It's Raining And The Old Man Is Not Snoring

It's Raining, It's Pouring, The Old Man Is Not Snoring.

We are having a tremendous tent revival in Richton, Mississippi this week, but we are dealing with a bunch of rain. We have never had this much rain in Richton, In fact, one man at the feed store said, "Next year when my hay is burning up, get that preacher down here and set up his tent." Yep, it has been raining that much.

Although I do not love it to rain this much during tent revival, it has not kept us from having service each night. It may have hindered the size of the crowd some, but the crowds have been very good in spite of the rain and it has not hindered God from moving one ounce.

Loading and unloading the sound equipment has been a challenge, because there are a lot of soupy areas around the tent. Parking was a little tricky last night, because we do not want to leave big ruts and mess up the grass in the park. These are only small inconveniences compared to what rain could do.

Thankfully it has not rained with heavy wind or lots of thunder and lightning during church. That would probably shut things down in a hurry, but so far that has been good.

Heavy rain keeps me under the tent quite a bit and leaves less time for other things that need to be completed. One of those "other" neglected things is the time it takes to update the Mile Markers. Even though God has miraculously helped us to be able to have service each night, unfortunately He has not written any posts for me.

Therefore, this is all you get today.🤣 🤣 

Check back tomorrow and we should have oodles of pictures from tent revival.

Davy

Vintage View Vednesday - Richton Tent Revival 2011

Our very first revival for Pastor Scott Morris and First Assembly in Richton, Mississippi was in the spring of 2008. It was also the same week that we were moving from our last fifth wheel into the bus. It was a busy week and a week that changed our lives forever for the better.

We fell in love with these folks and they returned our love back to us with interest. They have become some of our very best friends and one of our favorite places to visit.

We had preached three revivals for Bro. Scott and his folks when he asked us to preach a tent revival in their city park. They had set up a tent and had tent revival there the previous year or two and we were glad to join their effort.

That was also the year we began to do several tent revivals each year. I had been praying about it for three or four years and it seemed the time was right. 

The finances were not right and I was advised, by men I trust, against devoting so much time and resources toward tent revival. I still felt like it was the right thing to do and by the time we rolled into Richton, we had set our 30x40 white tent up six times that summer.

It was a great year and I knew I had found the will of God for our family for at least the next few years. That was a surprise to me. I expected to have a summer of tent revivals and go on to the next thing. About 1/2 way through the summer, I knew that tent revival would always hold a huge place in my heart.

Bro. Scott and his folks had access to a large tent and they had it set up when we arrived. That almost felt like cheating to me, but I sure enjoyed it!

We had a wonderful revival that year and the rest is history. That revival has been followed by six more tent revivals in Richton under the Blue and White Gospel Tent and we have loved every moment of it.

Today we are taking a stroll through the archives to our first tent revival in Richton during the first full week of October 2011. I hope you enjoy Vintage View Vednesday. Thank you for dropping in.

Davy

The Tent Goes Up In Richton, Mississippi

I mentioned that the tent set up when really great and it did. I do not think there was one hiccup in the actual set up process. Plenty of help arrived on time and up it went.

This is the the sixth time we have set up the Blue and White Gospel Tent in Richton, Mississippi in two different configurations. If any church should know how to set up this tent, Richton First Assembly should be at the top of the list. They had other tents on this same spot in previous years. That adds to their experience.

I did make a mathematical error Friday night while Bro. Scott Morris and Kelly Jo were helping me mark the stake line. We had set small stakes for the center poles, two end stakes and marked 7 or 8 other stakes before I realized my figures were wrong.

Oops! We had to spend about 15 minutes backtracking and then we were back on course. I suppose I was either tired, mentally unprepared or made a stupid mistake. I am inclined to go with door number three.

Odie captured a bunch of pictures of the men and women driving stakes and then working all the way until the tent was in the air.

The first picture of driving stakes was taken about 7:50. I think Odie told me the picture below was taken about 50 minutes later.

Here is the tent set up crew.

Before the tent Saturday morning.

After the tent was up Saturday afternoon.

During church service Monday night.

After church Monday night.



Although I do get tired of all the logistics involved with having tent revival, I never ever get tired of watching the tent go up and then experiencing the presence of the Lord under the tent. I absolutely love it all.

The first two services have been awesome! I am thankful for the people that have been able to come and participate in tent revival. I am expecting it to be even better!

Thank you for reading Mile Markers today.

Davy