tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040491797004503172024-03-28T12:39:55.367-05:00The Tuttle Tribethe tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-68246495851292060992024-03-20T12:11:00.000-05:002024-03-20T12:11:44.563-05:00Excerpts From My River Trip Journals<p><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">Monday, March 11</b></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">This morning Amy and I headed down river with five of our kids, four american girls and seven Peruvians. As we navigated the muddy waters of the Huallaga river we cruised through a torrential downpour and then into a furnace of thick humidity. This river cuts through one of the eastern ranges of the Andes mountains and then flows into the lower Amazon basin. The scenery is breathtaking!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Along the way it was as if God was unfolding a stunning canvas of His art-work with rainbow’s, waterfalls and vibrantly green foliage covering mountains that were shrouded in fog. All of creation screams of our God’s greatness!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPE6b7rNaXGOL9LhIcYkjDi-9FeXv2cUDPBjNjV7IsrSrohl-HJMJSAGCabHqLfzCJj3OSIM2k6Wl594_jX_Rhd_JGxDEnfo-TArmO8I64uDjmAy9LwQuF4iSWGwyEhE-v8PsruwuHfDcGScgN9ddSHjCx0HLnXmCYiGM5d7gh50rZojuhJ8Y5v_z3Dk/s1792/IMG_0637.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPE6b7rNaXGOL9LhIcYkjDi-9FeXv2cUDPBjNjV7IsrSrohl-HJMJSAGCabHqLfzCJj3OSIM2k6Wl594_jX_Rhd_JGxDEnfo-TArmO8I64uDjmAy9LwQuF4iSWGwyEhE-v8PsruwuHfDcGScgN9ddSHjCx0HLnXmCYiGM5d7gh50rZojuhJ8Y5v_z3Dk/w320-h148/IMG_0637.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">At about 3 pm we finally arrived in the port of one of my favorite villages: “Callanayacu”. Immediately we were greeted by a small crowd of excited brothers and sisters. They had not received the message that we were coming and yet there was plenty of joyful backslapping, vigorous handshakes and bone crushing hugs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Before we knew it, one of the brothers was leading us down a beautiful jungle path so we could see an epic waterfall and enjoy a nice swim in one of the many hidden lakes in that area.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It all looked like a stunning scene from the garden of Eden. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAyKKcANv9kowYZFQQzC_v5030xHmzrHDOI9Gbh1Xg2Ict12v8Tq30fwr_A6FKGlgsUvZhFk_QX1hcl2yb7wxr1lzfqA1NI5y2cbvGuSek-zrKm2hSP0SIBsiPKmN0UrDMXU_PM8yqXJQ1ARrCuaWNkXHUiwf1EZsJ1ggvTziZ8StqdXIRv1F_eD6uZE/s1792/IMG_1155.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAyKKcANv9kowYZFQQzC_v5030xHmzrHDOI9Gbh1Xg2Ict12v8Tq30fwr_A6FKGlgsUvZhFk_QX1hcl2yb7wxr1lzfqA1NI5y2cbvGuSek-zrKm2hSP0SIBsiPKmN0UrDMXU_PM8yqXJQ1ARrCuaWNkXHUiwf1EZsJ1ggvTziZ8StqdXIRv1F_eD6uZE/s320/IMG_1155.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;">After an unforgettable afternoon in paradise we hiked back to the village square where there was a town meeting in process.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The whole village was assembled and after they were done making some decisions about buying paint for the communal house I stood up and congratulated everyone on their village unity and work ethic….. from there I opened up the scriptures and I pointed to Christ as the only One that can give true and lasting unity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a really unique open door that the Lord provided.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Many people were there that would never have come to our planned open air preaching (which we did a few hours later) nevertheless, everyone was “all-ears” for about 30 minutes and it resulted in several good one on one conversations. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPZrwvO1yuyH3ErRl6lVUyFxl29ewwwS7YT1aTxh8N-2tHMNHr8rhpPP0ipQ92xZypQICcupaVXRHlhp_M0uxffKNrZLMOWcX0iC_7cblOejjIA9HcJrifCpjojDzGWPkIfiIxsWBN5WZOV9yGJ3TRr1bdkTp2SYP19SgvOVro8wKaCcWLe8EcgPRsq8/s1792/IMG_1175.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPZrwvO1yuyH3ErRl6lVUyFxl29ewwwS7YT1aTxh8N-2tHMNHr8rhpPP0ipQ92xZypQICcupaVXRHlhp_M0uxffKNrZLMOWcX0iC_7cblOejjIA9HcJrifCpjojDzGWPkIfiIxsWBN5WZOV9yGJ3TRr1bdkTp2SYP19SgvOVro8wKaCcWLe8EcgPRsq8/s320/IMG_1175.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After we had eaten dinner (coconuts and chicken and rice) everyone gathered, once again, in the main square and I preached on Malachi 3:16. It was really dark, and really quiet…. I had no microphone and there was no electricity, no lights, no moon, just a billion stars that were looking down on us from the heavens.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As I preached into the darkness it seemed that my voice echoed out of the village and off into the jungle.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You could see the faint silhouettes of men, women and children listening. Some were near, some were far, some were in the doorways of their houses and some stood on the edge of town.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But all seemed to be listening intently and looking into the heavens as they considered the spiritual state of their soul.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSunqtVPh7-JlHk066z2_Sbvh1skzwW_gUxIheTeX7UuxbWhwIqI2rxmls8skKUjjZnj79B_kXTdKARsN4Hb6aweIVse1_hLC7y3FdB5pcdvMOpGMu-M8-XF6kHDuJsT2eagj-wBqqlug3g7EQRkiWTVTqUGUsbJHW0qo4E-FznEn7NX09cFsO6nXVHus/s1792/IMG_1176.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSunqtVPh7-JlHk066z2_Sbvh1skzwW_gUxIheTeX7UuxbWhwIqI2rxmls8skKUjjZnj79B_kXTdKARsN4Hb6aweIVse1_hLC7y3FdB5pcdvMOpGMu-M8-XF6kHDuJsT2eagj-wBqqlug3g7EQRkiWTVTqUGUsbJHW0qo4E-FznEn7NX09cFsO6nXVHus/w320-h148/IMG_1176.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Tuesday, March 12</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Last night we had a rather uncomfortable night of sleep in our tents which we set up on the boarded floor of the church building.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We began today with personal prayer and bible time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stephany, Gretty and Cesia are awesome with the village kids. Our young men, Javen, Eber and Fernando, are leading music and helping me preach. Jorge and Yuri are tending to the boat and do all the heavy lifting while Amy and Bria are translating for the american girls who are eager to help with evangelism and really anything they can do.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp7A-QWrHIOuK8xAqN_wT1W65xKkJj0kvxfgeiyelegRg7B69W5AkGTqQas4RPdUf93uDGiXqMEXf49jAWXIjmDBervRv2NXYrUtkSnXUsu7_cW9c6XJsbnZJO1bkt7tQ72o_3Xtgm28jMiaLFWp149N7Mn4eSeRWqmcttFbPPXyhOX12IwPz6LZ8Na4/s1792/IMG_1179.