As I type this I sit in an airplane flying at 30,000 feet somewhere over the western United States. Praying for revival in the land that I see below me! I just finished up an incredible weekend with some great brothers and sisters from several assemblies at a missions conference in San Jose California. It was extremely encouraging to see a passion for evangelism, discipleship and missions from a very diverse group of different ethnicities and ages! Throughout the course of the weekend I was able to preach several times and it seems that the Lord really used it. God has been doing something special in the Bay Area for a long time and it was a privilege to see it and to learn from the body of Christ that is shining brightly in that dark place!
The month of October was filled with many opportunities to proclaim God's word as we traveled to several different churches around the state of Iowa. Sunday's are especially long days for us as we usually load everyone into the van at about 6 a.m and drive a few hours to wherever I might be preaching. After great food and fellowship with wonderful brothers and sisters we drive back to Dubuque, arriving around 6 p.m, just in time for the evangelistic Spanish study that we started a few weeks ago. After a very exciting time studying the Bible with our Latino friends, we finally get to unwind and catch our breath at about 10:30 p.m. Please pray for endurance!
Another noteworthy thing from the month of October was Halloween night. I'm not a fan of Halloween. It's a celebration of evil spirits and it glorify's a culture of death.... but I have to admit: it's an evangelist's dream come true! We had all kinds of people come to our very doorstep practically begging for gospel tracts! Everyone was wearing outfits that basically screamed: "I'm insecure, please talk to me about Jesus". Zombies and ghosts and demons all came straight to us.... even the devil himself showed up! I gave out almost a thousands tracts in less than two hours.... no exaggeration! Evidently our neighborhood loves to "trick or treat"! It was a great way to meet our new neighbors and share Christ with them from the very beginning!
New neighbors..... we are actually the new ones on the block. The Lord has blessed us with a house in Dubuque! It's a real fixer but we hope to turn it into a good home-base for our family and ministry. Hopefully it will give us some stability as we have been totally nomadic for almost a year now. Please pray that the Lord would be glorified and that much spiritual fruit would be borne at 379 S Grandview Dubuque Iowa 52003.
We continue to transition into an itinerant ministry here in the USA and we thank everyone who has been praying for us and supporting us financially. We do need it! Please pray for us as we endeavor to stir up a new generation that would preach Christ and go forward in the areas of evangelism, discipleship, church planting and missions.
Missions quote of the day by Hudson Taylor: "Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees."
(apply this to missions in the USA today)
Micah for the Tuttle's
