The Mind-Boggling Gift of Friendship - Pastor Scott Morris

It is raining as I write this and the wind is blowing pretty good too. We had to put up two short sections of side walls during church Thursday because of the wind. I really hate to do that but we had to. 

Otherwise we all would have swallowed a pound or two of dust. We did have a great service though. Thank you for praying for us.

It has been amazing to have Pastor Scott Morris with us for several days this week. He flew in Friday night and flew back home Thursday. He was here for the tent set up, Sunday morning service in the church and four services under the tent.

Bro Scott bought a ticket, took time away from his family, left his church and school for several days including a Sunday, to come out here and work like a mule. I knew Bro. Scott was my friend but all this is way beyond the bounds of mere friendship. 

This is a mind-boggling gift of friendship. It is hard to believe that a man would love us so much, believe in us so much and love revival so much that he would do all this. What an amazing gift. 

Words are cheap and there are lots of us that talk a good game. It is something much higher to walk the talk. We realize that we have been abundantly blessed when it comes to friends. Bro Scott's actions this week are living proof of that blessing. 

Thank you Scott Morris for making our week so memorable. Thank you for caring for us. Thank you for helping to carry our vision. You have done many things to help promote City Reach but this week was one of the best.

Thank you as well to Sis. Kim, Regan and Rylee and the saints in Richton for loaning us your husband, father and Pastor. May God bless you for your sacrifice. 

Thank the Lord for surrounding us with such friends as Scott Morris and the many, many others that would be here if you could at all.   May God send revival to all of you for doing everything you can to promote revival here.   

Here are a few pictures of my dear friend while here. 

Thanks for reading. 

Davy

The Astounding Gift of Sound - Meyer Sound

City Reach has been great so far this week and we are expecting it to build each and every night. Thank you for praying for us.

It is about time I bring you up to date on a very important part of City Reach. I have told you we had some sound gear donated and I want to share some of the details.



We are really enjoying all of our "new to us" sound equipment that was donated recently for City Reach and beyond. We have had it set up in churches but this week is the first time to set it up under the tent. It sounds awesome and so clear!

We had pieced together a pretty good sounding system through the years. We have been very pleased with the ease of set up each night and the overall performance. It has been great for churches and perfect for tent revivals. 

This new system takes the sound quality to a whole new level. It is absolutely amazing. It is hard to believe how much better it sounds. 

The new equipment is Meyer Sound which is the top name in sound and for very good reason. It is incredible equipment. All of it is used but it has been completely checked out by Meyer. 

We owe it all to the kindness and generosity of Ben Isaacs. Ben wanted to help bear the burden of City Reach and to help us be as effective as we can be. This is what the Lord inspired him to do.

We are stunned by Ben's unbelievable gift and tried to talk him out of it. He insisted we allow him to obey God and help us spread the Gospel.  

Ben's overwhelming gift includes

-Four Meyer main speakers

-Two massive Meyer sub speakers

-Three Meyer processors 

-Three high powered power amps

-Road cases for everything

-Hundreds and hundreds of feet of special cables. 

Like I said, it is an overwhelming gift. 

I am still learning how the Meyer stuff handles under the various circumstances we sing and preach in. It is a completely different animal than the Mackies but I am loving it, my girls are loving it and the folks in the congregation seem to be loving it. 

I have a few pictures below of the Meyer system as we picked it up and set it up. When we left New York in February we flew into Nashville and rented a truck. We met Ben at Soundcheck in Nashville and found a room full of Meyer. Wow!

Ben spent about an hour showing us how to hook our existing system to the Meyer equipment. It is different from what we have had in the past but not that difficult. Set up time was a little longer in the beginning but as we learn it is only taking a few minutes.

Then we loaded it in the truck and strapped it down. 

After lunch  and a great visit with Ben, we headed toward Texas. Thanks, Ben. I do not know how we will every thank you enough! Your confidence in us and your generosity to help City Reach and Boggs Family Ministries has humbled and blessed us. May God bless you, Ben!

Once we unloaded everything in Gainesville we had to figure how to load it all in the bus. We tried a dozen ways to load it on the existing pass through drawer. 

It would not fit so the drawer had to come out. 

Once we knew it would fit in the bay, we pulled it all out and set it up for a few days in the church. 

The subs

The mains

The processors and power amps

Once we had it going we did a side by side comparison with our existing Mackie 450's. 

We love the Mackies and they have served us very well in churches and under the tent all over the country. We will still be using the Mackies for monitors. However, there was absolutely no comparison between the Meyers and the Mackies. The Meyers blew them away, hands down! In some ways, it is sad how much better they are. 

We sang and played music through the new system for hours and hours and then we packed it all in the bus for the ride to California.

Here is Kelly Jo with just a few of the many, many special cords that Ben included.

Last week we set it up at Desert Cove while we had some time to test the system some.

Here it is under the Blue and White Gospel Tent. It sounds amazing under the tent. We have never used subs and they are unbelievably good! What a difference!

We are still overwhelmed by this gift but we are really, really, really enjoying it.

Ben is a Meyer sound rep so if you want some very high quality new sound equipment, I can put you in touch with him. 

Thanks for reading.

Davy

Prayer Works!

I mentioned on the blog in March that Bro. Alan Harris and his church in Central City, Kentucky had scheduled a prayer revival to coincide with the first week of City Reach Phoenix area. Their act of kindness overwhelmed us then. I knew this would prove to be a very special time because of their sacrifice and it is!

It has been very clear each night that we are being carried in this meeting by the prayers of the saints unto God. Many of the folks here have commented that they feel the same way. I know that people all over the country are praying but we really appreciate our friends in Central City praying specifically for City Reach every night this week.

I have been keeping Bro. Harris informed about the services each night and he has been telling me about the prayer services. They start praying at 7:00 which is 5:00 our time. God has been meeting with them in power and might. By the time they are finishing their prayer time, we are ready to crank up the service. EVERY night we feel the strength of God as we begin. It is apparent that God answers the prayers of His people.

Thank you for praying. Thank you, Central City Church and Pastor Alan Harris for spending every evening this week in prayer. What you are doing for us is awesome! I pray that God will reward you greatly for your labor of love. May He shower your church with blessings and souls to be saved. May He keep you and overshadow you in every thing you do. May He send the same measure of revival to you that you have prayed down on the Phoenix area! Hallelujah!

Below are a couple of pictures from Tuesday night.

Davy