Raising The Tent In Springville, Indiana

From no tent...

To tent in place just like that!

As always the tent set up with this Tunnel Hill crew was very smooth. These guys show up in good numbers and ready to work. Even though some of their regulars could not help this time there was no cause for alarm. We had plenty of help.

The tent sets on gravel here on the site of the old Springville school. It is hard to avoid the old foundations while driving the stakes but last year we managed to only hit it solid twice. I think we hit it 10-12 times this year. Bro. Lakes brought a huge rotary hammer drill both years from a rental store and that helps a bunch. 

I sold the Bosch Brute Jack Hammer a month or so ago and I have been looking at big hammer drills since then. It is hard to know which one is right without using them but I have found the one I want. The rental place sent at big Bosch 11263EVS 1-3/4-Inch SDS-Max Rotary Hammer. It is the bomb! I ordered one and a long bit today.

After the stakes were in we laid out the plastic on the gravel to protect the tent.

Then the tent pieces are laid out and laced together.

Then the poles and straps are attached.

And up in the air it goes.

Of course we always need some supervision!

What an incredible set up crew!

I upgraded straps this year and this is the first set up using the new straps. These are two inch wide instead of one inch and the ratchets seem to be much stronger. The original straps were failing fast after a couple of dozen set ups and these are a perfect replacement. I am really able to get a good tight set up with these.

Revival is going well and the weather has been good. Thanks for reading.

Davy

First Night of Tent Revival - Springville, Indiana

Yesterday's Post

View Out The Front Window 5/25/2014

Please pray for Pastor Herman Woods and his wife Sis. Margaret. Bro. Herman has been having some very serious physical struggles the last two weeks and he really needs the Lord to touch him. We know God is able to lift him up and heal him this very moment. Would you pray for Bro. and Sis. Woods? I know they would appreciate it and we would as well. These folks are very, very precious to us. Thank you.

We are overjoyed to join again with the Tunnel Hill Pentecostal Church to reach lost souls in this area with the Gospel message. This is our third year to partner with Pastor Dallas Lakes and his folks in Tent Revival and God is already moving among us. We are expecting Him to do great things.

We started Sunday morning with a great service at the Tunnel Hill Church. Wow! What a great service we had Sunday morning. God was reaching for souls from the very beginning.

Sunday afternoon Kelly Jo and I set up the sound equipment. No matter how many times we do this, it is exciting and nerve wracking every time. As we set everything up and work out the bugs in the sound I can feel the excitement building in my spirit. I can also feel the forces that hate revival begin to press against me too. But I know that if the devil is fighting there must be something good he is trying to keep us from. If he is really applying the pressure then there are some lost souls that are desperately needing to hear the Gospel.

We know that God will prevail! The church will be edified, the Gospel will be preached and the right person will hear the message. I believe that with all my heart. That keeps me going in spite of the spiritual pressure.

Sunday night was a very good service.

The singing was good right from the beginning. You could feel the excitement in the air.

God moved on Bro. Lakes at the end of the preaching and he pulled folks into the altar for a wonderful meeting with the Lord. It was an excellent altar service.

Praise God for His help and grace. It was a terrific first night of Tent Revival. The weather was perfect, the Lord was moving and the people were ready to have church. That makes for a wonderful Tent Revival. It was still daylight after church and it was early so folks stayed and visited for quite a while after service. It was a very good night.

We are expecting great things the next five nights. Pray that God will give us souls from this community and good weather to have church. Thanks for reading and may God bless you all.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 5/25/2014

Odie's post went up late yesterday. She had it ready Friday night and I scheduled it for posting Saturday morning but for some reason it did not go live. We were all busy with the tent set up most of the day so she did not mention it to me until Saturday evening. It was a great post so if you missed it you can go back and read it HERE. My apologies to Odie Podie Pickle Hymer Schmidt.

Week In Review

Travel Day From Nebraska to Illinois

Omaha - Revival In Pictures

A Tribute To A Friend

Gearing Up For Tent Revival

Travel Day and Revival In Omaha

Here is the view front seat of the BoggsMobile at the Walmart Supercenter in Champaign, Illinois. 

From the front door looking toward Outback and Hometown. 

The BoggsMobile and Green Machine in the WalMart Parking Lot. 

After a pretty good night's rest in Champaign, Illinois we zoomed over to Indianapolis and picked up the trailer. It was parked at Shelby St. Pentecostal Church for the last three weeks and it was just as we left it. I appreciate Pastor Carlos Burdine and his folks for allowing us to park it there.

We pulled in, unhooked the Green Machine, hooked up the trailer and loaded the Green Machine in the trailer in 20 minutes. 

We were definitely on a roll but things pretty much went haywire from there. It was only two turns and a few miles to the four lane road that would carry us south toward Bedford.  I had scoped out the road and turns on Google maps and it looked great. We were almost to the four lane when the road suddenly closed with no prior warning.

We were at a very narrow intersection and I had to turn right or left. I could not go straight on the road we had planned. I chose to follow the detour signs and turn north and look for a road that could take me either west to the four lane or east which was the direction I had came. I was hoping it was leading me down a road I could get through with the bus and trailer. 

That very first turn was pretty hairy. Everybody had to back up for me to get through but the fun part was yet to come. The detour came to a T and I had to turn left over an impossible for me to cross rail road track or turn right at an impossibly narrow road with signs, guard rails and telephone poles. I could not cross the tracks so I "chose" the right turn.

I pulled completely in the left (wrong) lane and waited my turn. Everybody had to back up quite a ways and I cleared a telephone pole with only inches to spare. The BoggsMobile would have been close by itself in that turn but the tent trailer was incredibly close!

Then I had to back track several miles through very heavy traffic. By the time I was headed south again I had probably lost 40 minutes and my nerves were pretty much shot.

We pulled into Springville about 5:00 PM with no trouble. In just a few minutes the Green Machine was unloaded from the trailer, the trailer was unhooked and put in place by Bro. Lakes and his truck, the bus was parked and the utilities were hooked up.

We did have one more exciting moment. When I opened the panel on the building I found it was inhabited by several wasps. I evicted them and then I noticed I had several larger friends to contend with. They looked like hornets but I could not figure out where they were coming from. Then I noticed the bottom of the panel.

Can you see the nest attached to the panel in the picture below?

I found a board and crushed the nest, sending several hornets into eternity. I missed one and once he discovered who the enemy was he came straight for my forehead. One very lucky and solid swing of the 2x4 later he was on the ground and my right Croc finished him off. I had a very bad experience with hornets when I was a kid and I do not care to repeat it!

The tent is up in Springville, Indiana. 



I will try to post some pictures of it going up later in the week. Pray for tent revival beginning tonight.

Davy