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