Friday, October 4, 2013

To Flee or Not to Flee

On The Road Again Newsletter - October 3, 2013

Should we go or should we stay put. That is the question. Revival at Tanner Williams going great and is scheduled through Friday night. The Homecoming service, dinner and singing is supposed to be Sunday morning and afternoon. We are planning to drive about an hour north to preach for Bro. Darius Templeton at Cedar Creek Sunday night.

Tropical Storm Karen may have different ideas. The storm has sustained winds of 65 mph and I believe the threshold for hurricane is 74 mph. That is a little too close for comfort for me.

Although Karen is still several hundred miles away and as unpredictable as any storm of this type, it is projected to strengthen and track right through here. Much of the area from New Orleans to Panama City is under a tropical storm watch. Mobile is under a hurricane watch and right in the projected path of the eye of Karen. It could veer off and miss us by 100 miles but that is the forecast.


That is not good for my nerves at all. Us being in the projected path of a small hurricane is one thing. However, the BoggsMobile being in the projected path of a hurricane is a whole other subject. The bus may be a beast sometimes but it is home. Thankfully our home has wheels and we do not have to stay in the path of the storm.

I know that God can take care of the BoggsMobile as easily as He can take care of this church or any house we may be in but that is why God put wheels on some things. Hopefully He gave me sense enough when to get behind the wheel and drive in the other direction if I need too.

If the forecast stays close to the same as it is now by Friday night then I will consider driving the bus about 90 minutes north and west of here into Mississippi on Saturday. We can drive the Green Machine back for Homecoming service Sunday. I would rather a few folks think I was being overly cautious than to leave the BoggsMobile to the mercy of a hurricane or strong tropical storm.

We would rather the storm dissipate in the gulf and we stay parked right here as planned. But we are getting ready just in case. Thanks for praying for us.

Davy


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

On The Road Again Newsletter - October 3, 2012

Please read yesterday's Testimony to God's Faithfulness.

It is time for Odie's On The Road Again Newsletter again. She is working on labeling and stuffing envelopes right now and it should go out in the snail mail Thursday morning. You get the jump on everybody else. You get it right now. Odie loves to hear what you think about the Newsletter.

On The Road Again!

Published by Boggs Family Ministries
Volume 11 Issue 5, October 3, 2013
  

 Boggs Family Ministries, Inc. (501c3)
 P.O. Box 28
Waynesville, OH  45068
 316-992-4658

Odie’s View
From The Back

   Hello my dear friends!!  I left you last time in Washington, Illinois. We had a great time with Pastor Nathaniel Green and the folks of Faith Holiness Assembly.  The weather was perfect for tent revival.
   In July we made an 11 day flying trip to California.  We made the very most of our time there!!! I will list each service but in case you lose track we were in 11 services in 8 days. Every one of them was super.
   We had an amazing time at Amazing Grace Tabernacle with Pastor Jared Burris.  It was a God ordained revival for our family. We absolutely love being with the Burris family and their church.
   Saturday morning we were invited to be apart of the Riverdale Assembly of God bus ministry “Saturday School”  They are doing a great work!!
   Saturday night found us in service with Pastor Doug Spencer in Avenal, California.  We had a marvelous time with them as always!
   Sunday Morning we were with Pastor Anthony Munoz and the congregation at Souls Harbor Holiness Church in Fresno, California.  Praise God for all He has carried them through.  God has been so good to the Munoz family!
   Sunday night we were at Riverdale Assembly of God.  We so enjoy being with Pastor Charles Spencer and his folks. They make us feel at home.
   Once we reunited with the bus we were ready to head toward North Dakota.  It was nice to be able to split the long trip over several days.  We enjoyed stops in Wisconsin and Minnesota along the way.
   The James Martin Family and their team were doing a kids crusade in Fort Totten, North Dakota  They allowed us to be apart of the last day of the crusade.  It was an amazing day!
   The rest of our North Dakota plans fell through at the last minute so after a few days we traveled to Wichita by way of our dear friends in Omaha. It was so good to see the DiMinico’s in Omaha.
   Every year it is exciting to see how God is blessing Pastor John and Judy DiZazzo and the Bethany Revival Center. What an amazing revival and what faithful friends.
   August 20-23 was campmeeting time at Dryden Rd. Pentecostal Church.  We love being with our Pastor Bro. Bennie Sutherland and church family.  Bro. Dwain Galiher and Bro. Shad McDonald were the main speakers.  Both of them brought the word of the Lord that was needed.
   Claremore, Oklahoma was our next revival stop.  God moved wonderfully at Westside Holiness Church!  We love being with Pastor Darrell Meadow and all of our friends in Claremore.
   Then we journeyed to Blanchard, Oklahoma to have an outreach revival under the old open air tabernacle.  It was wonderful to be with pastor Lendell Birdsong and the congregation of Trinity Holiness  Church in tabernacle revival.
   We hurried off to Neosho, Missouri to set up the tent with Pastor James Link and the congregation of Victory Assembly. We set up on the grounds of their future church and the Lord met with us there.
   Speaking of the Lord meeting with us, that is exactly what happened in our last US tent revival for 2013. Tent revival in Richton, Mississippi became a highlight of our year!  God pulled sinners into the altar every night. It was a blessing to be with Pastor Scott Morris and his folks last week.
   We also had single services with Pastor Mike Radcliffe in Pekin, Illinois, Pastor Joe DiMinico in Omaha, Nebraska, Pastor Marlin Rogers in Wichita, Kansas, Pastor Ryan Martin in Sullivan, Missouri and Pastor David Brimm in  Granite City, Illinois.
   God moved in each one of these services and we appreciate the opportunity to preach in these pulpits and to call all of these folks our friends.
   Now we are in Wilmer, Alabama with Pastor Donnie Williamson for Homecoming.
   Well, I hear the engine starting so I better go ‘cause we’re
On the Road Again.

