Anchor of Hope - Revival in Pictures

The naming process for our new ride is going well. You all are doing great and keeping it interesting and entertaining. Ease over HERE and join the discussion. We love hearing your ideas.

 I spent several hours today having an air leak fixed. It was only leaking when I was parked and trying to level but I do not want to re-live this day anytime soon. Today was an expensive morning but that is a whole lot better than a roadside break down.

We had another wonderful revival at Anchor of Hope near Lebanon, Ohio this week. We were blessed to have Bro. Shobanke with us two nights and we are very thankful for that. Each night of revival was good and Wednesday topped it off with a great move of God.

We appreciate Pastor Bill Lamb and his folks being so kind to us. As usual in these "Revival in Pictures" posts I will let the pictures tell the story. No way to get pictures of everybody but I hope you enjoy these...

Davy

Bro. Shobanke and Pastor Bill Lamb

Pastor E.J. Lamb, Davy and Bro. Shobanke

Kelly's Dad and my Mother trying to see if their Bibles take pictures like Kelly Jo's

Our New Ride...

Mr. Cheap Jeep was about to lay down on us last summer so we placed him in a good home and bought the General. We loved the ride, comfort, low miles and looks of the General but he had a tail gate that made it very difficult to load Odie's power chair (Affectionately called the Electric Chair) and the PA system in the back. Plus the General had an unquenchable appetite for gasoline that often took us way beyond budget in that area.

So we found a new home for him in Foley, Alabama and we began the search for another ride. We had several stipulations when looking for transportation.

1. It had to be able to be towed behind the BoggsMobile with all for wheels on the ground. That limits our choices quite a bit.

2. It needed to have room to carry both of Odie's wheel chairs. Which also means it has room for the PA system when we need to haul it.

3. It needed to be "Fat Man Friendly." Enough said but VERY important.

4. It needed to be affordable. We have no debt beyond the BoggsMobile and we really want to keep it that way.

5. We wanted to be able to drive past at least 10 gas stations before needing to stop. Mr. Cheap Jeep and the General loved gas stations. Did I mention the unquenchable appetite for gasoline?? Yes, I think I did...

6. We wanted something with low miles but we were realistic about this one since we were also looking for something cheap.

About 10 minutes after I sold the General my Dad called to tell me about a car he had found in Ohio. It was capable of being towed with four wheels down and already equipped with a baseplate for the hitch. Kelly Jo immediately began researching and fell in love with the car. The MPG was great, the wheel chairs fit, it was affordable and had low miles for a 2006. We found one in Mobile, Alabama that was the same year and make to see if it was Fat Man Friendly. We looked it over and after passing that last test we were ready to buy.

The only problem was the fact that we were not going to be in Ohio near the car my Dad found for several weeks. In the process of that time we missed the opportunity to buy it so we were back to square one.

Last week we found a number of them that fit the criteria within a 2 hour radius of Waynesville. We sent and received emails and texts, made several calls and narrowed the list to four. Saturday we set out to look at them with our own eyeballs!

We went to see the nearest one first. It was also the one that jumped out at us as far as color was concerned. As usual the pictures in the advertisements did not tell the whole story but we expected as much. It is impossible to show or see every flaw in a few pictures. It has some scratches and dings but for a 6 year old car with nearly 74,000 miles it is in pretty good shape. (Since we are going to pull it behind a bus it would make me nervous to have a perfect car back there.)

We drove it and looked at every nook and cranny. We made an offer and bounced the ball back and forth until we had a price we could live with and drove it home early that afternoon.

It is a beautiful green 2006 Scion xB made by Toyota and here it is...

We haven't had much sunshine the last couple of days so it has been difficult to take good pictures of it. These pictures are the best I could do...

(I was able to take a few pictures in a little more sun after I had written the post. I have posted them at the bottom of the page.)

Notice that the green nearly matches the green stripe on the BoggsMobile...

See how Fat Man Friendly it is... It is surprisingly comfortable.

