Nigeria Road Pictures

It is time for another Nigeria post. This one has some pictures we took from Bro. Shobanke's van as we travelled from place to place.

Folks always enjoy pictures we take of life in Nigeria especially road pictures. I wish we could capture the essence of really being there but this is about as close as I can get.

Keep in mind that all of these are iPhone pictures taken from a moving van through the window glass. They are no where near perfect pictures.

There were several things we did not get a picture of until it was too late. For instance we saw several interesting things being carried on motorcycle taxis.

Passengers were carrying everything from goats to 10 foot pieces of rebar. We even saw one motorcycle taxi with six people on it including the baby strapped onto the back of the last woman.

I did manage to snap a picture of a passenger carrying a mattress. It was pretty amazing.

I hope you enjoy all these pictures we took on the road in Nigeria.

Davy

Update: There was a comment on this post that I have not published. The commenter implied that I was showing only the bad side of Nigeria and was neglecting the more beautiful parts of Nigeria.

That could not be any further from the truth. I love the country of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria. It is a beautiful place. I posted pictures in this post of places where we drove. These are pictures we took. This is what we saw of the country.

We spent most of our time in Abeokuta and Ibadan. If we had been in Abuja or some other city I am sure the pictures would be different. The commenter suggested I post pictures from more affluent areas of Nigeria. But if I did not see those areas how could I photograph them.

These are the roads we drove on. These are the people we encountered and interacted with. These are the Nigerians that came to our services and prayed in the altars. They live and walk in these streets. This is their home we were trying to photograph.

We have went to Nigeria three times because we love these people. We love them right where they are. We love them right in their cities. We are thankful to be invited to Abeokuta and Ibadan to meet and minister to these precious people. We mean no harm to them at all.

Prayer Request for my Dad - Eugene Boggs

I have a prayer request concerning my Dad, Eugene Boggs. Many of our friends have already been told and are praying. But I asked Dad today if I could post this on the blog so more people could pray.

Dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is scheduled for surgery on January 29th. As many of you know there are a variety of treatments for this type of cancer but Dad feels most comfortable with a particular type of surgery so that is what he has opted to do. We support him 100%.

Dad was diagnosed many years ago with an enlarged heart and has had a pacemaker/defibrillator for over five years. It was very doubtful that the heart doctors would approve him for surgery but they have given him the green light. We are asking God to guide the whole process and to give my Dad a complete and quick recovery.

Would you please join us in praying for him? I know that God hears and answers the prayers of His people and that the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Praise God for that! I know God knows and He cares and He is well able to do what we need him to do.

We are adjusting our schedule to be closer to home during the surgery and the days immediately following. By the providence of God we had already cleared the week of the surgery so we could attend Wednesday night of the Minister's Conference in Pigeon Forge and support our Pastor preaching that night. We may not make it to the conference now but thankfully we were already planning to be on the correct side of the country that week.

We were planning to be back in Oklahoma and Kansas the next two + weeks preaching revivals in three churches. All three of them have been gracious to allow us to cancel so that we could stay near home after Dad's surgery. I hate to miss these revivals but I know in my heart that it is the right thing to do and I am comfortable with the decision.

It looks as though we will be preaching some while in Ohio. I am thankful that there are churches in our home area that love for us to come. That is a tremendous blessing from The Lord. I will post more about those dates when the plans are more clear. I will also update the schedule on the website then too.

Thank you so much for praying. God bless you all.

Davy

Very Special Visitors

We had some very special visitors Tuesday night in revival here in Neosho. We had folks all the way from Sullivan, Missouri. That is probably about a four hour drive. We preached several times for Bro. Graham at Sullivan and we love and appreciate the church and family so very much.

Bro. Graham passed away suddenly in late 2010 and now his son in law, Bro. Ryan Martin is the pastor. Bro. Ryan, his wife, their four children, Sis. Graham and Steven Graham came down to be in revival service with us. I was totally surprised and pleased that they came.

God has certainly blessed us with friends and these folks from Sullivan have offered up proof once again that He has. I would not drive four hours to hear me preached. Lol. They stayed around afterward and visited and it was wonderful to spend some time with old friends.

Tuesday night was a really good service. The Lord ministered to several folks and built our faith. I believe we will hear some testimonies of God working in special needs and situations in that service. Praise God.

Tuesday we also made our first visit of the year to El Charro. Bro. and Sis. Zerbel treated us all to lunch and we appreciate it very much.

The food was very good and the fellowship was even better. El Charro has changed their salsa and it is a change for the better. Wow it was good. I think we will be back there again this week.

On a very serious note, we often ask you to pray for us out here on the road. Things can go so wrong so quick and an accident can become a tragedy in a moments time. We were reminded of that again the last two days.

A tour bus from Canada hit black ice on I-84 in Oregon and crashed through the guardrail and went at least 200 feet down an embankment. 9 people were killed and nearly 40 were injured.

That is why we plead with you to pray for us every time we travel. An accident like that could happen so easily. Thank God for His help. Join us in praying for the families of the victims and for the survivors.

God bless you.

Davy