#10 Weekend Woundup and Weview

I spent Thursday working on City Reach stuff and Kelly Jo and Odie were chauffeured around town by Sis. Carla Martinez for some retail therapy. It looks like they had fun!

Thursday evening the Martinez family treated us to a great Mexican meal and even better fellowship. We had a great evening with friends even though I was not feeling the best.

We love Pastor Martinez and his family AND all the Desert Cove folks but we needed to move on toward California. We planned to leave Friday morning but the allergies/cold/sickness that I had been running from since Sunday caught me with a vengeance Thursday night. I was up early Friday but I felt like mud. I finally decided to stay another day in El Mirage and do nothing but rest.

That is pretty much what I did all day long, absolutely nothing but rest. Kelly Jo and Odie went to hear Gordon Mote Friday night but I did nothing.

It turned out to be a smart decision because I felt much better by Saturday morning. We drove 355 miles Saturday and it was a beautiful drive. We never get tired of this scenery. We did have some heavy winds going through one area. Of course, we could see about 1000 wind mills so I guess wind is pretty normal there.

We did have a couple of hours of heavy traffic as we neared Los Angeles but we made it safely. We ended up in an RV Park right on the Anaheim and Orange line.

We jumped in the Green Machine a few minutes after arriving and went exploring. We are here to visit churches, meet people and find God given opportunities for a future City Reach. We drove about 100 miles Saturday around LA and then about 140 miles Sunday visiting two churches.

This is a glimpse of the city I am burdened for.

One of the churches we visited was outside of the LA central area near where we will be preaching next weekend. We have dear friends that know the Pastor and we wanted to get to know him. We enjoyed meeting Pastor Duke Downs and his folks in Chino Sunday night.

Today we plan to run up into central California for a few days and then we will be in Bloomington by Friday night by God's grace. Keep praying that we will walk softly before the Lord and be sensitive to His voice.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

View Out The Front Window March 6, 2016

Due to a combination of factors Odie's post yesterday published later than normal. It was a good post about her getting to see Gordon Mote Friday night. Check it out if you missed it!

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

Odie's Saturday Post

City Reach Phoenix Area - El Mirage, Arizona

Travel Day and Desert Cove Assembly

Travel Day and A Couple of Baby Heart Attacks

Travel Day - Gainesville To Tucumcari

Weekend Woundup and Weview

We have had some gorgeous views out the window as we traveled this week from Gainesville, Texas to El Mirage, Arizona and then on to the Los Angeles, California area. We have seen some absolutely beautiful country!

This is our view from the front window in an RV Park in Anaheim, California when we arrived Saturday. A cramped RV park is not the most beautiful view but we were glad to get stopped for the day!

Our view out the front door.

Our view out the front door at Desert Cove Assembly in El Mirage, Arizona.

Our view out the front window.

This is our view out the front window at the beautiful rest area on I-17 south of Flagstaff, Arizona.



Our view out the front door at the rest area.

Our view Monday night out the front window at the Flying J in Tucumcari, New Mexico.



A similar view the next morning.



Our view out the front door in Tucumcari.

I hope you have a super great Sunday. Thank you for praying for us.

Davy

The Amazing Gordon Mote

Hey Friends, 

This Odie checking in from a rolling BoggsMobile. Today we are traveling to California. This week we have covered many miles. These long trips are extremely taxing on Dad but he does an outstanding job getting us to our destination safely. We are thankful for the Lord's protection as we travel. 

I have enjoyed getting to spend a few days in the Phoenix, Arizona area. This is beautiful place and one of our favorites. We will be back here for City Reach in less than 30 days. We would love to have all our friends join us for City Reach Phoenix-El Mirage, Arizona. Check out Dad's post yesterday for more information. 

Regular readers know that our family loves the music and singing of Gordon Mote. If you are not familiar with the Gordon Mote, I encourage you to look him up online. He is an incredibly talented piano player and singer. Gordon has been blind since birth and he has played the piano since the age of three. He is one of the most sought after studio piano players in Nashville and he has won many awards. 

I first saw Gordon in concert in spring of 2006. I was completely blown away by his talent. He  continues to inspired me to overcome the obstacles in my life.