It has four big wide doors.

Now we need a name....

We have a few that have been floating around....

-The Gecko (And it is insured by GEICO)

-The Green Machine

-The Green Monster

-The Jolly Green Midget (That's what we call Kelly Jo sometimes)


-Sci-Fi

-The Green Alien

-Kermit

-Marvin the Martian

-My Favorite Martian

We have no favorites yet. Most of the names above feel pretty natural to me. Give us some more names or tell us which ones of the above you like. This ought to be fun. I can't turn it into a vote because the name needs to feel right to us but if some one comes up with a name that is "all that" and more and it is the clear winner in our hearts, we will have to come up with a prize. A CD package maybe?

OK, let the names begin....

Davy

Pastor E. Ade Shobanke, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

It is a wonderful privilege and honor to have Bro. E. Ade Shobanke with us for a few days this week. He is in the states for a few weeks and I was thrilled when I discovered our schedules would connect in Ohio. It is always a joy to be with my good friend from Nigeria.

Bro. Shobanke was preaching in West Harrison, Indiana last Sunday for Pastor Wade Hicks and is preaching for Pastor Mike Allen in Maineville, Ohio on Wednesday. I went down to West Harrison and picked him up Monday morning and he be with us until Wednesday evening.

When we arrived at the BoggsMobile we visited for a while and sent some emails for Bro. Shobanke and then I took him on the nickel tour of Waynesville and ended it at my parent's home. Mom and Dad had prepared a feast for our guest and it was a meal fit for a king! They served turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls and a delicious dessert. It was wonderful. Thank you Ma and Pa for extending such hospitality to my dear friend.

Then we took Bro. Shobanke to the motel so he could rest up for church. It was a great blessing to have Bro. Shobanke in service with us last night at Anchor of Hope. I worked him hard in the altar service praying for all that had needs and desired prayer. God moved in a wonderful and powerful way and we are expecting to hear testimonies of healing and help from that service. 


You can see in this picture that we are just about beat. But it is nothing that a Frisch's Big Boy won't cure and it sure did...

We are looking forward to visiting with Bro. Shobanke some more over meals today and tomorrow and he will also be in service with us tonight at Anchor of Hope by God's grace. We will also be discussing the plans for our trip to Nigeria in November/December of this year. We are looking forward to preaching in Nigeria again and visiting with all of our brothers and sisters. We have a lot of ground to cover between now and the end of November but we can hardly wait to visit Nigeria again.

Well, it is off to lunch and then preparation for service tonight. Have a great day and don't miss the picture at the end of this post....

God bless

Mom and Dad with our family and Bro. Shobanke

Kelly Jo carried water for Bro. Shobanke on her head so he would feel right at home.  She is a head case....

Sunday May 6,2012

Great start to revival yesterday at Anchor of Hope near Lebanon, Ohio. We enjoyed the services, the fellowship and of course, the lunch at Acapulco. Pastor Bill Lamb and Sis. Norma introduced us to Acapulco and their delicious salsa a few years ago and we were more than happy to go back again. It was good as usual!

Sunday was a very busy day. We picked up Odie from my parents early and brought our sound system to Anchor and set up for church. After service and lunch we went back to Dodds and fetched the BoggsMobile. We parked and set up and then began to prepare for the night service. That made for a long day and a short nap but we are all set up and ready to go now.

We finally replaced the General that we sold back in March. We bought a "new to us" car on Saturday. One day this week I will snap some pictures of it and get a naming contest of some sort going. We had a lot of fun naming the General and trust me this car is going to be fun to name. Odie, Deidre and some others have already come up with some good ones we will get you involved too.

Bro. Shobanke from Nigeria is in the states right now and I am planning to go to West Harrison, Indiana to pick him up today. He will be in revival with us Monday and Tuesday and then I will take him some where else on Wednesday. We are so excited to see him and to be in church with him as well. I will give you a full report later in the week.

Have a great day...

Davy

Here are a few pictures from today...