Revival in Pictures - Corwin Pentecostal Church

This has been a great revival. God has been so near and we give Him all the glory and honor for it. The folks at Corwin responded so well to the singing and preaching and moving of God's Spirit. Praise God for His blessings.

We appreciate all the kindness and hospitality. Pastor Acy Lamb and his folks treated us wonderfully and we enjoyed every moment of it! Thank you all for receiving us with open arms.

We are supposed to start revival this morning at Anchor of Hope in Lebanon. It is not too far from where we are parked at Dodds but we will probably move the BoggsMobile down there this afternoon. We really like parking right next to the church where we are preaching.

We have a busy day ahead so I will allow the pictures from Corwin do the rest of the talking..

Davy

A Country Boy Breakfast at Home

No Mexican yesterday....

But I did have homemade biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, pork steak and some great molasses. Mom and Dad cooked up a big spread at noon and invited us over to enjoy... and enjoy we did! 

Wow! There is nothing like a great big country boy breakfast at home.

I was so busy flapping my teeth and gums on the good food that I forgot to take a picture of Ma and Pa at breakfast. Thankfully Odie snapped a picture of them with our niece Deidre at church last night. Deidre was at breakfast too.

These are a few pictures of my parents place. This is the first house Dad and Mom bought. We moved here in September of 1972 when I was 5 years old. That will be 40 years this fall.

This a bridge my Dad built recently.

This is the house taken from the road in front of the driveway to the barn. The snowball bushes are beautiful this time of year. It have been several years since I have been home in the spring when they are in full bloom like this.

This is the barn where we have a lot of our family time and cookouts when the weather cooperates. You can't see it in this picture but it has a porch all along the left side that faces the bridge in the picture above.

We had a great service last night at Corwin. God is helping us and I am looking forward to His help tonight. I am praying specifically for a few individuals in this area that are dear to my heart and life. They need God to help them so desperately and God is willing to do it. If you read this Saturday please pray that they will come to church tonight and allow God to work in their lives.

Thank you and God bless you....

Davy

Corwin Pentecostal Church, Waynesville, Ohio

We have been having a great time at Corwin Pentecostal Church. I was raised a mile from this church in the house where my parents still live. I attended this church for Children's Church as a kid and Sunday School as a teenager and for lots of revival services but this is my first revival to preach here. I am loving it.

It is a great honor to preach so close to home but it is a double edged sword. Preaching to all these folks that have known me all my life is a blessing but they also know every misstep, mistake, and mess up we have every made. Yet they have also witnessed the grace of God working in our lives so it all balances out. They know who we are and where we have been and can plainly see what God has done better than most others.

Last night was a very good service with good response to our singing and the preaching. I am expecting to hear testimonies of God doing the miraculous in lives last night.

We are also getting to see friends that we have not seen in many years. We have been so busy visiting that we have neglected to take very many pictures. I will post the few we have and try to do better today and tomorrow.

Please pray for the services tonight and Saturday. I am praying for some friends from my youth to come and be touched by God in this revival. Some have promised to attend and I want God to saturate them with His presence. I appreciate your prayers to God for us.

Have a great day.... We are off to my parents for a BIG breakfast type meal for lunch and then we hope to visit with Kelly Jo's parents some before church.

God bless,

Davy

Pastor Acy Lamb

I did snap a few pictures at lunch on Thursday. Recognize this?

Good Mexican Food - Acapulco, Ohio!

Our first day home we had some business to take care of so we stopped at Acapulco in Lebanon for lunch and it was great as usual. We are always surprised how good this place is. In our opinion good Mexican Restaurants east of the Mississippi are very hard to find. This place caught our attention on our first visit few years ago with the salsa. It is literally good enough to drink.

The salsa kept us coming back even though we thought the food was just average. We even recommended the place to others because of the salsa. We are only in our home area 2-3 times a year so we didn't go often but we would try to get by at least once while in the area.

We noticed after 5-6 visits over a year and a half or so that we were liking the food better. Either the food was actually getting better or we were just getting used to mediocrity. If that was the only Mexican food we were eating then I might concede that we were just getting used to bad food with great salsa.