All These Dates Are Subject to Change (Like Maybe Tomorrow)
For Our Full Schedule Please Check Our Website www.davykellyandodie.com

October 9-13  Livingston, TX, Beech Creek Assembly, Pastor Don Goodwin
October 14-18  Sweeny, TX, Full Gospel Lighthouse, Pastor Larry Lamb
October 20-25  Pine Prairie, LA, Christian Tabernacle, Pastor Barry Gautreaux
October 27  Cantonement, FL, Beams of Light, Pastor Phillip Deane
October 31-November 4  Nigeria, Dedicate New Church Branch, Pastor E. Ade Shobanke
November 10-15  Haines City, FL, Lighthouse Holiness, Pastor Chris Whiffen
November 17-19  Glencoe, AL, Liberty Holiness Church, Pastor David Noe
November 20-24 Hokes Bluff, AL, Trinity Holiness, Special Singing at Fellowship Meeting, Pastor Steve Shaneyfelt
November 24  Jacksonville, AL, Charlie Penny Rd., Pastor Roger Boyd
December 1-5  Hazard, KY, Pastor Duane Allen
December 7  London, KY, First Pentecostal, Pastor Vernon Jarvis, Christmas Service
December 8  London, KY, AM Service, Liberty Tabernacle, Pastor Lester Carpenter
December 13-15  TENT REVIVAL, Chiapas, Mexico, With Bro. Landress and Holiness In Mexico
December 18-20  Waynesville, Ohio, Dodds Pentecostal, Pastor Kelly Rogers
December 29– January 3  Central City, KY, Trinity Pentecostal, Pastor Alan Harris






Tuesday, October 1, 2013

A Testimony of God's Faithfulness


It is fun to watch things come together when it looks near impossible for them to work out right. I have been having a bunch of fun lately because God has been bringing numerous pieces together for us the last few weeks. Praise God for His faithfulness.

I am pretty transparent on this blog and in my preaching. I often tell about my struggles in believing God to do exactly what He has promised to do. Faith in God is one of my favorite subjects. Faith in God is a wonderful, amazing and often elusive thing for me. I pray often, "Lord, I believe. Help thou my unbelief."

The awesome thing is that just like the desperate father in the Bible that prayed that prayer, that statement does not disqualify me to receive the answer I am seeking. We think of that last phrase "Help thou my unbelief "as a disqualifier. But somehow in God's economy it often becomes a qualifier.

It is like God appreciates the honesty. God I trust you! God I have faith you will do it. God I believe! But, Lord, there is a little part of my heart that I am not sure of yet. In the middle of the night, when I am all alone. when the pain is great, when confusion reigns, Lord, I am afraid I have doubts, fears and misgivings. Lord, help my unbelief.

