Weekend Woundup and Weview 5/7/2018

The only difference between the beginning of our weekend and the end of our weekend is one letter. Friday began in BristoL, Virginia and Sunday night ended in BristoW, Virginia. Between the L and the W we found about 400 miles and a bunch of fun with friends and family.

The last night of revival in Bristol was youth rally at Grace Tabernacle. It was great to have visitors from other churches. The youth leader and some of the youth group came all the way from Charlotte, North Carolina. We love Pastor Joseph Chambers and it was wonderful to see some of his folks.

Bro. Chamber's associate Pastor, Joe Ganze and his family were there too.

It was a special treat to have some of our family in service Friday night. Polly Kramer and her son James drove nearly an hour to be with us and we enjoyed their visit so very much. Polly was married to my first cousin, Mike Kramer, for 36 years. Mike passed away suddenly nearly two years ago and it was a great blessing to get to be in service with Polly and James.

Thank you, Polly and James for coming. We enjoyed it so much.

May God bless the people of Grace Tabernacle for all of their kindness to us last week and throughout the years.

We had intended to leave Friday night after church, but we enjoyed visiting way too late. We decided to rest a while before cranking the bus. To get the BoggsMobile out of the parking lot of Grace Tabernacle, I back the bus out, pull off the hill and then hook up the Green Machine. All of that was completed and by 5:35 AM we were on the road.

We stopped about 60 miles from our destination at Love's to add a little fuel. We did not need to fill up yet, but I may need to run the generator some next week so I like a full tank of diesel for that.

We pulled into Bristow Assembly in Bristow, Virginia about 11:30 AM. Pastor Ken Taylor arrived shortly after we were parked and helped me get wired into the electricity.

Saturday afternoon and evening we enjoyed a restful evening with family.

Sunday morning we began revival with Pastor Ken Taylor at Bristow Assembly. It was a wonderful day with two good revival services and two good visits to Tony's NY Pizza. By God's grace we are going to have more good revival services this week AND more visits to Tony's!

Sis. Taylor and Pastor Taylor

That wraps up our weekend. Thank you for stopping in today.

Davy

View Out The Front Window May 6, 2018

This is our view out the front window this week at Bristow Assembly in Bristow, Virginia.

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

Odie's Saturday Evening Post

Revival In Pictures - Bristol, Virginia

A Prayer Request and A Special Visitor Ahead

Vintage View Vednesday

Firm Evidence of A Job Well Done

Weekend Woundup and Weview

Thank you for dropping by today. I hope you have a blessed Sunday.

Davy

Encouragement From The Archives

Hey Friends,

How are you doing on this fine Saturday? This is Odie checking in from the beautiful state of Virginia. The beauty of this state amazes me every time we visit. Today the BoggsMobile will change locations and cities, but not states. We will travel from Bristol to Bristow Virginia. 

Encouragement From The Archives

We have been posting here almost 10 years. We have archived a lot of memories. We can look back at Mile Markers like a journal or old photo album. 

Time has a way of changing all of us. It happens so fast. Although important experiences quickly become distant past, I love to be reminded of the things, people and events that formed me and brought me to this place in life.

I am enjoying the series Dad is posting on Wednesdays, Vintage View Vednesday. It is fun to look back and see pictures from the past. If you have missed these posts I encourage to go back through the Wednesday posts. 

The other day I was searching Google looking for something on Mile Markers. I came across an old post from a couple of years ago. It made my day and encouraged me again. I want to re-post some of it today. Maybe it will encourage you too. 

God used a little Mississippi girl named Calley to strengthen my faith. Her faith still encourages me! Seeing this again gave me the boost I needed for another day. May God bless my precious little friend! 

I love getting notes from my young friends. Sometimes I get them before or after church. A lot the times their notes reflect their childlike faith. I want to keep the faith of a child.

Thursday we received our mail from home. I received the sweetest note from Calley Taylor of Laurel, Mississippi. It made my day! She drew a picture of me and the caption read, "You are gitting Hilled!"

Calley, I treasure your faith and encouragement! Thank you for sharing your masterpiece with me. I believe I will be healed and God used you to encourage me in my faith. 

I want to encourage everyone reading to keep believing God. Our God turns impossibilities into possible realities, in His time. Also, take a little time to be an encourager. A card, call, text, a kind word or deed can brighten someone's day unexpectedly. It feels good to help somebody see a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. 

Have a God blessed weekend. I hope you find extra, unexpected encouragement today. I am purposing to be extra, unexpected encouragement to someone today. Thank you for reading!

Odie