Cold, Snow, Family and Food

I hope you are having a good weekend and I hope the weather is warm and sunny. The projected low for Friday night was only 13 but as you can see in the picture below the word did not get out to the proper authorities. We had a good dose of snow by Saturday morning and it snowed most of the day. It finally made it up to almost 30 degrees on Saturday and it felt great. 

Lunch Saturday found us at Acapulco with my brother Steve and his wife Karen.

I wonder who's California Burrito that is?

We had a wonderful time visiting with Steve and Karen as we always do and of course the food was great. We went to WalMart too and if it had not been for a voice of reason (Coming out of the mouth of our wives) my Bubba and I would have rode through the store in the electric wheel chairs. As Karen said, "There needs to be at least one adult in every crowd."

Saturday evening we went to my parents for supper and visited with all of the family that could come. My sister and her husband were working and my little brother was working too. Mom prepared a great meal and I ate until my heart was content. We had a super great time. I din not take one single picture the whole evening. I must be falling down on my job. 

This is really the last evening that we will have free at home. We sure did enjoy it but I am ready to climb back into the saddle. I love family. I love friends. I love evenings with nothing to do but sit and talk. But I am called to be an evangelist and I love revival too. We will be in revival at Corwin Sunday through Wednesday and then we plan to hit the road early Thursday morning.

If you live any where close we would love for you to visit us at Corwin Pentecostal Church. The service starts at 6:30 Sunday night and at 7:00 Monday through Wednesday. The Corwin church is only a mile from where I was raised and where my parents still live. Kelly Jo and I both attended special services there a lot as kids and we are related to most of the folks there. But last year was our very first revival there. 

We only had about four nights available the last time but we had a wonderful revival. We only have four nights this time and we are expecting God to help us again. I appreciate Pastor Acy Lamb inviting us to be with them at Corwin. Please come and visit the revival if you can.

We are going to Dryden Rd. church this morning. I am supposed to preach unless I can talk my Pastor into preaching to me. He has been under the weather this week so I will preach if he needs me too. Odie is still not feeling great either. Hopefully she will be able to get out for church tonight.

God bless you all.

Davy

Doing "Stuff" at Home

Thursday night we went to our home church at Dryden Rd. We enjoyed the service very much. Bro. Darrell Meadow was in town taking care of some business and he preached that night. He preached very good. After church we took Bro. Meadow to Cassano's and it was fantastic! Bro. Meadow was raised in Dayton and I think he loves Cassano's as good as we do.

Friday afternoon I went to the doctor with Dad and Mom. Dad's hemoglobin count is better and the doctor was pleased. He said if Dad keeps improving at the same rate then they will reschedule the surgery. That is good news. Thursday the surgeon checked the blood levels that indicate cancer and we are waiting on those results. Wouldn't it be awesome if those levels were normal now? With God all things are possible!

Please keep praying for Dad, Bro. Marty Millikin and add Sis. Mary Ann Lindsey to the list. Sis. Lindsey is a precious lady from our church and she has been a very sick woman for over four months. She received a terribly disappointing diagnosis from the doctor on Thursday and she really needs a miracle to live. Sis. Lindsey and her whole family are really special to us and we are believing God to help them. 

Pray for Odie too. She is under the weather and is stuck in the bus. She sure would love to spend some time with family the next few days.

I spent the early morning Friday getting new tires for the Green Machine. I mentioned that in yesterday's post and I promised to let you know how that turned out. We actually replaced the tires and the wheels. When we bought the Green Machine back in May we knew the tires were not long for this world. They were not in terrible shape but the tires almost caused me to pass on the Scion altogether.

The 2006 Scion xB originally came with 15" tires and somebody had "updraded" the one we bought to 17" wheels and tires. Although we really liked the color and design of the wheels I have never liked low profile tires. I do not love the look of them most of the time and I definitely do not like the ride. Plus they are much more expensive than a normal 15" tire and that is a big consideration since we tow our car behind the bus and wear tires faster than normal. When I could not drive any where in the snow the day after Christmas I knew it was time to do something.

We normally replace the tires on our car about every 18 months because of miles and extra wear and tear they endure behind the bus. I could not justify spending $200 plus per tire for the low profiles that I do not like anyway. That would mean an absolute minimum of $800 every 18 months for car tires. Not going to happen if I could help it.

I knew I could buy nice 15" wheels and tires for about the same amount and then replace the tires every 18 months for less that $300. In addition to that, the 17" wheels that were on there sell for about $200 each new. I should be able to sell the set of four with tires for a few hundred and cover quite a bit of my cost. These wheels fit dozens of types of cars so if anybody wants to pay top dollar for a used set of rims, let me know. I am joking about the top dollar part but they are for sale.

