During the course of this last month it has been more evident than ever that we are in a spiritual battle! The end of the ages has come upon us and the devil senses it. He is targeting men, husbands, fathers and especially leaders of ministries. We have recently seen one of our closest friends and co-workers go down hard. It has served as a huge warning... "Stand firm against the schemes of the devil.... Put on the full armor of God!"

In the midst of the raging battle the Lord has opened many opportunities to infiltrate enemy territory. Please pray for us as we look to Christ while on the front lines and in all of our upcoming travels. We take these opportunities very seriously and very much desire your intersession on our behalf. Here is our "Special-Ops" schedule for the next four months.

January 12-17 Intensive marriage retreat in Branson MO.
January 20 The Tuttle-Tribe flies to Peru!
January 21-26 Construction work on the Tarapoto Bible institute
January 27-31 Missions trip along the lower Huallaga river
Feb 1-7 Evangelism and teaching in Tarapoto
Feb 8-13 Missions trip along the upper Chipurahna river
Feb 14-16 Special Valentines weekend with Amy!
Feb 17-29 Training course for the jungle leaders in Yurimaguas
March 1-3 Packing and preparing for travel back to the USA
March 6-15 South Florida missions conference.
March 27-29 Westby WI "7 Billion Reasons Why" conference
April 12-15 Amy speaks at a Women's retreat at Shiloh camp near Seattle WA.
April 17-19 Northgate Bible Chapel retreat at Lakeside camp near Seattle WA.
April 24-26 Mens retreat at Eagle Fern Camp near Portland OR.

This last month provided many open doors to make Christ's name great. The following three paragraphs contain information on some of the most exciting spiritual military operations that we have recently taken part in.

1. A Christmas day evangelistic banquet with 400 Indian Hindus: On December 25th Amy and I and the kids went to Des Moines to share the Christmas story from the Bible at a dinner for the Hindu community of central Iowa. I was able to preach a straight forward gospel message to hundreds of east Indians. It was a spectacular chance to share the love of Christ with a big crowd of precious souls that had never heard it before. Afterward I spent a few hours in great personal discussions with many interested people. If I would have preached that same exclusive message of salvation in Christ alone in the north of India on a street corner I could have been stoned to death. The Lord has truly brought the foreign mission field to the USA! As ambassadors for Christ we must take advantage of the unique times in which we live! Please pray for those who heard the message that day and are still wrestling with the biblical truths that were laid on their hearts.

2. A New years conference with about 1000 brothers and sisters from all over the USA. The day after our epic gospel meeting with the Iowan Hindu’s we traveled to Murfreesboro Tennessee where we had the opportunity to share in the ministry at the "Believers Rise Up Conference". It was a fantastic chance to impact a good crowd of young people and then later share about the importance of discipleship with the adults. Our whole family had a good time as we were all encouraged and challenged by the brothers and sisters that were there. Please pray that the Lord would spark a burning desire in the hearts of His people to take risks for our great God and His great cause while trying to do evangelism and make disciples.

3. A gospel presentation to 30 students at one of the secular universities in Dubuque. A friend of a friend who teaches at one of the local non christian universities in town heard that we were missionaries to Peru for many years so he asked if I would come and teach a cross-cultural relations class to a group of students who were preparing to do a "social work missions trip" to Lima. I told him that I would love to teach the class but with the understanding that I would give it from a Christian missionary perspective. The atheist professor was fine with this stipulation and just like that I had the unique opportunity to share the gospel with a bunch of non-believing college students in a social work case study venue. The message was very well received (even though many thought I was crazy) and it led to many great questions and discussions throughout the class. Please pray that these students would investigate the claims of Jesus and come to a saving faith in Him.

Missions quote for the day by C.S Lewis: "There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan."

Micah for the Tuttle’s