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Mile Marker: December 15, 2009 (From Davy)
Wow! What a trip.
Praise God for his protection and his help during
our 16 day trip to Nigeria, Africa. God is so
good. I wish there was some way I could convey
to you the spiritual blessing we receive each time
we are privileged to fellowship with our brethren in
Nigeria. The personal prayer time that we
experienced with Bro. Shobanke and others was almost
worth the trip itself. Add to that the
fellowship, the Gospel Crusades, the Minister's
Conferences and the tremendous altar services, it
becomes more than I can describe. Thank God
for the privilege to carry the Gospel of Christ to
such precious people. I marvel at the fact
that God allows our family to be involved in such
divine business. Praise God for His blessings.
We appreciate Bro. Shobanke and all the brethren in Nigeria for
putting together all the meetings there. These
are wonderful men that I wish each of you could
meet. Pray that God will continue to bless
their works for Him.
We were able to keep folks updated on the trip on
http://www.boggsblogs.com by emailing the updates from our
phones. In fact it worked so well we are going
to continue using that for our regular Mile Marker
updates. We are able to add photos and to
update much more often than we can using our
computer, especially since we often go days and
weeks without internet service in our travels.
Anyway, we will try it for a while and if it works
we will make it a permanent thing. We will not
send out an email each time we post on
http://www.boggsblogs.com but if you join there as a
follower I think you have the option to be notified
with each update. We will continue to send out
an email update when we post pictures on
davykellyandodie.com and make other changes.
Speaking of pictures, we have bunches of pictures from Nigeria and
we added four sets today. The others will be
added over the next week or so. Please look at
the pictures and let us know what you think. I
wish we could capture the reality of Nigeria in a
picture but at least they give you an idea of what
it is like. We hope you enjoy.
God bless you every one.
Davy
Mile Marker: November 25, 2009 (From Davy)
Today is the big day. We leave
from Dayton, OH airport around 7:00 PM, leave
Atlanta around 11:15 PM and land in Lagos, Nigeria
around 4:30 PM on Thursday. Everything is packed and
ready to transport to the airport. We are pretty
excited to get underway. I can't say that I am ever
really excited about a long flight but it's pretty
hard to get to Africa without a long flight. Can't
wait to see all our Brothers and Sisters we met last
time and to meet some new folks. If all goes as
planned we should get a chance to catch our breath
before we start the meetings. We will arrive in
Abeokuta late Thursday and don't have any meetings
scheduled until Sunday Morning. That should allow us
to rest and adjust to the time change a little
better than we did last time.
We sure do appreciate all that have offered to pray for us while we
are gone. Please pray for our safety while traveling
and while in Nigeria. But most importantly pray that
God will use us and prepare the hearts of the people
we will be preaching to. We certainly want to be
effective for the cause of Christ in Nigeria.
We hope to post updates while we are gone but all of that depends
on internet service. We plan to leave Nigeria late
at night on December 10th and should arrive back in
Dayton that day.
Thanks again for your prayers and may God bless each of you. Davy
Mile Marker: 11/13/2009
We are in the final stages of preparations for our Mission trip to
Nigeria. Kelly Jo and Odie are doing the
necessary shopping in order to pull
everything together for the trip and soon
the packing will begin. We will arrive home
from Goshen, IN the night of the 22nd, pull
it all together and fly out Wednesday the
25th. We should land in Lagos, Nigeria the
next day. Bro. Shobanke will meet us at the
airport and we will go by car to Abeokuta,
Ogun State that evening. We plan to start
the meetings there on Sunday. We will have a
Minister's Conference during the day and a
Gospel Crusade at night. The next week we
will move to Ibadan, Oyo State and do it all
over again. We are looking forward to seeing
the many friends we made last time and
making many more. Please pray for our
effectiveness in Nigeria.
We are trying to figure out a way to keep
everyone up to date while we are in Nigeria.
We are not taking a computer with us for
various reasons so we can't update the
website like we normally would. We have
opened a page at blogger.com so we can add
updates from any internet enabled computer
or even with email from our phones (if we
have service).We will link to it from the
front page of our website and from the Mile
Marker page but we may not have a way to let
you know it has been updated while we are
out of the country. We will update as often
as possible would love to hear from you as
well. Please leave a comment and if we have
internet service like we did last time we
will publish the comments as well.
The direct link to the blog page is
www.boggsblogs.com
Notice boggsblogs is plural. "s" on the end
of boggs and blogs.
Thanks
and God Bless, Davy, Kelly
and Odie
Mile
Marker: November 5th, 2009
Hello from
Jonesboro, Illinois! We are here at
Trinity Pentecostal Tabernacle with Pastor Geoff
Bond. We are homeless for a few days this
week. The BoggsMobile is in Nashville
getting some work done. Our home is
desperately missed!!!!! Thank you to Bro.
Geoff and the church for allowing us to stay in
the evangelist quarters. Thanks very much
for not making me sleep outside!!!!! (Inside
joke) We greatly appreciate your
hospitality!
Last week was a wonderful week with our friends at Beechfork
Holiness Church. Pastor Herman Woods and
the congregation always go out of their way to
make us feel at home! We love you all very
much Thank you so much for your friendship over
the many years!!
I owe Bro. Herman and the church a huge thank you for remembering
my birthday!! Thank you for the party,
cards and offering!!!! Your kindness to me
is overwhelming!! Thank you from the
bottom of my heart! Many people over the
last month did special things for me for my
birthday, including the Bethany Church in Sand
Springs where I actually was on my Birthday and
the Trinity Church in Hazard, KY. Thanks
again to all of you for your thoughtfulness!!!!!
We have been blessed to see a beautiful fall this year!
Kentucky and Tennessee both were vibrant with
color! Saturday night on the way to church
the sun was shining on the beautiful mountains
full of color, and then a rainbow came out too.
It was an awesome sight!! Everyday God
seemed to be at work painting things brighter
and better!
Also last week we were privileged to have Dad’s parent visit us for
a couple days in Tennessee!! It is always
a pleasure to see and to spend time with my
Mamaw and Papaw. Thank you for making time
to come see us!
Dad has added a bunch of Pictures to the website today.
Make sure you have a peek before you go and let
us know what you think.
Well I am starting to ramble now so I will close now. Keep us
in your prayers we leave November 25th for
Nigeria. Have a great day!
Odie
Mile Marker: October
16th, 2009
Hey folks! I trust all is
going well with you! We are doing good.
God has been so good to us. We have a lot to be
thankful for.
The road under the BoggsMobile’s wheels has been hot lately.
Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Kentucky and
Oklahoma have been our landing spots the last
few weeks. We started October in Alabama.
We were finishing the Homcoming revival for The
Apostle Donnie Willimason and the Tanner
Williams Holiness Church. We had a great
time.
Then we were off to Bond Campmeeting in Kentucky. It was so
great to be with Pastor John Gabbard and our
wonderful friends of the Bond Holiness Church.
Our pastor, Bro. Bennie Sutherland, preached
AWESOME the three nights we were there to hear
him! It was just good to be in campmeeting
for a few days. We needed the
encouragement!
Sand Springs, Oklahoma is where we then journeyed. God came
by and visited us in a special way at Bethany
Holiness Church! We greatly enjoyed our
time with Pastor Darrell Toliver and
congregation. Thank you for the warm
welcome!
Thank you to Bro. Jeff
Armbrister and everyone who works
in the Sunday morning outreach service. We
were blessed to be in the service with you all!
Please keep up the good work reaching out to
hurting of this world. It is amazing what
the Lord is doing through your efforts!
The Toliver Trio, Brittany Adrianne and Brooklyn from Bethany
Holiness, have just released their debute
project. "Stand and Testify" was produced
by Ben Isaacs. These girls are awesome and
they are anointed!! I highly recommend you
add this project to your collection. You
will be blessed! You can contact
them at
thetolivertrio@yahoo.com.
Currently we are here at Mt. Vernon Holiness Church in Oklahoma
City. Their fellowship meeting runs
through Sunday morning. Pastor Rickey
Searcy along with our family would be happy to
have you join us!
