October Events

October was quite busy for us. We traveled to Schroon Lake in early October. It was really pretty there because they were in their peak fall colors. We had the pleasure of taking a couple of drives during the free afternoons. We drove to Vermont and took a ferry across Lake Champlain. It was a lot of fun and the weather was just great! We also drove to Lake Placid, home of the Olympic winter games in the 80's. The weather again was just beautiful. Buddy did a talk for the entire group on "Dinosaurs - Separating Fact From Fiction". On Saturday night, he did an hour long music concert with songs from his two newest CD's, "Come On Aboard" and "I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ". Of course, he included some of everyone's favorites like, Here Kitty, Kitty, Soar, and The Old Account. He also did a children's workshop on one of the days.

When we arrived back at the museum from Schroon Lake, we did an archery course entitled , National Archery for Schools Program. It was a whole day of learning how to shoot their bows and how to teach students how to shoot them safely. There were five of us taking the training to become instructors. At the end of the day, we had to take a 100 question test. It was hard but everyone passed! We hope to be able to offer this at the Creation Museum sometime next year.


























We traveled to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for a conference at Calvary Chapel Church. Buddy did four children's talks with songs. He had approx. 1,000 children in the four sessions. He did a concert for the entire congregation on Sunday evening. On Monday afternoon, he joined Ken and did some songs with children from grades K-6 at Calvary Chapel. Buddy also entertained them with his pet dinosaur, Levi, along with a fire-breathing dragon.

We are getting ready for our trip to Kenya, Africa. Please pray for us as we travel. We will be there from Nov. 2 thru Nov. 18. Buddy will be working with children from four orphanages and will be speaking at Rift Valley Academy. Rift Valley is the largest Christian School in Africa with approx. 500 students. Buddy will be giving talks and doing some crafts/art with the students. It will be a busy time. We are praying that God will use us in whatever way He choses and He will be glorified!

Our 2nd Montana Dinosaur Dig

We got home last Saturday from our 2nd Montana Dinosaur Dig. This was a lot different weather-wise than the 1st dig in July. It rained two of our digging days so we had to be flexible. Our host, Otis Kline, did a fantastic job with the 17 team members. We did excavate on Tuesday all day. The team members found a variety of cool fossilized things such as dinosaur bones, fish scales, turtle bones, etc. On Wednesday, we went to the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum where we got a tour and watched a couple of videos. It was raining so this was the perfect day to do this. Buddy and the AIG film crew (Ben Wilt and Ryan Vogel) also worked on getting footage in the museum for the new children's videos that Buddy is doing. That worked out great! On Thursday, we checked out the dig site but it was just too muddy and would be too dangerous for us to climb those hills. We went to Makoshika State Park and enjoyed the beautiful view which showed the geological layers. We also stopped by their little museum where they had some dinosaur castings. After that we headed out to a nearby ranch to look for new dinosaur dig sites. The ground was still a little slippery so you had to be careful. Buddy and the film crew climbed up and down the hills getting some good shots. Buddy put his hand on a cactus while climbing and he is still feeling the prickly thorns!

On Friday our last day, Otis brought in some dinosaur bones that had been plaster-jacketed from the dig site. Everyone got a fossil to excavate out of the rock. This time you used dental picks to scrape away the rock from the fossil. It was very tedious and time consuming but rewarding when you were finished and could see the fossil. There was a lot of really cool things uncovered. I forgot to mention that it snowed on Friday, Sept. 17!

We had such a great group of people on this trip. They came from all over the United States. It is such a privilege for us to get to know this group and you become like family by the end of the week. We had a lot of wonderful teenagers on this trip as well.

We had a wonderful time with our dear friends Otis and Miriam Kline. We even got to see some friends that live in Montana. Michael and Amber and their precious little girl, Caitlin, from Baker stopped by for a visit. Rod and Marilyn Kelly from Ismay also stopped by to see us. It was so good to see everyone.

