Weekend Woundup and Weview November 22

The weekend began in Vonore, Tennessee at East Tennessee Luxury Coach. This has become our Tennessee home. Jeff Rowe takes good care of the BoggsMobile and helps keep us on the road. I thank God for him every few days!

Here are a few pictures from Vonore. This beautiful coach is only 3 years newer than ours but it is in fine shape!

This one is a 2015 triple slide coach.

Hooked up and ready to go Saturday morning.

The weather was cool and sunny and perfect for driving Saturday as we turned south to Georgia.

Then we hit a construction zone that was also the scene of a terrible accident. It took us one hour and six minutes to go about 8 miles.

Bro. St. Cyr's church is a storefront in downtown Adairsville, Georgia. It is a beautiful building. We pulled in front and parked in the street to unload our sound system.



The bus pictures and several of the pictures during church were sent to us by Sis. Donnie St. Cyr.

After we were loaded in we went about 15 miles south to the KOA in Cartersville.

The singing started at 6:00 PM and we had a full house!

Davy and Pastor Tony St. Cyr.

Our dear friends, Bro. Greg and Sis. Teresa Tinsley drove nearly two hours to be with us. They really surprised us by coming and made our day!

We sang to a capacity crowd Saturday night and they responded great. It was a wonderful night and was followed by a wonderful service Sunday morning. It has been a few years since we have been with the St. Cyr's and we really enjoyed the weekend!

After a great service Sunday morning we ate lunch with Bro. and Sis. St. Cyr at a great local buffet then cranked up the bus and headed for home. It was a long drive home and the traffic seemed heavier than usual through north Georgia and all of Tennessee. The traffic finally thinned out after London, Kentucky although it kept getting colder by the mile.

We drove 442 miles in 7 hours and 30 minutes and we pulled into the Lazy OD Ranch about 10:30. We had the car unhooked, the BoggsMobile turned around, backed into the barn, the electric hooked up and the doors shut by 11:00. We pretty much have that down to a science!

I forgot to mention it was 25 degrees outside when we arrived home and 33 inside the barn. We are nuts for going north this time of year!

That pretty much wraps up our weekend. Thanks for reading.

Davy

View Out The Front Window November 21, 2015

Check out our posts from the last week at the links below.

Odie's Saturday Post

A Flying Frog

Sis. Mary Isham

Revival In Pictures - Douglas, Georgia

Newsletter

Weekend Woundup and Weview

Here was our view out the front window Wednesday morning in Vonore, Tennessee.

This was our view out the front door.

I usually snap some pictures out the window when the bus is in the shop here but I was gone most of the day. After the work was completed for the day, Jeff backed into a spot along the building and plugged it up to electricity.

Here is the view from the window.

The view out the front door was only inches away from the slide on the beautiful bus next to us so the picture was mostly my reflection. 

Here is a picture of the side view.

Here is the view out the door at the KOA in Cartersville, Georgia.

The view out the window at the same place.

I hope you have a great Sunday.

Davy

True Bravery

Hi friends,

This Odie reporting once again from a rolling BoggsMobile. The bus is pointed south this morning. We are looking forward to being with Pastor Tony St Cyr this weekend in Adairsville, Georgia. Dad mentioned yesterday that we will be singing tonight at 6:00 and singing and preaching Sunday morning.

I hope you have had a good week. We had four great services at First Assembly in Douglas, Georgia. Our time with Pastor Marshall and Sis. Paige Adcock went by too quickly. We look forward to spending more time with them soon.

Wednesday night we said a final earthly farewell to a precious friend. I miss sweet Sis. Mary Isham and our hearts are so heavy for Bro Joel Isham and their families. We cannot answer the question of why and what right now, but I am secure in this fact, we will see Mary again very soon in Heaven. Mary lived an amazing life, faithful to the Lord! 

Dad said something at Mary's funeral that struck a chord with me. "You say you would die for the Lord, but will you live for the Lord?" I want to live a sold out, unwavering, faithful life for the Lord. Living faithfully for God may prove to be a challenge but it must be done.

I have reflected a lot this week on one of my favorite childhood memories. I loved listening to the radio. I remember loving to hear a certain old song by Tom Green played on WFCJ 93.7. Years later they were still playing the song and during a station tour we learned "Forty Brave Soldiers For Jesus" was the only song in rotation that was still played from an actual record album.

Now that I am older I truly appreciate the stand these men took for Christ. Here is a link to the audio on You Tube of "Forty Brave Soldiers For Jesus". You can find their story through Google. I encourage you to look it up and read their story and be encouraged to stand.

What is bravery? "Be Brave" is a cool catch phrase now. It can be found on countless shirts, pictures, or any type of home decor item. But being brave is so much more than a motto. 

I am thankful for the forefathers who had a vision for a new land where they could worship God in freedom. Many sacrificed their lives so this great nation could be our home.

We are still reaping benefits from those brave men and women today. Our blessings are so numerous we can not name them all. I do not want to be blinded by blessing to the point that I forget the sacrifice of others before me. 

I also want to be ready to make my own stand in the face of opposition if it is required. One dictionary had this definition for "Brave: Ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage." I want to live a life patterned after these words. Today my prayer is for true bravery in Christ. 

So during this week of Thanksgiving we will laugh and be thankful with family and friends! I want to remember others are watching me. I do not want just a brave face, but my desire is for a brave heart. 

I hope my jumbled thoughts made sense to you. All of this has been percolating in my brain. Maybe my awesome editor, my Dad, will make this post somewhat coherent. 

Until next weekend, Happy Thanksgiving!

Odie