Throwback Thursday 11/20/25

 Hey Friend,

Odie here, writing from a hospital bed. Thank you, Mom, for posting yesterday. I was not able to write anything!

Surgery was successful on Tuesday evening. Tuesday night was an uncomfortable night. My pain was unbearable, at times. I was searching endlessly for a spot where I could be pain free. My search was unsuccessful. Mom stayed right by me trying to to help me get relief. 

Wednesday was much more manageable. The pain was still there, but meds are helping! I am supposed to be released from the hospital today. 

Thank for your prayers, friendship and support! It is all very much appreciated!

 

Throwback Thursday 

One year ago tomorrow was Dad’s Celebration of Life service! It truly was amazing service. Mom and I laughed, smiled and worshipped God more than we cried! It was a great way to honor a life well lived. 

Here is the service on YouTube. 

It has had over 8,200  views. I can hear Dad saying, I had to die to get that many views. 🤣 I am so thankful we have the service archived!

Thank for joining us today. See you tomorrow. 

Odie

Weekend Wrap Up 11/17/25

Hey Friends,

Thanks for stopping by for this Weekend Wrap Up. 

Today, I have several pics. We had a revival at DRPC. You will see several food pics too. 

Friday, we spent time with our Morgan Family in Hillsboro. 

Saturday was some more family time. 

We were able to attend a Jason Crabb and Isaacs concert Saturday night. Here is some pictures. I plan to do a full post later.

Sunday, was devoted to church at DRPC. It is always a blessing to hear our Pastor preach, and worship with our church family! It was also great to have the Bostwick family visiting us from Virginia.

That wraps up our weekend! Thank you for reading today. 

Tomorrow is surgery day for me. Thank you for your prayers! I will do my best to keep the blog going this week. I am going to try to schedule a few post ahead of time.

Odie

Sunday Saniy 11/16/25

 Hey Friends,

Here is a nugget of sanity for your Sunday! I hope you have a blessed day. 

“Our struggles can break us, but God can use our struggles to make us.”

Bro. Andrew Blevins

Waynesville, Ohio

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

Odie

Sunday Sanity 11/9/25

 Hey Friends,

We will be traveling this morning. Yesterday afternoon, our flights were changed due to bad weather in our connecting city. We opted to try flying again today. Hopefully, we will be home early in the afternoon. 

Here is a nugget of sanity for your Sunday. Bro. Bennie recently made this statement in his preaching. 

“You get from God what you invest in God! Invest life, and you get life!”

Pastor Bennie D. Sutherland 

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

Moraine, OH

See you tomorrow. 

Odie 

Christmas Preparation

 Hey Friends,

I mentioned yesterday that we were on the move again this week. Our current trip is a prep trip, and we are getting to be with friends in the process. 

I asked you where you thought we were this time? Florida is the correct answer. We had to make a quick trip to get some practice in. 

We had some December Christmas dates added to our schedule. I will still be recovering from surgery, but these services are not too far away. I will sing the best I can. We do plan to have a special guest vocalist helping us for the second weekend in December. 

Colton Deane will be singing with us! He has graciously aggreed to make the trip from Florida. We are excited to be doing these two nights of music with Colton in December! 

Christmas music requires extra practice! That is why we made the trip this week! Our practice with Colton started last night before and after church. 

We have already had so much fun with Colton, Bro. Philip and Sis. Deidra. We will be cramming as much practice into the next couple day as possible. There always lots of laughter while we work!

Here is a peek of Wednesday night's practice session. 

Below is the information about the dates Colton will be singing with us. 

Friday 12/12 - Moraine, Ohio

Christmas Banquet 

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Bennie Sutherland 

Saturday 12/13 - London, Kentucky 

Christmas Banquet 

First Pentecostal Church

Pastor Vernon Jarvis 

Mom and I have one more Christmas service scheduled. This one is just across the yard. 

Sunday 12/20 - Waynesville, Ohio 

Christmas Sunday PM Service 

Dodd's Church 

Pastor Jay Osborn 

I know a few others asked for December services, but I am hesitant to commit since I will be down from surgery. I am really sorry that we can not do it this time. 

Pray for us as we try to pull everything together for these special Christmas services! Mom has worked hard coming up with a plan. We are honored to be invited to be part of tem!

Thanks for reading. 

Odie

Sunday Wrap Up 11/3/25

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for choosing to spend a moment of your Monday with us! We were home in Ohio this weekend. 

Mom and I enjoyed attending our home church yesterday. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have a church family! We are blessed to be part of a phenomenal church at DRPC. 

