Revival In Pictures - Hazard, Kentucky

Thursday night was a great conclusion to revival at Trinity Holiness Church in Hazard, Kentucky. Pastor Duane Allen and his folks really rolled out the red carpet for us this week. May God bless them for all their hospitality and kindness. 

The trip back to the BoggsMobile at Bond was slowed quite a bit by all the heavy rain. We finally made it and now it is way past my bedtime. I hope you enjoy seeing the Revival In Pictures. 

Davy

Pastor Duane Allen and Davy

Evangelist Billy Adkins and Davy

The REAL Mona Lisa!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

We had another great service Wednesday night with an outstanding altar service. I am going to get spoiled to folks responding so good in the altar. We have been singing, praying, rejoicing and having ourselves a time. The only possible downside is that our voices are a little weak and we need strong voices this weekend and next week in Mexico. It is a probably a good thing we have schedule Friday night off for just that purpose.

Bro. Ron Conner from the Bond church brought his truck over this morning and pulled my tent trailer to a repair place north of London. I really appreciate Bro. Ron taking time our of his very busy work schedule to do that for me. That saved me the time and hassle of hooking the trailer up to the BoggsMobile and pulling it over there myself. It saved Kelly Jo a lot of work too since she did not have to prepare the bus for riding early this morning and then set everything back up when we returned. Thank you Bro. Ron for blessing our family. May God bless you for it.

I feel like our trailer is in good hands now. Bro. Brent Gabbard had told me about this place before and when I called him about Tuesday he highly recommended them. After going there and visiting with them I am confident they are well equipped for the job. I will let you all know the end result.

The weather has been nice and warm the last few days. Of course, you know that can not last in December. The rain is here now but it is 72 degrees. However, the cold weather is suppose to follow tomorrow. The weather guessers are saying we could get ice and snow over the weekend but I am hoping they are wrong. 

We have a Christmas service scheduled in London Saturday and service at another church in Sunday morning in London. After that we are wanting to make tracks toward home since we have not been there since late August. We sure want that weather to hold off.

It is also supposed to be very, very cold when we are scheduled to leave Ohio for Tent Revival in Mexico. This is next week's forecast according to my phone.

We are supposed to fly out of Dayton very early on Thursday and connect in Cleveland, where the weather will probably be worse, before flying south to Houston and on into Mexico. We really need the weather to cooperate those days because we can not afford for any of those flights that day to be delayed if we are going to arrive on time and at the same time as Bro. and Sis. Landress. We will deal with it as it comes but our plan is to be under that Gospel tent next Friday night in Mexico.

Thank you for praying for all these little things in our lives. I really do appreciate those of you that read this blog faithfully and make our concerns your concerns. May God bless you for it.

Davy

Many Sparrows

It has been a busy week. We are parked at Bond and preaching revival each night in Hazard, Kentucky. The trip takes us 1 1/2 hours each way. I have been working on bus and trailer projects during the day and Kelly Jo and Odie have been preparing for a Christmas service in London, Kentucky Saturday night. 

I have determined the wheel on the trailer needs more attention AND it should be worked on before I drive to Ohio Sunday night. I have an appointment to take it to a place north of London Thursday morning if all goes well. 

Mechanical trouble drives me crazy but each thing needs to be dealt with as best I can deal with it. Every day I ask God to guide my steps yet I find myself fretting anyway. 

In the grand scheme of things our little troubles are nothing when compared to what many of our friends are going through. I need to be more thankful for the blessings I enjoy everyday. 

I must also take comfort from the fact that God is mindful of us even when we do not sense His presence every moment. I have had several texts, emails and phone calls the last few days from friends letting me know that my family has been on their heart and they are praying for us. 

That should be encouraging IF I will allow it to be. God placing us on the hearts of praying people even though our troubles are relatively small, demonstrates God's love and concern for us. 

God takes care of sparrows. We are worth many sparrows. You are worth many sparrows. Praise God for His compassion and help!

We leave for Hazard again tonight in just a little while. We are having a good revival with Pastor Duane Allen and his folks. Keep praying for us. 

Davy

Special Friends In Revival

Bro. Bruce and Sis. Priscilla Mayhan have been our friends for many years. Here they are Monday night at church in Hazard, Kentucky. 

They are from Pauls Valley, Oklahoma where we first preached revival in 1990. Pastor Duane Allen preached revival in their church before that. So we have all been friends a long time. 

Bro. Bruce and Sis. Priscilla drove nearly 1000 miles to surprise us and the Allen's in this revival. They certainly accomplished their goal! I was blown away when they walked in Sunday night. Kelly Jo's reaction was priceless. 

After I saw them I figured they had traveled some where in the east for something related to Bro. Bruce's job and them swung by Hazard. But I figured wrong. 

They came all the way to Hazard on purpose to visit friends. That makes a guy feel pretty special. God has certainly blessed us with great friends. May God bless the Mayhan's for going so far to demonstrate their love. 

This is the third time this year they have driven to be in revival with us. Thank you Bro. Bruce and Sis. Priscilla. 

Bro Steven and Sis. Ivy Jones drove two hours from Danville, Kentucky to be in revival Monday night. That's not the first time they have driven a big distance to be with us. We appreciate it so very much. They were a big help to the service. 

