Weekend Woundup and Weview #35

It was another busy weekend with great church services, work on the house and a few more activities, because we always need a few more fun things to do. I will give you the highlights and pictures during this Weekend Woundup and Weview and I will have even more pictures later.

Friday night rounded out the three nights of revival at Dodds. We had a tremendous altar service Friday night again. Praise God for His help all three of the services.

This week is Dryden Rd. Indoor Fellowship Meeting. It begins on Tuesday night. As is our custom during campmeetings, most of our posts will be entirely pictures. We will begin that Tuesday with a Revival In Pictures post from the revival at Dodds and the Homecoming on Sunday.

Early Saturday morning Kelly Jo and Odie left the Ranch to go to Hillsboro. The big 50th anniversary get-together for Kelly Jo's Dad and Mom was that evening and there was a lot of work to do. They spent the whole day down there working along side the rest of the family.

I spent the early morning working on the "L" shape bench in Odie's little dining area. Rick Reed and his helper Levi Ward arrived before 9:00 AM to finish setting the cabinets in the kitchen. They are working in the picture below and you can see the bench I had been working too. It is in the corner near the left edge of the picture.

They were finished, packed up and on their way in a little over 4 hours. The cabinets look beautiful. There is no way I could have set them. There were way too many complications for me to even try to do it. 

I worked with Bro. Rick about 24 years ago and he was great at setting cabinets then. He has done nothing but improve. I believe he is the best!

When they finished with the island I had about 30 minutes before it would be time to get ready to go to Hillsboro. Since Dodds Homecoming was going to be Sunday I wanted to get at least part of the Ranch mowed, especially the 300' of property line between us.

I put fuel in the tractor and then mowed for about 20 minutes. I was able to mow most of the lot next to the church and make it look presentable. Mom and Dad picked me up about 2:45 and we made our way to the celebration in Hillsboro.

The 50th anniversary celebration was a smashing success. Family and friends gathered in from all over and made it a very special afternoon and evening for my in-laws. There was good food and good fellowship happening everywhere you looked. May God bless Danny and Betty with many more years of good health and wonderful marriage.

One of the big hits of the evening was the wedding cards on each table. Betty had saved the original wedding cards they received when they married. They placed a few on each of the tables. It was awesome to read the cards that people gave them and the nice things they had to say. We knew many of the people that attended their wedding and some of them had great impact on our lives later. It was very neat.

It has been a great blessing to me to be a part of Danny and Betty Morgan's family for over 32 years. I am honored to be in such a great family.

By the time we arrived back at the barn Saturday night and unloaded all the stuff, we were glad that Dodds was starting their Homecoming at 1:00 on Sunday. It was all we could do to get some rest, prepare for service and arrive on time.

I have preached the Homecoming service a few times through the years and I count it an honor to preach such a special day in the church where I was raised. It is a privilege to preach to the people that spanked me as a kid. May God bless Pastor Kelly Rogers for inviting us.

That wraps up our weekend. We are looking forward to the fellowship meeting at Dryden Rd. this week. It is always a special treat.

Thanks for tuning in today.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 8/20/2017

Here are the links from our posts this last week.

Odie's Saturday Post

Helping Bro. Shobanke Rebuild

This Week So Far

Metamora Old Gospel Celebration

Rebuilding A Church In Nigeria

Weekend Woundup and Weview #34

This was our view out the front window early in the week at Hodgenville, Kentucky.

This was our view out the door.

This was our view when we pulled into Dodds Church next to the Lazy OD Ranch very late Tuesday night.

Today we have Homecoming service at Dodds at 1:00 PM. We would love to have you join us.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

Golden Celebration Day

Hey friends, this is Odie reporting in today from Ohio. I am posting pretty early for me because we have a big day on tap.

I hope you have had a fabulous week! This week has been fantastic for our family. We  enjoyed attending and singing in two excellent revival services in Hodgenville, Kentucky and the last three nights at Dodds Pentecostal Church. 

Dodds Church is extremely close to home. In fact the church shares a property line with the Lazy OD Ranch.😀 The Lord blessed us with three powerful services so far. It is a blessing to us to see God encouraging Pastor Kelly Rogers and our dear friends and family here.

We are looking forward to  Homecoming service at Dodds tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 PM. You are cordially invited to join us if you are in the area. There is still time to plan on attending. There will be a dinner afterward and you will not want to miss that.

Golden Celebration Day

Today is a special day that we have set aside to celebrate two incredible people and their 50 year marriage. My Papaw and Gran, Danny and Betty Morgan said "I do" in 1967. We are beginning the celebration a little early today!