Bro. Bennie Sutherland is our pastor. It is always a blessing to hear him teach Sunday school and preach. He has been the pastor at Dryden Road. since 1978, and our pastor for 37 of those years. I do not know where our family would be without his guidance. We love, Bro. Bennie and Sis. Jane!

Below are just a couple of pictures, that I snapped yesterday. I love my little friends at church! They love to get selfies with me. 😀

Then I took a couple of photos of my food last night. 

I wanted to take a moment and say thank you for the orders from our online music store. Click HERE to check out our store.

In closing, please help us continue to pray for our precious baby boy Beckham Boggs. 

He has already had an extended hospital stay, and it looks like he will be there a while longer.  I praise the Lord for helping him! Beckham is a fighof ter, but he needs a miracle!

A few days ago, they diagnosed him with a condition that he will grow out of around the age of two. We serve a powerful God who is able to heal him completely today! That is my heart's desire for this sweet baby boy.

That is why I am asking you to join us in prayer, not only for Beckham but for Jonas, Kylee and all of the family. Everyone needs strength that comes only from the Lord!

See you next time!

Odie

Sunday Sanity 10/19/25

 Hey Friends,

Praise God for bringing us to another week! I hope you have a fantastic Sunday, and you get to spend the day worshiping God for His incredible goodness!

Here is a little nugget of sanity. I gleaned this from an exhortation Thursday night at DRPC. Bro. Andrew was exhorting about the verse found in 1. Corinthians 10:13. His whole testimony was wonderful!

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Temptation doesn't have to conquer us, because God is faithful.”

Bro. Andrew Blevins

Waynesville, Ohio 

Thanks for reading. 

Odie

The Next Steps Is Here

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to visit. We enjoy having you here. 

Gotta Be Saved By DRPC Kids Choir

 Hey Friend,

I hope you are having a great Wednesday! We have reached the mid-week point. 

Here is a video I captured on Sunday morning. I hope it encourages your heart and brings a smile to your face! 

I was so proud of the kids and thought they did a great job on this song! Sis. Emily Roberts does a fantastic job working with the DRPC Kids Choir! I love to hear them sing.

Gotta Be Saved was originally made popular by one of my favorite groups, Karen Peck and New River. My ears perked up as soon as I heard the KPNR lyrics!  The song was written by Joseph Habadank, Karen Peck Gooch and Wayne Haun. 

Thanks for reading! I will leave you with my video from Sunday. 

Odie

Odie’s Weekend Roundup 10/5/25

Hey Friends,

I was home in Ohio this weekend. I was blessed to spend time with family and friends.

I wrote about Friday night here. Check it out if you missed it. I am still in shock at what my church friends managed to pull off. 

Saturday, I was hanging out at home. My cousin Jake called to invite to eat Mexican with his family. I quickly agreed, and they came and picked me up. I enjoyed dinner with most of the Blevins crew. The food was spectacular, and the fellowship was even better!

Sunday was reserved for church. We had two great services at DRPC! It was a day of seeing friends from other places.

On Sunday morning, we had a ministry group from Heritage Bible College in Savannah, Georgia. They did a great job. I was proud of them!

I forgot to take pictures of my main food during lunch. But there was more salsa involved in my weekend. I was not complaining! I enjoyed every drop of it! It was wonderful getting to spend some time Sunday with my dear friends, the Stancells!

Sunday night, Bro. Kevin and Sis. Teresa Webster were visiting from Oklahoma. They had been in revival for Pastor Mitch Hasty and came to be in service with us at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church. It is always wonderful to hear them Webster's minister in a service! We also had the added blessing of having the Hasty's back in church service with us, and several of their church people. 

There you have my Weekend Roundup. It was nice to have a quiet weekend at home!

Thanks for reading! I will see you all tomorrow. 

Odie

Bible Study And Sweet Surprise

 Hey Friend,

Thanks for joining me today. Can you believe we made it to October? This year is flying by!

Last night I attended a Bible study with some ladies from my church. Sis. Sarah Boyd hosted this fall ladies get together.

The weather was gorgeous. Sarah had everything looking so great for a fall gathering! We gathered in her barn and ate some yummy food. 

Sis. Emily Roberts spoke. She did a fabulous job. I was so proud of my friend! Emily did a great job addressing the young ladies and the rest of us that were attending. There was something there for all of us!

My friends also surprised me with a birthday celebration. I was so shocked. They made me feel so special by remembering my upcoming 40th birthday! 

Thanks to Sarah Boyd, Rebecca James and anyone else who had a hand in the surprise. I love you all so much! I know God has blessed me with the best friends!

Here are some more pictures from the evening. Thanks to Beth Austin and Amanda Alexander for allowing me to use some of your pictures!

See you all tomorrow.

Odie