We are getting caught up at home now and will be leaving for Michigan this Saturday. We will be going to the church that we will be going to Kenya, Africa with and giving a concert. Please continue to pray that the money for our missions trip will come in by Oct. 15. Thanks for everyone who has given toward this missions trip. We deeply appreciate it. We do have our airline tickets bought which is a blessing.

Africa Missions Trip

The Lord has recently given us the exciting opportunity to go to Kenya, East Africa as short term mission team members with the Pleasantview Family Church. We are looking forward to serving in Kenya from November 2 until November 18. We rejoice that God has allowed us to become a part of this team.

In the two weeks in Kenya, we will be working with Bishop Moses Turere of the Global Outreach Center in Kisserian, where we will be working with the people of the Maasai tribe. We will also be working with AIM missionary Ronda Addison in Kijabe where we will be ministering to the Little Lamb's of Green Pastures and other orphans in the area. We will also be spending time with Pastor Paul Manyara, director of the Moffat BIble College and with he staff and students of Rift Valley Academy. We look forward to serving in the following ministries: church planting, schools, church services, women's and pastor's seminars, college ministries, visitation, evangelistic outreaches, singing, and any other area as needed.

Please pray with us as we prepare and as we go to Kenya. Pray that souls will be saved and national believers will be encouraged. Please pray that the Lord will prepare us, supply both our physical and financial needs, an use us to lead people to Christ.

Since this is a missions trip, it is necessary for us to raise support. The cost of the trip is $4,000 per person. We know that raising $8,000 for the two of us is a lot of money, but we are clinging to the promise in I Thessalonians 5:24 which says, "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it." We are trusting that the Lord will provide all that is needed to accomplish what He has called us to do. The money will be used for the airline tickets, ministry needs, and food and accommodations. Any extra money raised will be given to the missionaries and to the students at Moffat Bible College.

Would you prayerfully consider giving to help us to go and share the gospel of Jesus Christ in Kenya?

If you would like to help financially, please make checks payable to Pleasantview Family Church. Be sure to indicate on the check that the money is for Buddy and Kay Davis. It will be deposited into our individual account. Pleasantview Family Church will in turn send you a receipt for your tax deductible donation. The final deadline for all donations is October 15th. We are very excited about this opportunity to serve. After our return in November, we will send you a letter sharing how the Lord blessed our trip.


Thank you in advance for all of your prayers and support. May God richly bless you!

Please send all donations to: Pleasantview Family Church, 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050

Sevierville, Tennessee Conference

Just before we went on the dinosaur dig, we drove to Sevierville, Tenn. for a "Defending the Faith" Conference. It was about 7 and 1/2 hour drive for us. We arrived on Sunday evening and set up on Monday during the day. Buddy did six children's workshops and two concerts. Our room only held 70 children so it was almost full every time. We had wonderful volunteers who helped with every workshop. We could not do the workshop without these volunteers and we want to thank them again for all of their work. In the afternoon we had some free time so we went to the Smokies with friends and drove through the loop called Cade's Cove. We stopped at an old church and went in. We also found a great Bass Pro Shop and a shop called "Knife Works". Yes, it had every kind of knife you would want but it also had other kitchen related items and on the lower level had cool fossils like shark teeth, arrow heads, civil war relics, to name a few... We enjoyed that.
There were approx. 3,000 people at the conference. Buddy also did a couple of intervews with Cedarville Radio. We arrived home Thursday evening and left for Montana on Saturday....

Dino Dig

Greetings! We are in Glendive, Montana digging up dinosaur bones. We are with a group of 21 that signed up for this adventure thru the Creation Museum. The weather has been beautiful but really warm! We have been digging on a site that was established which means we didn't have to take the top layers off to get to the bones. We had to dig in a gravel layer where most of the bones are found. The group did find dinosaur bones, turtle bones and shells, and a few small teeth, etc. We spent yesterday at a ranch a little ways from town to walk the property looking for dinosaur bones that were washed out. Our leader, Otis Kline, was looking for a possible new dig site. It was a lot of fun but the sun was very hot yesterday. We arrived on Sunday evening and started the dig on Tuesday morning. I am including some photos of the dig. Today is our last day and it looks like a great day outside!!