October 14th 1967

50 years of marriage takes determination, commitment and hard work. It is definitely something worth celebrating. I have been around for way over half of their marriage and I have never seen their love waver. By God's grace they have kept traveling the road together. 

I love my Gran and Papaw so much!  I am proud to be their Granddaughter. I was the first grandchild when I made my grand entrance on their 18th anniversary. (Dad says it was the first and last time I was ever early) It is a tremendous blessing to have grandparents that still love each other today.  God has brought them a long way in the last 50 years. 

I am looking forward to what God has in store for them in the days ahead. I am excited that our family and friends will gather today to commemorate this Golden Milestone that is rarely achieved in today's word. 

So here is a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Gran and Papaw! We all love you very much!

Summer 2016

I will close for now. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Hope you come back very soon. 

Odie

Helping Bro. Shobanke Rebuild

I wrote on Tuesday that Bro. Shobanke is going to have to rebuild one of his branch churches in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. 

They had to tear it down because it was about to fall down and hurt someone and possibly destroy their school building. It was a tough thing to do but had to be done.

I have had a few folks ask how they can contribute. That is a good question. It is notoriously hard to get money safely wired to Nigeria. It has been done by people I know but it is risky. I also know people that have wired money through reputable companies and it was never delivered. 

Some of them eventually got their money back and some did not. I refuse to take that chance at this point.

After the second person asked me about contributing, I remembered that a good friend of mine will be leaving soon for Nigeria. I contacted him yesterday and he is willing to deliver whatever offering we can gather for Bro. Shobanke. I must mail him a check on Tuesday August 22nd in order for him to receive it in time to process it and take it with him.

Today is Friday. If you want to help with the expense of rebuilding the church that was torn down, there are two ways to do it. 

1. You can put a check in the mail to Boggs Family Ministries (Address below) and then let us know how much is on the way. 

2. Or you can give through the Donate button on this website.

Whether you send a check or Donate through the website, please let us know it is for the "Nigerian Church". I assure you that 100% of the money will go specifically for that purpose. We will keep none of it and my friend that delivers it will keep none of the money.

Also, Bro. Shobanke is always very diligent about accounting for every penny we give him for a project. I assure you that he will make sure that the money is spent properly for the church rebuild.

Please do not feel pressured to give, that is not my intention to at all. Many of you have commitments that are pressing and more opportunities to give than you can fulfill. Help if you need to, want to and can do it. Whatever you do, please pray for Bro. Shobanke, his Pastors and his people.

May God bless you. Thank you for reading today.

Davy

Boggs Family Ministries

P.O. Box 28

Waynesville, Ohio 45068

This Week So Far

We worked on the house Monday with Kelly Jo's Dad and left Monday about 2:45 PM to go to Hodgenville, Kentucky. Their Homecoming revival is in progress this week and we were planning to be there Monday and Tuesday nights. We were hoping to miss the traffic in Cincinnati but we still lost about 35 minutes going through.

Cincinnati traffic has always been iffy. There are two major north/south interstates going through miles of city and right through downtown before converging to cross the Ohio River on the same bridge. The bridge has been needing major repair for years. This year they are redoing the bridge AND doing major construction on BOTH interstates.

Whose idea was that? I wonder if they still have a job?😉😉

We made it to HPC with barely enough time to get parked, hooked up, cleaned up and walk into church. The services were outstanding and the fellowship was priceless. We enjoyed being with Pastor Webb and all of the great folks at HPC. Bro. David Brimm and Bro. John Gabbard preached great oo.

We pulled out Tuesday night after church about 10:30. We had a smooth ride home with no traffic problems at all. We parked in the Dodds church parking lot about 1:45 and I was sleeping about 45 minutes later.

We parked at the church so it would be easier to load our sound equipment into the church Wednesday. I was at the house working when Dad came to let us in the church. KJ pulled the bus closer and the three of us carried and rolled in the equipment.

By the time we had the BoggsMobile parked in the barn, KJ's Dad was already painting in the house. He continued priming cabinets and we jumped in sanding, removing drawer fronts and hinges and labeling doors for the right cabinets.

Odie is sanding and Papaw Danny the great paint master is teaching!

Work was winding down about 3:00 so I went to the church to set up the sound equipment while KJ, Danny and Odie were finishing. Kelly Jo helped me with sound check and then it was time to get prepared for church.

Speaking of church, we had a great first night of revival. Praise God for His help. We are looking forward to two more great nights and a wonderful Homecoming service on Sunday. We will have lots of pictures of the revival later.

Thank you for dropping in to sit a spell.

Davy