The pieces are falling in place for upcoming missions trip to
Nigeria. God is truly working things out
for us! Maybe Dad will give you more
details later. Please continue to keep us
in your prayers!! We need lots of them!!!
Odie
Mile
Marker: August 25, 2009 (From Davy)
We just
came out of the Fellowship Meeting at our home
church and it was Awesome! Bro. Dwain Galiher
preached the 10:00am service and Bro. Kevin Webster
preached the nights. They both preached the
Word and the Word blessed us and challenged us.
Several others preached in the afternoon and youth
services and it was all good. Several sinners
and backsliders prayed and many saints were in the
altars as well receiving help from the Lord.
I know it was a great time of encouragement for our family.
In fact just being at home church for a few days was
very refreshing. It is so great to have a good
home church that prays for us while we are away
preaching and then welcomes us with open arms when
we are home. May God bless the folks at Dryden
Rd.
The week before Dryden Rd. meeting we were in Salem, KY at Faith
Church with Pastor Philip Sanders. Bro.
Sanders has a great church and a wonderful family.
We experienced a powerful move of God in the
services there and had great fellowship on top of
it. Saturday night and Sunday morning God
really came down close to us and there is no telling
yet all the ways He blessed and touched. Our
God is amazing.
Speaking of great services, we began revival in Central City, KY
yesterday with Homecoming. Pastor Alan Harris
and his church are ready for revival and things got
cranked up in a hurry! We started with two
tremendous services. I'm sure Odie will give
you an update later.
Where is Odie? Well, her computer got the "blue screen of
death" a few weeks ago and my brother Steve worked
on it for hours. Its future does not look
good. She is trying to decide whether to
invest more time and money into it or bite the
bullet and buy another computer. Her laptop is
over six years old and everybody says its time to
retire it but it just seems like you ought to get
more use out of these things for the money you pay.
Well that's what's up with Odie. If she writes
a Mile Marker in the next little while she will have
to type it on my computer. She doesn't care
for that very much but she will get over it.
God bless you all.... Davy
Mile
Marker: August 11th, 2009
Hello from the beautiful state of Kentucky. We have
been in eastern Kentucky since Friday and it has
been beautiful. Hot but nice. We got to see a lot of
my Dad’s family as we sang, fellowshipped and ate
the last three or four days.
The last three weeks we have been in Virginia. Last week we were in
revival in Bristow, Virginia at Bristow Assembly. It
is wonderful to finally get better acquainted with
Pastor Ken Taylor. We met several years ago in
California but our paths never seemed to make it to
Virginia. The revival services were really great and
the people were great as well. Benji and Laura
Burris from Atwater, California were at Bristow last
week too. Sis. Laura is the only daughter of the
Taylors and they were as glad to have them as we
were. We love Benji and Laura and their three
precious children, Savannah, Constance and Clayton.
We spent nearly two weeks in Elkton, Virginia. We were in revival
over a week with our friends at Sandy Bottom
Holiness Church. God met us there with the sweetness
of his presence every service! It was a revival for
everyone! Thank you again to Pastor Buzzy Deane for
all your hospitality to our family! We love you
all!!!
”Doctor Phil” and “Deacon Eddie” Deane gave the BoggsMobile a
completely new look that week too. We said goodbye
to the carpet that was on the floor. It had a long
life of nearly 14 years. We now have beautiful
engineered hardwood throughout the BoggsMobile. Wow!
“WOW AGAIN!” It is so gorgeous! Thank you to the
Doctor and Deacon for all your labor!! We were
AWESOMIZED to have you lay the flooring!!!
We appreciate the Bible Holiness Church in Elkton and their new
Pastor Matt Homer for allowing us to park the
BoggsMobile at their church while it was being
worked on. Thank you so much for your hospitality.
God bless you.
My cousin Deidre has been on the road with us again this summer.
She just finished up her three week stay with us on
Sunday. I love having her with us. She always gives
us something to laugh about! I hope she has had as
much fun as I have had. She also helps me very much
with all my day to day things. Thanks Deidre. I love
you!
Another highlight of the last few weeks is that we got the chance
visit Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was neat to see
all the history! We took a two hour bus tour of the
battle field, toured the museum and saw where
President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. I am
very glad we were able to spend part of a day there
although it commemorates a very sad time in the
history of our nation.
We are looking forward to seeing our friends and family next week
at campmeeting at home. Hope you can come!
God bless you.. Odie
Mile
Marker: July 24, 2008 (From Davy)
Just a
quick word to let every one know we are doing well.
We are in Virginia for a few weeks and the weather
and mountains are beautiful. Right now we are in
revival at Sandy Bottom Holiness Church near Elkton
and it seems we are off to a good start. We
have very little internet service so Odie will have
to update you on all the happenings a little later.
Dryden Rd. Campmeeting is coming up soon and we are looking forward
to being home for that. Make plans to go to
Dayton for the meeting if you can. I know you
will be blessed! Thanks for all the prayers!
Davy
Mile
Marker: July 7th, 2009
Dad
told you the other day that we did not have good
internet signal last week. It took me at least 30
minutes to check my emails. Despite the lack of
internet signal and very little phone service we had
a great time in Reeds Spring, Missouri! Thank you to
Pastor Kurt McCrorey and everyone at Allen
Pentecostal church for your hospitality to us.
Last week had a couple of special days in it for our family. June
29th, was my parents wedding anniversary.
Congratulations Mom and Dad! I love you very much!
Friday, July 3rd was Mom’s 41st birthday. Happy
Birthday, Mom!!! While I’m on the birthday subject,
Happy Birthday to my Uncle Luke Evans! Uncle Luke,
have a wonderful birthday on Wednesday. We love
you!!
We were in service Sunday morning at Faith Pentecostal Church. God
came by and visited us! The Faith and Freedom
Celebration was Sunday evening. Thankfully the rain
held off. The weather was great for an outdoor event
in July. In fact, it was actually little chilly.
Pastor Philip Sanders and the congregation at Faith
Pentecostal Church prepare all year for the Faith
and Freedom Celebration. It is a wonderful outreach
to the community. We were just happy and privileged
to be a part of it this year. Thank you to Bro.
Sanders for inviting us!
The meal that afternoon was a huge fish fry. The fish and all the
trimmings were very good. Dad really loved it
although he had to restrain himself some since we
had to sing after the food. For dessert they served
home made ice cream. I don’t know all the kinds they
had, but I enjoyed the Rocky Road!
The church folks put on a special program with 100 flags. It was
amazing. Then came the Fireworks! They were
awesome! Bro. Israel Sanders, Bro. Jared Sanders and
whoever else that helped with the fireworks, thank
you for a great show!
We are now at Southside Holiness Church in Paducah, Kentucky. This
is our first time to be here with Pastor Noah
Martinez. We had a good first night with lots of
fellowship and a good altar service. I will let you
know how the week unfolds later.
Odie
Mile Marker: July 5, 2009
(From Davy)
Hope every one had a great 4th of July!
We traveled most of the day and everything went very
smooth. We were supposed to be in Salem, KY
for their Faith and Freedom Celebration yesterday
but they had to postpone the activities because of
bad weather. That gave us a little more time to
travel and we pulled in here last night. We
are having church here this morning and then the
Faith and Freedom Celebration will begin this
afternoon. Bro. Sanders and his church really
go all out so we are looking forward to being a part
of it. I am thankful we live in a country that
is relatively free and I am praying that it stays
that way. Things are rapidly changing around
the world and our nation is leading the way.
May God help us in the coming months and years.
We were at Allen Church near Reeds Spring, Missouri last week and
had a great time there. We met Bro. Kurt
McCrorey several years ago while we were living in
Wichita and instantly fell in love with his family
and his home church there at Allen. The folks
are fine people and we love being with them.
Bro. Kurt is now the Pastor and has been for a few
years. We love going back each year and in
fact we try to slip in every little chance we get.
If you are ever near Springfield or Branson, look
them up. You will find some great people with
a heart for God!
I need to mention that the Family Camp we were scheduled to preach
July 21-23 in West Virginia has been cancelled.
Some obstacles arose with the camp they rent that
could not be overcome so they will not be having
camp this year. I wanted to let everyone know
in case you were making plans to attend.
