Motorcycle Times in Okmulgee Oklahoma

I had a beautiful Red 650 Suzuki in College. My College buddy's and I had a blast in college and I learned alot!

Here is one of my motorcycle stories. 

Jeff Tedford and I were dragging Main Street on Oklahoma Ave in Okmulgee Oklahoma. We were cruising to be seen and check out the other draggers. We pulled into McDonald's with Jeff on the back of the bike. We were going slow and I popped a wheely and the bike stood way up. Jeff was going wild dragging his fingers were dancing on the ground. It was the perfect wheely. There was a schoolbus parked parallel with our ride. The school kids were going wild. It was awesome. Jeff was squealing on the back. We went a good 50 feet without a wobble. We came down and the bus was shaking with cheers saying do it again! Jeff said, Let's do it, I said, we could never out do that again, so I drove on. One of many great times.

Many Lives Reached - Skip the Empty Nest

The kids are out of the house, God has been putting fostering on my heart. Don't answer me until you have prayed out this. (myself) I've been waiting on you all this time, even before we had had our kids.

We were trained and became figurative heart donors and we began our journey.

We have more stories than could be told.

Captain of the Air

When I was young I loved to ride my motorcycle. One day on my last run of the day as the sun was going down. I cut between the house to the vacant lot behind the houses on Highland. The track was established in the grass/scrub, I turned when I reached the track. I was headed directly into the sun. I knew this track by heart. I accelerated toward the ramp probably 80ft. The ramp on the track was shaped with my back tire from previous preparations. The ramp was maybe 1 ft tall. By memory I hit it and I was airborne. I loved to fly! With the sun still in my eyes I looked down and saw the Crushee's LTD. I was stunded to see the hood passing beneath me. I CLEARED IT! I landed prefectly by memory. I would never have tried this on purpose. Imagine if God showed us stuff on our path. FREAK!!! He so loves me. What my enemy meant for my ill was used to make us best of friends. He ran out expecting to mock me and he congraduated me. My heart sank when I found out Charles Crushee dad was executed while involved in a drug deal while I was in college (that turned out to be his Dad that died).

Bad News - Firey Dart

Bad News,

I was about to get off work and I received this really bad news. There was something leverage against me in my position at work. I was devastated with this news and I thought my job was over. As I drove home that evening to Blackwell and my heart was grumbling and as I ground my teeth. I could feel my blood wanting out of my veins. I said nothing since I had received the news. In my mind I was crying out to God Why, How, Please God! I was at the bridge at the edge of Blackwell.  As I said, "Firey Dart" loudly! A Great Big Bloody Bug Splattered in front of me as the word's finished being uttered. It looked exactly like a firey dart should. There had been no bugs on the entire summer evening trip home. I was astonished and instantly relieved, my prayer was answered. This was a firey dart "HE" had this. Nothing ever became of this attack. Thank You! Jesus the Good News!

Jody's Witness

Some of Jody Derrick’s Witness

I was being my usual mischievous self not acting Christian like one day… My dog had gotten out. I looked in my car then on my bike. It was misting outside all day… no thunder or lightning… it was kind of nice… anyway found the dog and was running her home. Chancy had just entered our property. Boom!!! Chancy’s legs disappeared into her hair and nosed into the grass. The flash was brilliant. The electricity charged my body from the frame of the bike. It went around the rubber handle and charged and discharged into the back of my thumb knuckle. When this was happening the hair stood up on my wet arms. My thumb had a white spot on it for a while… I drove on into the garage where my wife met me. Lightning struck the house!!!, she exclaimed. I know I said. After checking on the kids. They said they had angels comforting them, not small one either. When God moves, the earth moves.

I was not a Christian and my wife took a lot from me. She blurted out that she loved god more than me. This really ticked me off. I blurted out that I love God more than her too! That was a loaded statement, God never left me alone after that, I am a Christian now…

I got laid off from FWMurphy and had to do odd jobs for 2 years. On my second week commuting to work in Ponca City I got a sign from god that he is there too. There it was “I am” in cursive the clouds above Ponca City from the Cimarron Turnpike. The last quote transformed into a jc. I did not have a camera.

I was at Dad’s Place (a youth camp) and there was a Christian presentation for intercity youth. In the south west was a thunderhead approaching. As David started the event the men in the group prayed that the storm would stall until the event was over. As the event was unfolding I would look over and watch the storm. The front of it had a grid of 10 x 10 divots in it pressing it back. No one else remembered it, but it happened and blew through after the event was over.

I told my wife that we would only be in Ponca City for a couple years. Before the 2 years were over I was offered to be plant manager where I worked. I was manager for 38 months. Later new management decided that my talents would be better doing something else. I and eventually received my old job back. So I got my old job back with help too.

Our church needed a new home. I asked the pastor if he wanted the city auditorium, he said yes. I had a business meeting about a project. I was there with the city manager all to myself. I told him my church was trying to rent the city memorial auditorium and we were getting pushback from the city about it. He was eager to help and made a call and made it happen. Devine appointment – yes.

There was a day that I received horrible new that would cost me my job and it grieved me to the bone. I drove home from PC to Blackwell on that summer night. There was no bugs hitting the windshield. I was at the last 2 bridges going to Blackwell when I was inspired to say “Fiery Dart!”, before the second syllable was uttered a big blood bug hit the windshield and looked just like a fiery dart. Recap, no bugs on the wind shield all evening that one bug! I had perfect piece after that, thank you God!

So our kids were nearly out of the house all grown up. Lauralene asked to we wanted to foster and adopt. I said that I had always been waiting on her. Story. Story. Story. Anyway it came time to adopt the 1^st 3 kids. My oldest child had a lot of grief with renaming them. We laid the names out for them and he rejected them. We were grieved! As I woke up the next day with my face in my pillow I was given a vision of Jesus’ robe. It had all of his names moving down it in Hebrew. This showed me that having more than one name was perfectly okay. I could feel the covers on my bed while I was watching this vision. I was awake in Jesus’ presence. We had peace again.

My kids have been a great blessing to Kay county and Oklahoma. My daughter worked with a Christian radio station for 8 years, Wow! My son led a co-worker to Christ with signs and wonders. Both are active in the church.

Now 15 years later in Kay County at the same place, we have adopted 9 kids what else could I ask for?

Page 88 of my Mom's Book

Page 88 of my Mom's Book: I spoke in tongues. The Holy Spirit's translation: "Her father's going to die; she will turn away from God." I thought the message was for another girl. I told her, "Jesus will never stop loving you. Even if you are mad and turn away fom God, he will wait for you, he still loves you." This was about my Mom's Dad. She loves Jesus and we love her too. Her autobiography is called "emma lue how do you do?." Pray for my Mom not all secrets easy with the family

Beginning in Woodward

My Dad was transferred to Woodward.  I begin 1st grade in the Woodward school system.   I met Tammy the next door girl, she was friendly and out going.  She and my brother were friends through our life while in Woodward.  Our parents were friends through the years.  We learned to walk on stilts together.  She got a unicycle for Christmas or a birthday or something.  This is not a facination with Tammy, we just grew up together.  I remember standing at the end of my driveway at the first house in Woodward and pondering what I would become and what I would look like when I grew up.  We moved to a different rent house a block away and I got a great climbing tree.