Kelly Jo really liked the old 17" wheels so I wanted her to pick out the new wheels. I found her several to choose from and these gold wheels are the ones she liked. I think she did a very good job. I like them too. The little Green Machine rides and drives super great and seems awful happy to have new shoes. It was nice to drive in snow today and actually be able to move.

Here are a few pictures. We had the Green Machine cleaned up on Tuesday but we are dealing with snow and ice and super cold temperatures so please excuse the dirty car.

Afterward I went by Dad and Mom's to spend some time with them and visit some. When it was time for lunch I invited them to Acapulco and Dad took me up on it.

My food

Kelly Jo's food

And Dad's food was a little late in coming.

Once it all arrived it was bad good! I may have to visit that place again before we leave Ohio.

Davy

New Shoes

Yesterday we actually had some sun. No warmth but some sun.

Today we would like to have some of that balmy 30 degree weather. This was the weather a few minutes ago.

Folks, any way you slice it, that is bad cold.

Right now I am at Discount tire in Miamisburg getting badly needed new shoes on the Green Machine. That is never a painless process so I will let you know later how that goes.

Davy

Wednesday at Home and Marty Millikin

Kelly Jo and I met David Riddell at Acapulco for an early lunch. I had the California Burrito and it was very, very good, of course.

We had a great visit with David. We have been friends with David since we were all teenagers and we both love him like a brother. It is always great to connect with him and he and I both have a soft spot for Acapulco's so it is only natural that we meet there for lunch. He is on a weight loss and exercising kick and he looks awful skinny and unhealthy. Maybe we can fatten him up while we are home.

We went to Dad and Mom's Wednesday evening for supper. They fixed a great meal and we enjoyed eating and visiting with them. It is nice to spend a little bit of leisure time with them.

My Dad with his favorite grandchild. Odie says that since she is the oldest, he has been loving her much longer than he has loved any of the other grandchildren.

We went to church with them tonight at Dodds. We are parked in the Dodds parking lot so we walked all the way to church in the rain up hill both ways. We had a good service. Pastor Rex Lloyd had been singing when we called me up to preach so I exhorted on faith while he sang. We had a great prayer line and God touched several. It was great to hear Bro. Rex sing and to enjoy the blessings of the Lord.

We posted a prayer request for Bro. Marty Millikin the other day. Today he had an appointment with a cancer doctor and did not receive a good report. They are going to schedule surgery as soon as possible. Please pray for Bro. Marty. He needs a miracle and we are believing God to give him one. Pray for his parents and for his brother Jimmy and his family as well.

The Millikins have been a blessing to churches all over our nation and Bro. Marty has been a big part of that. He is super talented and has used every ounce of that for the glory of God. Please ask God to give him a miracle. I know that he will tell it far and near and give God all of the glory for it. Our hearts hurt for our dear friends and we are asking God to help.

God bless you all,

Davy

Tuesday 1/29/13

This picture was in Sunday's post. It was an advertisement for the dedication service at Bethany Revival Center.

Bro. DiZazzo sent me a picture of the new sign they put up in it's place. This is the new sign

I think that is pretty cool. I hate outdated signs and I love it when churches are on the ball with their signs. The permanent signs are completed and installed but I love the idea of this temporary one. The new location is on a major east-west street in Wichita with thousands of cars passing by. They might as well take advantage of it.

Odie told you some about our long travel day on Monday. I took a couple of breaks along the way and slept on the couch a few minutes but I was still pretty tired when we arrived in Ohio. When we were parked I lifted KJ back through the escape hatch and she put a tarp over the coverless AC. That will do till the new cover comes in. We all rested pretty good that night.

Kelly Jo and I washed the road grime off the BoggsMobile and the Green Machine today (Tuesday). I really did not want to do it but it is supposed to be very cold here for a few days so I needed to get it done in warm weather. Now I am glad we did it. They look so much better.

We spent the evening with my mom and dad. Dad was supposed to have surgery today, which is the reason we planned a trip home, but it has been postponed. The blood specialist found a disorder that needs to be addressed before they do surgery. Please continue to pray for him. We are believing God to do a miracle.

We hope to spend more time with family and then preach a few nights at Corwin just a mile from my parents home. If all goes as planned we will pull out next Thursday headed for Mississippi.

Time for sleep. God bless you all.

Davy

Exciting Travel Day!

There is never a dull moment on the BoggsMobile. I look out of my bunk in the middle of the day and what do I see?

Dad is holding his seeing eye dog up through the escape hatch to see what all of the noise is about.

Yep! That can cause some noise!

The cover on the third air has splattered into a hundred thousand pieces! Oops!

Just part of a long travel day. We are not finished yet but we are close. We are at a Pilot Truck stop on the south side of Indianapolis. This Pilot just "happens" to have a Subway. Yummy!

Odie