A Bit of Good News - Bro. Marty Millikin

Tuesday afternoon Bro. Marty Millikin received his first bit of good news in this whole cancer ordeal. The MRI on Friday and the Cat Scan and Bone Scan on Monday revealed no spreading of the cancer. No cancer in the bones, no cancer in the brain and no cancer in the upper abdomen. Hallelujah! We are praising God for this good news and rejoicing with Bro. Marty. God knows the Millikin family needed this glimpse of hope since everything to this point has seemed so dark. Praise the Lord!

God has used this family so mightily to bless so many folks across this country. Thank God for the Millikin family. Please keep praying for Bro. Marty! We are believing God for a complete miracle.

We are enjoying revival at Corwin this week. Tuesday night was an awesome service. God blessed and helped in a tremendous way. There were several visitors from area churches and it was great to have them.

Today we will be pulling everything together in order to leave early Thursday morning. We hope to have most everything completed before going to the last night of revival tonight. It seems like such a big deal when it is so cold outside but I am sure we will get through it.

God bless you all.

Davy

Cheesecake, A House Fire and the Providence of God.

I had these pictures ready to post before we went to Nigeria and some how did not get around to it before we left. After we returned from Africa we had more pictures and stories to post than we could get to and I let this one slip through the cracks. That happens occasionally and once the story gets old I usually delete it altogether. These pictures tell a story that is too good not to tell.

Does this cheesecake look good to you? Believe me it was delicious! It was so good that I ask for seconds before everybody had been served their first piece. That is a big "no no" but it was really that good. But the story behind this cheesecake is even better than the pie itself.

This is Herb and Samantha. They had recently started attending Desert Cove in El Mirage, Arizona when we were there in revival the week of Thanksgiving. They made the cheesecake in the picture above.

They started to leave for church on Sunday evening and at the last minute they decided to make a cheesecake for me and Pastor Noah Martinez. They were hurriedly making the cheesecake when they began to smell smoke in the house. They traced it to the utility room and when they opened the door the smoke was billowing out of the room.

Their dryer had caught fire and really burning by the time they discovered the fire. They were able to put it out without damage to anything but the dryer. I think they had some smoke damage but the fire was contained to the dryer and it was a total loss.

If it were not for the last minute decision to make that cheesecake they would have been on their way to church while their house burned to the ground. Think about that. Now, I am not saying that everybody ought to make a cheesecake for the preacher before they go to church. Although in limited quantities it might be the will of God.

But it is interesting that a last minute decision to delay leaving in order to prepare a dessert caused them to be home long enough to discover the fire and put it out. That is neat. Coincidence you say? I choose to chalk it up to the providence of God. God keeping them home just long enough to smell the smoke.

Does everybody get a chance to save their house from fire or avoid the collision at the traffic light? Does God care for some people less than others because their house does burn down while they are away from home. No, not everybody gets a chance and it does not mean that God loves one person less than the other. It does not happen every time the way it did in this situation, but it sure is neat when it does.

We could not help but tease them the next night when they brought the delicious cheesecake. It was some of the best we had ever eaten because of its secret ingredient. It was the only cheesecake we had ever had with a little bit of a smoke flavor!

We were definitely thanking God for cheesecake that night.

Davy

Super Sunday 2/3/13

We had a great day Sunday in Ohio. Sunday morning we went to our home church at Dryden Rd. and Sunday night we started a few nights of revival at Corwin Pentecostal Church. Both services were good and we enjoyed getting to see everybody. It is always good to be at home church and since Corwin is our home area we get to see a  lot of friends and family there too.

My parents and Kelly Jo's parents came to Corwin Sunday night. Courtney and Kayla, Kelly Jo's nieces, came too. My parents live just up the hill about a mile and hopefully they will get to attend every night. Kelly Jo's parents live about an hour away and Sunday may be the only night we get to see them. Thank you all so much for coming.

Odie is finally feeling better. We kept her at home Sunday morning but took her to church with us Sunday night. She has not been out of the bus since Wednesday night so she was a little stir crazy. Her voice is not strong enough to sing much but she did sing some and helped Kelly Jo during the altar service too.

We stopped by this little pizza place on the way home Sunday and picked up a pizza or two. Odie was hungry.



We went to Frisch's after church Sunday night with my Dad and Mom. This is Odie's food. She almost always orders the best looking food on the table. She had very good training.

It was an all around great day. We are not scheduled to be back in Ohio until June so we are making the most of our time here. Of course if they reschedule Dad's surgery then all of that will probably change. We plan to leave as early Thursday as we can. We have an appointment to have the bus worked on in Nashville Thursday afternoon and then we are supposed to start revival Sunday morning in Waynesboro, Mississippi.

That means we only have three days to wrap everything up that needs to be done. I hope to slip a couple of California Burritos in the schedule and my mother mentioned biscuits and gravy one morning too. Surely I can make time for some of that!

Have a great Monday.

Davy