Weekend Woundup and Weview November 16

Rather than spend two nights in an RV park along the interstate some where watching the cars go by we decided to detour a very few miles and park near Jacksonville. The parks in the south are mostly full this time of year with snowbirds from the north but we snagged a spot at a place north of Jacksonville by the airport.

Two days we drove about 35-40 minutes to the coast. It has been years since we have been on the Florida coast and touched the Atlantic Ocean. I grew up loving the ocean but I sure have not spent much time near it as an adult. 

This is Neptune Beach just north of Jacksonville Beach and east of the city of Jacksonville, Florida.

There was way too much sand to cross with a wheelchair there so we did not get very close to the water. We really enjoyed watching the waves though.

The next day we visited the ocean at a spot a little farther north. This is a Jacksonville City Park called Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park. It has a nice campground and a beautiful beach. Most of the camp sites are too small for the BoggsMobile but there were a few we could park in for future reference. All the sites had 50 amps, water and sewer.

It was quite a chore to get Odie to the water but we got er done!

About half way through the deep stuff!

When we left the park we went north on A1A and crossed St. John's River on the ferry. This boat below is not the ferry but a boat that was passing by.

There were a bunch of old cars in town.

Here is the Green Machine on the ferry.

Here is the BoggsMobile at Pecan RV Park north of Jacksonville.

We pulled out of the campground Saturday close to 11:00 AM. We had a short drive, less than 140 miles, so we were in no hurry. It was a beautiful day to travel and we had no problems at all.

We did make one stop on the way. We stopped in Waycross, Georgia at Staples. I usually order our printer ink cartridges online but we have been printing so much for City Reach correspondence that I let the black run out. We stopped to buy one because I have a bunch of letters I tried to print Friday night.

Soon we were in Douglas, Georgia walking into one of the pretty churches I know about.

Here is the BoggsMobile backed in place but ready to go at a moments notice!

Saturday afternoon and evening Kelly Jo and Odie when shopping for school supplies for Nigeria. I mentioned back in October we would be sending a suitcase of supplies for the GoodNews Christian School in Abeokuta. We hope to ship the supplies to Bro. Sam Snow it Texas so Saturday was time to buy!

Sunday was a great day at First Assembly in Douglas, Georgia. We had two great services with Pastor Marshall Adcock and all of his fine folks. Here are just a few pictures from the day. We hope to post more on Wednesday.

It was great to have our wonderful friends from Moultrie.

I hope your weekend went well too. Thanks for reading and checking on us.

Davy

View Out The Front Window November 15, 2015

Check out our posts from the last week at the links below.

Odie's Saturday Post

Quite A Towing Contraption

Clean Feet

Revival In Pictures - Grace Fellowship

Planning and Vision Services For City Reach

Weekend Woundup and Weview

This was our view out the front window for three nights this week in a campground north of Jacksonville, Florida.

This was the view out the front door.

This is our view out the front window for the next few nights in Douglas, Georgia.

This is our view out the front door.

We are very happy to be back for our second visit with Pastor Marshall Adcock and his folks at First Assembly in Douglas. We had a wonderful time our first revival here. We begin revival this morning by God's grace. We do have another change to announce concerning this revival. We were scheduled to go through Wednesday night but we will now close on Tuesday. Come see us if you can.

Have a great Sunday.

Davy

Congratulations Julie Martin

Note from Davy before Odie's post.

Our friend Bro. Joel Isham is hurting terribly today. His precious wife slipped into eternity Friday evening after fighting cancer for a few months. I can not imagine the pain he and his family are going through right now. Will you sincerely and fervently pray for Bro. Joel?

A picture of Sis. Mary in late March when we were with them at Beechfork.



Odie's Saturday Post

Hey, from the rolling BoggsMobile. This is Odie reporting in from the road. We are scheduled to arrive in Douglas, Georgia today. We are anticipating a wonderful time Sunday through Wednesday with Pastor Marshall Adcock and the congregation of First Assembly!

The last couple of days we have enjoyed family time and rest and relaxation. It was very needed. Personally my battery was running on low charge and I was not feeling well. Thankfully now I am back to nearly full charge.