Odie has been quiet the last several days because our internet
service has been pretty much non existent. I
am sure you will hear from her this week some time.
God bless you all! Davy
Mile
Marker: June 21st, 2009
Happy Fathers Day!!!!!!!! I am
thankful for my wonderful Father! I love my big
teddy bear of a daddy. Dad, I love you more than a
hog loves slop! I am also blessed with two wonderful
Papaw’s Eugene Boggs and Danny Morgan. I love you
both so very much!!
Revival finished Friday night at Landmark Holiness Church. We had a
wonderful week with Pastor Brandon Murray and
congregation. They are doing a great work reaching
out to the hurting people of Lawton, Oklahoma. They
bring men from a Department of Corrections Work
Center and the homeless to church. It was so
rewarding ministering to those who need God so
desperately Thank you to Bro. Brandon, Sis. Hailey
and all of Landmark for your hospitality! We enjoyed
our stay with you all! Keep up the good work!!
We made the four hour journey to Wichita, Kansas Friday night.
Saturday was the commencement exercises for the 2009
graduating class of Great Plains Bible College. Dad
gave the commencement address to the graduates! I
must say I thought He did a great job.
Congratulations to Sis. Dianne Southern, Sis. Leah
Underhill and Bro. Tom Pease on the accomplishment!!
They worked hard for two years for this exciting
day.
Revival starts today at Bethany Revival Center. We always have a
wonderful time with Bro. And Sis. DiZazzo I will
update later you on the events of the week.
Odie
Mile
Marker: June 16th, 2009
As Dad told you last time we are in Lawton,
Oklahoma this week. We are excited about what this
week holds. We were here for a one night visit back
in the winter. It was so cold then! Now it has
flip-flopped to very hot.
Campmeeting was so awesome last week. God is so wonderful! It still
amazes me that He can minister to each person in a
special way. I can not describe the help I received.
The fellowship with all our friends was also
wonderful. We had a great week!!
The singing at the Bristow Church Friday night was great. The
weather cooperated and we had a beautiful evening
for the singing. Thanks to Pastor Douglas Meadow and
everyone in charge of the event. His Image, Trinity
Trio and The Toliver Trio also sang. They all did an
outstanding job!! I was glad we got to be there just
to hear them sing.
We owe a HUGE thank you to Bro. Douglas Meadow and Bro. Michael
Touchton for helping us on bass and drums! You did a
great job! Thanks also to my friend Brentni for
helping with the cd table, taking pictures and
everything else she helped do.
Saturday we moved the short distance to Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
After getting the BoggsMobile set up we met Sally
Holm for dinner. Sally and I have been friends since
we were little girls, back in the snail-mail days.
She invited us to see where she lived and eat ice
cream at her house. We had a good time visiting with
her!
Both services Sunday we were at Amazing Grace Holiness Church with
Pastor Wayne Holcomb! God gave us some good altar
services! It was good to see the people getting
help! That’s it for now… Odie
Mile Marker: June 12,
2009
(From Davy)
Bristow Campmeeting was tremendous. The
preaching was great and so was the music, altar
services, fellowship and food. We are not able
to attend Bristow every year but we always look
forward to the times we can be a part of the
meeting. We were certainly blessed to be there this
year. It was a great encouragement to our
family. I appreciate the churches in this area
and the men who serve on the Campmeeting board and
make the Bristow meeting possible.
Tonight we are singing at the Bristow Holiness Church. They
are having an outdoor singing (If the thunderstorms
cooperate) and they have invited us to be here along
with other families and groups. We love the
opportunity to take the gospel outside every chance
we get. I am sure Odie well let you know how
it goes.
We have had some schedule changes the last few days. It seems
that happens every time we put out a Newsletter.
I guess God probably gets a kick out of our attempt
to make plans sometimes. Thank God He is in
control and not me. Sunday the 14th we are
planning to be in Sand Springs, Oklahoma at Amazing
Grace Holiness Church for both services. Bro.
Wayne Holcomb is the fine Pastor there and we a
looking forward to a great day. Monday through
Friday we are planning to preach revival for Pastor
Brandon Murray in Lawton, Oklahoma. It is
always exciting around Bro. Brandon so we are sure
to enjoy that week as well.
We have had some other changes as well so be sure and check out our
schedule here
on the website before you travel a long distance
only to find us gone! That would be baaaaaaad!
Today is a special day in my family. My Father and
Mother have been married 46 yeas today. Happy
Anniversary to Eugene and Martha Boggs. God
bless you Papa Bear and Mama Bear! We sure do
love and miss you!
Be sure and check out the new
Pictures
we added the first of the week and let us know what
you think. Also I added our current
Newsletter
today.
Well, that's about all the new for now. God bless you every
one! Davy
Mile Marker: June
7, 2009
We left Arizona
yesterday and drove all the way to Amarillo, Texas.
Whew, what a long drive. We went to bed early
and had a good nights rest.
We found a church to go to
this morning and we are resting this evening. (A lot
of churches have no Sunday night service any more
and we are to far from any churches we know about.)
We will pull out of here tomorrow and plan to be at
Bristow Campmeeting this week. If you are any
where near Bristow, I am sure you would enjoy the
meeting. It ends Thursday and we will be
singing at the Bristow Church Friday night. It
is an outdoor singing so come and be with us if you
can.
We added a whole bunch of new pictures this weekend as well.
Check them out and let us know what you think.
Hope you all are doing well. Odie
Mile Marker: June
2nd, 2009
We
finally made it to Arizona. It was a long trip! We
left out of California late Friday night. While
traveling down the road we heard a strange noise and
a passing car beeped to let us know we had problems.
Thankfully we could safely pull to the side of the
road. Dad went out to find we had lost a tire off
our jeep! There was only a little bit of rubber left
on the ruined rim. So we spent the next hour plus on
the side of the road. Dad and Mom got the doughnut
tire on the jeep and we limped on into a town. We
parked in a tire store parking lot for a couple
hours until the store opened. We got the new tire
and rim and were back on the road. In total we lost
around eight hours. But I thank God for protecting
us!!!
Due to the set back in time and Dad’s lack of sleep we did not make
it all the way to our destination on Saturday.
Thanks to Pastor Jimmy Munoz for understanding our
dilemma. We pulled in to Desert Cove Sunday
afternoon and set up for revival to begin Sunday
night. Revival got off to a good start and we
are expecting God to do great thing in El Mirage,
Arizona this week.
Let me back up to Thursday night. Thanks to Pastor Kenny McMillan
for inviting us to Armona, California. We enjoyed
being with the folks at Central Assembly!
Friday night we got to attend the 2009 graduation for Riverdale
Christian Academy. It was an awesome service!
Everyone did a wonderful job! Congratulations to all
of the 8th grade and senior graduates!!!!
I want to once again thank Bro. and Sis. Spencer for all they did
for us. We tremendously enjoyed being with you! I
want to especially thank all of you for making us
feel at home. We love, appreciate and miss you!
I have a funny story to share with you. It happened the last night
of revival at Riverdale. A piece of info you need to
know; I am SUPER jumpy. It doesn’t take much to
startle me at all. We were singing “I Don’t Have A
Prayer Without You”. I was sitting in my power
wheelchair on the edge of my seat on the platform. I
was fixing to start the second verse of the song.
All of the sudden there was a huge POP. I came near
to jumping off the platform!! It was so funny!! The
song had to stop as I along with a few hundred
people were laughing uncontrollably!!! It was quite
a scene!
Well better close for now. I need to work on my newsletter. Odie
Mile
Marker: May 29th, 2009
Hello, one final time from the beautiful state of
California. It is so hard to believe it is time for
us to start saying goodbye out here and head to
Arizona. It seems like yesterday I was counting the
days until this trip. It has been very busy. We have
had 24 services in 22 days so far, but we have
definitely enjoyed ourselves! Let me backtrack some
days and catch you up.