It seems that God takes our declaration of faith mixed with the honest confession of nagging fears and doubts and puts it in the balance and finds in us the faith necessary to send the miracle we need. Hallelujah!

However, there are other times that I do not talk or write about as much. There are times that I sense God pointing us in a certain impossible direction but in the depths of my soul I know without any doubt He is going to provide the open door and the means to walk through the door.

I can not explain how or why or predict when but sometimes I have the faith to believe God is going to do certain things when doubt seems more in order. This unexpected and short trip to Nigeria is a super example of that.

I knew that Bro. Shobanke was going to ask me to preach the dedication service of the new Osara Rd. branch church on the edge of Abeokuta. 


I also knew I could not go. I did not have a free Sunday to go and I did not have the money to go. So even though I felt like he would ask, I knew my answer would have to be no.

We usually take on one mission type project per year. Tent revivals have become a mission type project in itself but we want to do some type of foreign mission project in addition to tent revivals.

This year we ended up with three projects in addition to the load of tent revivals.

1. We had committed to preaching a tent revival for Bro. Landress and Holiness in Mexico in the state of Chiapas, Mexico in December.

2. We had committed to preaching a tent revival for a native American mission church in North Dakota with Bro. Martin and Hope for the Home Ministries.

3. Although we had already given toward the new church branch when it started and again when we were in Nigeria in December, we felt compelled to give again and to help Bro. Shobanke raise the money to finish the church.


Honestly we were stretched as far as we could go and then quite a bit farther in faith. I knew I would have to turn Bro. Shobanke down and I was OK with that. We were doing all that we could do.

But when he told me the church was finished and then asked me to dedicate it as soon as possible, I was terribly torn. I explained the impossibility of the situation to Bro. Shobanke and he understood perfectly. When I told him I would pray about it anyway he was thrilled.

Here is where my amazing wife steps in. I told her later that morning about Bro. Shobanke's invitation and then I went over all of the reasons why it was impossible for us to accept. The very first words out of her mouth were, "I think we ought to go. God will make the way." I said to her, "Kelly Jo, you are an incredible woman" and I instantly knew God would make a way if He was directing us to go.

I have preached for years that where God leads, He feeds and where God guides He provides! I have watched him do it time after time and I am in the midst of watching him do it again. He is amazing.

We had absolutely no money set aside for expenses to travel to Nigeria. In fact, we only had $40 set aside for the planned trip to Mexico in December. The day I decided to go to Nigeria some cash was put into our hands to use for whatever we wanted. That does not happen often but when it does it is often exactly right on time. It was not a tremendous amount of money but it was enough to put a good dent in our Nigeria expenses.

Within two minutes God had spoken to my heart to give that money to another need. Pastor Jared Burris and Amazing Grace Tabernacle in Atwater, California have found a building to purchase after well over 5 years of renting. I had told Bro. Jared that we would help with a certain amount when they found a building. I knew God had put that money in my hand for them and not for me. It was the exact amount that I had told Bro. Jerod a few years ago that we would like to give.

The next day I received word that $100 was coming from an individual toward the trip. The next day I received word that $200 was coming from a church. The next week we received an offering of $455 from a church in the mail to be used however we needed it for the ministry. None of these things are common for us at all.

A few days ago I received a $2000 check from a church that had felt a burden to receive and send a special offering for the Nigeria trip. Each one of those gifts was an absolute miracle. Although the $2000 may buy more that $100 it is all miraculous in our eyes especially when I know the sacrifice involved in each gift. God directed each dollar.

We have spent $2615 on visas and tickets and all of that is covered with $140 left over. We will have $6-700 in additional expenses plus money for  items we would like to take with us for folks there and offerings but we will be able to cover most of that with our own giving.

I am telling you all of this because I want you to see the faithfulness of God. Three weeks ago today we decided to go and we had absolutely no money for the trip. We had no savings to fall back on. Yet we sensed that God was pointing us in that direction and we stepped forward by faith. Wow! It is amazing to watch God keep His Word and pull things together. Praise God for His faithfulness!

I often ask you to help us pray. Help us praise Him for a while! Hallelujah!

Davy

PS We are a lot closer to paying for our Mexican trip too. Praise God!