Benji and Laura Burris and Family

God was especially good to some of our dear friends Monday morning. Bro. Benji and Sis. Laura Burris and their four children were travelling from California to Virginia. They had stopped for church Sunday at Desert Cove Assembly in El Mirage, Arizona. They left the Phoenix area early Monday morning and started climbing toward Flagstaff on I-17.

About 20 miles south of Flagstaff an 18 wheeler going the other direction lost a set of dual wheels. The wheels crossed the median and came out of the tall grass headed straight for the Burris family. Bro. Benji swerved but could not move out of the way in time.

The wheels struck their Excursion squarely on the back wheel and then demolished the camper they were pulling behind them. The wheels were moving with such speed that if they had hit their vehicle in the back doors their weight and velocity probably would have propelled the wheels through the truck killing or severely injuring everybody in the back. 

In fact if they had hit any where other than where they did, things would have been drastically different. It could have caused Bro. Benji to lose control and go completely off the road. In fact the possibilities for catastrophe are way more numerous than good outcomes except for the hand of the Lord. Praise God for His protection.

We have been thanking God all day for his help and blessing in this accident. The trailer is a total loss and the truck is damaged but things and stuff can be replaced. The Burris family is irreplaceable!

Here is the only picture I have seen and a few pictures of their family when we were in California in July.

We Are Going Back to Nigeria

A Very Blessed Sunday

The Tent Is Down

By God's Grace, We Are Going Back to Nigeria.

We have decided to accept Bro. Shobanke's invitation to preach the Dedication Service of the new branch of Christ Ambassadors Holiness Church on Osara Rd. in Abeokuta. We plan to fly out of Pensacola, Florida on Thursday October 31st and then arrive back in Pensacola Tuesday November 5th.

The Dedication Service will be on Saturday November 2nd and then we will preaching in Bro. Shobanke's main church branch on Sunday. It will be a quick trip but we are excited to be a part of such a great day. We are expecting God to cover His people and their new church that day with an outpouring of the Holy Ghost. It should be one of the high points of our lives!

The new church was finished about three weeks ago. You can read more about its beginning on this recent post.

I made the final decision last Wednesday to try to go in spite of the impossibility of it. The next day we began to see evidence that the Lord was preparing the way for us. I could see nothing but a wall of impossibility before the decision. Once the determination was made in faith the wall began to fall.

It sure seems like that has happened to us pretty often the last few years. The Lord is trying to teach us how to walk by faith and NOT by site. It is a lesson that I believe I have learned very, very well until I need to put it in to practice in yet another difficult situation. 

Then I find myself wringing my hands and staying up at night until I decide that the proper thing to do is walk ahead in spite of the circumstances I can see. Before I know it the Lord has opened up the way and faith becomes reality. Thank God that He is patient with me.

Wednesday night after church and Thursday afternoon I waded through all the Visa stuff with the Nigerian embassy. It seems like it gets more complicated and more expensive every time. I finished all the online stuff and then printed it all out, organized all the other documentation and sent it overnight Thursday evening. 

After filling all the stuff out and sending it in you then have to hand deliver it to the Nigerian embassy in Washington. Since that is impractical for most folks there are companies that do it for you, for a fee of course. The company we use in Washington DC received it Friday morning. They will process it through the Nigerian embassy and we should know if the Visas have been issued early next week.

After we receive word on the Visas we will purchase the tickets. They have been fluctuating between $1000 and $1200 a piece so I wish I could buy when I see them dip down. I need to know the Visa is approved before I buy though so I will wait.

Thank you for praying for us. There are many other things that need to fall into place so please continue to ask God to help us. God bless you all.

Davy

A Very Blessed Sunday

Tent Revival Pictures

Ben Isaacs - Producer of The Year

Sunday was a busy day. We left early and drove to Stone Bible Chapel near La Russell, Missouri to be in church with the Missouri Boggs family. We have preached several revivals there in the past and kept in touch with a lot of the folks but it had been a few years since we had been there. It was great to be with them.

We had a wonderful time visiting with the whole family. We needed a few more days to catch up on all the news but we really enjoyed the time we had. These folks have been dear to us since we met them 8 or 9 years ago. We love when they come to revivals in this area and we love going to see them.

Bro. Mitch and Sis. Lynn Boggs drove to Ozark with us to eat at a little place we like called Lambert's. The food was good as usual but the fellowship was outstanding. Before we knew it we had visited two hours and it was time to go our separate ways. Bro. Mitch and his family came to tent revival in Neosho 3 nights so we were blessed to be with them 4 times this week. That is pretty cool.

We wanted to be in church in Miami, Oklahoma Sunday night so we drove a little over 100 miles from Lambert's and arrived just in time for their 5:00 PM start time. Pastor Mike Stephens and his folks came to Neosho to support tent revival and we wanted to return the favor. They were starting revival with Bro. Noah Hatfield and we were anxious to see him and Sis. Holly and their children too.

We went to listen and enjoy but Bro. Stephens ended up "working me like a dog" to quote him. We had a wonderful service and God blessed from the very beginning. We are so glad we went. It was good to see everybody, visit with dear friends and experience the presence of the Lord too.

I hope you had a great Sunday.

Davy

The Tent Is Down

Tent Revival Pictures

Ben Isaacs - Producer of The Year

Today the tent came down in Neosho. The sun was shining, the temperature was pleasant and we had lots of help. I can not ask for much more than that. Bro. Link pulled the trailer back to the RV Park when we were loaded up and then I finished getting it all ready to go.

We have enjoyed our time in Neosho but it is time to move on down the road. I sure appreciate Pastor James Link and his church for inviting us to come. I am sure we will be back again by God's grace. There are pictures from today down below.

Have you been reading about the flooding in Colorado? Let's pray for the folks affected by that. We spent a few days in that area on our way to Montana in 2010 and were awed by the beauty of the Big Thompson River Canyon. We fell in love with that place. It was one of the prettiest drives we have taken.

It was a little disturbing though. We saw the signs every where instructing us to climb to higher ground in case of flooding and it made us curious and a little cautious. I  googled it and read about the flash flood in 1976 that killed 145 people and it has stayed with me since then. I blogged about that trip HERE. 

As soon as I heard about the flash flooding in Boulder I began to pray for all the residents and visitors in Big Thomson River Canyon. There is literally no place to go in order to escape but up the walls of the canyon. There are still people stranded and unaccounted for there and in several other places. God help them.

God bless you all. I hope you have a great Sunday.

Davy

The BoggsMobile in the city RV Park in Neosho, Missouri.

The tent is about to come down.

Now it is gone.