My last update was from Atwater, California. We stayed at Amazing
Grace Tabernacle a total of eleven services. It was
a refreshing revival. No two services were alike but
they all were good! Oh my we had a hard time packing
up and leaving Pastor Jared Burris and the folks at
Amazing Grace! Bro. Jared and all of his family have
become like our family over the years. Thank you all
for everything!! We love you all more than you
words!!! Thanks for all the “fabbi” food! It helped
to make us more “flabby” LOL! We enjoyed every bite
of it!!
When the BoggsMobile finally hit the road we journeyed to
Riverdale, California. We had the great privilege to
be in four services at Riverdale Assembly plus the
last chapel service of the year for Riverdale
Christian Academy. It is exciting to see what God is
doing here. They have a been working hard the last
four years and the end of the church building
project is in sight. The church is totally out of
this world beautiful!! Maybe we can get some
pictures up soon.
Thank you to Pastor Charles Spencer and the entire congregation for
everything! Your kindness to our family is
overwhelming! We are thankful for your friendship!!
We have enjoyed the services and the fellowship very
much.
We had no church on Memorial day so we took advantage of it by
visiting the Sequoia National Park. All the beauty
was so amazing! We had been to Sequoia a long time
ago but had only seen a portion of the park. This
time we spent most of the day driving around and
enjoying the view. The Giant Sequoias are awesome!
God’s creativity never ceases to amaze me!!
I hope you are enjoying the pictures Dad added recently. I must
apologize to the folks in Thomasville, Georgia and
Pine Prairie, Louisiana. I somehow deleted all the
pictures from our visit with you!! I don’t know how
it happened! I really think some of you hacked into
my computer, because you did not want to be on the
website LOL!! Please forgive me for my blunder. I
had some great pictures that were lost.
Finally, today I want to wish my Papaw Eugene Boggs a very happy
birthday!! We love you so very much!! Thank you for
all you do to help us!! Thank you for always being
there! I thank God for my Papaw! God has been
merciful to our family and let us keep him on earth
with us! We love you. Odie
Mile
Marker: May 19th, 2009
Hello from sunny,
hot California. We are having a wonderful time!! Our
revival at Faith Chapel in Stockton, California
ended on Sunday night. We a had good time with
Pastor Michael Brandon and family. Thank you all for
once again opening the doors of Faith Chapel to us!
Keep up the good work!
Tuesday night we kicked off revival at Grace Tabernacle in Atwater,
California. God has been visiting us each night! It
is always a pleasure to be with these folks. Pastor
Jared Burris and Sis. Valerie had added a new member
to their family since last year. Little Grant is a
cutie!! Emily, Little Jared and Gunner are super
proud of the their little brother. They have a right
to be proud!!!
I failed to post a something on Mothers day. I just want to say I
have the best Mom in the world!! She is a jewel!! I
love her with all my heart and I could never thank
her enough for all she does! I also have an awesome
Mamaw and Gran! I love and miss you both tons!
I have more good news to report on the Crafton Sisters. Callie is
continuing to heal and recover from the wreck. And
Bethany is now out of rehab!! They made it back home
to Joplin, Missouri on Friday!!! They are glad to be
home. Bethany is a miracle. Please help me pray that
God continues to give her a speedy recovery.
We are looking forward to service tonight. Last night was awesome
and it just keeps getting better! Odie
Mile Marker: May
7th, 2009
Hello
from the beautiful state of California. We have had
a wonderful few days. Let me see if I can give you
some highlights. I last left you after a wonderful
night in Round Rock, Texas. We spent all the next
day driving. All but a few miles were in Texas. I
was so thankful to hear Mom say “welcome to New
Mexico!” Just to give you an idea of how big Texas
really is. We fueled up at the state line on Friday
then again on Sunday night at exit 0 on the state
line of New Mexico. With the detour to Round Rock
and the drive across the state, we had used 130
gallons of diesel just in Texas!
Compared to Sunday, Monday was a pretty easy day. We only had to
travel a few hours to Tuscan, Arizona. The Christ
Ambassadors Choir from the Riverdale Assembly was
singing there on Monday night. We have been trying
for a long time to see the Riverdale Choir when they
are on tour. We were excited that our paths could
cross this year!!! Bro Jim and Sis. Darla Davis do
an awesome job with the choir. They sounded terrific
the other night. If you get the opportunity to see
them in action do it and you will be blessed!! For
more info on them go
HERE.
Since March of 2008, when we bought the BoggsMobile, Mom has said
she would drive it in New Mexico. Well, Monday was
the time. It was wide-open country. She drove for 69
miles from rest area to rest area. She did a
wonderful job!! I am proud of her! Dad loved seeing
what it was like to move around in the bus while it
was moving down the road!! He walked around, laid on
the bed, sit in the buddy seat and talked on the
phone. He had a blast!!!
Tuesday we traveled and took care of business that needed to be
done. Between business stops Dad was sweet enough to
stop by Arizona Mills for a while! I love you Dad!!!
Arizona Mills is home to JC Penny Outlet in Phoenix.
I always like to visit there while in the area. I
did find a few bargains.
We were at a mall so Mom and I had our eagle eyes out for an Auntie
Anne’s Pretzels. It was so delicious, they were hot
and fresh!! I am ready for another one right now. I
e-mailed Dad a picture telling him where we were
eating. It was not long before Mom’s phone rang. You
guessed it; we stopped by Auntie Anne’s on the way
out of the mall. Dad had caught the craving through
the phone! LOL!!
We stopped at the other end of the valley in El Mirage in the
afternoon. Dad had to get the front end of the old
Jeep aligned and have some tires put on. He got a
great deal on tires and alignment thanks to Bro.
Carlos Zubia and Bro. Jason Fellers. We appreciate
the help, guys.
We enjoyed the evening fellowshipping with Bro. Jorge and Sis. Mary
Stevens. Several years ago Bro. Jorge got us hooked
on burritos from Humbertos. So we HAD to have our
taste buds satisfied while so close!! We will be
back in a few weeks for more. We are looking forward
to our revival at Desert Cove Assembly with Pastor
Jimmy Munoz!
Now Wednesday is nearing its end. We have been on the road all day.
We have stopped for the night since I have been
writing this note. We are parked among the trucks at
a Flying J ready to sleep. It has been a
long day! There were some tough driving conditions
but Dad did a wonderful job!
I will try to get this Mile
Marker posted tomorrow. (Thursday)
Only God know what all Thursday holds. Revival is scheduled to
begin at Faith Chapel in Stockton, California. We
are anxious to see what God has in store for the
meeting. I am sure we will have a good time with
Pastor Michael Brandon!! Thanks for
praying for us. Odie
Mile Marker: May
1, 2009
Hey
y’all the westward adventure has begun. We are on
the road to California with a couple stops along the
way. We sang tonight (Saturday) in Round Rock, Texas
at Faith Fellowship. We had an awesome time.
Thanks to the Kincaids and your wonderful folks for
the meal and fine hospitality. Thanks for responding
to the Spirit too. We sure enjoyed our short
stay in Round Rock.
Our week in Pine Prairie went great as well. There were some
awesome services that will not be forgotten for a
while. Thank the Lord for his mighty visitation!!!
Thanks to Pastor Barry Gautreaux for all you kindness to our
family. You all always treat the “Boggeauxs too
good!! We are proud to call the folks at Pine
Prairie Christian Tabernacle our friends!
I requested prayer last time for our Uncle Charles Isaacs. I wanted
to let you know he departed from this life on
Tuesday morning. Please remember Aunt Callie and all
the family in your prayers! His funeral services are
this weekend in Kentucky.
I do have some good news to report on my friend Bethany Crafton.
She has now been moved to a rehabilitation center in
Oklahoma City. Thank God for every step to a full
recovery. Happy Belated birthday to Beth who turned
21 on the 28th!!!! You may send notes of
encouragement to the Crafton Family at
mdcrafton@sbcglobal.net. They
appreciate your prayers!
More good news from Ohio this week. The 2004 Chevy
Duramax has finally sold! Hallelujah! God still
answers prayers.
Please remember us in prayer the next little while. The BoggsMobile
will be covering a lot of miles. I will try to keep
you posted on our progress. We are looking forward
to a month full of excitement! Odie
Mile Marker: April 25th, 2009
Hello from the bayous of Louisiana! We are just
pulling into Pine Prairie Christian Tabernacle. The
BoggsMobile will be stationary here for the next few
days. We are anticipating a great time with Pastor
Barry Gautreaux and the wonderful folks in Pine
Prairie.
