Foodie Friday 2/21/25

 Hey Friends,

Last week on Foodie Friday, here, I shared a favorite food memory with my Dad that he capture on video.

Well, the very next day we visited another family favorite buffet. He videoed that experience and shared it too. 

We loved Berry’s Seafood Buffet! They had a place to park the bus, the food is wonderful and the atmosphere is great! We stopped, whenever possible. Maybe Mom and I can go back soon! 

I thought it was fitting to share the video here for this week's Foodie Friday installment. I hope you enjoy.

See you tomorrow!

Odie

Throwback Thursday 2/20/25

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to Throwback Thursday. Today, we are going back to January 29th 2021. The last week of January we had a schedule change due to sickness. Honestly, that became our norm, and we learned to roll with the punches. We were still hours away, so we changed our route and plans. 

The new plan was to do ministry bookwork by day for my parents and revival on YouTube at night. A truckstop parking lot was home for a few days. We had cell signal and food and the comforts of the BoggsMobile. We were set. 

By Thursday we completed our travel to our next stop, Bernice, Louisiana. The last night of revival was a soundcheck singalong. It was a great service! We did not realize how special that moment would be for our family. 

Sunday morning Dad and I both woke up sick. By 9AM we confirmed it was our first known round of Covid. We had not spent time around people in a week. 

Well we rolled with the punches. That afternoon we began the journey home. It took us 2 and half days to complete the trip. Dad’s health battles were just beginning. We would be home for 7 months. He never fully recovered.

This became our last video before life changed! Wow, I am glad we captured this moment forever!  The video has been showing up in my suggested videos for a while. We have been receiving a few new comments on it. I decided to share it today.

Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow!

Odie

Example Of A Christian Full Of Character

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for joining me today! It always makes me happy that my friends decide to spend part of their day with me.

 

Yesterday was a full day of fun with family and friends! Keep reading, and I will tell you all about it.

Family 

We were able to spend a little bit of time with a couple of our family members. It was Presidents' Day, and our schools were out around here. That meant we could meet my Gran and Aunt Kim for lunch.

Here are a few pictures that I captured to remember the moment.

I am so glad that our schedules lined up for this meeting to happen! I love my family and enjoy spending time with them whenever possible! The food was good, but the quality time was even better!

Friends 

Later in the afternoon, we went to a party to celebrate a very special friend! Emily Burris Roberts just turned to 30 years old!

Happy birthday, my friend! We love you! I am so proud of you! We have had the privilege of watching you grow up from two years old until today.

It has been a joy! God has had His hand on your life, and you have followed him! I cannot wait to see what the future holds for you!

I have done a lot of thinking the last few days about my friendship with Emily and her family. They are like family to us! It is amazing to have such wonderful people in our lives!

Emily was raised with Godly examples in her life! She has wonderful parents and grandparents. Now she is grown and has a life of her own, that includes a husband, Nathan Roberts!

It has been wonderful to see her continue to serve God! She carries on the family tradition,  and the Godly character that was passed down to her! Emily is a caring, loving and friendly person. The Bible says to have friends you must show yourself friendly. Emily has lived out that verse. 

She is a friend too many people! Yesterday was just a small example of the friends that wanted to celebrate her milestone in life!

I am honored to be in her circle of friends! Looking back over the 28 years that I have known Emily, here is a little something that came to mind.

Life started for Elsie Emily Burris in February 1995. She was an excellent girl from the beginning. As a young lady, she lived an exceptional life, devoted to God! 30 years into life, Elsie Emily Roberts, is an elegant lady! Most of all she is great example of a christian full of character. 

I will close with the pictures from Emily's party. It was an exquisite event, celebrating my wonderful friend! Everyone that had a part in making the party a success did a phenomenal job! I was so glad to attend this celebration!

Odie

Valentine’s Day 2025 Recap

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to another Saturday post with me, Odie! Thank you for dropping in. 

First, I want to thank all of you who reached out to Mom and me yesterday on Valentine's Day. We appreciate your extra thoughtfulness and care for us! The calls, texts, surprise gifts and cards were so sweet and special! We definitely felt loved!