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp7A-QWrHIOuK8xAqN_wT1W65xKkJj0kvxfgeiyelegRg7B69W5AkGTqQas4RPdUf93uDGiXqMEXf49jAWXIjmDBervRv2NXYrUtkSnXUsu7_cW9c6XJsbnZJO1bkt7tQ72o_3Xtgm28jMiaLFWp149N7Mn4eSeRWqmcttFbPPXyhOX12IwPz6LZ8Na4/s320/IMG_1179.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;">I’m preaching my heart out about three times a day and as a result I’m already shredding my vocal chords. I need to be careful to not lose my voice at the beginning of this trip but it’s hard to hold back when you see lost and desperate souls sitting all around the main square hanging on every word of the message being preached. Both last night’s and tonight’s open air’s have left the listeners kinda stunned. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Today we traveled to the village of “Solterito” and on the way there we stopped at our favorite thermal hot springs. Boiling hot water comes right out of the ground and then splits into two waterfalls. It’s </span>a great place to rest, recharge and refocus! Today was the second of five days doing the following schedule: Prayer, Breakfast, Children’s meeting, Church meeting, Lunch, Travel to the next village, door to door evangelism, Preach on the town megaphone, Children’s meeting, Dinner, Open air meeting, Prayer, Sleep.</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwHP1pyoVxeabJPQ0UqgUCqodDCTODI8C1OKzqUkR0QQUBgWGoInVKM4PcZJ7H5XSg439Vw-0BQyDDqJ08ayyycvXmM7ZkpzoXgQ6SFjNveZn6Iyv84Su3ih19SF60WijZLdKfmIlkgxuASZUYYQABqtcE4txV8r-yg6ULf5TLEU0u7ujq9lN7yKqHjk/s1792/IMG_1180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwHP1pyoVxeabJPQ0UqgUCqodDCTODI8C1OKzqUkR0QQUBgWGoInVKM4PcZJ7H5XSg439Vw-0BQyDDqJ08ayyycvXmM7ZkpzoXgQ6SFjNveZn6Iyv84Su3ih19SF60WijZLdKfmIlkgxuASZUYYQABqtcE4txV8r-yg6ULf5TLEU0u7ujq9lN7yKqHjk/w400-h185/IMG_1180.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div><br /></div><div>Missions quote for the day by George Whitefield: <b><i>"I believe that I was never more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open field. I now preach to ten times more people than I would if I had been confined to the churches."</i></b> </div><div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Micah for the Tuttle's</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></div><p></p></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-34430188219638201242024-03-07T10:12:00.000-05:002024-03-07T10:12:21.220-05:00Tuttletidbits: "As sorrowful yet always rejoicing"<p>Going through some difficult times.... </p><p>After a recent trip, I returned home with quite the stomachache. At times it feels like I'm on my death bed. When I finally went in for a check-up at the clinic here it was confirmed that I have two intestinal parasites..... Don't worry, I'm on meds now and the parasites should be gone soon :) </p><p>On a different front, we've been going through a very painful case of discipline for fornication in our local assembly here in Tarapoto. A brother that is very dear to our family and to the whole assembly fell hard and it has really shaken everyone. Moral failures like this always serve as a massive warning that any of us are capable of the worst of sins and we must keep our eyes on Jesus and our steps in conformity with the Spirit. </p><p>On yet a different level, and even more difficult, a separate brother that I led to the Lord years ago and who then went on to plant several churches has now apostatized. He's left the faith, left the church, left his wife, left his son and has completely embraced a lifestyle of wickedness. He refuses to be reasoned with…. HEARTBREAKING! </p><p>But, there's always incredible hope in Christ. There's an indomitable joy in the midst of suffering and sorrow. There really is so much to be encouraged about! Oh the joy in Christ even.... (especially)... in the midst of difficulties! "<i><b><u>As sorrowful yet always rejoicing</u></b>,</i> as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing everything" (2Cor 6:10). </p><p>The spiritual battle can be felt on every side. "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the full armor of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day." </p><p>-After preaching in the market last week, several interested visitors showed up at church on Sunday morning... That was encouraging. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6ylv1xy9Kg7r6MpSOM8-tdi8-rn4GEb8wCxRogO3yVSCZbugh0EFHfMvWOPWgJcUXdgqZcndf3chwXvoa6BUIB5GLGaijFVoIUJKXdsruYZ_Rf9Sx_2tsaajgYxYILz8OP-dDJbUnlknbopvQgoFDYqz_DbRZuhwgjIBtmtYFTORWnTc49JJfSl-HQc/s1792/IMG_0211.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6ylv1xy9Kg7r6MpSOM8-tdi8-rn4GEb8wCxRogO3yVSCZbugh0EFHfMvWOPWgJcUXdgqZcndf3chwXvoa6BUIB5GLGaijFVoIUJKXdsruYZ_Rf9Sx_2tsaajgYxYILz8OP-dDJbUnlknbopvQgoFDYqz_DbRZuhwgjIBtmtYFTORWnTc49JJfSl-HQc/w400-h185/IMG_0211.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">-About 100 indigenous natives came to a conference I was preaching at. Most of them traveled 2 or 3 days by foot. I taught for 6 hours a day, 10 days straight. Their hunger for God's word was incredible! That was encouraging. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTCpksxVSeyE_5RmIWHoFHCpn6E3nIi-cH9TXnUDnc1BqwMrYCX-lgjVWoXnr_dIjVDyXmYs09riNL_ff9B3V0AITxORXbaWkCe8yilRWE4epz0ERXzAa19gU890zfOd_X38HQq9kCX493nZtGCoY3QP8otAxxN5KVh5UfjXB4x_5hzQ_NxyolW0Olq4/s1792/IMG_0315.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTCpksxVSeyE_5RmIWHoFHCpn6E3nIi-cH9TXnUDnc1BqwMrYCX-lgjVWoXnr_dIjVDyXmYs09riNL_ff9B3V0AITxORXbaWkCe8yilRWE4epz0ERXzAa19gU890zfOd_X38HQq9kCX493nZtGCoY3QP8otAxxN5KVh5UfjXB4x_5hzQ_NxyolW0Olq4/w400-h185/IMG_0315.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>-I’ve been trying to meet with a few guys most mornings at 5:30am to read and pray and work out together. The whole morning routine takes about two and a half hours. It's pretty cool to see a growing passion for the Lord in these guys! ......That's encouraging. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cA_Di6WTIiNwB4cnTwox47RHwdKvZm8Rvar97NGTt_2dzS5vR4xuDxw4EHFtdrezsdGJgpun7nXvhRMAlwdh5TckgcBUbWH6HiwPx120x3g9-hx5IOa1-7bmyfSAlE1-NcQCGJu47q5NYGwiU927lHBed83l4Q6mk5RKO2qHiCRaSqm_AhsaW6FIVb4/s1792/IMG_0415.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cA_Di6WTIiNwB4cnTwox47RHwdKvZm8Rvar97NGTt_2dzS5vR4xuDxw4EHFtdrezsdGJgpun7nXvhRMAlwdh5TckgcBUbWH6HiwPx120x3g9-hx5IOa1-7bmyfSAlE1-NcQCGJu47q5NYGwiU927lHBed83l4Q6mk5RKO2qHiCRaSqm_AhsaW6FIVb4/w400-h185/IMG_0415.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Bible verse for the day: "<i><b><u>As sorrowful yet always rejoicing" (2 Cor 6:10)</u></b></i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-5908760417530253682024-01-27T17:42:00.002-05:002024-02-01T14:00:05.404-05:00Tuttle-tidbits for January 2024<p><b><u>BACK IN PERU!</u></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYPhQeANeURhonazVYOvk7egmOfLITU5s6a29jOyrAAlRQLn0xS0Cwx6U3h8WaXOPF9IWAW82uANvHeVDWp2Yi3ILmFfF8pfx1ZBAnY6fIMOAKvzZ6WuJKcEWQdGVQuL80NWav0HW7uBejP7WGt_cArA9u88ZmNPQXPPA0xSuuTLUz5Mu1gIoVAEBC4A/s1792/IMG_9728.