Revival ended last night in Opp, Alabama. Everyone at Calvary
Holiness Church was so kind to our family. The Lord
came by each night with a special visit. Thank you
again to Pastor David Sims and family for all you
hospitality!!
We did make an whirlwind trip to Neosho, Missouri this past week.
We attended the funeral of Carrie Kewer Vanzant. It
was a amazing tribute to her life. She lived a life
that was an inspiration to everyone who knew her! My
heart is saddened by the loss of an awesome friend!
But I am inspired to live life to it’s fullest!
Carrie’s life is a reminder to let God be in the
center of everything! Please remember all her family
in prayer!!
Thank you to so many people who have let me know you are praying
for me! Your kind and thoughtful words have meant a
lot in the last several days! God has given me
strength and comfort!
Bethany and Callie Crafton are making progress toward healing.
Bethany is now out of ICU, Thank God! She is still
in need of lots of prayer! Callie was released from
the hospital a few days ago. She will be on crutches
for a while.
I have another prayer request. This one is for our Uncle Charles
Isaacs. He had a stroke and is not doing well.
Please pray for him, Aunt Callie and all the family!
Well I must go, it is almost dinner time. Stuffed Chicken Thighs
are on the menu for tonight,
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop drooling or you are
going to ruin your keyboard! Odie
Mile Marker: April
20th, 2009
Carrie Ann (Kewer) Vanzant
September 2, 1985 - April 17,
2009
Friday afternoon our
phones started ringing with the calls of a terrible
automobile accident near New Castle, Oklahoma
involving Don and Carrie Vanzant and Bethany and
Callie Crafton. Don, Bethany, and Callie were all
injured and taken to local hospitals. Carrie is now
in Heaven waiting on the rest of us to get there. It
still so unreal and it feels like a bad dream. I
want to wake up and it all be gone.
You may remember eight months ago Don and Carrie “Kewer” were
married. I went to Missouri for their wedding.
Please pray for Carrie’s husband Don Vanzant along
with his family and Bro. and Sis. Kewer and their
family.
Carrie Ann Vanzant will be missed by everyone! She was a solid
Christian that genuinely loved people. She was the
life of the party. She definitely was a true friend
to me!! It is hard to imagine life without her. She
is just one more reason for me to make it to heaven.
Dad is trying to get enough internet signal to load a folder of
pictures of Carrie as a tribute to her life.
Hopefully you can see them now on our
Picture page.
Also the Crafton Family need our prayers. Bethany and Callie both
have multiple injuries. They are in Oklahoma City in
the hospital.
The Rest of the News...
We had a wonderful
week at New Hope Holiness. The presence of God was
evident in each service! We always love being with
the Pastor Tony Walker and family! The fellowship is
full of laughs and good times!! Thank you all for
everything!
Monday (the 13th) my Mamaw and Papaw made the long trip from
Flordia to Ohio. It is time for them to come out of
hibernation and face the coming summer. We drove to
Valdosta, Georgia and met them for breakfast at
Cracker Barrel. You know I am game anytime for some
hugs from my Grandparents.
Monday afternoon we got the call that our long time friends Bro.
Herman and Sis. Margaret Woods were in town to
visit. We were glad to have them with us for a
couple days!! Tuesday Mom and I tagged along with
them to visit the Pebble Hill Plantation. Pebble
Hill is just one of many plantations in the
Thomasville area. It is an awesome thing to see! We
had a great afternoon with Herman and Margaret!
http://www.pebblehill.com
Currently we are near Opp, Alabama at Calvary Holiness Church. We
have looked forward to a long time to our stay with
Pastor David Sims and family. It got off to a good
start yesterday. The Lord visited us in a wonderful
way. Odie
Mile Marker:
April 13th, 2009
Hello from Thomasville, Georgia!
We have been having a good time lately! March 28th we were with
Pastor Rick Simpson at Summit Holiness Church. There
was a great turn out for the singing. Some were in
the altar praying for salvation. That is always a
wonderful thing to witness! From Millbrook, Alabama
we headed to Jacksonville, Alabama.
God came to Charlie Penny Road Holiness Church on the very first
service of revival! There was a sweet moving of the
Holy Ghost; I think it was needed by everyone in
attendance!!! We continued to have good services the
rest of the meeting. Thank you to Pastor Roger Boyd
and the entire congregation for everything!!
We made a one night stop at Trinity Holiness Church. It had been
over 2 years since our last visit to Hokes Bluff,
Alabama. It sure was good to see Pastor Steve
Shaneyfelt and everyone there! “Mr. Steve.com” gets
the job done! Sorry that is an inside joke I could
not resist.
We then traveled to Fayetteville, Georgia. We had a great night of
singing at Fellowship Baptist Tabernacle! Thank to
Pastor Tony St. Cyr for inviting us to be with you
all!!! We appreciate your kindness!
Revival just closed Friday night at Mt. Sinai Holiness Tabernacle
in Dothan, Alabama. We had a wonderful week with
Pastor Dewayne Watson. Bro. Dewayne and Sis. Bridget
currently have three boys: Steven, Jonathan and
Michael. In August they expecting a new addition to
the family and all the signs say it’s a girl! We are
so excited for them. I know little Miss Watson will
be spoiled rotten!
Now the BoggsMobile is stationed at New Hope Holiness in
Thomasville, Georgia. We celebrated Easter here
yesterday as well as Homecoming! What a great time
and meal we had. We kick off revival tonight. We are
looking forward to a great week with Pastor Tony
Walker and Family. I will give you the details at a
later date.
Odie
Mile Marker: April 4, 2009 (From
Davy)
As I write this, we
are near Jacksonville, Alabama with no internet
service and barely any phone service. I hope to add
this Mile Marker while we are in Georgia on
Saturday.
We have had a great week here in Alabama and we are going to sing
Saturday near Fayetteville, Georgia and then start
revival Sunday morning in Dothan, Alabama. In
Georgia we will be with the St. Cyrs and we can’t
wait to see them. We are also looking forward to
seeing lots of friends while we are in Dothan with
Pastor Dewayne Watson and his fine church.
We have some exciting news concerning our planned trip to Nigeria
that I would like to share with you. As most of you
know Pastor Shobanke has invited us to return to
Nigeria in West Africa this year and we have been
trying to make preparations to go. One of the
biggest hurdles in traveling to Nigeria is the cost
of the airfare. It would cost close to $5,000 if we
booked the tickets today. In the last few weeks a
dear brother in a church where we were preaching
revival told us that he was going to buy our tickets
with the miles he earned as a frequent flyer. We
were and still are totally overwhelmed by this
brother’s thoughtfulness. We have been praising God
for his kindness and generosity. That single gift
makes an almost impossible trip possible.
We are so amazed how God orchestrates events and we are thankful
that where God directs us to go He will always
provide the way to do it. We are planning to leave
for Nigeria toward the end of November and stay two
weeks or so preaching a Ministers Conference and
Gospel Crusade in Abeokuta and possibly other
meetings in another city. Please pray for us as we
plan and pray over the coming months.
We appreciate the prayers of God’s people. May God bless each of
you! Davy
Mile Marker:
March 20th, 2009
Hi again! Please don’t have a heart attack since I
am writing twice in one week! Wow it is already
Friday! Another week has flown by. It has been a
wonderful week here in Ellisville Mississippi. God
has continued to visit us nightly at First Assembly.
I do not know how to describe it but to say it has
been great. Also we are having great fellowship with
Pastor Kenny and Sis. Joan Morris. Thank you all for
everything!! We love you so much!
We are scheduled to load up in the BoggsMobile tomorrow morning and
head to White Plains Assembly. It promises to be a
good weekend. I want to remind you of recent
schedule addition. Next Saturday March 28th we are
looking forward to being in service with Pastor Rick
Simpson. It will be so good to see everyone at
Summit Holiness Church in Prattville, Alabama.
Please join us if possible. I hope we will get to
hear the Simpson Sisters sing!! They have a new
recording coming out in a few days. It’s must have
for your CD library!!!