We were blessed with a wonderful day! I can say, for a fact, God's strength was with us every moment! We spent some time with my Mamaw and Papaw. 

Thankfully, we were able to mark something big off of our to-do list that has been there for three months. We will tell you more about it in the future. 

Then Papaw treated us to a great Valentine’s Day lunch at a family, favorite,Skyline.  below our pictures of mine and my Mom's meals.

Mamaw shared a pumpkin pie with us. Pumpkin is my favorite kind of pie and hers are the best! Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of the pie! Believe me, it was delicious!

We finished out the day with church. It was Youth Rally night at DRPC.  It was so good to see many people from our area fellowship join us for the service. 

Also, Friday was the last night of our services with, Bro. Josh Smith. Bro. Josh, preached excellent all week! It was wonderful to see him and his family again. We love The Smith Family!

 

The revival was really good! All four nights the altar services were wonderful! Last night was the icing on the cake! The Holy Ghost moved in a mighty way! It was a great blessing to feel the Spirit of God, so close to us! 

Let's just say, I went to bed last night feasting on Friday’s service! My heart is overflowing with joy and praise for our mighty God! What a blessing to be His child! God’s love for us is amazing, and never ceases to leave me in wonder!

Thanks for reading! I look forward to seeing you next time. 

Odie

Odie’s Vacation Travel To Florida 2025

 Hey Friends,

I hope you are having a great day! Thank you for stopping by. As most of you know, I was on vacation from January 25 through February 1. I have been looking forward to this vacation for a year! I love every time that I get to go on the Singing At Sea cruise. This was my sixth time going on this particular cruise since 2012.

This was my second year sailing out of Port Canaveral, Florida! Once again, the ship was the Carnival Freedom, and the cruise set sail on January 27. 

Let’s begin the vacation recap posts. I will spread my recaps into several posts so as not to overload you with pictures. Several people told me last year they would like me to break it up into more posts. I had some people told me they wanted vacation to last longer next year lol. 

Before getting to the cruise part of a vacation, we must travel to Florida first. We also had a two night pre-cruise day in Orlando, Florida.

Thank you to my Mom, Mamaw and Papaw for making sure I made it safely to the airport in Cincinnati. It is just shy of an hour from my house to the airport. We had a smooth drive that Saturday afternoon. 

Of course, we had to stop for food along the way. I chose Chick-fil-A for a good start to the vacation food! Sadly, I forgot to get any pictures of that meal. Food is an excellent highlight of every vacation in my book!

Soon, it was time to bid everyone goodbye. I feel like once I make it through security and safely to my gate to wait on the plane, vacation can officially begin. 

This year I was able to have straight though flights to and from vacation. I am used to flying with a layover and I can navigate airports well. But it is nice not having to do it very much! Thankfully, all of my flights were excellent! No delays, smooth flying and great weather!

Once I arrived in Orlando, I retrieved my baggage, and then met up with my travel companion for the week!  It was so great to see my wonderful friend and Nicole Estes once again! We had not actually seen each other since vacation last year.

Our flight schedules worked out to where we arrived near the same time. We were able to meet up at baggage claim. Then catch the hotel shuttle together. It all really worked out great!

Our home for the next two nights was the Hyatt Place near the Orlando airport. We booked the room through Templeton Tours. The staff at the hotel was very helpful and accommodating. They had a wonderful accessible room with two beds, which can be challenging to find.  One great advantage, their airport shuttle was a bus that actually had a handicap lift for my wheelchair.

Once we were checked in and settled into our room. Our first order of business was to find food. Nicole and I both were very hungry after a busy travel day. 

We Door Dashed from a local sandwich place. The food was excellent. We made a great choice on that first vacation meal together. We may have to try it again next time. There were so many good looking things on the menu it was hard to choose.

After dinner we started preparing for bed. We were excited to catch up in person, so it took a while for us to get to sleep mode.

The travel day was behind us. The next day was dedicated to R&R and food lol! I will have more on that in the next vacation post. 

Odie

A Few Things To Cover

Hey Friends.

