Monday, January 15, 2018

Weekend Woundup and Weview January 15, 2018

The weekend flew by at a fast and furious pace. Well, all of it was fast paced until we ground to a halt in Baton Rouge area traffic Saturday afternoon, but I will get to that in a few moments.
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Friday we had more great fellowship with Bro. Barry and Sis. Teresa Gautreaux. We enjoyed being with our friends and we miss being gone from them already. On our last day we had more great food and more great conversation.

Friday night was Youth Rally and several churches were represented. We have been acquainted with most of those churches and their Pastors for many years. It was good to see them as they gathered in.

I snapped a few pictures of the beautiful sanctuary before folks arrived.




Odie took a bunch of pictures of the Pine Prairie folks and the visitors.





































One of the Pastors that was present has a strong connection to a church where we preached revival only a few weeks ago. Pastor Shamgar Deatherage is the son of Pastor John Deatherage in Bloomington, California. Shamgar is pastoring in south central Arkansas. It was good to see him again.


We hoped to get an early start Saturday morning since we had a big day planned. We were up way too late visiting with all the folks Friday night and our hopes of an early departure evaporated right before our eyes.

We pulled out of the church drive a few minutes after 9:00 AM. We stopped a few miles south of the church to fuel up. It was sunny but it sure felt cold!



The truck stop required payment before pumping so I guessed at the amount. It probably would have held 25-30 more gallons.


It was a beautiful day to travel.



As I mentioned, Baton Rouge traffic was a mess. We dodged one traffic backup only to run into another. We drove a few miles in order to get on I-10 and the on-ramp was closed. We had to do a U-Turn with the bus and car and found the I-10 on-ramp from that direction was closed as well.

That left us with one option. We backtracked a few miles to Hwy 190 and went through the town traffic until we joined I-12 on the east side of Baton Rouge. It made for a very long and very stressful morning.

The slow down and dodging hither and yon turned a 282 mile trip into 6 hours and 55 minutes! Wow!

We parked at Forts Lake, wired into the electric panel, carried in our sound equipment, changed clothes and hit the road in the Green Machine. I guess I figured 282 miles were not enough so we drove 115 miles to church! 

We have wanted to visit my friend Pastor Nathaniel Roach near Castleberry, Alabama and Saturday was the best time to do it. They were having their annual fellowship meeting and we enjoyed our first time visiting there. We walked in right before service and left right before they dismissed so we did not take pictures.

Sunday morning in Moss Point rolled around bright and early. It was cold but beautiful.



We love coming to Forts Lake. Bro. Cauley and his folks respond so good to the singing and preaching and that makes it much easier to have revival. Plus they have great singing here and we love getting to enjoy that. The singing was excellent both Sunday morning and Sunday night. I wish you could hear it.

We snapped a few pictures from the services. We hope to have many more on Friday.












That wraps up our second weekend back on the road. I hope they all can be so good this year! Thank you very much for reading.

Davy

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Our View Out the Window 1/14/2018

Here are the links to our posts from the last week. Please take a moment to check them out.







This is our view out the front window of the BoggsMobile at Forts Lake Assembly near Moss Point, Mississippi.


This is our view out the front door.


This was our view last week at Pine Prairie. Last Sunday's view picture was taken at night. I figured you might like to see the view in the day time.



It seems that we have less cell phone signal here than we normally do. I am having trouble getting anything at all to post properly. If you hear from us less than normal this week, you will know why. Have a great Sunday.

Davy

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Happy Early Birthday, Dad

Hey Friends,

This is Odie checking in. 2018 is off to a great start for me. I hope you are doing well too. I have loved being on the road again and the services we have been in have been wonderful. 

It was a privilege to be with Pastor Barry Gautreaux and our friends at Christian Tabernacle through last night. We have been coming to Pine Prairie, Louisiana nearly 12 years. I am so grateful God allowed our paths to cross with these great people. They have been true friends to us! It is awesome to see what God has done for our friends and I know God will continue to bless them. 

Today the BoggsMobile will be traveling to Moss Point, Mississippi. We are looking forward to being with Pastor Tim Cauley and the folks there. We always have a fantastic time with our friends at Forts Lake Assembly. 

Revival begins tomorrow and runs through Friday. You are invited to join us. We usually have several friends that visit us at Forts Lake and we love to see everyone.

The work continues at home on the house that is being built for me to live in. The progress that has been made in the last 7 days is a dramatic change!  We are a couple major steps closer to being finished. I am about to bounce off the walls with excitement. You can read about the HVAC install and see the pictures in Dad's Tuesday post here

Now the siding install has started and I love the way it is looking. We will definitely have more pictures and details on the siding later. I can not wait for you to see it. Thank you to my Papaw Eugene and Uncle Steve for keeping everything running smoothly at home! 

Happy Birthday

I want to wish my Daddy an early Happy Birthday! He will be celebrating his special day in a few days. I did not want to miss an opportunity to tell my amazing Papa that I love him. We had a lot of fun on the blog last year for Dad's birthday. Check out those posts by clicking here and here.

My latest favorite pictures of Dad are from our day trip in November to Sequoia National Park. You can read about that wonderful day by clicking here




Dad, I really do love you "More than a hog loves slop!" You are a wonderful Father, Teacher, Preacher, Counselor, Friend and my Teddy Bear. Words can not convey my appreciation and admiration for you. You have given me so much all of my life and it is impossible for me to adequately thank you. 

Thank you so much for giving of your time, money, labor and strength on the entire house project. I know it is a heavy load on top of all your other ministry and family responsibilities and stresses. I will never forget all you have done for me. I hope you have a fabulous birthday! Love, your Baby Girl forever and always! 

Thank you all for stopping by for a visit. We appreciate you giving us a few minutes of your day. Have a great weekend. 

Odie