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYPhQeANeURhonazVYOvk7egmOfLITU5s6a29jOyrAAlRQLn0xS0Cwx6U3h8WaXOPF9IWAW82uANvHeVDWp2Yi3ILmFfF8pfx1ZBAnY6fIMOAKvzZ6WuJKcEWQdGVQuL80NWav0HW7uBejP7WGt_cArA9u88ZmNPQXPPA0xSuuTLUz5Mu1gIoVAEBC4A/w400-h185/IMG_9728.png" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">Three weeks ago we arrived in our beloved Tarapoto Peru. It's so good to be back! We left Dubuque IA right in between two big snow storms and -10F temperatures..... When we arrived in Tarapoto it was +90F and super humid. I guess you could call us "snow-birds" :) The reality is that here in Peru school is out and these are the summer vacation months when most of the youth are available for camps and capacitation courses and missions trips. It's a strategic time to be here! We are pretty much settled in now and we've started to kick things into high gear. Please pray for us and the many opportunities we will have here during the next several months. </span><b> </b></p><p><b><u>INTERNSHIP</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XvY3FfVt6hLVFOX-a8heh2hSppD88OGqPMTgd7R1UX2l2EWdW9pf57QcFHr1hwohk79kj91RajlUcNBENKM4A8VZKsYlm5kvkhV27hAeMx7yWMeXCoCaU72NAOACGI-IZlgoV3U2N9v02U83TsEWjluncwJkzjAcaIelxCMuFYA4k7MQ076BobE1hgA/s1792/IMG_9704.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XvY3FfVt6hLVFOX-a8heh2hSppD88OGqPMTgd7R1UX2l2EWdW9pf57QcFHr1hwohk79kj91RajlUcNBENKM4A8VZKsYlm5kvkhV27hAeMx7yWMeXCoCaU72NAOACGI-IZlgoV3U2N9v02U83TsEWjluncwJkzjAcaIelxCMuFYA4k7MQ076BobE1hgA/w400-h185/IMG_9704.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Our oldest son Javen and his wife Autumn have accompanied us and they will be here for the duration of this trip (until early May). Autumn has been focusing on the intercultural studies major at Emmaus Bible College and to wrap up her four year degree she is required to do a missions internship outside of the USA. What better place to do it than in Peru?! She has been commended through CMML for the next four months and will be getting a first hand over-seas missions experience. Autumn is studying spanish, getting acquainted with the culture, accompanying Javen and I on pastoral visits, going on river trips and trying to employ her gifts in every way she can. We are so glad that Javen and Autumn are here with us! Please pray for them as they adapt to all the changes :)</p><p> </p><p><b><u>OUR TARAPOTO CHURCH</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cFOQq1I390p2NFwCNssZ60M8SUmOBDi5jRJU0QJ7qxmIkE-_F8jHLruXNZJHdy5DOJLusUH1Od8d3NGLgLDV54WmXGnDgbzcx_idbQkA2BOEeDvYJ8pBtPzc99H1u0ZTASFOkzlZcqS4pvQZXMTuIf1mRH_OwEHbEZA2eNxY-DwPpH6tXBHKbS8JrRA/s1792/IMG_9467.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cFOQq1I390p2NFwCNssZ60M8SUmOBDi5jRJU0QJ7qxmIkE-_F8jHLruXNZJHdy5DOJLusUH1Od8d3NGLgLDV54WmXGnDgbzcx_idbQkA2BOEeDvYJ8pBtPzc99H1u0ZTASFOkzlZcqS4pvQZXMTuIf1mRH_OwEHbEZA2eNxY-DwPpH6tXBHKbS8JrRA/w400-h185/IMG_9467.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Our church here in town is doing well! It used to be that whenever we left Tarapoto for a few months the church would really struggle. Happily, that is no longer the case! There are about eighty saints that are led by three elders who are doing a good job of preaching and teaching and shepherding the flock. We also have several older women who are discipling the younger women, while at the same time are carrying on a solid children's ministry. In addition to all of this, many of the youth have really stepped up and are eagerly taking on many ministry responsibilities. About half of the church is made up of young people (18-30 year-olds) for which we are praising the Lord!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>EVANGELISM</u></b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvjkMUHqRGvNffH6vPzqSLusJw_JDLxwITiLRPH9n0BnCe6WNYSgpsN_8XVOZIjttD_FGIeOOtXqJ-LBO650F_9_gtTAuRbwLie5f1Sm_GaM4ysPNaX1f5IE8TEAUovQx8qTSLyErhyphenhyphenWGPUVpCw8e7AXqrsrK0qtoskV5clbp2EmGIi32LIUtHu5mskHg/s1792/IMG_9600.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvjkMUHqRGvNffH6vPzqSLusJw_JDLxwITiLRPH9n0BnCe6WNYSgpsN_8XVOZIjttD_FGIeOOtXqJ-LBO650F_9_gtTAuRbwLie5f1Sm_GaM4ysPNaX1f5IE8TEAUovQx8qTSLyErhyphenhyphenWGPUVpCw8e7AXqrsrK0qtoskV5clbp2EmGIi32LIUtHu5mskHg/w400-h185/IMG_9600.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Souls! Souls! While walking through the streets and markets and plazas and observing precious souls on every side it is hard to resist the urge to publicly proclaim the hope that is offered in Christ. Jesus said he saw the people "like sheep without a shepherd" Isn't it like that today... Isn't it like that everywhere? Open air preaching, one on one evangelism, house to house gospel work... just do something! There's nothing like jumping up on a table and preaching your heart out. Please pray for my vocal cords :) .... Every time I do this it produces amazing one on one conversations with interested individuals. You basically find three groups of people: Some mock, some want to hear more and some believe (see Acts 17:32-34). Oh how we long to see more in the "some believed" category! </p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">MISSIONS QUOTE FOR THE DAY BY FRANCIS XAVIER:</u> </p><p><i>"Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ."<b> </b></i></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWviR7Fr0PF3mCqLSjZ4aF4200jeg6O3Wy78MEXJEhYYRUVAovqt7k6HDlrXyPG-FUtDL7L0YLxrm_w2dZB3zqog8LIPt6ukKzl7ZeZTpwFSa1oug9tJkQr0J79kVSLcCiW-QUvoWFgQYSH2ntQFBGIx_0lMs3SsyzAdiZtRAn45WthERr1BOhMRebRZk/s1792/IMG_9523.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWviR7Fr0PF3mCqLSjZ4aF4200jeg6O3Wy78MEXJEhYYRUVAovqt7k6HDlrXyPG-FUtDL7L0YLxrm_w2dZB3zqog8LIPt6ukKzl7ZeZTpwFSa1oug9tJkQr0J79kVSLcCiW-QUvoWFgQYSH2ntQFBGIx_0lMs3SsyzAdiZtRAn45WthERr1BOhMRebRZk/w400-h185/IMG_9523.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-46288066483229897302023-12-30T23:23:00.003-05:002024-01-07T17:56:46.867-05:00Tuttle-tidbits for December<blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <u style="font-weight: bold;">Happy New Year from the Tuttle-Tribe!</u> </p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAmYseaRwr2aaA6mWkyag6L36fjfMeYCSIEeRVw4cn7xIcQB22aWeHXFz14N1rBkJNomKBU0CWl2BAVmKYfgrh1kaUMxBXWD_kyJCzkIcIiq5Z4IZz2gnSE1jSPmLUx81sqhtOZhkyv4NBGvMW1mOWynM0KlOUVLXzkH5osqJJ9Y0BnX8WyW5kHqiq3E/s1792/IMG_9322.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAmYseaRwr2aaA6mWkyag6L36fjfMeYCSIEeRVw4cn7xIcQB22aWeHXFz14N1rBkJNomKBU0CWl2BAVmKYfgrh1kaUMxBXWD_kyJCzkIcIiq5Z4IZz2gnSE1jSPmLUx81sqhtOZhkyv4NBGvMW1mOWynM0KlOUVLXzkH5osqJJ9Y0BnX8WyW5kHqiq3E/w400-h185/IMG_9322.