Happy Birthday, Daddy

Hey Friends, it is Odie here.  Dad will return tomorrow with a Revival In Pictures post. I usually post on Saturday but I asked to switch days this week with Dad. 

We have had a wonderful week with all of our friends at Sterlington Holiness Tabernacle. I have enjoyed time with our friends so much. God has been meeting us around the altar and that makes every revival good!

Today is a special day at our house. January 16th is my Dad's birthday. Happy Birthday, Daddy!!  I love you with all of my heart. You have always been my rock. You are amazing and you deserved to be celebrated today!

I know this is just a small token of my appreciation for my Daddy.  Please join me in wishing him a happy birthday. I will close with some previously posted pictures of the "Birthday Boy". 

Odie 

Thursday January 15, 2014

Woo-hoo! Sauerkraut! Sis. Shea Boyd prepared low fat hot dogs, chili Frito pie with sauerkraut as a bonus! Wow! It was so good.

Honestly all the food has been outstanding. The ladies of the church have been preparing food for lunch and Sis. Boyd has been preparing food for after church. We are still trying to eat reasonable and lose some weight but it has not been easy here. Of course, you know me, it has not been easy any where.

We had another good service at Sterlington Holiness Tabernacle last night. We love hearing Sis. Shea and the girls sing and they have been tearing it up every night this week. I asked Pastor Boyd to have them to sing each night and he has honored my request. Praise God! It has been so good and a great boost to the services. We have two more services this week and we are expecting great things.

I appreciate all the outpouring of prayer for our friends back in Ohio. It is comforting that you all are willing to pray for them when you do not even know them. Odie found the link to the obituary for Sue Allen's Daddy. His name is Lowell Johnson. Please continue to pray for them.

We lost another friend Wednesday. Pastor Mike Holden from Texarkana, Arkansas passed away suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday morning. Bro. Mike was a good guy that we have known for many years. Please pray for Bro. Mike Holden's family and his church.

Thank you for reading.

Davy

A Prayer Request For Friends

I believe that God is able to do what we ask him to do. I believe that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much or is a great help and advantage. All things are possible to him that believes!

Although we know of several families in need of help right now, I would like to ask you to especially pray for one specific family today.

I mentioned in this post in December that we have super great neighbors next to the barn we purchased back in Ohio. Donny and Sue have lived right next to the property their whole married life. Sue was raised in the next house over. Her father stilled lived there in the house where she was raised.

Monday evening Sue's Daddy passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. She loved her Daddy so much and you would often see them in town together during the day. Please pray for Sue and Donny and their three children. To say that they are devastated is an understatement. God will be their only true comfort and right now that comfort probably seems so far away. Let's believe that God will help them abundantly in the next few days.

I am aware that most of you reading do not know this family and may never meet this family but thank you for joining together with us to ask God to help them. We often receive several texts and emails confirming that you are praying when we express a need here. Thank you for that. Thank you for the compassion and tender spirit toward those in need of prayer that you do not even know.

God is helping us here in Sterlington, Louisiana and we are having a good time with Pastor Boyd and his church. I will post pictures and a more thorough report later but today I wanted to focus on the prayer request for Donny and Sue Allen and their family.

God bless you for reading.

Davy