I have a few special wishes to our family members: Happy Birthday
today to my Uncle Steve Boggs, Happy Anniversary
March 22nd to Uncle Tommy and Aunt Holly Boggs and
Happy 6th Birthday to Morgan Rae Evans on the 26th.
We love you all so very much!! I am proud to call
you my family! I hope your special days are your
best yet!
It is Friday but I have not yet went to bed for Thursday. LOL I
must close for now. I have a full day ahead of me. I
must get some shut eye before heading to the laundry
mat. I think there is also some shopping in the plan
for today. Have a wonderful weekend!
Odie
Mile Marker:
March 18th, 2009
Hello from
Ellisville, Mississippi! I have a lot of information
to give you. God has met us here at First Assembly.
We have been here since Sunday Morning with Pastor
Kenny Morris . Each service has been very good.
Monday night the Holy Ghost was there not only to
encourage the church He also came to encourage our
family!! Tuesday was a continuation of the previous
service. Who knows what will happen next. I can not
wait to find out.
We had an awesome week last week at the Allentown campmeeting! Once
again we left encouraged from the word of God we
heard. It was food for our souls. Dad really enjoyed
getting to hear someone else preach for a change. He
had not heard a message from another preacher since
January 9th. Another great thing about campmeeting
is the opportunity to visit with friends from all
over the nation. It was good to see many of you and
my eyes were sore looking for some of the rest of
you!! Thank you to Pastor Eugene Futral and all the
Pastors who make the meeting possible.
Before Allentown we visited our friends at Tanner Williams Holiness
Church. Thank you to Pastor Donnie Williamson and
the church at Tanner Williams for your friendship.
We love you all!! God met us in both Sunday services
that day. I believe he was preparing our hearts for
the meeting ahead. We also attended the Monday night
fellowship meeting at Tanner Williams. Bro. Lendell
Birdsong from Oklahoma did a very good job preaching
that night.
I think our last Mile Marker was from Richton, Mississippi. I want
to thank everyone in the church at Richton. We had a
wonderful week with Pastor Scott Morris and all the
folks. As Dad told you we greatly enjoyed our visit
with Bro. Scott, Sis Kim, Regan and Rylee. Yes, Sis
Kim is one of our favorite cooks. Everything she
fixes is out of this world good!!!!!!!!!
I know that I have made a big loop but we are back around to
Ellisville, Mississippi. I will be sure to fill you
in on the rest of our stay here with Bro. Kenny and
Sis. Joan Morris. Odie
Mile
Marker: March 4, 2009 (From Davy)
We are off to a
good start here in Richton, Mississippi. The
services have been good with especially good altar
services. We have had lots of fellowship from
local churches and that is always good. Pastor
Scott Morris and his wife Sis. Kim really know how
to treat folks and we have been enjoying their fine
hospitality and fellowship. I am sure Odie
will bring you up to date on the revival later.
When we arrived Saturday, the Riddells came over and we were able
to visit with them for a couple of hours. They
were in revival an hour or so away. It was so
good to see David, Sonja, Justin and Kayla.
They have been dear friends of ours for many years
and we love them dearly.
Allentown Campmeeting is next week and we are looking forward to
it. We always leave Allentown so encouraged by
all the great preaching. If you are any where
around you ought to come and be a part of it.
I am sure you will be blessed. We are planning
to be there all week and soak it all in.
We have added over 400 pictures the last two days to the website.
Here is a
LINK
to see them. Let us know what you
think of the pictures. We love to hear your
comments.
Thanks for praying for us out hear on the road. We certainly
need God's help everyday. May God Bless each
of you!
Davy
Mile
Marker: February 24th, 2009
Hello again! Our current location is still Purcell,
Oklahoma. Although we have traveled a few hundred
miles since my last update and I will explain that
in a moment.
Things have been going good here. God is blessing in the revival at
New Mission Holiness Church! We are thrilled to see
God helping Pastor Steve Moore and congregation!! I
don’t know how to describe the Sunday and Monday
night services. They were sent from Heaven. We will
be here through Wednesday night.
If it has been a while since your last visit to New Mission; I
suggest you pay them another visit, They recently
finished giving the sanctuary a face lift.
Everything looks so beautiful!!
Speaking of remodeling, our friends at Bethany Revival Center just
completed a huge make over to their sanctuary. God
blessed Pastor John DiZazzo and the folks there in
Wichita, Kansas with the building over twenty years
ago. It had “gorgeous” orange carpet and chairs to
match. Over the last few year they have been doing
some updates whenever possible. They found some nice
pews for the church, redid the parking lot and many
more nice things. This year was the year of major
change. The orange carpet is now gone, the platform
is completely changed, they added a beautiful altar
rail, painted, added Sunday School space, entry way
and so much more. It looks awesome!! It looks like a
completely different church. Although I must admit
my heart is grieved because of the loss of the
orange carpet because orange is my favorite color.
But they replaced it with my second favorite color
green.
We were invited to sing and preach in the dedication service on
Sunday morning. We left Purcell Saturday night and
arrived in Wichita around 1:00. After a good
nights sleep at the Best Western we were well rested
and ready for service Sunday morning. Then the fun
began...
Have you ever had to sneak into church? This was the first time I
remember having to do it. Only a few people knew of
our coming for the service. It was a surprise to the
rest of the church. Sis. DiZazzo told the church she
was going to do something different. She then asked
her helpers to be seated and said welcome Davy,
Kelly, and Odie Boggs. Bro. John opened the side
door and we came in. I wish I could have registered
the looks on each face. Dad was instantly swallowed
up by hugs from the kids on the front row.
They were all definitely surprised and shocked!! It
was great to be a part of it all!
We had a great service. Then we had a good meal at Hometown Buffet
before hitting the road again. The jeep carried us
safely back to New Mission in time to catch a few
zzzzzzz’s and freshen up for the Sunday night
service. It was a wonderful day!!
Monday was mostly a quiet day after our excitement filled Sunday.
Who knows what Tuesday holds, but God? I will let
you know at a later date.
Odie
Note From Davy: We have lost two dear
friends in the last few days and we would like for
your to pray for their families. Bro. Eason
from Oliver Springs, TN and Sis. Garman from
Hanford, CA have gone to their great reward.
They were both long time friends of ours and
wonderful Christians. I would appreciate it if
you would hold our friends up in prayer.
Davy
Mile
Marker: February 18th 2009
Good evening from Purcell,
Oklahoma. We are having a wonderful time here at New
Mission Holiness Church. Again this week we have had
some great altar services. The Lord is definitely
trying to minister to His people and their needs!
We have had some schedules updates. Make sure you check our
calendar on the front page for the changes. We would
love to see you in service in the near future. It
seems like our schedule always changes right after
we publish a newsletter. That is why we include the
note: “These dates are subject to change like maybe,
tomorrow.” It just goes to show you before coming to
see us it would be a good idea to check our schedule
page. Also you can give us a call to confirm the
dates. We have also added some dates as well.
Things have been pretty calm around here lately. Mom and I
did start back on our diet Sunday. It has been four
days and I have not starved to death. At times I
feel a faint coming on though. LOL! My stomach was
growling pretty loud by the end of service last
night.
I trust you all are having a great week. I must go get ready for
church. Odie
Mile
Marker: February 13th 2009
Hey
it is Odie reporting again from the BoggsMobile in
windy Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We are having a great
revival at Calvary Holiness Church. Each service we
have had good altar services. Faith seems to be the
theme of the meeting. We have already heard
testimonies of God moving in lives. Also the folks
are remembering things God has done in the past!
Sometimes it does the soul go to reminisce over
answered prayers. I know it builds my faith! God is
so awesome and it is wonderful that we get the
privilege of calling Him Father.
He definitely watched over us this week. Tuesday afternoon there
were several severe storms in the area. The storms
produced some tornado warnings, several of which
were for “Oklahoma” county where we are located.
Thankfully none of them touched down on our side of
town so we made it without any damage to our
vehicles! We did take refuge in the block laundry
room of the campground. Thanks to the storm chasers,
we could tell we were going to be okay. I would not
want to risk my life to report on storms, but I am
thankful for those who do the job!!
