View Out The Front Window June 11, 2017

Not much changed on the view this week. All of the progress on the house was inside. So this week's picture is pretty much the same as last week except Steve and Karen are not perpetually driving down the driveway!



We do have an exciting Sunday of church planned as usual. I will tell you all about it Monday by God's grace.

Here are links to our posts from the last week.

Odie's Saturday Post

Green Machines and Gold Rims

Revival In Pictures - Sharonville, Ohio

House For Odie and Christ Ambassadors Holiness Church

House Update In Pictures

Weekend Woundup and Weview # 23

Thanks for stopping in today.

Davy

Visit To The Arctic

Hey Friends, this is Odie reporting in from Ohio. It has been a wonderful week. The weather has been beautiful. I am excited to see more progress being made on the house. Piece by piece it is coming together. 

The Lord blessed in a special way this week during revival in Sharonville, Ohio. I love watching God touch His people and I love feeling it too! It was great to see Pastor Randy Brown and many friends during revival. Make sure to check the out the revival in pictures post here.

Since late January I have had a badly cracked screen on my phone. My friend informed me I had the Spider-Man edition iPhone. After several months I was ready for a smooth screen. Thanks to Mom for taking me to the store Wednesday morning. The local Batteries Plus Bulbs came to my rescue. Now I have a clear screen and it looks so much better. 

 

Last night I visited the final night of Vacation Bible School at Dodds. My Aunt Karen and her team do a fantastic job. I enjoy watching their VBS, when I get a chance.  The theme for 2017 was  Operation Arctic. Before the evening was over it even snowed! It was really cool. 

Thanks for checking in. I hope you have a great weekend. I will leave you with pics I snapped in the Arctic last night. 

Odie

Green Machines and Gold Rims

Kelly Jo's Dad and Mom have an old jeep that used to belong to KJ's niece, Kayla. They brought it to so that we would not be limited to one car while we are here working on the house. It has been a huge help to us. We often need to run different directions and now we can. I sure was tired of walking.😁

The other day the jeep was parked in the drive by the house and the Green Machine was parked near it. That is when I noticed we had a "thing" going on here.

Here is the Green Machine.

The Green Machine is obviously green and it has gold rims that were added after we purchased it over 5 years ago. The after market rims that were on it when we bought it were sporty and nice looking but they were 17" rims and the tires were extremely low profile.

The wide, low profile tires caused the car to ride like a buckboard wagon and would not go in snow at all.

I determined the low profile tires and the 17" rims had to go. The only problem with that decision was that Kelly Jo liked the sporty looking rims. We made a deal. I would sell the rims and tires, find a good selection of new appropriately sized rims and let KJ make the final choice of which rims to buy.

The gold rims captured her little heart and that is how we ended up with a Green Machine with gold rims. I like her taste and I think she made a great choice.

That brings me to the jeep we are using for the moment.

Here it is.

Yep! It is green with gold rims! Is there DNA that determines a persons preference for green cars and gold rims. I believe there must be and it must be strong in the Morgan family!

Long time readers may remember the first vehicle that we towed behind the BoggsMobile, Mr. Cheap Jeep. It was white but it had gold rims!

It is interesting to say the least. What do you think?

Thank you for stopping in today.

Davy

Revival In Pictures - Sharonville, Ohio

It has been great to be in revival in Sharonville, Ohio since Friday night. We had a wonderful time with excellent services. Praise God for His help each and every night!

Pastor Randy Brown and I grew up together and it is awesome to be able to preach revival for him and his church. I am sure that most people that knew us as kids could not imagine we would both be holiness preachers but that is a great testimony to the grace of God!

Wednesday night was the last night of revival and it finished with a bang. The folks responded so well to the preaching and God touched us all in the altar service. It was a little bittersweet to have to leave our friends.

We have some pictures below from this week and you will find a few more in our post from Monday. I hope you enjoy them all.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

The House For Odie and Christ Ambassadors Holiness Church

As I mentioned a week or two ago Bro. Shobanke has been in the states the last three weeks. He was only with us from a Tuesday afternoon until Friday morning but it was great to have him. While he is in the USA we can talk on the phone for free and he usually calls each day.

This visit he has been calling to inquire about the progress on the house. "How is the work?" he says, and he laughs a big hearty laugh when I tell him whatever we have been doing that day. He thinks it is vital to complete this house for Odie to live in and he is extremely excited about it.

He came to Ohio the week he did specifically to see the walls go up on the house. He sat in a chair and smiled all day long and loved each and every single minute of it.

We took a few pictures of him in the house his last morning in Ohio before Kelly Jo took him to Cincinnati to catch his plane.

We were in Nigeria in November. When I told Bro. Shobanke that we were going to try to build the house he immediately wanted to help. His church gave the first $220 toward the house. Since the wages for the average worker in Abeokuta is $30-$50 per MONTH, $220 is a huge sacrificial gift! That is like a church here giving an offering equivalent to 4-7 months of the average monthly wage of the congregation.

To say we were shocked and amazed at the size of their gift would be a huge understatement. The people of Christ Ambassadors Holiness Church stepped up and proved their love for us and especially for Odie in an astounding way.

The economy in Nigeria is pitiful right now and their money is nearly worthless. It is difficult for us in America to realize how bad it is for them at the moment. The poorest of most of us are rich in comparison to the average Nigerian. We have been asking God to bless Bro. Shobanke's people with work that will supply the needs of their families and even for a turn around in their economy.

Will you help us pray for them? We are believing God to make up the difference and even give an abundance in return. They have given cheerfully in spite of their want and it humbles us to know that many of them probably lacked in things they needed. because they gave. We do not deserve that and we do not expect that. 

Bro. Shobanke gave $250 more when he arrived in the USA about three weeks ago. We tried our very best to politely refuse the gift but he was adamant. He said that God spoke to him to give and that he was happy to do so. 

I stand amazed at the provision of God. We have been recipient of the widow's mite and have no way to properly say thank you. God knows that our hearts are grateful and truly appreciative.

This is an amazing journey. Thank you for joining us.

Davy

House Update Pictures June 6, 2017

It is time for a few pictures of the progress on the house. Thursday evening while we were in church at Dryden Rd. a roofer came and put the synthetic felt on the roof. We needed that on before we could officially begin wiring the house for electric.

My brother Steve captured some of the action.

Dad said there were five of them working and they knocked it out in short order. However, it rained pretty hard Monday afternoon and it leaked inside. I am not sure what is up with that. I thought that maybe the high winds blew the felt off.

From the ground it looks fine but I am the novice here. I am not sure what to expect. The roof will not be installed until the last week of June so I guess we will have to deal with it.

Friday I purchased most of the supplies for the electrical. We hung the boxes Friday and Saturday and began hanging the can lights.

Odie has had a steady stream of visitors since we began construction. These are long time family friends that attend Dodds Church next door. She did not even offer to let them sit on her couch!😀

Jerry and Linda Neeley.

Monday we hung the can lights above the porches and wired all of them. Dad also did some wiring inside.

Dad and I decided we could still do this for a living but would end up making about .25 cents an hour. We will chip away at it a little at a time and soon it will be wired. 

I told Odie that it would be easier to use candles and kerosene lanterns. We might could even by some cheap flashlights for emergencies. For some reason she is pretty partial to electrical receptacles, lights and genuine light switches all over the place. 

She also thinks indoor plumbing is important with a septic system and all. She has been living in an RV for 15 years so what is the big deal? I could show her how to empty holding tanks but she is not interested in having that feature in the house.

This new generation wants to have it all I guess. Next thing you know she will want something besides a wood stove for heat!

That is it for today. Thank you for tuning in.

Davy