Sweeny, Texas - Revival In Pictures

We have had a wonderful time this week at Full Gospel Tabernacle in Sweeny, Texas We sure appreciate Pastor Larry Lamb and all of the folks here inviting us and welcoming us with open arms. We have had an outstanding time of revival. We have seen adult children of some of the members in the altar seeking God different nights. I love that so much. Praise God for working among us.

We have also had a great time of fellowship with old friends and enjoyed making new friends. We really get to meet and visit with some tremendous people out here on the road. You sure you do not want to load up and go with us? Plus, we eat good too.

We have one more night of revival tonight and there is no telling what God is going to do in this last service. I would say there is a good chance that somebody is going to get saved. It is awesome that God so loves the world that He is still extending His long arm of grace!

I will allow the rest of this Revival In Pictures post tell the story. Thanks for reading.

Davy

I mentioned that we eat good, right?

Although we have had a couple of nights slightly below freezing we are very thankful not to be in Ohio. This was Wednesday night in Waynesville BEFORE it cooled off too much!

Do You Know Pastor Darius Templeton?

A few years ago I put up a few posts called "Do You Know (Insert Name Here)?" and they proved to be very popular posts. I never intended to do those posts super often but I did intend to do them more often than I have. Why? Because we are blessed to meet so many incredible Christian men and women that most people know nothing about and I would love for you to get to meet them.

Some people think the church is full of nothing but hypocrites and weak minded types. We have met all types in the church but we have been abundantly blessed to become acquainted with some genuinely saved and sanctified folks in churches all over the US and beyond. We are privileged to serve God with amazing men and women that are dedicated and sold out to Christ.

I know some people are down on everybody but we regularly leave a church saying, "Wow, those are super great people!" There is no way we could introduce you to all of them that we know but at least we can try to hit the highlights!

I was reading a great devotional written by a good friend online the other day and I said to myself, "I need to tell somebody about him and this devotional." So that is what I am doing today.

Do you know Pastor Darius Templeton? This is him below with his precious wife Sis. Kim at their church in October, 2013.

Bro. Darius was raised in a preacher's home in Connersville, Indiana. He came to our home church, Dryden Rd. Pentecostal Church as a young man and won the heart of one of our best young ladies, Sis. Kim. He stayed at Dryden Rd. for many years, eventually becoming the Youth Pastor and working under Bro. Bennie Sutherland for several years. He became what seemed like an indispensable part of our home church.

Four or five years ago Cedar Creek church near Citronelle, Alabama came calling and Bro. Darius has served as their Pastor ever since. We hated to lose him at Dryden Rd. but we knew he would be a great Pastor at Cedar Creek. He is doing a fine job and the Allentown fellowship of south Alabama is blessed to have Bro. Darius and his family there.

I admit that I am a little biased toward Bro. Darius but it is hard not to be. Bro. Darius is a fine Christian gentleman. He is a man of integrity, character and discipline. On top of all that he is a tremendous preacher. He has applied himself to the Word of God and he preaches it faithfully.

Bro. Darius has started posting a devotional on the Cedar Creek church's website and I am enjoying it very much. They are short and thought provoking and they are well worth the time and effort to read them. I suggest you bookmark Bro. Darius's devotional and check it every day. He will surely tell you something that will profit you spiritually.

Do you know Pastor Darius Templeton? He is definitely worth getting to know and this is a fine chance to do it.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

March of 2014 at Cedar Creek

March of 2014 at Cedar Creek

A Morning At The Mall

Tuesday I did something that I rarely ever do. I actually walked inside a shopping mall. It was incredibly difficult but I managed to do it somehow.

My iPhone 5 battery has been pretty bad for many months and it really took a nose dive in December. It was so bad that it could go from 100% to dying on one short phone call. I basically had to keep it plugged up if I wanted to make a phone call. Checking and sending a few text would drop the battery from 100% to 60%. It was really getting ridiculous.

As we were driving toward Houston last week I told Kelly Jo to find an Apple store on the south side of Houston toward Seeny and make an appointment for me to get the battery replaced. She made the appointment for 10:00 AM Tuesday. I did not even think about the Apple store being inside the mall.

It was about 45 minutes to the mall from Sweeny and I arrived about 9:15. I watched the mall walkers for a while and then I noticed about 50 people were waiting in front of the door to the Apple store. Wow! Talk about good people watching. What a varied crowd it was too. It would have been a good place for a tent revival.

As the door opened the crowd surged forward but about five of us remained seated in the mall area. I was thinking they might call for those that had appointments and sure enough they did. It was kind of funny. All five of us that were still sitting down had appointments and we were called to the front of the surging line. That worked out good. I was glad KJ called ahead.

After Kelly Jo made the appointment last week we found out that some iPhone 5 models had a free replacement on the battery because of a bad batch of batteries two years ago. Thankfully mine fell into that lot. I am not surprised because this battery has been faulty from the beginning.

My iPhone has a small ding on one corner and they said there was about a 50% chance the screen would not go back in and if it did it might break. They really wanted me to just go ahead an buy a new phone but I did not need a new phone I needed a battery.

They tried it and sure enough it worked. 45 minutes after they started, I was walking out the door, no charge. It will take a day or so to see how it works but so far so good.

A morning at the mall without getting robbed or spending a fortune. That is a pretty good morning.

I spent some time later in the day working on a bus project that I will tell you about later. It was not near as much fun.

Revival is going good at Sweeny. God is helping and blessing each night and we are very thankful. Thank you for praying for us.

Davy

Boggs Family Ministries Inc

Smile.Amazon.com and Boggs Family Ministries, Inc.

Do you order stuff from Amazon? I know that many of you do. It is a fast convenient way to order and receive almost anything and the products are sometimes less expensive than you can find them elsewhere too.

Since we are a moving target we use Amazon Prime in order to receive the items we purchased in two days and before we move to the next church. It super frustrating to order something and have it arrive two days after we leave. With Amazon Prime we rarely have to worry about that.

Now there is a way to order from Amazon and benefit Boggs Family Ministries too. Amazon has a program called Amazon Smile that donates a portion of the price to a charity of your choice. You pay nothing extra they just donate a small portion of the existing price. 

Rather than going to amazon.com as you normally would, go to smile.amazon.com and choose Boggs Family Ministries as your designated charity. You will be given an opportunity to search for a charity and you can search Boggs, Boggs Family or Boggs Family Ministries and Boggs Family Ministries Inc, Waynesville, Ohio will come up in the list. Then select it.

Caution: There is also a Bogg Ministries in Miamisburg, Ohio but that is not us.

Once you designate Boggs Family Ministries,  0.5%  of your smile.amazon.com purchases will be donated to Boggs Family Ministries. You will be ordering from the same companies, receiving the same prices and the same service but you will be helping support Boggs Family Ministries. 0.5% is not much on a single purchase but if a bunch of people choose Boggs Family Ministries for their designated charity and then do their normal Amazon purchases through smile.amazon.com, 0.5% would certainly add up after a while.

Afterward if you continue to shop through your regular Amazon link then the ministry will not receive the 0.5%. You must change your Amazon link and do your shopping through smile.amazon.com in order for it to work correctly.

If you do not mind, please spread the word to others.

Thank you,

Davy, Kelly and Odie

Boggs Family Ministries, Inc. 501c3

Boggs Family Ministries Inc