We are nearing the halfway point of February. Already we have
weathered an ice/snow storm and now a tornado. What
is next? Hopefully not a hurricane or tsunami ! LOL
Wednesday we had the right windshield replaced. On the way home to
Ohio for Christmas a truck flung a rock into the
passenger side of the windshield! I was on the phone
at the time. It sounded like we had been shot. Once
again I thank the Lord for His hand of protection.
It did not come through the windshield. Mom could
have been hurt very badly!
On Thursday Mom and I managed to squeeze in some shopping. It does
not take much to get me to head to the store. First
we went to Sheplers where I bought a new pair of
brown boots. I really needed to replace a badly worn
pair. Next, we went to Cato and then Steinmart.
At Steinmart I bought a jacket for Easter. I’ll just
say if you are in Thomasville, Georgia on Easter you
will be able to find me. I will not be blending in
with the crowd. I love it; the brighter the
better!!!
I also worked on a Newsletter. I finished it up today and Mom took
it to the Post Office. On Saturday we head
down the road to Purcell, Oklahoma. We are looking
forward to being at New Mission Holiness Church with
Pastor Steve Moore and congregation.
It is now the 14th and we are in Purcell. Hope you
all have a nice week.
Happy Valentine’s Day!! Odie
Mile
Marker: February 10th 2009
Hello, I am back! For the last several days we have
not had enough signal to update the site. It would
took me thirty-forty minutes just to check my
e-mail. Dad went to library to update, but he could
not connect to their wireless network. We have lots
of pictures to be posted as soon as we come across a
great connection speed.
During the last update we were in the middle of an ice storm in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. We did come through it just fine.
It was nice to have a couple quiet days! Also we
enjoyed visiting with Pastor Bill Parks and family.
Thank you to the Parks family for all your
hospitality! Thank the Lord, He sent the sun to help
us be able to get out of there and head to Weir,
Kansas on schedule.
This made our seventh January trip to Faith Tabernacle. Pastor
James Family and the church make us feel like we are
coming home each time!! Thank you all so much for
everything! You all are so precious to our family.
Thanks for your belief and support in our
ministry!!! God came by each service in different
ways to help His people! All good things have to
come to an end but Faith Tabernacle is always a
difficult place to say goodbye. We are always
looking forward to the next time when we will see
our friends.
The BoggsMobile hit the road late morning on Saturday. It was a
relatively short trip to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We
spent the afternoon getting settled into the
campground where we are parked. In the evening Mom
and Dad went to set up the sound equipment at the
church. Revival kicked off Sunday morning with a
bang. We are excited to see what God is doing in
Midwest City, Oklahoma for Pastor Kenny Searcy and
his congregation.
The weather is beautiful here this week with a little rain that
they desperately need and some sunshine that I
desperately need! Keep us in your prayers.
Odie
Mile Marker:
January 25th and 26th, 2009
Hello, it is the BoggsMobile reporting in from the
road again. As I write we are somewhere between
Lawton and Tulsa, Oklahoma. So far the ride has been
smooth, It has been an expensive ride . We have to
travel mostly on toll roads, and five axels add up
the cost. That is just part of being in Oklahoma;
you almost have to pay a toll to go across the
street. LOL
We are looking forward to being in Sunday service with Pastor Bill
Parks and the congregation at The House of Prayer.
It has been a while since our last visit with these
fine people.
This week has been a good one for us. Dad and Mom are still trying
to get over their colds. They have been able to sing
a little more the last two nights. When one of us is
sick we realize even more how much we work off of
each other. When one voice is not at full potential
we recognize it!
As I told you last time we have done a lot of moving this week.
Wallville, Oklahoma was our resting place last time.
The two services at The Wallville Free Holiness
Church went very well. Thanks to Pastor Al Hunt and
family for opening your doors to our family! Your
friendship now and in the past is greatly
appreciated!! I hope we were able to help them.
Thursday and Friday nights we had the privilege of being at Trinity
Holiness Church in Waurika, Oklahoma with Pastor
Matt Hunt. We love Bro. Matt, Sis. Kristy and Anna.
Bro. Matt was saved at fourteen years old after Dad
preached one night. He has always been good to us!
After he and Kristy married they pastored in Idaho.
We preached two revivals for them there. In 2006 Dad
preached the first message Anna ever heard, or as he
says “Anna ever slept through.” I think she was four
days old. Now at two and a half she is a cute bundle
of energy!
Thanks to Pastor Brandon Murray for allowing us to park at the
Landmark Holiness Church in Lawton while preaching
in Waurika. Saturday night we had a great time with
everyone at Landmark Holiness.
Thanks to all the pastors who invited us to be in their churches.
It was our honor to be with you! May God bless you
abundantly for all you hospitality!! Also thank you
to our many friends who visited our revivals this
week. You were an encouragement to us and the
churches!
We have a praise report!! The 2004 Kountry Star fifth wheel
has sold! That is a huge answer to prayer.
Thanks to all of you who helped us pray!! The 2004
Chevy is still for sale. If you would like more
information on the truck drop Dad an e-mail. It is a
great truck still with a long life ahead of it.
Odie
Since I didn’t
get this posted yesterday I thought I would add a
little more. We had two great services here at the
House of Prayer on Sunday. It was a joy and
encouragement to be here. Mom and I went to the
laundry this morning (Monday) and by the time we
returned it was beginning to get bad outside because
of freezing rain. Looks like we will be stuck here
for a day or two until the roads clear. We don’t
start revival until Wednesday night in Weir, Kansas
so we “should” be OK. We are in a great part of town
with everything we could possibly need it isn’t such
a bad place to “hunker down” as Dad says. I will try
to let you know how it goes. Odie
Mile
Marker: January 21, 2009
Hey
to all my friends. I hope your week is moving
along smoothly. Moving seems to be our theme this
week. The plan is to be in seven church services in
six days at four different churches and cities this
week.
Revival closed Sunday night at the Sterlington Holiness Tabernacle
in Sterlington, Louisiana. I told you last time of
the Thursday night service. Well, Friday night
turned out to be along the same theme. It was so
incredible. God was speaking to His children
reminding us of His soon return!! I want to be
ready!! Thanks to our many friends who filled the
church up Friday night. Your fellowship meant a lot
to the Sterlington Tabernacle and us!
Saturday night was a rest night from the revival. There was a
concert in the local area. Some of my favorite
groups were performing that night so while Mom and
Dad rested, some of us loaded up and went. We had a
great time getting to hear some wonderful singing
and funny stories! Appearing that night were The
Arnolds, Talley Trio, Jeff & Sheri Easter, The Booth
Brothers, Aaron Wilburn and Brian Free and
Assurance. It was a tremendous line up of singers
and all of us who went had a great time.
Sunday morning we came in ready to have church. God was there from
the beginning! It was not a normal Sunday service.
Dad preached to us of our need to win the lost. The
Holy Ghost spoke and said something to the affect of
they will come in, but I will use you. It was so
precious feel Him so close. Honestly Sunday night I
did not think we would get the service. God was
still in the place so strong! He had a special
message to the church to “Go Forward”. Dad’s message
went along with what Bro. Boyd had felt God tell him
earlier in the week.
Once the service was over we started packing up and saying our
goodbyes. Sterlington is a church that
goodbyes can be difficult. They are a great
congregation of people. They are led by an awesome
Pastor, Bro. T.D. and his precious wife, Sis. Shea
Boyd. They definitely have a heart for the folks
they pastor!! It is awesome to see the church God
has built there in 12 years. Their’s is a story of
pioneering success. I am sure they have difficulties
but they are victorious through Christ! Keep them in
your prayers. They are in a building program. A lot
of progress has been made but seeing the building
unfinished at times can be discouraging. God is not
through moving in Sterlington!! If I could put the
revival into two words it would be “soul stirring.”
Thank you all for everything you did for us. Your hospitality to
our family was overwhelming! Thank you from the
bottom of our hearts!
