Taking The Tent Down In Amber and A Few Other Tidbits

Because we were without internet service last week, we did not get to show you pictures of the tent coming down in Amber, Oklahoma. We had to load the trailer differently that day because we were picking up a lawnmower in the Tulsa area and we had to have room in the trailer to put it in and be able to strap it down.

I was in the trailer before 6:00 that morning trying to get everything arranged that could be arranged and envision all the rest and try to map out a plan. Most everything loaded as planned and only a few things required changes midstream.

I am skipping ahead for a moment. Bro. Jimmie Radcliff met us near Sapulpa with the lawnmower.

This is what it looked like once it was in. 

You can see the car is loaded all the way forward. It is only a few inches from the cabinets. The pulpit and other tent revival stuff that loads in the front is divided between the lift, the bus, inside the car and the things you see strapped in the back. 

To compensate for the extra weight in the front, I loaded the tent about four feet further back on the lift. It worked. Everything road like a dream all the way to Elco and home.

Now, back to the tent take down. We had our last service Sunday morning and then began taking the tent down about 11:35.

The Amber folks worked so diligently and soon the tent was down, everything was packed away, the bus was moved, the trailer was moved, the car was loaded and the train was hitched up to ride.

We were ready to hit the road way before 1:30, even with some visiting thrown in. I was so glad to get on the road that early because we had a long way to go and a short time to get there. That seems to be a reoccurring theme in the last few weeks, does it not?

Do you remember a week or so ago when I told you about taking the tent down in the cold in Colorado Springs? Folding the tent at 47 degrees was like trying to fold a plastic milk jug. You can do it, but it is not easy and does not look good.

Well, we did not have that problem in Amber 10 days ago. No Sir! It was 45 degrees warmer in Amber and the tent folded like a warm towel out of the dryer. It was no problem at all.

With the great workers, it was folded good and quick too. It really helps when the church folks have done this with us before, even if they do not remember exactly what role they played the last time. Doing it the year before sparks memories of the process as they see it happening again and they can jump in.

Here are a few of the pictures that Odie snapped that afternoon as the tent came down in Amber, Oklahoma.

I told you on our weekend post last Monday that we drove about 250 miles after we took the tent down in Amber. That included two working stops for a total of about another hour.

Monday we drove another 365 miles to Elco. The first 67 miles was interstate and then about 15 miles of freeway that was limited access like an interstate. We averaged 70 MPH on that leg and then then the fun began.

The next 177 miles from the east side of Springfield, Missouri to the east side of Poplar Bluff, Missouris was sloooooow going. It is all four lane roads, but it has lots of curves and hills up and down. It is a beautiful drive in a car, but in the BoggsMobile with the tent trailer, it is a mess.

I could not stay at the speed limit on most of the curves and many of the downward grades have curve going down the hill or at the bottom of the hill. That means I am crawling by the time I reach the bottom and I have no way to pick up speed before I start going up the other side.

I am sure I used a lot of fuel and I averaged about 50 MPH the whole 177 miles. It was loads of fun, but at least it was not raining and it was not windy. Thank God for that.

We made it and that is what matters. 

Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy

Vintage View Vednesday Branson 2006

If you are in or near Ohio, please read yesterday's post.

As most long term readers may know, my Bro. Steve and his wife and family have always been good to make time and opportunity to get out on the road to spend time with us on a pretty regular basis. In 2006 we were in revival Thanksgiving week about two hours from Branson, Missouri. They made a plan to visit the last night of revival, Wednesday, and then travel along with us Thanksgiving morning to Branson.

It was a great weekend for us and we loved being with them on Thanksgiving weekend. We parked our fifth wheel nearby and both of our families stayed a few nights in a nice hotel Steve and Karen had found. It was awesome.

Of course, good food was involved too. There is always good food when I am involved. Some of the good food involved taking them to Lambert's in Ozark, Missouri. That is always great.

This Vintage View sure makes me want to see Steve and Karen and their family. Hopefully, we will see some of them soon. It kind of makes me miss Lambert's too!

I hope you enjoy Vintage View Vednesday today.

Davy

We Need You - Tent Revival Middletown, Ohio

We still have pictures to post from taking down the tent in Amber, Oklahoma and I intend to get to them this week. However, I need to take a moment to give you some information concerning our tent revival in Middletown, Ohio beginning this coming Sunday night.

We have had this tent revival on the books for more than a year and we have been praying fervently about it longer than that. Pastor Kevin Allen started a church in Middletown a few years ago and they now have a building in a perfect neighborhood to build a church to the glory of God.

There is a park that is only a few blocks from his church and is surrounded by houses on all sides. That is where the tent will be, by God's grace. I sent Bro. Allen 1/2 page color flyers and they have passed them out to the whole neighborhood.

They have been praying and we have been praying for a great move of God in people that live within several blocks of the park and Bro. Allen's church. I do not believe that it is unreasonable at all to ask God for two or three dozen converts from the houses that will be within earshot of the Blue and White Gospel Tent.

We will be having tent revival Sunday, July 14 – Friday, July 19. Each service will begin at 7:30, including Sunday.

Our main goal is two-fold. We intend to encourage Pastor Allen and his church, Calvary Pentecostal Lighthouse, to continue and expand their evangelistic outreach in their community and we want to win souls to Christ and send Calvary Pentecostal Lighthouse an influx of new converts. 

It should not be unreasonable to expect multiple people to be saved from that neighborhood. I expect it, my family expects it, my prayer is that Pastor Allen and his folks expect it and I believe God can bring it to pass.

There has been a lot of preparation for this meeting going on for over a year. There remains more to do and by God’s grace, we will all be prepared so that God can do his part. There are three ways you can help us.

First is prayer. Please, please, please go to serious prayer for this revival. Pray that God would remove the hindrances and rebuke everything physical or spiritual that would bind the spirit of revival. Pray for good weather, good reception from the community and health and strength for my family and all those working in revival. Pray that God would prepare hearts around that park. Prayer is key to the success of this meeting.

Secondly is attendance. Pastor Allen’s church is small. It has been my experience in hundreds of nights of tent revival that if we have a good group of people under the tent praising God, He will inhabit our praises, work in the community and draw men and women under the tent. 

If you are close to Ohio, please come. Come because you love Bro. Allen. Come because you love fellowship. Come because you love tent revival. Come because you love our family. Pick a reason or make one up, we need you there as much as possible.

The third is helping to put up the tent and to take it down. Because of the size of Pastor Allen’s church, we know we are going to need more help than they can offer. Many hands make light work and the tent can easily be standing in the air in an hour if we have plenty of help.

We plan to put up the tent on Saturday morning, July 13 at 8:00 AM.

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Damon Park is at 1500 Pershing Avenue, Middletown, Ohio. It comes up in Google Maps and even though it is tucked in a great little neighborhood, it is very easy to get to. It is 5.5 miles from the Middletown exit off I-75 and just two turns once you are going west on HWY 122. You turn south on S. University Blvd and then right onto Pershing Avenue, easy peasy.

Thank you for praying for us.

Davy