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>As the new year marches forward we are excited to get back to our jungle home! This year we will be there from January 10th until to May 2nd, thus we are in full preparation mode for our fast approaching journey. Please pray for us as we hope to be an encouragement to the river churches and a challenge to anyone who will listen to the gospel. We have many teaching and preaching and evangelism events on the schedule and we desire to take full advantage of every moment we’ll have with the Peruvians! </p><p>During the course of this last month we've been able to focus our energies on evangelism and preaching here in the midwest. Atlantic Iowa, Jefferson City MO, Cedar Rapids IA, Dubuque IA, Kenosha WI and Milwaukee WI were all on the schedule recently and it was exciting to see how the Lord worked in each place. My passion is to preach Gods word wherever I can, but one-on-one gospel conversations seem to always be a highlight for me. Out of my many evangelistic encounters that I've had recently, the following conversation with a taxi driver that was taking me to a conference stood out the most: </p><p>Me: "Hello, where are you from?" </p><p>Taxi driver: "India"</p><p>Me: "Wow India! I've got a lot of Indian friends. What part of India are you from? </p><p>Taxi driver: "The north"</p><p>Me: "Oh, most of my friends are from the south... Whenever I meet people that are from places that I'm not too familiar with I like to ask: How's the gospel doing in your part of the world?" </p><p>The taxi driver looked at me through the rear view mirror and inquisitively asked in his indian accent: "What is the gospel? I don't understand this word..." </p><p>I replied: "Oh I'm sure you've heard the message of the Bible.... it's the good news that God who is Light and Life and Love has come down from heaven to solve our problem of darkness and death and disconnection." </p><p>At this point the taxi driver said (in his unmistakeable accent): "I don't think this 'gospel' is doing too well in India.... I have not heard this message... please tell me more." </p><p>After an hour long ride and an epic gospel conversation we arrived at the conference hotel where there were hundreds of Christian Indians. When my taxi driver helped me out of the car I asked if I could pray for him to which he enthusiastically said "yes". I called several of the nearby Indian brothers and together we prayed for my new friend. When we finished praying, the taxi driver said: "Maybe this 'gospel' is doing better in India than I thought.... I believe God has sent you to speak to me today." </p><p>We need to meet sinners where they're at, and then engage their greatest need. We must pray and look for those divine appointments. We must try to see their darkness and their disconnection and then try to present the only answer... Jesus Christ crucified and risen again. Every evangelistic conversation must be centered around that truth. We are speaking to real people with real struggles and they need real answers. I am confident that if we are praying for divine appointments with needy sinners God will set them up for us. If only we were on the lookout for them....... </p><p><u>Quote for the day paraphrased from C.T Studd:</u> <b><i>"Don't go into your study to prepare a sermon... that's nonsense! Go into your study to meet with God... doing that you'll catch fire for Him. Soon your tongue will become a burning coal... soon you'll be weary of holding it back and soon you'll have no choice but to preach a sermon." <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></i></b></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p><div><br /></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-88703749012246999462023-11-18T23:17:00.000-05:002023-11-18T23:17:00.792-05:00Tuttltidbits for November <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ANNIVERSARY<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">This month Amy and I are celebrating 27 years of marriage! Over the course of those 27 years the Lord has blessed us soooo much and we are thankful! God has taken us on quite an amazing journey as we have tried to follow Him every step of the way. We met on the first day of 8th grade in 1990...... 6 years later we were married..... and now we've got kids that are getting married! </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQfXQX6VpVgnapD7Yf7zc9qfqvowp48YMEZ1VKKnvF4_iI4I3uVZADir61i9aPOsRhyphenhyphenWqS_PbAQVzodYyrX2swDY-nh6QC_qrR9RNkgP_IUb8a18DQg3egfV1d64tFMRJTmprFBUYku02SbvAHK9OZH5832dMX7XWKdkhrjtminhL8hkc0-hlpKLe6iw/s1792/BD11E1C6-9D9E-4840-BFFB-D1EDD729ABE9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQfXQX6VpVgnapD7Yf7zc9qfqvowp48YMEZ1VKKnvF4_iI4I3uVZADir61i9aPOsRhyphenhyphenWqS_PbAQVzodYyrX2swDY-nh6QC_qrR9RNkgP_IUb8a18DQg3egfV1d64tFMRJTmprFBUYku02SbvAHK9OZH5832dMX7XWKdkhrjtminhL8hkc0-hlpKLe6iw/s320/BD11E1C6-9D9E-4840-BFFB-D1EDD729ABE9.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">TWO WEDDINGS<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The Lord has blessed us with two new daughters! In January Javen married Autumn and in August Cullen married Emma! We are so excited to have them both as a part of our Tuttle-Tribe! Javen and Autumn are living and working in Dubuque while Cullen and Emma are living and working in Chicago. We are so encouraged by both couples as they are serving the Lord and thriving right where He has put them. It will be fun to watch how the Lord uses each of these new Tuttle families :) </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LG5-vBSs4ucvYuoSllBxl_W9uZcsyI3gH8vB07pFHbM-li4rwPTM7IbxN6STp9k6wrgFjKw13riXDF4wRl8nEkk88mKfJfcB1qf8UuHRMmiALsEWP_TVdgabDA_Z9mdRFNelp74ruuF4GBIHUfUe7OMJ-FjXCP8PhXjvpZCOqJAKaSYKnd0ze7Y6trg/s1792/F1BEE576-F71D-482A-8D31-FC077447944A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LG5-vBSs4ucvYuoSllBxl_W9uZcsyI3gH8vB07pFHbM-li4rwPTM7IbxN6STp9k6wrgFjKw13riXDF4wRl8nEkk88mKfJfcB1qf8UuHRMmiALsEWP_TVdgabDA_Z9mdRFNelp74ruuF4GBIHUfUe7OMJ-FjXCP8PhXjvpZCOqJAKaSYKnd0ze7Y6trg/s320/F1BEE576-F71D-482A-8D31-FC077447944A.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MINISTRY<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The last few months have been very busy as ministry has taken us all over the country. We have been attempting great things for our great God while trying to encourage His people in the areas of discipleship, church planting and missions. It has been quite a whirlwind of travel and preaching and evangelism everywhere we've been. As 2023 comes to an end we can see "light at the end of the tunnel" but we still have a few commitments in and around the midwest before we get to go back to Peru for the first five months of the coming year. We can't wait to visit the village churches along the banks of the Huallaga river in the San Martin region of the Peruvian jungle! </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpJvzCxqigT7uiZnb3dd6YtmYYD20f0fdpeZ_OhZD6GXOCtkdFBNh1oPHG3kHRiGkzsXCJunkLiIXEsQlcm2xMY7fhd8TiQvbhyphenhyphenLWhbF7pddfpxcaOgJXzuWAQ15T7GlMlUxQjIdsBkIYyGyAPBtDZoNk5x5fgh8jnOxVJH_0zS0oZYuz1N5uwc2anrI/s4000/BA2D30AA-FC59-4442-85CE-624A3F33EEC3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpJvzCxqigT7uiZnb3dd6YtmYYD20f0fdpeZ_OhZD6GXOCtkdFBNh1oPHG3kHRiGkzsXCJunkLiIXEsQlcm2xMY7fhd8TiQvbhyphenhyphenLWhbF7pddfpxcaOgJXzuWAQ15T7GlMlUxQjIdsBkIYyGyAPBtDZoNk5x5fgh8jnOxVJH_0zS0oZYuz1N5uwc2anrI/s320/BA2D30AA-FC59-4442-85CE-624A3F33EEC3.