Recording New CD's

We are down in Charlotte, North Carolina recording two new CD's. The photos show the musicians and Buddy going over the music charts. They finished 12 songs yesterday and will be working all day today on the next CD. The studio, GAT3, has a new, gigantic, awesome control console. I have included a photo of the control panel. We will be busy for the next few days getting the music, vocals, backgrounds, and mixing finished.

What's happening?

Sorry that it has been so long since we have blogged but things have been very hectic. We traveled to Okeefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia the first part of April to go canoeing with a total of 14 people from the Creation Museum. We spent two nights out in the swamp on platforms that were specifically built for camping overnight. The first day we canoed 12 miles mostly against the current. The weather was very hot that first day with no shade. The next day was 11 miles of canoeing but it was with the current and we did have more shade. The third day was 8miles. We are going to offer this canoeing trip hopefully twice a year for people to go with us. It was a lot of fun and we saw a lot of wildlife and plant life.

We have also been traveling quite a bit speaking and doing concerts. We just finished a four day tour in Niles, Ohio and have been to Duluth, Minnesota. We did a wild game supper in Michigan as well as Sunday services. I am including a photo of the men from the wild game supper and also a picture of Buddy singing with the children. They surprised Buddy and got up and sang a couple of his songs for him. It was just great! In Minnesota we did Sunday services and then a workshop for about 156 children on Monday morning. We have enjoyed meeting a lot of new friends. When we were at the museum a couple of weeks ago, we were surprised to see the Troy Christian elementary school students that we had met earlier in the year at their school. They were visiting the museum and had actually spent the night there in a special overnight camp out at the museum. What fun they had!

We are currently in Charlotte, North Carolina getting ready to record two new CD's. The musicians will be ready to start today and they are so professional that they can just listen to Buddy's song and get it right the first time. It is fun to just watch them listen to the song and figure out who does what in the song. Buddy will be singing today as well. Please pray that everything will go smoothly. More on what is happening later...

Goodbye to Mom

Kay's Mom, Nellie Booth, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 19. We wanted to share some thoughts about her to honor her memory. As a young mother, she became a follower of Christ in 1950 and was baptized in 1954. She loved her church and spent many years at First Church of the Nazarene where she had many friends. She did her best to bring all of her children up to know about salvation and gave them a good knowledge of the truth of God's Word. She never waivered in her beliefs although we often tried to persaude her as kids that we knew better. We often thought she had eyes in the back of her head. We would say, how did she know that?

She spent many nights on her knees praying for her kids and grandkids. Her hope was that all of us would know the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

She believed in us and would stand by us come what may.
She knew we weren't always right but she loved us anyways.

She raised 10 children and made sure we were clothed and fed.
She would take care of us even when we were grown and had left home.
She learned to drive at 40 years of age.
She took care of Hope(her daughter) when she had her transplants.
She took care of her sister, Kathleen, when she was dying of cancer.
She helped take care of Holly's Mom when Holly and her sister had to work.
She went to work when she was 49 years old when Dad died with no job experience other than helping others.
She worked and retired from Ohio Laborers Training Center.

Mom knew the pain of losing our Dad and two daughters, Maxine and Hope.
But her faith never waivered and it remained strong.

The last words that she ever wrote were, "I love my family". She knew her time was short and she made it a point to say "I love you" to every one of her children and many of her grandchildren.

Now her race is won, and she would say, don't cry for me.
That all her children would trust in Jesus was her final plea.
She is waiting on heaven's shore to welcome all her children and grandchildren in.

So what is the heritage that our Mom left us?
She never knew wealth but she gave a precious gift, she gave of herself.
Her testimony of a Christian life, and the love she had for her family,
What more could you want.

Busy March!

