A Little Catch Up

We are playing catch up on several fronts this week so this post will bring you up to date on several little things.

1. I am still working on the BoggsMobile. I am having trouble getting a pin out of a part and have been stuck at that point since Monday. I have somebody coming to help today and I will give you a full update on that when it is finished.

2. Kelly Jo and I were planning to spend a couple of days by ourselves this week to celebrate our anniversary. Our anniversary is over two weeks away but we will be in revival that week. Since this week was canceled this looked like a good time. We did not feel like we could leave with the bus problem unresolved so we are sitting tight a few days.

3. The down time has not been wasted. Odie has written her part for her On The Road Again newsletter and Kelly Jo and I have been trying to do our part. We have been working on that quite a bit this week. We are hoping to send out a letter concerning City Reach 2016 along with the regular newsletter. There are lots of churches that receive the newsletter and lots of folks in those churches are not online. Hopefully we can get that out next week.

4. Bro. Herman Woods was supposed to go home yesterday. Sis. Margaret said he still had some things to work on but they are all amazed at the progress he has made. He is still can not say all he wants to say but that he is doing great. We give God all the glory for helping Bro. Herman and Sis. Margaret. I know they are thrilled to be home after several weeks in the hospital and rehab. Please continue to pray for them.

5. Odie is doing great. Her vision is still good and we praise God for that. She has a neurologist appointment next week and another eye doctor appointment the end of June. We are looking forward to good reports. She has been relaxing (You should read that as being spoiled completely rotten) at my Dad and Mom's house. We joined them for lunch yesterday at Acapulco and she was looking good!

6. I mentioned some of our schedule in yesterday's post about Goshen Tent Revival but we actually have several meetings in this area. We have Pastor Appreciation and Revival at Dryden Rd June 15-19, Tent Revival in Goshen June 22-27 and Revival in Lebanon, Ohio at Anchor of Hope June 29-July 2. We will also be back in Ohio in August to preach the Homecoming service at Dodds August 17 and to attend Dryden Rd. Indoor Fellowship Meeting August 19-22.

You can access the full schedule HERE or by clicking on the picture of the BoggsMobile on the left side of the blog.

Thanks for reading and God bless you all.

Davy

Preparing For Tent Revival In Goshen, Ohio

We are very excited about our next revival under the Blue and White Gospel Tent. We are joining forces with Pastor Dwayne Cornett and the Garden Acres Pentecostal Church in an effort to reach their community for Christ. They have been trying to demonstrate the love of God the last few years to a trailer park near their church. Pastor Cornett has received permission to set the tent up on the property of that trailer park.

So the tent will be going up at Lakeshore Estates at 1785 State Route 28 in Goshen, Ohio. We will be setting up the tent on Saturday June 21st at 8:00 AM. We will probably need extra help so if anybody in the area would like to join in the set up, meet us there at 8:00.

The first service will be Sunday the 22nd at 5:00 PM and then services will begin Monday - Friday at 7:30. What a super great opportunity to reach some folks for Christ that desperately need Him in their lives. I am expecting God to radically and totally change lives under the tent that week. I can hardly wait.

If you are any where in the tri-state area I want to encourage you to come and be a part of these services. I am told that we will be ministering to folks that are bound by all sorts of sins and vices. We know as an extension of that we will be ministering to folks that are hurt and wounded by those bound by sin. What an awesome chance to give some one the message of the Gospel.

With awesome opportunity there will be tremendous spiritual opposition. We need the saints of God there to lift up the name of Christ and bind the reach of the enemy. Please come to worship, pray and rejoice and I know that God will do the rest. If you can not come or you are not from this area please join us in praying for these services from today through the end of the meeting.

We will be at Dryden Rd. this Saturday for our Pastor's Appreciation Dinner. We will have Pastor Appreciation Service Sunday evening if I understand correctly and then revival through Thursday night. We would love to have you join us for those services as well. We are excited to be in revival at our home church for a few nights especially for Pastor Appreciation.

We will close Thursday so I can put the BoggsMobile and tent trailer in position Friday evening in Goshen.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

A Quick Trip to Morehead, Kentucky

Sorry about the mix up on Sunday's post. I thought I posted it Sunday morning before we left for Kentucky but OBVIOUSLY I did not. You know what I did? I forgot! I am a lot like those three German Police Dogs Wendy Bagwell used to tell about. If you are not familiar with that story you need to look it up. It is similar to the Mississippi squirrel revival that Ray Stephens sings about.

Anyway, we went to Kentucky Sunday because of a death in the family. My Dad's uncle passed away on Thursday evening and his viewing was Sunday. Kelly Jo and I followed my parents and my brother Steve to Morehead, Kentucky Sunday morning. We stopped for a great meal at Ponderosa in Maysville, Kentucky. We really enjoyed it. That is the second time Dad and I have eaten there and it has been very good both times.