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" face="Helvetica-Bold" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" face="Helvetica-Bold" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">A PASSION FOR THE GOSPEL!</span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Perhaps the Bible’s clearest verse on evangelism is 1Peter 3:15. Here the apostle tells us to</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">“be prepared to give an answer”</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> How can we prepare ourselves? Of course, we need to study</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">and know what we believe and why we believe it</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">B</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">ut even more importantly, we need to “sanctify Christ as Lord in our</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> hearts”. How can we do this?</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Well, by being </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">passionate about Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Too many of us simply lack passion for the gospel. If you have sanctified Christ as Lord</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">in your heart, your </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">passion </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">and your reverence for Him will communicate much more than your</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">eloquence ever could. Someone has said</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> “That which captures the heart controls the tongue</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">”</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Think of the sports fan, proudly wearing his team</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">’</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">s jersey, walking up to the home team</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">’</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">s</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">stadium. He’s elated to be where he is</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">and he’s not afraid to share with anyone and everyone </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">who will listen about the unsearchable riches of his team. He doesn't care what others think</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">because, in his heart, he has set apart his team as something special…even sacred. </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">The</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">more astonished we are at God</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">’</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">s glory</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> the more we will boldly speak about Him. We</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">need to pray</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">“Lord, please let the fire in my heart melt the lead in my boots</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">” You might not be</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">eloquent or fluent or an impressive communicator</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> but you can be genuine and passionate. Just as Matthew 12:34 says</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">”</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Someone has said</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> “The gospel is not just taught</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">;</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> it’s also caught.” </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">My </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">mission</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> is</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> to help</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">other </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">C</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">hristians “catch the gospel”, to catch fire with a passion for heaven</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">’</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">s greatest gift. I’m </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">always amazed when Christians talk fervently to almost anyone about movies</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> sports</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> or</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">the stock market</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> but when it comes to sharing the gospel, they are</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> practically mute!</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">David Platt’s words </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">should cause</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">us to</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> reflect: </span><span class="s6" face="Helvetica-Oblique" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">“A soft-drink company in Atlanta has</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s6" face="Helvetica-Oblique" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">done a better job of getting brown sugar water into every nation on earth than the church of</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s6" face="Helvetica-Oblique" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">Jesus Christ has done in getting the gospel to them.”