Here are a few more pictures from Monday night. Thanks for praying for us. 

Davy

Short Travel Day and Revival In Hazard, Kentucky

We were up with the sun Sunday morning. I rested fitfully a few hours Saturday night but mostly waited for the sun to come up. I usually sleep pretty good at truck stops but I had the events from the previous day on my mind. I should sleep real good tonight.

I had not planned on fueling the BoggsMobile until next week when we take it home. But after running the generator 12 hours I was down to just above a half a tank so I filled up before I left the Pilot station Sunday morning. That makes three travel days in a row that I have filled up and that is not cool at all. I will probably top it off before I get to Ohio next week and then I should be OK until January.

When the weather is cold I usually put in Howes Lubricator to keep the diesel from freezing and turning to gel. The Ultra Low Sulfur diesel will freeze pretty easily without a little help. 

I use a half a bottle with each fill up in winter. I was using the second half of a bottle today but I could not get it all in without a funnel. I twisted that bottle every way I could and still had a little that would not come out.

See it?

I finally decided to pour it in my mouth and then transfer it from my mouth to the filler tube on the bus. I realized that would not work because I did not want to get saliva in the diesel tank. Plus I would get diesel on my lips if I touched the filler tube. I ended up throwing the last few drops away.

We made it to Bond, Kentucky and parked and set up by about 12:45. The wheel that gave us trouble on the trailer was warmer that the others when I stopped to check on the way. It was not extremely hot but warmer. I guess it needs some more attention so some more attention it shall receive.

We are preaching for Pastor Duane Allen in Hazard this week but every level place in Hazard big enough for the bus has a building on it. So we are parking at Bond and driving back and forth. We left at 4:00 so we would have time to visit and set up our sound equipment.

It was great to see everybody again. We had a wonderful start to revival. It seems like there is a lot of excitement about revival and we are very thankful for that. We are looking forward to seeing what the Lord will do in folks lives this week.

We also had some special friends from a far that were visiting as well. I will tell you more about them later when I get some pictures.

I hope you had a great Sunday.

Davy

Crazy Travel Day With a Few Bumps In the Road

It has been a crazy day.

We left Hokes Bluff, Alabama this morning and pointed the BoggsMobile toward Bond, Kentucky. Our first planned stop was the Flying J on the west side of Knoxville. We planned to shake and howdy with the Benji Burris clan as they were driving from Virginia to California.

Less than an hour south of Flying J my voltage light started flickering sporadically. That warning light is directly tied to the alternator but my gauge said it was producing a steady 26 volts.

While I was trying to figure out what to do my cousin Anthony Abner called me. He had just passed me and recognized the BoggsMobile. He was two cars ahead of me. He and his wife and daughter and son in law had been to Georgia. 

You ready for the good part? Anthony has driven a truck for years and I suspected he might be able to help me diagnose the problem.  So we pulled off the road and confirmed with the voltage meter that the alternator was fine. 

We concluded the light was giving a false reading but did not know why. Anthony reached in one more time to make sure the large wire was not broken and when he grabbed it a small wire came loose. 

That wire was for the light and had broken at the connection. I decided to drive on and fix it in the Flying J parking lot. 

We visited a few minutes and then posed for a family picture next to the road. Imagine the chances of somebody I know being in the right place at the right time with the right knowledge and experience. Reckon who orchestrated that?

As I was finishing the repair on the alternator Bro. Benji, Sis. Laura and their four beautiful children pulled into Flying J.  We had a great visit with them at Denny's. 

These are super folks and it was great to see them again. When Benji text me Saturday morning wondering if our paths might cross in Knoxville I was thrilled to try to make it happen. I am so glad they thought of us as they were traveling.  May God bless our friends. 

About 1/2 mile after getting back on the interstate I saw smoke around the trailer wheels on the drivers side. I thought it was a tire blow out. I rushed back there after I pulled over but the tire was fine. 

The grease cap on the back wheel came off and the grease was every where but where it should be. The front bearings on the back wheel were completely gone. 

I took the tire off and drove 15 mph about 4 more miles to the Pilot truck stop. Benji turned around and followed me into the Pilot and stayed with us until we knew that help was coming. 

I told them to go on but they insisted on seeing us off the side of the interstate safely. Benji also made some phone calls and helped me with information so I could make a decision what to do. 

Like I said, May God bless our friends!

Good Sam sent a mobile mechanic and he took off the hub and inspected everything. He thought the spindle and back bearings were fine.

He took the hub to a place that was open on Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend and they had the front bearings. The hub is scored some but they did not have a replacement. The old one is usable but I will probably need to change it in the future. When he returned he put it all back together twice to get it right. 

It seems OK now but by the time he was finished it was after 10:00 so we decided to wait until morning to finish the drive to Kentucky. Pastor Duane Allen was very understanding and is allowing us to start revival Sunday night rather than Sunday morning as scheduled.

It was an expensive and nerve wracking evening but I was able to witness to the mechanic and his wife and also gave them a Christmas CD and asked them to listen to the Gospel sermon. Who knows what God will do with all of that.

Yep, it has been a crazy day but we are safe, warm and saved. AND, at least I am not pastoring a church!

Davy