But we were still eating great Mexican food in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Texas and Arizona. We were still finding new Mexican places in those areas and other cities and states. We were still enjoying wonderful Mexican food but every time we returned to Acapulco we were liking it more than before. After 3-4 years, I still think it is getting better.

The fajitas are good, the enchiladas are good, the burritos are good, the chips are good and the salsa is still absolutely, positively scrumptious! While we were home in December I discovered the California Burrito at Acapulco. You might remember that it was a frequent picture in this Post.

And here it is again along with Kelly Jo and her Fajitas.....

And here it is again our second day home (Wednesday) along with Kelly Jo's Taco Salad.

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I hope you enjoy the pictures! It sure is good to be preaching close to home....

Davy

Do You Know Bill Houston?

Do You Know Bill Houston? That's Bro. Bill on the left in the picture below at Dryden Road Campmeeting last August.

Do You Know Bill Houston? We have been blessed to know Bill Houston for well over twenty five years. He preached a homecoming service at Harveysburg shortly after we were married and we could not believe such preaching was possible. He preached on "The Bulls of Bashan" and described what our Savior endured to pay the price for our sin. He preached with anointing, power, conviction and compassion. I remember distinctly the effect that sermon had on us. We have literally never been the same since!

It would be a few years before we would visit Dryden Rd. Church and realize that was Bro. and Sis. Houston's home church but the preaching that day at Harveysburg church opened a whole new world to us.  We began to seek out preaching like that. We began to hunger for preaching backed with prayer, study and purity.

As we spent time with Bro. Bill and Sis. Darien we completely fell in love them. We discovered they were the real deal. They took us in and loved us unconditionally and quickly became an extra set of grandparents to Odie. They helped us draw closer to God every time we were around them. 

Bro. Bill's preaching has been a great help to us all these years. His preaching continually confronted and inspired us. He has challenged us to dedicate every part of our lives to the Lord. He has encouraged us when we were low and caused us to seek deeper experiences in God. 

However, Bro. Bill's preaching has only been part of his influence on us. It is undeniably a large part but he has influenced us so much more than that.  His personal consecration to God, his pursuit of holiness and his unquenching love for souls  and dedication to evangelism has produced life changing results in our lives. 

Bro. Bill was the first evangelist that we spent very much time around at all. He became the ultimate personification of an evangelist to us. His passion and devotion energized and motivated us to be the best evangelists we could be. It might horrify him to hear me say this but much of what I do as an evangelist and much of how I operate came as a result of his effect on our lives. 

Thank you, Bro. Bill and Sis. Darien for your Godly example, Christian character and loyal friendship through the years.  You have touched many lives across America and are continuing to do so even now. God bless you for your faithfulness. 

Do you know Bro. Bill Houston? He is definitely worth getting to know.

Davy

Back to the BoggsMobile

We are back in the BoggsMobile! Kelly Jo and I arrived at the BoggsMobile about 10:00 last night (Monday) and it is good to be home. We have rested much, eaten well (of course), laughed, held hands, walked and rested some more. We planned this time off over a year ago and it could not have come at a better time in our lives and schedule. We feel recharged physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I appreciate Odie looking after the blog. She did a great job! Everybody give Odie a great big round of virtual applause! HURRAH! I think she posted about 14 times over the last two weeks proving that it can be done. I know you enjoyed her posts and all the pictures. Thanks, Odie, for stepping up to the plate with all of the wonderful posts. You did a wonderful job!

My dad looked after the BoggsMobile and I appreciate that very much as well. I am always concerned about something going wrong with the bus while we are away from it but I did much better this time. Thanks, Dad, for looking out after everything for me. 

I appreciate Mom and Dad and the rest of our families and church folks for looking after Odie as well. They act like they love having her around and I haven't heard of any bad behavior on Odie's part yet. I don't know if they would even tell me...

The last two weeks have been great but I am ready to climb back in the saddle and ride. In fact I am anxious to get started. We are supposed to crank up revival at Corwin (about 5 minutes from where I sit right now) on Wednesday and I can hardly wait.

Well, its good to be back. God bless you all.

Davy