</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s6" face="Helvetica-Oblique" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">I’ve heard many a brother </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">say</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> “evangelism is</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> not my gift</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">” Well,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Is </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">your gift movies? Is your gift the</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Los Angeles Lakers? Evangelism doesn't have to be your gift </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">in order to</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> speak about Christ</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">passionately! Set apart Christ as Lord in your heart</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> and out of that abundance and fullness and</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">glory</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">your mouth will begin to speak. Evangelism is a heart issue! Jesus said:</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">,</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">”</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> Mt 6:21.</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> Do you treasure Jesus? Do you</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">treasure the message of the cross?</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Evangelism quote for the day by Henry Martín: <i><b>“The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, the nearer we get to him the more intensely missionary we become.”</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-52226141074854811442023-06-03T16:15:00.000-05:002023-06-03T16:15:21.925-05:00Tuttletidbits June 3rd<p>The summer pandemonium has begun! After a few weeks of prayer and preparation we have officially kicked things into high gear…. Last Sunday, after preaching in Greenfield Iowa, I traveled to Kansas Bible Camp near Hutchinson where I gave 10 messages at their Leadership Training Week. About 165 young people came and that put the camp right at maximum capacity. It was fun to preach to a totally packed out auditorium full of souls that were eager to hear from Gods word. It seemed like every square inch of camp was put to good use as each bed in the dorms was occupied, and every seat in the dining room was accounted for. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEgWvuTS_Q7XbOa_Wkn0Nksr85ieoNgglkfZHSf7JvZxjz7HMC_HSsFpT4bawGBcMiaXhAqeVv3YlmGTgHj7h4k0fgViXQdU1GvwIkznFcOnb9my-tXsQwZxzWYqlKM0vJvWukrWt_CAR5F_rtu0jid_xkXm-EscWJiZKDKIRc1L7DcE0kKgpKYEq/s1792/391192CD-6866-4157-B608-2CBBE8A4618A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEgWvuTS_Q7XbOa_Wkn0Nksr85ieoNgglkfZHSf7JvZxjz7HMC_HSsFpT4bawGBcMiaXhAqeVv3YlmGTgHj7h4k0fgViXQdU1GvwIkznFcOnb9my-tXsQwZxzWYqlKM0vJvWukrWt_CAR5F_rtu0jid_xkXm-EscWJiZKDKIRc1L7DcE0kKgpKYEq/w400-h185/391192CD-6866-4157-B608-2CBBE8A4618A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>After each meeting there were broken and repentant teens to deal with. The Lord really seemed to be working in the hearts of many of these high-schoolers and throughout the course of the week there were several professions of faith. This was a week of training for leaders and yet many found that they weren't saved yet.... so I decided to major on the gospel and as a result the Lord brought about great blessings! Many of these young people were in tears as they related to me their struggles with anxiety, identity and various besetting sins.... More often than not, I wasn't sure what to tell them, other than: “Go get alone with God” which they usually did and then often times came running back with great joy on their faces saying that the Lord had given them a major breakthrough. </p><p>In each of my messages I put an emphasis on biblical manhood.… and there was a tremendous response! We live in a day and age in which there is so much confusion about gender and identity and roles and biblical men are becoming more and more of an endangered species.… Many of the young men that I was preaching to acknowledged the problem and could see where it’s taking our culture. Numerous times I was in a conversation with a young man and soon several other young men would gather around with great interest as I tried to field their questions about manhood. Right from the beginning of the week I started inviting some of the guys to come exercise with me in the mornings. So each day a bunch of guys met me at the gym at 5:30 am to do an epic workout (such as: run 2 miles, do 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups and 200 air squats). We wrapped up each workout with prayer and when we finally got up off our knees the cement floor would be soaked with sweat…. A reminder that prayer is work. Prayer is battle…. Prayer is wrestling with God. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBPRJvIFlqps_5wMIt4pYcoG2ZcHMb4ocLz0z_VYxDgBdC299YBKnN0erzBzu9JexQm9-sYTIQ3y5IpCFy1zq-fKe9wrX4FzVKBmmdlImBcSw1MaqkYSFrALb57Vi-JID0P4YEVH2r9s6MQsIYVQhCcUYPmv28PM0I0yMpBuGTII3tLAG3qDdRYIs/s1792/E68BDD89-E230-4533-B91D-2ED6A0F08AFB.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBPRJvIFlqps_5wMIt4pYcoG2ZcHMb4ocLz0z_VYxDgBdC299YBKnN0erzBzu9JexQm9-sYTIQ3y5IpCFy1zq-fKe9wrX4FzVKBmmdlImBcSw1MaqkYSFrALb57Vi-JID0P4YEVH2r9s6MQsIYVQhCcUYPmv28PM0I0yMpBuGTII3tLAG3qDdRYIs/w400-h185/E68BDD89-E230-4533-B91D-2ED6A0F08AFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Working out and pushing yourself physically has very little to do with biblical manhood but it does teach discipline and endurance and perseverance which I pray will carry over into the spiritual lives of these young men. </p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;">Biblical manhood quote of the day by Elizabeth Elliot: </span> <b><i>"The steel of manly character is forged in the fires of self control and discipline."</i></b></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In other news...... Please pray for us as we have a very full calendar coming up! <br />June 16-29 (Oregon) <br />July 1-8 (Missouri) <br />July 9-23 (California)<br />July 25-30 (Pennsylvania) <br />August 1-5 (Illinois)<br />August 6-10 (Iowa) <br />August 10-20 (Washington) <br />August 23-28 (Colorado) <br />August 23-Sept 10 (Oregon)<br />September 11-15 (Utah)<br />September 15-18 (Iowa)<br />October 7-8 (Texas)<br />October 10-15 (North Carolina) </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span></h4><p><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-31617284101514294992023-04-27T16:58:00.003-05:002023-04-27T16:58:39.453-05:00Loud Speaker Preaching at 4:00 am!<p>Yesterday I was awakened at 4 am by one of the brothers in Nuevo San Juan. This man owns the loud speaker in the town…. each village has one of these for the purpose of communicating the latest news to everyone within earshot (up to a mile away) and I usually use it whenever we arrive in any given pueblo…… but not at 4 am….. As I began to come out of my deep slumber I was able to decipher that he wanted me to wake the whole town with an early morning gospel message…. I thought, "well, I can’t really say no to that" :) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGzEU_LBHvpm07a-rKzJtsIKZcLtW5SLgUpysusE4ANIxQBkcUko5AYER2iR_efvwttnH26MK518r5pPSeLxd-TbvveYZg_lHAYM0nbAVy4CmGL0d3h_HC3BB75UVNzcujrIT4tYRz476nPCRgCQAwcN596fGuslpf3WgzRAGv6aGFe-vhRKCB9PC/s1792/9DC564B8-7D7A-4E6B-AA26-E55C02812DFC.