A Little Family Time

Today we rested some more and visited with family passing through. My sister Theresa, her husband Jay and their kids Lauren and Luke stopped in for a few minutes. Jay works for a company that is headquartered in the Minneapolis area and they were up there on a working vacation this week. They were on their way home and their route brought them 1/2 mile from the RV Park we are staying in.

It was great to see family so far away from home. I sure appreciate them taking time to stop and to eat lunch with us. It was refreshing.

Luke has something on his pants. Really Mom? You have to get that off now? Lol

We had family devotions in the BoggsMobile this evening and we had sweet fellowship with the Lord. One thing this area needs badly is a good conservative Pentecostal church. Come on up to Wisconsin young men and plant a church. There are plenty of souls that need to be saved.

The folks are really friendly here and I have had several opportunities to share the Gospel on a personal level. The huge tent trailer is a great Gospel conversation starter. Men always want to know what is inside. I think they are expecting  to see a car of some kind. 

When I tell them there is a tent, poles, stakes, side walls and 200 chairs, the next question is, "Why are you hauling all of that round?" Praise God, that is an easy open door to walk through.

One man here this week ask me a question after we had talked a while about evangelism. He said, "So, are you the guy that stands up in front at the tent revival?" I said, "Yes, I am the preacher, the singer, the testifier, the tent man, the chair man and the bathroom cleaner. I can do everything in tent revival but change peoples lives. God does that. God changes peoples lives."

We were wiping tears when we were finished talking. It is amazing to watch people grasp for the first time that God can make a difference in their lives. It is a truth that I love to tell and a truth the world needs to hear. That is a pretty good combination. God give us all the strength, wisdom and willingness to tell the story.

We are moving on to the Minneapolis area tomorrow, by God's grace.

Davy

Latches, Walks and Mexican S'mores

My morning project was the broken door latch on the side ramp door of the tent trailer. I was able to take half of the diamond plate off instead of the whole thing. Whew, only 35 screws!

The self locking nut had worked its way off after 17 years and all of the pieces were laying in the little compartment.

Now, what do I do with all the little pieces?

Most of the parts had marks on top and bottom so I could see which part was on either side of it. I eventually figured it out and put it back together.

As a bonus? It actually works! I put the diamond plate back on and all 35 screws and I was finished before the sun was pressing down on me. Not a bad morning. I am going to make an access panel to the back of that lock in case I have to do it again.

The girls walked around downtown Wisconsin Dells for a couple of hours today just killing time. This really is a beautiful place.

Supper tonight was Italian. 

We bought stuff of Mexican S'mores (Google it) and we had hoped to cook them over a camp fire. We do not have a fire ring at our sight so KJ cooked them in the oven. Wow! These are good!

We used 10" flour tortilla's, Hershey's chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and real butter. Wow again.

Another day well rested. God bless you all.

Davy

A Day of Rest!

We really did rest quite a bit today. I was awake early but stayed in bed reading until I could nap some more. A few more days of that and I will be good as new.

In the afternoon I worked on solving my broken latch problem on the trailer. I will have to take the side ramp door apart to figure out how it works and try to fix it.

I plan to start that tomorrow. Unless it is an easy fix, I will probably extend our stay here to Monday. Without that latch I will need to rig a way to keep that door fastened.

KJ took the girls for a few hours to the Tanger outlet nearby.

Kelly Jo and I had supper out together and drove around and looked at the area. The weather cooled some and it made for a beautiful evening.

We parked close to this truck yesterday when we went on the boat ride in Wisconsin Dells. It had a generator running and what I think was a refrigeration unit as well. Kelly Jo says we need somebody to pull the tent trailer with this during tent revival season. The driver could set up the tent and sell steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs, brisket and ribs during the day and after church.

It sounds like a well thought out plan to me!

According to their website they have a semi based rig that is 80 feet long. It can slow smoke 2000 lbs of meat and cook 1000 hot dogs, 500 hamburgers or 200 steaks at a time on a 48" x 120" grill! I would have to buy a bigger tent!

This "small" truck may just be a support truck for the large rig. According to their schedule they we in Minneapolis recently and will be in Chicago this weekend. Wisconsin Dells is right on the route through.

God bless u all.

Davy