Spring is finally here. I just wanted to get you up to date on what we have been doing lately. March was certainly a busy time for us. When we left the museum, we headed to Cambridge, Ohio the very next day. Buddy spoke at the Worship service and Sunday school hour. We were at First Baptist which is the home church of Jason Lisle. His parents and younger brother attend there and we really enjoy spending time with them. They are a wonderful family.
After morning services, we went out to eat with a group from the church. It was about 25 people in all. We enjoyed getting to know everyone. We went back to the church to spend the afternoon getting ready for a concert and workshop. When we arrived there, there was a group meeting downstairs. The pastor showed us to a room where Buddy could go over his power point program and not be disturbed. Pastor gave us his cell number and then left. What we didn't realize is that when the other group left, they set the alarm on. What we also didn't realize is that when we left the room we were in, it would set off the alarm. Guess what! I went to search for the room where Buddy would be doing his workshop. Buddy was working on his music at the time so I was the one who set the alarm off! Well, I immediately called the Pastor and told him the alarms were going off. He gave me the code and password. I tried to enter it and it didn't work. I then tried a 2nd time and finally the alarm stopped. By then, the police showed up at the door. I went to the wrong door at first and thought they had left. However, a few minutes later, they knocked on the door again. This time I went and opened the door and explained to them what had happened. They just smiled and left. I am sure this is not the first time that had happened. The rest of the day was quiet with no alarms. We drove home that night because Cambridge was only a little over an hour from home. We drove back the next day to do a banquet for House of Samuel ministries. Buddy gave his testimony and sang several songs. At 5:00 that evening, Buddy did a sculpturing workshop for about 100 children and adults.

On Thursday, we flew to Fargo, North Dakota. We had heard earlier that parts of Fargo were flooded so we didn't know what we would find. When we flew over before landing, we could see the river had flooded parts of the land but we didn't have any problems. Buddy had to speak at the North Dakota Home School Association's yearly conference. He did four workshops and a concert. There were approx. 800 people in attendance. Buddy's workshops were full each time with about 300 people there. His workshops were for the entire family. His concert was enjoyed by all of the families with lots of children and adults singing along. We met a lot of wonderful families there at the conference. We also caught up with Crystal Litfin and her family. We met Crystal when she volunteered at the Creation Museum. It was great to see her again and spend some time with her and her family. I am attaching a photo of us with her family. It was a wonderful weekend.

We arrived home on Sunday evening and on Saturday we traveled to Normal, Illinois. Buddy did a sculpturing workshop with about 100 children with their parents. He then did a family concert that ended the evening. At this particular church, he could not run his power point from the pulpit and the remote was not working so I had to be back in the control room running his power point. I also had to do this on Sunday morning and evening. Buddy was not used to having someone else do the powerpoint but he did a great job.
On Sunday morning during the Sunday School, the puppet team from the church did a skit using one of Buddy's songs about Noah, "Problem Solved". It was very good. In fact, the team actually won an award for this particular song not long ago. We praise the Lord that he is using Buddy's songs for His Glory.
We decided to drive to the museum and spend the night at our RV after the Sunday night service. Buddy wanted to pick up his small guitar that we would be taking to on our canoeing trip coming up. We arrived home on Monday and started to get things ready for our trip to Georgia. More on that trip later.

May you have a Blessed Easter and remember John 3:16.

Spring is coming!

I have enclosed a photo of beautiful little flowers that are coming up at the museum and a nice spring flowering bush. This is a good sign of spring coming. We have enjoyed nice warm weather for the last two weeks that we have been at the creation museum. The crowds are starting to pick up since the weather has warmed up. All the snow has melted! YEAH!! We have had lots of groups here the past two weeks and have met some wonderful people. We have had good attendance for the workshops and concerts.

We were able to attend our own church last Sunday and it was great to see our friends again. I am actually speaking at Perry Chapel Baptist (my home church) on the 11th of April. The weeks before the 11th, I will be very busy. This weekend we will be in Cambridge,Ohio. I will be speaking Sunday morning at First Baptist for both the worship service and the Sunday School hour. In the evening, I will be doing a concert and then a children's talk. Since Cambridge is only a little over an hour from home, we will be coming home Sunday evening and then returning to Cambridge on Monday to do a banquet which involves a talk and music and then at 5:00 we will be doing a children's workshop. Monday evening we will return home and get ready to fly out on Thursday for a Home school Conference in Fargo, ND. When we arrive home from that, we have a few days at home and then go to Illinois for the next weekend.

