View Out The Front Window December 14, 2014

Odie's Saturday Post

Prayer For Danny Morgan

From Wichita To Ohio

Wonderful Night In Wichita

Song About Odie by The Isaacs

Weekend In Blanchard

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Danny Morgan Update

Kelly Jo's Dad continues to improve as he recovers from open heart surgery and we are very thankful to God for that. Thank you for holding him and his family up in prayer.

Prayer Request

Friday night Morgan and Laura Stephens lost their house in a fire. It was a total loss. Laura is the daughter of Pastor John Eaton. Morgan is the son of Pastor Shawn Stephens. He is also the grandson of Pastor Mike Stephens. We have mentioned all of these folks many times on the blog.

Morgan and Laura have only been married about two years and you can imagine how devastating this is  for a young couple. To add insult to injury they had welcomed their first child on Wednesday. They were dismissed from the hospital Friday and lost their house and possessions that evening. They were not at home at the time and arrived to find it on fire. As I said it was a total loss. Please pray for them. I am sure they could use financial help too. If you would like to help, we could point you in the right direction.

View Out The Front Window

With a busy travel week comes a varied view out the front window. Monday morning we left Blanchard, Oklahoma and hurried to Wichita, Kansas. We parked at Bethany Revival Center and jumped quickly into sorting and emptying our storage unit. Here is our view at Bethany.

Out the front window.

Out the front door.

Tuesday night was spent in the parking lot at First Church of God in Christ in Wichita. I neglected to take pictures from the window but I did get one of the BoggsMobile and Uhaul trailer from the parking lot.

At least part of Wednesday night was spent at the Flying J in Effingham, Illinois. 

Out the front window.

Out the front door.

It was a great place to park and I should have rested good. But my girls were already home and I was anxious to join them. I left Effingham a little before 11:00 and pointed toward Ohio.

I pulled into the Dodds Church a little after 5:30 Thursday morning. After posting the blog I sacked out for about 2 hours and took this picture about 8:00. The BoggsMobile is parked at Dodds and I am standing on our new property.

The BoggsMobile is safely parked inside the barn at the Ranch and honestly does not have much of a view.

Here is the view out the front window with the doors closed.



And with the doors open.

And the view our the door.

We begin our last revival before Christmas this morning at Dodds Church. We sure appreciate Pastor Kelly Rogers inviting us to be with them. We may have to drive to church since we are 200 feet away from the parking lot instead of being parked right in it as was usual until this week!

I hope you have a great Sunday.

Davy

Odie's Christmas Memories Past- 1999

Good morning! This is Odie! Before I launch into my Saturday post I want to update you on my Papaw Danny Morgan. He came through open heart surgery fine. The doctor said he did four bypasses and that the surgery could not have went any better. He said his heart and arteries look very healthy and that my Papaw should feel 10 years younger in a few weeks. Of course the first few days after open heart surgery are still very challenging but we are so glad to report he is doing well at this point. He sat up several hours this morning. Thank you for praying and thank God for helping.

Christmas Memories Past - 1999

1999 was a year of change for us. We moved to Wichita, Kansas in that year when Dad became the Pastor of New Horizon Holiness Church. We lived in Kansas until January 2003 so we were there at Christmas time for four years. Although we usually went home right before or after Christmas I really missed being home with the family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  But we do have some incredibly happy memories from the Christmas seasons spent in Kansas from 1999-2002. 

We spent Christmas Eve 1999 eating pizza and listening to Christmas music. We decided to attend the 11:00 PM Central Christian candlelight Christmas Eve service. Central Christian was a large church and we did not know a soul there. We slipped in and enjoyed the music and service. It was a fun way to end our evening and we still laugh over a few memories from that cold winter night. 

We arrived home after the late Christmas Eve service and it was very late when we finally went to bed. I had my alarm set for 7:15 AM. As a 14 year old girl I was excited for Christmas morning. I had several gifts under the tree that I was anxious to open. Several of our family members had sent packages from home. With those packages it seemed to me we had a piece of the family there with us. Christmas morning could not come quick enough. Mom and Dad were always teasing me about oversleeping and missing Christmas but that was not about to happen.

Well my alarm went off at "7:15" just like I had set it to do. I woke up every morning at 7:00 AM for school and in December it was very dark at 7:00 AM. When I woke up Christmas morning at "7:15" There was bright sunshine streaming in my windows. I remember thinking, what is going on here?  As I walked through our living room to wake up my parents I quickly realized the correct time was 9:15!

Now, for the rest of the story.  After I went to sleep on Christmas Eve my parents changed my clock. They wanted to trick me and sleep a little longer in the process so they set my clock back TWO hours. I was not thrilled with them at all but we had a good laugh about it and had a great Christmas morning anyway. Now days I am all for sleeping late on Christmas morning or any morning for that matter!

We went on to have wonderful family day. I remember several nice gifts from that year. I am still thankful for the clothes, desk chair, clock radio, and computer game to name a few things. 

One little gift mom did not know if would like was a 4 Square ball. It turned out to be one of the best gifts of the year! We had so much fun with that ball. Most of our afternoon Christmas Day was spent bouncing the ball back and forth. We are an easily entertained family. All it took that year was a cheap grocery store gift. 

That day taught me to cherish family time and to enjoy the small things. I also learned to hold on to memories because they last a lifetime. 

Have a great weekend and enjoy the small things during this busy season. 

Odie 

Pray For Danny Morgan

Update 2:20 PM: Danny Morgan, Kelly's Dad,  is out of surgery and in the special ICU unit. The family should be able to see him soon. The doctor said the surgery could not have went any better. He said his heart and all the tissue is very very healthy. 

Praise God for His help. Thanks for praying. Please continue.

Odie with her grandpa Danny Morgan.

Although we have much to write about our busy day yesterday, we do not have much time. Kelly Jo's Dad, in the picture with Odie above, did not get good news from the heart doctor Thursday

They told him he has four blockages and needs open heart surgery immediately if not sooner. We plan to be there by 6:00 this morning so that means not time or much inclination to blog about all of the other exciting stuff. 

I will try to update at the top of this post when he comes through the surgery. Please ask God to help Danny Morgan today. Please pray as well for Kelly Jo's Mom and the rest of their family.

Thank you. 

Davy