In 2013 my cousins The Isaacs released the song "I Wanna Be There." We have wrote about the song a few times here on the blog.

Gordon Mote was the inspiration for the first verse and the second verse was written about me. I count it a honor to share the song with Gordon Mote. He is a hero of mine. I do believe one day here on earth or in Heaven, Gordon and I will receive our complete healings! I can not wait for that day. 

Gordon traveled several years with the Gaither Homecoming Tour and we got to see him several times. I have not been able to see Gordon do a solo concert since he began traveling on his own again.

Last night Christian Life Fellowship in Phoenix had Gordon in concert. It worked out that Mom and I could attend the concert. I hate Dad was feeling under the weather and could not be with us! Pastor Fred and Sis Janice Behers welcomed us with open arms. It was great to meet them.

Wow is the word that best describes Gordon Mote's talent. It left me speechless and with a smile on my face!  It was a blast getting to enjoy this wonderful night with Mom next to me on the front seat. 

Well thank you for reading! I will close with the pictures from last night. 

Odie

Gordon' s Bus

Sis. Janice Behers, the pastor's wife, and me

Waiting for Gordon 

Mom and me

Pastor Fred  Behers 

Gordon Mote 

City Reach Phoenix Area - El Mirage, Arizona

We were in service here at Desert Cove Assembly Wednesday night preaching about City Reach and spending time with Pastor Noah Martinez and all of his fine folks. We will be back here to begin City Reach on April 3 by God's grace.

The dates and the location have kind of been up in the air here but things are nailed down as much as possible now. They have been planning the meeting for an El Mirage city park all along. Some how the city scheduled another event for the location the first week of April so that left us with the second week. We were willing to shift to meet their schedule but we found out Tuesday evening that the park would not be available at all.

We were all a little disappointed, but I learned a long time ago that disappointments and delays can often be God's direction. There are people all over America praying that God will put us in the right place, at the right time, preaching the right message, to the right people! I have confidence that God is answering those prayers and working all of this out. I know I can trust God even when I can not figure out what He is doing!

There are other very good locations in El Mirage but we are pressed for time in obtaining the necessary permissions so Pastor Martinez and I decided that the lot next to the church would be the best location. Preparations will begin right away to have the lot ready for the tent and the big Blue and White Gospel tent will go up on Saturday April 2, 2016 if all goes as planned.

We will then begin revival on Sunday April 3rd and will have City Reach under the tent for two weeks closing on Friday April 15th. I am nervous but very excited about the possibilities of God working in lives right here! I can feel the enthusiasm building in my spirit just writing about it!

I appreciate all the prayers for City Reach. I want everyone to know that you are very welcome to come join us for any or all of the meetings but we would really love to have you attend this one in particular. I assure you that it would be a great joy to have you and that you would be a tremendous blessing to us and to this city!

It all begins in 30 days! Come be a part of revival in the Phoenix area!

Davy

Travel Day and Desert Cove Assembly

We rested pretty well Tuesday night at the truck stop on I-17. Before we started toward Phoenix one of the roof air conditioners need a little attention. Kelly Jo and Odie could hear the third AC cover making noise our last few miles Tuesday so we figured it had lost a screw.

We do not have a ladder with us this trip and Kelly Jo can not lift me up through the escape hatch, but I can lift her. This is what she found on the two rear screws on the third AC cover. 

The cover was cracked and was now on the outside of the screw. so the screws were holding nothing. We drove it very hard winds for most of 1000 miles Monday and Tuesday and it does not take long in high winds to turn a small crack in the plastic into this. It would have only lasted a few miles before flying off and breaking into a million pieces.

I found big washers and Kelly Jo re-installed the screws with the washers. Then we put some tape on the cover for good measure. Maybe it will last until we find a good deal on a new cover.

Then we went down the mountain toward the valley of the sun. That is a beautiful drive.

Soon we were parked at our Arizona home!

We had a great time at Desert Cove Assembly in preparation for City Reach in about one month. Pastor Noah Martinez and his folks have always treated us so well and we absolutely love being with them.

We love these folks dearly and we are really looking forward to seeing what God is going to do in City Reach here. We appreciate you praying for this effort as you have been doing. Please keep it up!

God bless you all.

Davy