We are going with a group from the Museum to Okefenokee Swamp for a canoe trip thru the swamp where we will camp 2 nights in the swamp. They have wooden platforms that we will camp on. We are looking forward to this adventure. We will have photos to share with you when we return. This is a preliminary adventure to see if it is feasible to offer trips to AIG fans. Okefenokee Swamp is in Southern Georgia and it goes into the Northern tip of Florida.

We are at the museum today and will be traveling home later today. Happy Spring!
Well, it is close to March 20th...

Men's Adventures in New York

This past weekend, we traveled to Binghamton, New York for the Men's Adventures. This conference has been ongoing every year for the last 20 years. It is one of the ministries of the Empire State Fellowship of Regular Baptist Churches. Craig Golden is the head of this fellowship and a wonderful leader. There were 926 men and boys at this year's adventure. Buddy spoke on Friday night about his Alaskan Adventure. On Saturday morning, he did his relevance of Genesis talk and also an hour long music concert. In the afternoon, he finished with the Dinosaurs - Separating Fact from Fiction. We sold almost all of the books that were sent for this event. Praise God that the men saw the importance of getting materials in hand to be able to help them defend their faith. There were 5 that received Christ as their savior, ranging from 5 years old to 79 years old. Pray that they will get in a bible believing church.

We were surprised to see how much snow they had. Actually, we had more snow at home then they had there. You could actually see the ground there. The weather going out was OK when we got past the freezing rain in Ohio. Then on the return trip, we got into a little freezing rain but it soon turned into just rain.

We were able to do a Home school concert when we were in New York and also a concert and talk for our good friend, Delores Morgan, who lives in Horseheads.

It was a long trip but well worth it. We are getting ready to go out this weekend but only to the border of Pennsylvania. Buddy is doing a wild game supper and Sunday morning services.

We will be heading to the museum next week on Tuesday. We are working on a new workshop. February is almost over and spring is definitely coming!!

SNOW-SNOW-and MORE SNOW!

We arrived home from the museum on Saturday night to find we were without electricity and had been since Friday night. The snow total was about 16 inches. We have great neighbors who came down and plowed our drive way out. They said that because the snow plows had been working on Henpeck Road, they didn't think we could have gotten into our driveway. Well, the electricity was off until yesterday around 10:30 am. There was an electric line down across our pond. The electric crew had to bring ladder trucks to get up to the top of the pole and string the line back up. It was very cold yesterday morning also!

The house was cold until we got the wood stove going. We have a gas cook stove so making meals was no problem. We had water as well so we were all set. We had kerosene lanterns, candles, and battery operated lights so we could even read. Of course, Buddy practiced his music.

Buddy is fighting a cold. We are staying home today instead of going to the museum. He is going to rest today to see if he can get over this cold. We just found out that the museum was closed today. They must be getting lots of snow down there. We took lots of photos of the snow. It has started snowing again and we may get up to 5 inches before this storm moves on.

Buddy did go out yesterday and got some snow and made snow ice cream. Of course he got the fresh white snow! A lot of people have not idea how good snow ice cream is. Buddy says that it tastes just like home made ice cream and it is so easy to make!

We are going to work on a script for a children's program pilot episode today. It will be on dinosaurs. We would love to be able to make at least 12 or 13 one-half hour children's programs. We need to get the pilot done so that we can get someone to invest in this project.

Hope everyone is enjoying the snow. Be careful if you have to drive in it. Spring is right around the corner......

Welcome Bo

The photo is of our new dog, Bo with Cricket . Bo is a yellow Lab and is 3 1/2 years old. We got him to be a companion for Casey. He is such a loveable and cute dog, we just love him already. Buddy is teaching him to heel and throwing a pheasant decoy for him to retrieve. He is a fast learner. All of the dogs get along great.

Buddy and Cricket got to go pheasant hunting with some friends last week. They harvested 9 pheasants.

We have been doing ministry in the Ohio area. We have been to Tipp City, Troy, and Dupont over the past two weekends. We have been encouraged with all of the churches and schools that stand up for the authority of God's Word. May God bless them for honoring Him. We met some wonderful Christian brothers and sisters.

