Vintage View Vednesday Junction Hill 2007 and 2010

Wow! We are enjoying our time in Missouri this week. Not only is God blessing us with His presence each night, but there has been a break in the weather too. We have had a few nights in the upper 50's and upper 70's during the day. That is a welcome change and I am thankful for it.

Of course it is not pretty every where. The weather on the east coast of the US is horrible right now and we have several friends that are right in the thick of it. We are praying for their protection.

Back in February I posted some Vintage View pictures from our first revival at Junction Hill Pentecostal Church near West Plains, Missouri. Those pictures were from 2003. I began searching the vast archives for more older Junction Hill pictures and came up with a few from 2007 and more from 2010.

The first few are from our visit here in 2007.

The next few pictures are from 2007 of Kelly Jo and Sis G being Kelly Jo and Sis. G. They are a laugh a minute.

These are from our revival in 2010.

One thing you may have noticed is that we take a lot more pictures in digital format than we used to take. We have a whole lot more of 2010 than we have of the revival in 2007. There were about 5-7 pictures of each revival in the days before iPhones. I like having lots of pictures to remember the good times.

I hope you have enjoyed this Vintage View Vednesday. I plan to have pictures from this week on Friday. Thank you for taking a moment to stop in.

Davy

Short Travel Day And Revival

We had planned for a couple of years to be setting the tent up Monday night and beginning tent revival tonight. The Pastor had to cancel nearly two months ago. Bro. Galiher asked if we had any cancellations and here we are. It is a thrill to be back at Junction Hill.

Travel

We had a pretty peaceful night at a little place that used to be a truck stop. It was about 10 miles west of Poplar Bluff and it was listed on Google Maps. Kelly Jo looked at it and thought we could get in and park IF there were spots. We were ready to stop so we aimed for it.

We pulled in and ALL of the spots were available!

The store was open and the car gas pumps were open, but the diesel pumps for the big trucks were over grown with weeds and closed. There was one truck in the lot and he was circling, looking at the fuel pumps and making his way out.

I started to leave too, but Kelly Jo wanted to go in and ask if we were allowed to park overnight. In she went and ask she did and that is where we spent the night. Way to go Kelly Jo! 

The lot was gravel and unlined so the lady told Kelly Jo how the trucks usually parked for the night. We backed into the spot on the end and settled in. As far as we know, there was only one other truck that spent the night.

I went to bed at a decent hour so I was up before daylight. I spent a quite morning having devotions and reading in my chair at the table. I roused KJ about 7:30 and we prepared to roll.

The next several miles of Hwy 60 are my least favorite of the drive across Missouri. It is beautiful country, but it is hilly and curvy. It is mostly four lane, but it is impossible to make time in the BoggsMobile and the trailer. The hills all seem to end in a curve at the bottom so it is slow going up the next hill. It is best to sit back, not hurry.

I think that hitting that section with a good night's rest behind me was just the ticket. I let the big diesel carry me up real slow and the Jake brake carry me down real slow. I held onto the wheel with both hands and enjoyed the gorgeous sunny morning.

We pulled into the gravel parking lot across from Junction Hill Pentecostal Church at 10:00. Everything was smooth sailing from there. By 10:30 the car was unloaded, the trailer was backed in and unhooked, the bus was in place, the electric was plugged up and the bus was shut down.

KJ spent a few minutes inside partially getting things in living order and I unloaded the wheel chairs and the sound equipment. By the time we carried the equipment inside and began to set up it was time to meet Pastor Dwain Galiher and Sis. Brenda at El Charro for a good little bite of Mexican.

We had a great meal and a great visit with our friends and somehow enjoyed the whole event without pictures. Did it really happen without pictures?

We went back to the church, finished sound check and then began to prepare for the first night of revival. I think the first service went well and we are anticipating a tremendous week. 



If you are near West Plains, Missouri come see us this week. We would love to have you. Service begins each night at 7:00 except for Friday the service begins at 7:30.

Thank you for reading today.

Davy

Weekend Woundup and Weview 9/10/2018

With only one more day in Central City, it was time on Friday to start wrapping up the projects that had been in progress this week. I had finished with the bus coolant crisis on Thursday, so all I had to do was clean a few things Friday morning to wrap that up.

Next up was driving about 90 minutes to Mt. Vernon, Indiana to pick up the Green Machine. I will tell you more about that later, but for now I will tell you that it is riding smoother than ever! It was nice to look out the bus window Friday afternoon and see the little green thing in its place next to the BoggsMobile.

We had one more great lunch with Bro. Alan and Sis. Tammy Harris on Friday and before we knew it, church time was right around the corner. Here are a few more pictures from the last two nights of revival.

You can see a bunch more pictures from Central City that I posted on Friday.

We had planned to travel Saturday and to be in a couple of churches in the Paducah, Kentucky area on Sunday. We were going to rest a while Saturday morning, but my Mom texted me early to tell me that Dad's Uncle Ed was not doing good at all.

He had been in the hospital all week in bad condition, but he nearly died over night. I had already thought about going to Lexington to see him and that made the decision for me.

I let the girls rest while I drove to Lexington and spent several hours there. By the time I arrived back at the bus about 7:30, I was in no shape to go through all the motions of getting this whole contraption on the road. 

That necessitated a change in plans and yesterday became a travel day. We began the  process about 7:00 Sunday morning. Kelly Jo has her own list but here is my partial list, crank the bus, disconnect the utilities, roll up the cords and hoses, take the bus to town, hook up the tent trailer, move to a flat place, put the Green Machine in the trailer and roll down the road.

Of course, Kelly Jo helps me with most of these things too. She gets the short end of the stick, so she makes me do the driving.

We were rolling down the road by 8:15, pretty good.

The first order of business was to find a place to empty our holding tanks. The black was full. The Love's in Calvert City, Kentucky listed a dump station in the description of the services, but we could not see it on Google Maps. 

Love's that have dump stations often have them in nearly inaccessible places for us. The Calvert City Love's did have one and it was right out in front. First we fueled up and then we emptied the tanks.

Once we were fueled up, emptied and then cleaned up, it was getting close to noon. Pastor Israel Sanders suggested meeting his family for lunch and we were glad to do so. We pulled into Walmart in Paducah and enjoyed a great lunch and wonderful fellowship!

I had originally planned to be with Bro. Sanders at his church in Salem Sunday morning before the change of plans on Saturday. We were thrilled to get to spend a little time with our dear friends in spite of the schedule disruption. 

Next up we had to cross two of my most dreaded bridges in all of America. You will find them on Hwy 60 near Cairo, Illinois. First you cross Ohio River on this one.

Then you immediately cross the Mississippi on this one.

There is not much room on either bridge and we inevitably meet a big semi that has his wheels on the double yellow line and is driving about 70 MPH. Oh, I do not like those bridges.

But we made it. In fact we made it to a little truck stop a few miles west of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. That is where our weekend came to a close and where Monday begins.

We will begin revival in West Plains, Missouri tonight by God's grace.

Please continue to pray for my great Uncle Ed.

Thank you for reading today.

Davy