Monday night was a great night as well. We were traveling from
Louisiana to Oklahoma. While on the road Monday Mom
told me to get up, get ready and clean my area
because we were stopping to see friends along the
way. I was really dragging so she finally told me we
would be in Tyler, Texas in a few minutes to see the
Isaacs. You should have seen me kick into gear
getting my self and my bunk presentable. We had a
great visit with them that day. They were having a
rare Monday night singing at a church in Tyler and
we were passing through with a rare Monday night
off. It worked out perfect. If you have never seen
them live it would be worth a trip somewhere to see
them. They never cease to amaze me with their
talent. Yes, I know I am biased, but they are my
favorites!! You can get to their schedule from our
links and while you are there check their Gallery
for my Tyler, Texas photos.
After the concert we traveled a few hours and slept the rest
of the night at House of Prayer in Gainesville,
Texas. Thanks to Bro. R.G. Logan for allowing us to
pull in and sleep there!! I am glad I got to say
hello to some of my friends in Gainesville! The rest
of Tuesday we spent driving to Wallville, Oklahoma
and preparing for the night service. Thanks to
Pastor Al Hunt and family for inviting us to be back
with you. We had a good service last night.
Please keep us in your prayers! All three of us have had head
colds. Now my parents have chest colds and very
little voice. They are not able to sing much at all
and I need them BAD!! Mom has asthma so a chest cold
is very rough for her to deal with. It is now
Wednesday morning and I need to head to bed.
Odie.
Mile
Marker: January 16th 2009
Happy
Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy
Birthday, Dear, Daddy, Happy Birthday to you!!!!!
AND MANY MORE!!!!!!! January 16th, 1967, a little 6
pound addition was added to the Boggs family. That
addition was my Daddy who is now a big teddy bear! I
love you more than a hog loves slop, Dad!!
Please pardon my personal introduction While I am on birthdays let
me wish some more family members happy birthday.
January is a busy month for birthdays. Brooklyn
Coffman had the big 10 birthday on the 8th, on the
12th Gran, Betty Morgan, is now 6 decades old, my
Aunt Jeanna and Uncle Danny Morgan also celebrate
their big days on the 14th and 21st. Happy birthday
to you all!
We are having a great time in Sterlington, Louisiana. God has been
blessing in the services at Sterlinton Holiness
Tabernacle. And we have been having a wonderful time
of fellowship with Pastor T.D. Boyd and family! The
Boyds are some of our favorite folks to be around.
If laughter is a good medicine, then I have
overdosed on medicine this week. I would not trade a
minute of it.
God came by in a special way Thursday night. Pastor T.D. was fired
up with hope and hopefully the rest of us got fired
up too. He was encouraging us to be ready and
anticipating the soon coming of our King!
I thought we were going to be in warmer weather in Louisiana! It
has done went and turned winter here too. The lows
have been 20’s or teens. That is COLD for here. It
is still better than most places around the
country!! Next we will be heading to Oklahoma.
Odie
Mile
Marker: Jan 11th, 2009
We
are alive here in Pine Prairie, Louisiana. For a
while we wondered if the BoggsMobile could serve as
an ark. It did nothing but rain from Saturday until
Tuesday!! Getting parked here Saturday was an
adventure, I think we were all relieved when it was
done.
I do want to thanks the Lord for protecting us Saturday morning
(the 3rd) while traveling. We came upon a terrible
automobile accident moments after it happened. We
were about six or seven vehicles back from the
scene. Dad could not even distinguish the cars
involved. The whole bridge looked like a junk pile!
Thankfully we were able to get turned around in the
road, and take a detour. Although over an hour was
added to our travel time, we are thankful for our
lives! We learned later two brothers were killed in
the accident. Another brother and a truck driver
were injured. The highway was closed for hours.
The Homecoming went great Sunday Morning! We enjoyed a delicious
dinner and a fun time of singing in the afternoon.
The Gautreaux's and the whole church are fine folks
that we love very much.
We were privileged to meet an Isaacs fan Sunday. You know I am
always looking for a fellow Isaacs lover. Ken drove
all the way from Lake Charles, Louisiana to be in
service with us. We are both members of the “Isaacs
Insiders” on their website and he saw on our
schedule we were coming to the area. Thanks, Ken,
for making time to come see us! It was a pleasure
meeting you!
We did not have service Monday or Tuesday night. Monday I
enjoyed a day in the motor home. I have a head cold,
so a day inside felt good. Tuesday evening we went
to eat with the Gautreaux. It is a little café that
specializes in steak. It was awesome!!
Campmeeting started Wednesday night and went through Friday. We had
a great time. Pastor T.D. Boyd of Sterlington,
Louisiana preached the nights. It was a wonderful
meeting.
In closing I want to extend our sympathies to the family of
Brooklyn Faith Duraham from Bond, Kentucky. Brooklyn
left this life for a better one January 2nd. I know
she is now shouting on streets of gold. She will be
greatly missed but her testimony will live
forever!!! Brooklyn became everybody’s “Princess”
you could not help but love her. She was an
inspiration to me and she will forever encourage me
to fight until the end!! Please remember those
closest to her in your prayers!!!!
We are now in Sterlington, Louisiana in revival. I will give you a
full report later. Odie
Mile Marker: Jan 3rd,
2009
Happy New Year!
We are doing fine in 2009. As I write this we are on
the road to Louisiana. We are looking forward to
Homecoming Sunday at Pine Prairie Christian
Tabernacle.
I don’t know where to start to catch you up on the latest news. Dad
told you the outcome of my hunting trip. But I am
not giving up. I will try again next season! Thanks
to my uncle Danny Morgan and Eric Meford for all
your help!! I appreciate your hard work! I had a
blast! We were way back in the woods! I loved every
minute of it! Especially when the we saw several
deer coming toward us. We were expecting them to
come in a different spot . So were set up and ready
to shoot in another direction. I was able to get the
antlers of what we think was an 8 pointer in the
scope, but I went to turn where I could get a shot
they heard us and moved on. It was a most exciting
experience. I can not imagine what I would have felt
like if I had got him! Altogether we saw about 40
deer that day.
A funny thing happened the morning of the hunt. The alarm went off
at 5:00AM. My cousin Courtney was trying to wake me
up. I told her “I don’t need to go hunting. I
already got one.” I had dreamed I had already shot a
deer.
We had a great time with family and friends on Christmas. Christmas
Eve we were in Hillsboro with Gran and Papaw and all
the Morgan crew. The little ones made it a memorable
time. I was able to spend a coupled days before
Christmas with Gran and Papaw. I don’t get to always
spend a lot of time with them.
Christmas Day we were with the Boggs family in Waynesville. As
always we did too much eating, but my was it
good!!!! We enjoyed being together as a family.
We usually have Christmas with the three of us on Christmas
Morning. Due to some problems with the BoggsMobile
we did not get to do it as planned. Dad and Papaw
spent most of the day and several other days working
on the motor home. Thank the Lord for helping them
figure out the problem, and getting it fixed. During
some frigid weather while we were away from the bus
some things froze and busted, but things were not as
bad as they could have been! Praise the Lord.
Revival began at Dryden Road December 28th. The Lord visited us
this week. It is always special to see God blessing
our home church!!! We had an awesome communion
service on New Years Eve. Watch night is probably
the most anticipated service of the year at Dryden
Road!! Thanks to Bro. Bennie Sutherland and the
church for everything! We love you!
I want to say thanks to all my family who put with me while we were
home. Thanks to Mamaw and Papaw, Jay and Theresa,
Danny and Jeanna, and Gran and Papaw. Also thanks to
my cousin Lisa Isaacs for all the rides to church.
Thank you to Jeff and Debbie Roberts for inviting us
to your home Tuesday night. Leah, Thanks for letting
my be apart of your sleepover!! I had a good time
with you and the girls!
Thanks as well to the church at Dodds that allowed us to park there
while we were in Ohio. That is a tremendous
blessing!
Birthdays started again for our family the day after Christmas.
December 26th Courtney Morgan turned 15. Six years
ago today our family was blessed with Lucas James
Osborn. Luke is a trip, he is a laugh a minute!!
Happy birthday to both of them!
We are now parked at a WalMart in Jackson, Mississippi.
Dad drove over 735 miles today.
Odie
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