We are excited about the new songs that Buddy has written. He has over 16 new songs. The most recent ones are on the Books of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

We are at the museum for the next two weeks. Each week that goes by is closer to springtime! We are looking forward to seeing the spring flowers come up and hearing the spring birds as they return.

Buffy

We had to say goodbye to our golden retreiver, Buffy, on Tuesday, January 12. She was such a sweet dog and never any trouble. She had cancer. In June of last year, we had a tumor taken off her leg and were told that it was cancer but they thought they got it all. Well, it came back in September and we were told it was the type of cancer that is in the blood stream. We didn't have a lot of choices. We chose to keep her with us and keep her comfortable as long as we could.

We were on the road over the weekend doing ministry in Michigan and got home around 1:30 in the afternoon and she died at 2:30. We had a dear friend watch her when we were gone. She came to meet us at the door when we arrived home. We knew that she was very sick and didn't have much time left. She wagged her tail until the end. Buddy was holding her in his arms when she died.

Buffy was 8 years old. She was six weeks old when we got her. We still have Casey (another golden) and Cricket (English Setter). Casey was raised with Buffy and is 8 as well. We will miss her terribly.

One thing that our friend told us about Buffy was that day when he came to let her out and feed her, she did not come to the door. He looked and found her on our bed. Now let me explain that she was too weak to even get up on a low sofa that we had. Our bed is a log bed and very high. There was no way she could get up on that bed but that is where he found her. Casey was with her.

Buffy is mentioned in Buddy's song, I've Got A Warm Heart for a Real Cold Nose and you can see her in both of the Front Porch Gospel DVD's (Summer and Autumn). Our hearts are broken but we were so glad that we got to have her for 8 years.

Happy New Year

Can you believe it is 2010? We are looking forward to an exciting year of ministry. Just a quick note, Buddy's eye is doing great. It has completely healed up.

We were blessed to be able to bring Kay's Mom down to the cabin Christmas day. We did not think that would be possible since she had her stroke. She has really improved dramatically since Thanksgiving. We were not sure she would even be here. She still gets confused but has been able to walk with help. We pray that she will continue to improve as much as she can.

I don't know if I shared this or not but our female retriever, Buffy, has cancer and has really gone down hill since Thanksgiving. She is not in any pain and still likes to take a ride in the mule (4 wheeler with a bed in back). We try to take her every day that we can. But she is not eating well and has lost weight. We know that it is only a matter of time for her but we will love her and keep care of her until then. It is a very sad time for us. We have had her for 8 years and she is so sweet.

We were blessed to get to share some time with dear friends of ours from southern Ohio. We went to their home before Christmas and shared gifts and a great meal with them. We dearly love this family. They are a Godly family that is an inspiration to us every day. We also went to the Creation Museum with them on the 26th of December. That was a great time of fun and fellowship. We loved showing them Bethlehem Blessings. If you missed it this year, please make plans for next year. It is definitely worth making a trip!!

We were also blessed to have some Australian friends stop by and spend some time with us. One couple and their son was able to spend a night with us at our cabin. It was good to see them again. We had met them when we had traveled a few years ago to Australia. We also met another couple of Aussies and their three children at the museum when we went down on the 26th. We really enjoyed seeing them again and finding out how they were doing. We can't believe how fast children grow up. Their children were young adults now!! It was a great time for us to see all of our Australian friends once again. The time was way too short.

We have been working on new children's workshops for the museum and updating some of the talks that I do. We are always updating the talks and trying to find new subjects for the workshops and new crafts for the children to do. Buddy is working also on a new CD that will hopefully be coming out this year. He has 14 new songs that he has been working on. The ministry has for its theme this year, "I am not ashamed". Buddy wrote two songs along those lines and one is the scripture in Romans 1:16. Pray that we will be able to do this CD. We believe that it will bless a lot of people. Of course, there are always some fun songs in with the more serious ones. We like to make CD's that are for the entire family.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
Romans 1:16