An Appetizing App

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in from Mississippi. I hope you all have had a good week. This week we immensely enjoyed being with Pastor Don Goodwin and our sweet friends at Beech Creek Assembly. I am thankful that God visited us in revival!

Now we are in Ellisville, Mississippi. I am happy to be here with Pastor Kenny and Sis. Joan Morris. They are some of our special road family! We are anticipating a wonderful time at First Assembly! Revival is scheduled for Sunday-Friday and I invite you to join us in service. 

I appreciate that some of you let me know you enjoyed my post last Saturday. Thank you for your feedback! You can click here to view that post. Last Saturday I talked about Hobby Lobby and today we will visit Chic-fil-A. 

Chic-fil-A is another company built on Christian principles. It is ”My Pleasure,” quoting their employees, to give them my business. My days are always better if they include Chic-fil-A.

When I was a girl our local mall had a Chic-fil-A and it was always fun to visit the restaurant. I still love going to their restaurants across the nation. I wish I knew all the locations that I have visited. 

Last year Chick-fil-A celebrated 50 years of business and the company is still expanding. I have had many friends work for this great company through the years and most of them enjoyed the experience very much. 

I learned more about the company’s history on the website here. It is nice to read their stories. Some franchisers do really nice things for their local communities and I loved reading it. You can also test your Chick-fil-A knowledge on their website.

Chick-fil-A is known for their fast service and hot food. A few months ago I downloaded the Chic-fil-A app on my phone. The app makes ordering and receiving food even quicker.

I really like this app and I wanted to recommend it to you. It is available in the iTunes App Store here  I am always on the lookout for cool apps and I like getting recommendations from my friends. This app is definitely a keeper for me!

Mom and I have successfully used the app several times. Never once has our order been lost. We have ordered at different locations too, Arizona, Ohio, Alabama and Texas. 

How does it work?

You download the free app from the iTunes App Store.

Then open the app and set up your account. You should be automatically logged into your account the next time that you open the app. 

Then choose your desired location and pick up preference.

Place your order, select payment type and confirm your order.  Once you have arrived at the location, click I am here and your order will be ready soon. 

It is super easy and a great way to avoid the line. This even works if you are dining inside the restaurant. For me it is much easier than navigating the line with a wheelchair!

A nice feature is that I can login a gift card to my account and it will add the balance to my account. It is there for future purchases. I do not have to keep up with the gift card or remember to bring it with me.

I like receiving a random reward from Chic-fil-A. I also get rewards after a certain amount of purchases. Free food is always nice! I have couple rewards waiting for me. I look forward to redeeming them soon.

Well, are you hungry yet? I know that I am craving a Chick-fil-A fix. It is ”My Pleasure” to have you visit with us. I hope you have a fantastic weekend. 

I will close with a link to the hilarious song ”God Bless You Chic-fil-A”. You can find it here sang by Christian comedian Tim Hawkins. 

Odie

Doing The Work of An Evangelist

I told you yesterday that we had a busy, rainy day ahead and I was mostly correct. I should have said busy, mostly rainy, long and warm day, That would have been more accurate. It was 80 degrees while we were traveling. That is what I am talking about!

I knew we had to make some time on the road if we were going to get everything accomplished. We had a late night Wednesday and I had to push myself out of bed Thursday so I could get things popping.

The first thing on the agenda was doing the work of the evangelist. For those of you not up to date on your KJV, you will find the command for Pastors to ...do the work of an evangelist... in II Timothy 4:5. 

Paul was instructing Timothy, a Pastor, not to neglect the work of evangelism even though he was the Pastor of a local church. While you are strengthening and encouraging saints, Timothy, do not forget to tell the Gospel story and bring others to Christ. Do the work of an evangelist.

I have jokingly tried to get Pastors to "do my work" for years. When I say "do the work of an evangelist" I am referring to the most dreaded job of an itinerant evangelist that travels in an RV. What is that? Emptying the holding tanks, of course.

Not many Pastors are willing to do the work of an evangelist so I usually have to empty the holding tanks of the BoggsMobile myself!

It had to be completed Thursday morning. I was going to do it Wednesday afternoon but it was raining cats and dogs. It was raining more cats and dogs after church Wednesday night. I know it was because I almost stepped on a poodle!

Thursday morning it had to be done rain or shine. Fortunately we had a little break in the rain about 6:00 AM so out into the dark I went. It took me a while to rig everything up since the drain on the bus was over 20' from the sewer opening. The sun was up by the time I finished and cleaned up. We cranked the bus, hooked up the car and pulled out before 7:30.

Our next stop was a Walmart in Crowley, Louisiana about 191 miles away. I did not get a picture there but I did take a picture out of the bus window before I left a few hours later.

I left the girls with the BoggsMobile and I took the Green Machine about 50 miles straight north to Pine Prairie, Louisiana. We had ordered two dbx equalizers for Bro. Gautreaux's sound system at Christian Tabernacle. I wanted to get those units hooked up for him. 

It was good to see Bro. Gautreaux and a few of his folks. A little over three hours after I left, I was back in the bus, with the car hooked up and preparing to leave.

It took us about 2 hours to drive the next 85 miles. The traffic was horrible in Baton Rouge. This is the forth time we have driven through Baton Rouge this year and it has been horrible three of those times!

We had to drive through Baton Rouge anyway but we were not going straight through. We stopped at WalMart and parked the bus while we drove the car a mile or so away to El Magey Mexican Buffet. This was our second visit this year and it was even better than the first! Wow!

Finally we navigated the last 16 miles across Baton Rouge to spend the night again at Bass Pro in Denham Springs. Kelly Jo and Odie took the car ahead to make sure there was a place for us to park before I exited the interstate. KJ took this picture of the BoggsMobile turning into the parking lot.

Those last 16 miles, most of it interstate, took me over 50 minutes to drive. I only drove the bus 290 miles and the car about 85 miles Thursday but we were all beat. It was nearly 11 hours since we had left Livingston, Texas by the time we parked.

I may be getting wimpy in my old age. But we are only 180 miles from Ellisville, Mississippi and we have all day to make the drive. We are looking forward to the Wild Game Supper at First Assembly to support their school. It is always great!

That wraps up our travel day. Thank you for riding along with us.

Davy

Revival In Pictures - Livingston, Texas

It is time for another Revival In Pictures post. This one is from Beech Creek Assembly near Livingston, Texas. This is our third revival for Pastor Don Goodwin and his church and we enjoyed it a great big bunch. Last night God moved in the prayer line at the end of the service and I am praising Him for it this morning. I love watching God touch folks.

Pastor Don and Sis. Lori Goodwin

Pastor Goodwin and his wife have been in the ministry all of their adult lives and they have been in Livingston well over 20 years. Their fingerprints are all over this place and God has used them to touch a lot of lives in this community. We are honored they invited us in to be a short term part of their ministry.

I hope you enjoy the pictures from revival at Beech Creek. We plan to travel today toward Ellisville, Mississippi. We have a busy, raining day ahead so I need to get moving soon.

Thank you for stopping in.

Davy

Odie has been parallel parking the BoggsMobile again.