Thanks for visiting with me today. Welcome to any new visitors! Hello to my faithful friends! You all are awesome! I hope your day is going well!

I have a few different topics to cover for today's post, so let me get right to the matter at hand. 

1. Goodnews Christian School 

Thank you for the good response to the new video posted to YouTube! You can see it by clicking below. 

We really appreciate some of you already getting on board with us for this special project! May God bless you for your help!

2. Uncle Steve Update

Thank for the prayers and concern for Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen Boggs!

 Uncle Steve is making progress towards recovering from Cellulitis! Praise God he was released from the hospital yesterday! He will receive out patient treatment for a few days and continue oral antibiotics a while longer. We are so thankful for the Lord touching him!!

3. Revival at DRPC

Bro. Josh Smith and Family start revival tonight through Friday at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church. services nightly at 7:30 PM February 11 through the 14th.

Youth rally is scheduled for Friday night. If you are in our local area come be part of revival! Dryden Road Pentecostal Church is located at 3201 Dryden Road, Moraine, Ohio. 

Thanks again for reading! See you again next time!

Odie

Pray For Uncle Steve Boggs

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by for a visit today! I appreciate you taking a moment to spend with us here. I am here asking my dear friends for prayer once again.

This time, I am requesting prayer for my dear Uncle Steve Boggs. He gave me permission to share this prayer request with you. He appreciates all the prayers he can get! We desire the Lord to heal him completely! Please join our family in praying for him!

Right now Uncle Steve is in the hospital suffering badly from Cellulitis! He has been on strong antibiotics since Thursday afternoon! We are praying that he makes a full and speedy recovery! 

Uncle Steve seems to be in great spirits! Thankfully, he is receiving great care! we know the Great Physician is able to step in to heal him completely!

I know our readers know how to pray.  You all have helped us pray through many hard times! On behalf of Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen and all of our family, I say thank you for the prayers!

Odie

Foodie Friday 2/7/25

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for joining me for Foodie Friday. This week, we visited one of our favorite places a couple of times. Can you guess where?

Ding ding ding, you got it right! Alcapulco is the correct answer.  

We love their salsa, food and our friends that work there! Remembering Dad’s love for Alcapulco when we go there feels good!

On Tuesday, we had lunch with our cousins Teresa and Trinity. We had been trying to get together for a while, and thankfully, it worked out this time. We had a great lunch and visit with them!

Thursday we were out running an errand with Mamaw and Papaw. Somehow our car sensed we were hungry, and the navigation took us to Alcapulco. 

Sorry not sorry for your sudden craving of good mexican food! 🤣 The food tasted even better than it looked!

Thanks for reading see you next time. 

Odie

Sunday Sanity 2/2/25

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in for another Sunday Sanity. My friend, Sis. Lacey Lamb recently reminded me of something Dad said about faith. This statement spoke to her, and she made note of it.

I, too, remember hearing him make this statement in his preaching and thinking it was excellent! Lacey, thank you for bringing this back to my mind!

I do not know if this was an original quote from Dad. He often credited others, but I do not remember this one. For today, Dad gets the credit.

"Faith is not a blind leap in the dark, but a leap into the hand of God. It's a vast difference."

-Davy Boggs Boggs Family Ministries

Pictured below is Dad with Stella, Lacey, and E.J. Lamb. This was taken in July of 2024.

Thanks for visiting. See you next time.

Odie

Princess Chloe Jean Celebrates 3

 Hey Friends,

Last Saturday, in my January Birthday post, I mentioned Chloe Jean Shoemaker. The little but mighty miracle turned 3 on the 20th. 

Her birthday party was last Friday. Sadly Ohio and Alabama are too far apart. We could not attend her birthday party. She got her present. That's all that matters, right?! 😀

Chloe’s Mom Deidre and Aunt Selah sent pictures. They are too cute not to share. Even both the big and little brothers make an appearance too. 

 

I miss this beautiful princess! Hopefully, I can figure out a way to see her soon. I need my Chloe Jean hugs!

Thank you for stopping by and reading. 

Odie