Sunday evening we went to the viewing and visited with family we had not seen in many years. This is Dad's mother's family and I had not seen most of them since she passed away in 1997. We all just fell right into visiting with different family members. Kelly Jo and I visited with  We had a good time talking with him.

The best part of the trip was the meals shared and good times enjoyed with Dad, Mom, Steve and Kelly Jo. I am glad we were close at hand so we could make the trip and make some memories along the way.

The Originals

The uncle that died was James Mays. Although he was Dad's uncle he was 6-7 years younger than Dad. His picture has been on the blog before. Dad and I took a day trip to Kentucky last December and one of the stops was to see Uncle James.

He worked in Dayton, Ohio all his adult life and retired back to a beautiful place in Kentucky. He had worked so hard to build and maintain everything and it was so nice. I am glad that Dad took me by to see him and his farm. We never expected him to be gone in six months. He died suddenly and unexpectedly and it reminds us all that we must be prepared for that day. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Kelly Jo and I got up early to hit the road back to Ohio. I have another bus project going this week and I have not even posted all about last week's bus project. Once I finish this one I will try to sit down and type it all out. 

I needed to stop in Cincinnati and look for a part that I needed. We stopped for gas in northern Kentucky and a guy at the pump next to me had a truck repair T-shirt on so I ask him where to go. He gave me some numbers to call and the first place I stopped had the part. I like it when things work out like that!

It is raining now and is supposed to rain all day so who knows how much I will get done today. One thing I would like to do for sure is drink some salsa down at Acapulco in Lebanon, Ohio. I should be able to do that rain or shine.

God bless you all for reading.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 6/8/2014

I thought I posted this Sunday morning but just realized it did not go live. Here it is now. 

I changed our view out the front window quite a bit this week. We started in Richmond, Indiana, spent a night in Ohio, then four nights in Tennessee and back to Ohio.

View out the front last Sunday morning at a truck stop in Richmond, Indiana

From the front door.

Monday morning backed into my normal spot at Dodds Church. I usually pull in forward but I had parked the trailer into that spot so I could leave it there.

Front door view.



The view at East Tennessee Luxury Coach in Vonore, Tennessee.



From the front door.



This is the view from the driver's seat inside the shop.

And inside the shop when the bus is up on the lift.

Looking down from the lift.

Back at Dodds pulled into the spot like I usually do except the trailer is parked where I normally sit. This is the view from the front window. 

From the front door at Dodds.

Week of Posts In Review

The Isaacs in Richmond

D-Day

Taking The Tent Down

Omaha Zoo

Travel Day

Travel Days and Isaacs

The Isaacs at First Baptist in Richmond Indiana

Hey! Happy Saturday!

This is Odie checking in today from Ohio. We have been spending time with family the last few days while Dad is tending to the BoggsMobile. I will try to post a few family pictures next week. I hope your week has been good. 

Last Saturday after we had been traveling a couple of hours dad asked me if I wanted to eat lunch at Frisch's with some friends. I quickly said, "Yes." When we made it to Frisch's I was greeted by Sonya and Ben Isaacs. Yes, my day was totally made!!  We had a great lunch catching up with the whole family. 

Later in the afternoon we were able to listen to sound check as the Isaacs prepared to sing that night. 

The church doors opened at 5:30 PM and the people poured in.  Around 400 people gathered to enjoy some wonderful singing and music. The church was pretty much full in 20 minutes and it did not start until 7:00.

At 7:00 P.M. The Isaacs took the stage. Words can not describe how awesome they sang that night.  From the first notes of "Walk On" to the grand finale of "I Will Praise Him" it was amazing!  There were so many high points in between that I can not write it all for you. 

Sonya's boy Ayden James Yeary. He is a smart little guy. He will be 3 on July 25th. 

Levi Bowman is Becky's 17 year old son. He graduated in December. He is super talented. 

Dad closed the evening in prayer. 

Angie Ramsey was one of Mom's childhood friends. It was good to see her and her Aunt Kim. 

Jacobi Bowman is Becky's 13 year old daughter. I am always glad to get to see her. 

I was so happy to see my family again!  Please keep them in your prayers. They are in the Holy Land right now. 

Aunt Lily is a wonderful lady! After many years of waiting, her autobiography is now available. I recommend it!  You can get it from the Isaacs at www.theisaacs.com. It is also on www.amazon.com.

Have a wonderful week. 

Odie

D-Day - 70 Years Ago Today

70 years ago today the greatest generation landed on the beaches of Normandy taking tremendous casualties and turning the tide in WWII. The amazing sacrifices they made to preserve freedom and end the atrocities of the Germans deserve to be remembered and celebrated.

Thank God for men that were willing to risk it all so save the lives of men and women they would never know. Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice leaving behind parents, wives, girlfriends and children. Today we should pause to remember them and honor them.

Most of us are not old enough to remember these events. Some may not be familiar with any of the facts of this period in history. I encourage you to take some time today to do some reading, look at some pictures and realized the courage and bravery of these men and what it means to us today.

Davy