Every spring I do a graduation post congratulating family and special friends that reach the milestone of graduation. No, it is not yet graduation season again. I just have a really cool friend that picked an awesome time of the year to celebrate graduation.

Congratulations, Julie Martin, we are extremely proud of you! You have grown into a wonderful, Godly lady. Sadly we did not get to attend her celebration last weekend. I wanted to be there but alas Elba, Alabama and Mt Vernon, Texas are not anywhere near close together. 

If you have not had the privilege to meet Julie Martin, then let me tell you about my friend. When I think of Julie I think of happy, bubbly, and life of the party. Life has not been easy for Julie and her family in the last year! But Julie has kept her smile and servants heart. She is always looking for a way to help others. Julie is my encourager. She always brightens my day and makes me smile!

Senior pictures used by permission of Julie Martin.

Julie, words do not exist to describe how much I love and appreciate you! I miss you so much, and I hope our paths cross again soon. Thank for being a loyal blog reader and including me in your circle of friends! We are honored and privileged to have you in our lives.

Below I have included some pictures of Julie from previous posts this year. 

I hope you all have an excellent weekend. 

Odie 

Quite A Towing Contraption

I saw this Allegro motorhome and its towing contraption going east on I-10 Wednesday.

Yes, boys and girls that is some kind of trailer, plus a boat, a pickup truck and a very fine motorcycle in the bed of the truck.

Looks like he had to leave his golf cart and most of his other toys at home. What a shame!

Of course I took these pictures while driving a bus, pulling a car, texting, talking on the phone, eating chips, drinking Coca-Cola and watching clips from YouTube on my in-dash entertainment system.

You all be careful out there on the road, you hear?

Davy

Clean Feet!

We were visiting with a bunch of church folks many, many years ago and laughing (as we often do) about funny things that have happened in church. The Pastor and his people were telling funny things that he had said in the pulpit. We were rolling in laughter and it kept getting funnier and funnier and the stories progressed.

Finally, one of the men said, "Our Pastor has the cleanest feet of any preacher we know." I walked right into his trap and said, "Cleanest feet? What are you talking about?" "Yep" he said, "Our preacher has the cleanest feet of anyone we know, because he is constantly putting his feet in his mouth!"

Maybe you just had to be there, but that statement was hilarious. It was absolutely hilarious! I laughed until I about cried and I have never forgotten it.

Like all great jokes the root of the humor was in the truth behind it. I had heard their Pastor (a very fine man) make some gut-busting bloopers in and out of the pulpit. It is very easy to do.

I am sure that some of us are more prone to make verbal gaffes than others but the fact is this. If you talk very much in front of others, you will say something funny! Believe me, I have said my share of funny things and most of them you will never hear about. 

I should write a book about things I have heard in church and another book about things I have heard in conversation but I would have to include my own bloopers and I can not bring myself to do it! Plus, I would probably not be welcome in most churches. They would think I was on the lookout for material for my next book.

I mentioned in the comments of yesterday's blog that I really stuck my foot in my mouth Tuesday night. I had said earlier that night that if I could some how physically stick my foot in my mouth, that it would be such a contortion, I could sell tickets. Well, I missed my opportunity!

This is me and Bro. Derek Snellgrove. The fact that he is standing close to me in this picture and smiling, hopefully means that all is forgiven. Maybe it is true.

We were talking about the way something sounds and I blurted out a disparaging comment that I have said at least a thousand times to describe something that does not sound as good as it should.

I said, "It sounds like an AM radio!"

The problem? Bro Derek owns and operates WELB AM 1350 Southern Gospel radio station. I do not know if Bro. Jon Isaacs said something or kind of pointed or nodded at Bro. Derek next to him but I immediately connected my statement with Bro. Derek's AM station and turned 37 shades of red in my face!

There was nothing I could do but hide my face and laugh with them!

Oh, well, at least my feet are clean!

One thing is certain. I will do my very best to strike that phrase from vocabulary!

Thanks for reading.

Davy