God has been great to me! I am blessed!

My long time friends know that I have had eye issues for a long time. Here is a quick synopsis for any new readers. Since 2006, we have been keeping an eye on things. My optic nerves are misshapen, and I have been classified as a glaucoma suspect. This is all probably a result of Cerebral Palsy.

Ten years ago, I suffered nine days of blindness in my left eye. God gave me a miracle. He gave me my vision back gradually. I had no promise of its return or the amount that it could come back. My vision is great today! I do still wear glasses. I can tell the left eye is a little worse. I am so thankful for my vision!

I have been seeing my current eye doctor for ten years, and she has been fantastic. She is very concerned for me, yet she cheers me on in every victory. Doctor Miller has told me my case is a miracle.

Wednesday afternoon, I had a regular checkup at the eye doctor. I had to go through a whole series of tests to check on everything. All the reports were excellent. Dr. Miller said I am a good, boring patient. She was thrilled that everything is staying the same.

Karen Peck And New River May 2024

Dad told you Thursday about our detour earlier this week. I was thrilled to see our precious family members again. They have been faithful in praying for us and checking on us.

I have missed George and Dianne Boggs. They are so sweet! It was fun to surprise them. They have often invited us to meetings, but it had never worked out for us to go. This is a picture I snapped before service.

A highlight of the night for me was seeing and hearing Karen Peck and New River sing. I knew it would be wonderful.

Karen

It was great to see my KPNR buddies one more time this year. This date was not really on my radar. I had seen that Ohio was on the schedule for the weekend, but I knew it was farther from home. 

Susan

Grant

My interest peeked a lot when Dad mentioned Cousin George's invitation text to us. I was not going to turn down a chance to be in service with Karen, Susan, Grant, Matt and Kari. I was extra happy Monday when he decided to take a small detour home from Kentucky.

Matt

From the beginning note to The God I Serve to the ending notes of the night of I Wanna Know How It Feels. Their parts of the service were so good.

Kari

Many people in the crowd that night were touched and helped. The lyrics to many of my favorite KPNR songs encouraged me, too!

I left there with KPNR songs stuck in my head for days. That is not a bad thing at all! They have many great songs in their catalog. I have been listening to Karen since her days with the Nelons. I think I was 8 or 9 when I was gifted my first New River project. Their music has been part of my life's soundtrack for a long time!

Once the service finished, it was time to head home. First, I stopped by the KPNR product table to see Karen for a moment.

Then, it was time to bid our cousins farewell. Hopefully, we will see them again soon! Thanks to George and Dianne for inviting us to be in service with you. Thank you for your hospitality and friendship! We love you!

See you all next time. I hope you enjoyed my praise report and the latest KPNR sighting.

Odie

Moving On And Praising God!

I felt like my head was a little mixed up when I realized last night that today is Friday already. Wow! Where did this week go? It seems like it was only yesterday when we woke up in London Kentucky on Monday morning.

In the same vein, we are Already more than halfway through May, the fifth month of 2024. That means it has been more than 4 1/2 months since I had a stroke on December 29. In some ways, that is unbelievable. 

They say that time flies when you are having fun but I reckon time flies whether you are having fun or not. 😂 I have felt like time has been dragging through many long days and many long nights this year only to look up and realize we are zooming through 2024 like crazy. 

I sure would like to have some date for the end of this current difficulty, but maybe the days will continue to fly and we will be on the other side of this before we know it. 👍🏽👍🏽

There is no doubt that God has brought us a very long way since December 29.

I could be dead

I could be paralyzed.

I could be in a care home. 

I could be on a feeding tube still.

My eyes could still be weirded out. 

I could be horribly dizzy like I was. 

I could be unable to walk and unable to use my right arm. 

And the list of “could bes” go on and on and on.

Instead, we are praising God for all the miracles he has given us. The persistent numbness which brings on the balance issues, swallowing problems and vocal weaknesses, do not prevent me from giving God glory for what he has done. Hallelujah!🙌🏽🙌🏽

Thank you Lord for bringing me and my family through the last 4 1/2 months and thank you for what you are gonna do in the next few days and in the next 4 1/2 months.

Praise God, He has been very good to us. You, dear friends, have been good to hold up our needs before God and we appreciate that too. May God bless you for it. 

Thank you for stopping in today.

Davy

A Small Detour

We took a small detour on the way home from London, Kentucky on Monday. Our cousin, George Boggs and his wife Diana from Grayson Kentucky, invited us to stop by and see them at a camp meeting they were attending at Scioto county fairground in Lucasville, Ohio. 

They have attended this camp meeting for several years and they had their 5th wheel there. We arrived in the early afternoon and visited with them and some of their friends all afternoon. It was a beautiful visit with our family and we enjoyed it very much.

We do not get to see George and his family enough, so this was a very welcome opportunity. I appreciate them inviting us and welcoming us with open arms Monday.

Karen Peck and new River were singing at the camp meeting and we enjoyed that as well. I know that Odie will have more pictures at some point, but here are a few from the afternoon and evening.

 

We left a few minutes after the conclusion of the service and we were home about 11 PM. It was not a bad little detour and the benefit of getting to spend a few hours with George and Diana Boggs was worth every mile.

Thank you for stopping in today. May God bless you.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, A Preacher With A Broken Heart

Good Morning! Thank you for joining us today. We are so happy to bring you A Word For Wednesday. A few moments 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. 

I met an older retired Pastor who was weeping over the denomination he had supported all his life. They were in the middle of dividing because of serious compromise on a subject that was non-negotiable for him and thousands of others. He was told by leadership to remain silent because his doctrine and opinions were outdated and out of the mainstream.

He was weeping over his church and the people he loved. I have been weeping with him, especially the last few weeks as I have witnessed the church he loves take a leap away from their long held beliefs. My brothers and sisters, let us pray for one another.

Thank you for reading and watching today.

Davy