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGzEU_LBHvpm07a-rKzJtsIKZcLtW5SLgUpysusE4ANIxQBkcUko5AYER2iR_efvwttnH26MK518r5pPSeLxd-TbvveYZg_lHAYM0nbAVy4CmGL0d3h_HC3BB75UVNzcujrIT4tYRz476nPCRgCQAwcN596fGuslpf3WgzRAGv6aGFe-vhRKCB9PC/w400-h185/9DC564B8-7D7A-4E6B-AA26-E55C02812DFC.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>My American self says: "this would be a really rude awaking for everyone", but my jungle Peruvian self says: "The roosters are about to wake everyone up anyway and the people here are usually okay with all kinds of interruptions… Why not interrupt their sleep with a little bit of Jesus? An hour later, when I was done preaching many people were up and out in the streets wanting to talk with me about their spiritual condition. We live in exciting times!</p><p>The night before we had piqued their interest with an epic children's meeting and then an open air in the main square (as is our custom everywhere we go). Many of the villagers had come out to listen…. To add to the excitement there were also several souls that came from the neighboring towns because they had heard that we were in the area. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm7KLrNiXtaqcQqeTatKLzHPG9DVvTjBCvJWwRDg7dcIC9jlTvkVfNOJkqPteMihrwywXodh8uTopNldP0BcrxGNrWMFY9eD0jXQ6TtDy58ZR0q4w3mIBORpFEyV9ZBwU_aNjEgzKm1pvcAuQWYUQvfMKlamEZgYCqlgKjo63em56y_Xe93JoavCy/s1792/6F502121-8AD0-4CE2-A924-59009615C36E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm7KLrNiXtaqcQqeTatKLzHPG9DVvTjBCvJWwRDg7dcIC9jlTvkVfNOJkqPteMihrwywXodh8uTopNldP0BcrxGNrWMFY9eD0jXQ6TtDy58ZR0q4w3mIBORpFEyV9ZBwU_aNjEgzKm1pvcAuQWYUQvfMKlamEZgYCqlgKjo63em56y_Xe93JoavCy/w400-h185/6F502121-8AD0-4CE2-A924-59009615C36E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Our open air meeting started with a few songs and then brother Mayer preached message #1. After that Josiah and Mya and Megan and a few others from our team did a skit which was followed by message #2 by brother Anderson. When we had sung several more songs I wrapped everything up with message #3.…. That is the basic order of things in most of our open airs and even though there are three messages, the attendance usually just keeps growing throughout the duration of the meeting. </p><p>These days there seems to be more of a hunger and interest in spiritual things than is normal. Please pray for lasting fruit in these villages! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN171zLEuX5xLJPnPXuBU49cIUnL0o-lp00LbLFkJ8ymYdtaUhU-0WeKhQp1LVGYcAxClztiHswaDy3QmtpXgijHru4kTX5JhcA-hJf2RoJb-I44LiURbE-36yPg_mfaSalzpd2i7-etewU9YI180KPTpBDCyLtyF2Vl3f9wiiLCZamhPSO4af-c3R/s1792/77279AB8-3AFE-4418-9238-640E96D87920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN171zLEuX5xLJPnPXuBU49cIUnL0o-lp00LbLFkJ8ymYdtaUhU-0WeKhQp1LVGYcAxClztiHswaDy3QmtpXgijHru4kTX5JhcA-hJf2RoJb-I44LiURbE-36yPg_mfaSalzpd2i7-etewU9YI180KPTpBDCyLtyF2Vl3f9wiiLCZamhPSO4af-c3R/w400-h185/77279AB8-3AFE-4418-9238-640E96D87920.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Missions quote for the day by David Platt: <i><b>“A soft-drink company in Atlanta has done a better job of getting brown sugar water into ever nation on earth than the church of Jesus Christ has done in getting the gospel to them.”</b></i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-20735548807030525942023-04-13T09:15:00.002-05:002023-04-14T08:01:48.928-05:00RIVER TRIP JOURNALS<div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJVMzYxpiJDbyof_hUYSgMJnAGUjShyybus-dcv9EokQJLiVnvGQShpiqwV1hL7mlq5Fbo77GvnBzkaihVINThujvEEtSedjkxcLl3ID3UUL_V2tMoDqRhDSu6ePgLWJTewP9xGdmwvovEHUwniW1Z0p2grKlPVj2Ml67m3TsVbmOCO71XvpfnmMv/s1792/C1581B83-B70B-4A46-844E-13FAC611EBD1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJVMzYxpiJDbyof_hUYSgMJnAGUjShyybus-dcv9EokQJLiVnvGQShpiqwV1hL7mlq5Fbo77GvnBzkaihVINThujvEEtSedjkxcLl3ID3UUL_V2tMoDqRhDSu6ePgLWJTewP9xGdmwvovEHUwniW1Z0p2grKlPVj2Ml67m3TsVbmOCO71XvpfnmMv/w400-h185/C1581B83-B70B-4A46-844E-13FAC611EBD1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, April 6th</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">This morning Amy and I loaded up our kids and 12 other people into two vans and we drove about an hour down the road to Chazuta where brother Roberto had our boat all ready to go. Our team for this trip included Amy and I and Josiah, Mya, Ellia, Megan, Dallas, Jose, Elliot, Mayer, Josue, Pool, Elizabet, Julio, Gretty, Stephany and Cesia. It was a full boat... especially when you consider all our stuff! We had good weather for this first day of travel and as we headed down the turbulent and muddy Huallaga river everyone was filled with great anticipation at the adventure that was set before us. After about an hour we arrived at our first village, Achinamisa. As we paraded up the main drag and into town we were met with much excitement from the villagers. Many were asking me: "Vas a predicar?... Are you going to preach?"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKJ-HqgVpAwvkxGBlrQ34B1we67J2K8MpO2ul3TqU04OddR2i3VjFVdlTzsWv26Ts7_ZRNuaml98G5agp9TOfEl4RvIxGDHswiLpBaGGBpizzseRoLSHK9x_VzGI23jPgwQgQRnpcbFadu61dFLZz1hqi3Q-31M3WMwtYHcDaZUIpZ3esTtzSufAQ/s1792/406E2F6D-1106-4A4B-B15D-213DADE206A5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKJ-HqgVpAwvkxGBlrQ34B1we67J2K8MpO2ul3TqU04OddR2i3VjFVdlTzsWv26Ts7_ZRNuaml98G5agp9TOfEl4RvIxGDHswiLpBaGGBpizzseRoLSHK9x_VzGI23jPgwQgQRnpcbFadu61dFLZz1hqi3Q-31M3WMwtYHcDaZUIpZ3esTtzSufAQ/w400-h185/406E2F6D-1106-4A4B-B15D-213DADE206A5.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*I marched straight to the towns loud speaker and after announcing that we had arrived and that we would be starting a children's meeting and an eye clinic within the hour, I went on to preach to the whole village from Revelation 22. Many people gathered at the door that I was preaching from and when I finished there were several souls to be dealt with. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Elizabet, Gretty, Stephany, Cesia, Megan and Mya put on an amazing children's meeting (over 100 kids came from all over the place). </div><div style="text-align: left;">*The guys (Dallas, Josiah, Elliot, Mayer, Josue, Pool) gathered up the youth and seemed to have a real impact with their games and then a Bible lesson about "Who is Jesus?".</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Jose is an ophthalmologist from the coast that we've known for more than 20 years. He's a great brother and I'm so glad that he's here with us on this trip. He immediately set up his eye clinic and started attending to the people. Lines of people were wanting to get their vision evaluated and then either receive glasses or sign up for surgery. Huge blessing to the villagers! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*As evening approached, torrential rain descended upon Achinamisa! Tremendous display of lightening and thunder! The storm canceled the open air meeting but as the rain poured down outside we stayed inside brother Rember's house where we sang worships songs and read the scriptures out-loud for about an hour.... After that I preached Revelation 1 into the dark but packed out living room where many sat on the dirt floor listening intently. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Finally at about 10:30 pm we headed back to the church building where we set up our tents for the night. Some of the guys went down to the river to bathe but I decided to take advantage of the water that poured from the heavens and I just shower right there in the middle of the street (swim trunks on of course :) </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Nothing better than falling asleep to the sound of heavy rain beating down on a tin roof overhead. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUmVz8FwOJ3arufFZQdcGAsPUXoO1iN-_quJb-conf-AckF83VuruS7bZEEMQcRJlzyhjUGF3dcL1EVQAFvsRV0ndWsTbGepgYyGdcDeWXlXb7EgyxrIlM1yXLRLuy4MJbZtWiH1FWnwWclNBjPJLP70r-c-jSW2ZgFp3tPynDY5ijqVlR9GLNIbh/s1792/65957BE5-D312-4FE8-B389-114C4C68FA5A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUmVz8FwOJ3arufFZQdcGAsPUXoO1iN-_quJb-conf-AckF83VuruS7bZEEMQcRJlzyhjUGF3dcL1EVQAFvsRV0ndWsTbGepgYyGdcDeWXlXb7EgyxrIlM1yXLRLuy4MJbZtWiH1FWnwWclNBjPJLP70r-c-jSW2ZgFp3tPynDY5ijqVlR9GLNIbh/w400-h185/65957BE5-D312-4FE8-B389-114C4C68FA5A.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, April 7th</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Woke up early. Rain was gone. Prayer and Bible alone in the solitude of my tent. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Chicken soup for Breakfast. YUM! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Preached to the brothers on the four anchors for weathering a storm (Acts 27:29). Lots of good discussion! There are many good brothers in this village. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Another children's meeting (even more kids than yesterday). The kids always come crowding around, yelling our names. They love to hang on us. I always imagine it was probably kinda like this for Jesus. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*While all the ministries were going full-steam ahead, Amy and I snuck off to a rather quiet corner of one brothers hut and we had a hot coffee date. It was great to escape the pandemonium and be "just us" for an hour or so. I'm sooo glad Amy comes on these trips with me!! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*There's a man here named Arnaldo that said he was from another village that I've never been to before. He said that there was no church there, and although he himself was not a believer, he desperately wanted us to come and preach in his village too..... NEED EVERYWHERE! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*After many painful good-byes we headed down river to the next village. We stopped along the way to enjoy my favorite hot springs waterfall.... swimming, rock-jumping, showering.... exploring... Awesome! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*We piled back into the Chasqui and we headed toward the next village but this time Ellia and I sat right up on the prow of the boat. With the wind in our faces we tried to take in all the beauty of the river and the surrounding green paradise of the jungle. Absolutely glorious! Special moments with Ellia! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Arrived in Huimba. Coca capital of the Huallaga river. Lots of evil and corruption here. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*More than 100 kids! More than 50 youth! More than 50 adults! Unusual interest in the things of the Lord. Not normal for this village! Praise the Lord! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYz862iYAB_2AQmQfgBe05pJXrjYlxEhWP5w8xzDY2Ofe_nVC2MXpaluefbSzyvQPKKXZjItfkJ_7DbELIHiMKW0qwL53ewrw3nhjOq8PizANLq58EptN7G-_hhe0Jx9bNY3ujSwtUtte7Vh59lDkXJoubjI0Y9Q9IrP8yjEar8wP1ELBtR_iXMUN/s1792/36F83DE9-E875-4B8A-BAE8-E51E9A7831FF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYz862iYAB_2AQmQfgBe05pJXrjYlxEhWP5w8xzDY2Ofe_nVC2MXpaluefbSzyvQPKKXZjItfkJ_7DbELIHiMKW0qwL53ewrw3nhjOq8PizANLq58EptN7G-_hhe0Jx9bNY3ujSwtUtte7Vh59lDkXJoubjI0Y9Q9IrP8yjEar8wP1ELBtR_iXMUN/w400-h185/36F83DE9-E875-4B8A-BAE8-E51E9A7831FF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Once again many people lined up to see the ophthalmologist! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*As the afternoon stretched on, dark rain clouds stacked up in the south. Another storm! Once again our open air-meeting was rained out.... I guess the Lord wants us to focus on the believers here. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*An arm-wrestling contest broke out amongst the youth after dinner... They "forced" me into the competition..... I ended up winning the championship .... Ha! :) </div><div style="text-align: left;">*No church building here so we had the evening meeting under a tin roof pole barn type structure (no walls). Totally awesome time together. Lots of singing and prayer. The brethren were hungry for the word! Pool led the meeting, Dallas gave the first message, Mayer gave the second and then I wrapped things up with a third and final sermon (seeing Jesus past, present and future. Jn 12:21, Heb 2:9, 1Jn 3:2) </div><div style="text-align: left;">*One of the brothers here paid to put some of the team up in a "hotel" (7 of us had our own dark empty 8'x8' brick walled room) Luxury! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Slept great! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtMkXdBT9WWYLG9FrGrkmUIbnL3wloUI3NrtKrT086-acQuGLwJYrSsCoHxoMNFAAYz0Bwh79g_tC0hDyyeB91hUncn2uYEPMyAozH4cwCxju03nypB8rXSVlIt2ZuR4fVD1RKwdxVnZm3EXX4UZoIQsWX-ONrQDYTU3Q_4CGj8PbUSwe72q5_ci2/s1792/DC3ECA94-CC72-4AE8-A79A-006EBD0113F0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtMkXdBT9WWYLG9FrGrkmUIbnL3wloUI3NrtKrT086-acQuGLwJYrSsCoHxoMNFAAYz0Bwh79g_tC0hDyyeB91hUncn2uYEPMyAozH4cwCxju03nypB8rXSVlIt2ZuR4fVD1RKwdxVnZm3EXX4UZoIQsWX-ONrQDYTU3Q_4CGj8PbUSwe72q5_ci2/w400-h185/DC3ECA94-CC72-4AE8-A79A-006EBD0113F0.png" width="400" /></a></div><u><br />Saturday, April 8th</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Prayer and Bible in the solitude of our four brick walls. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Mya found several cockroaches in her clothes in this morning :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Breakfast was balls of smashed plantains with pig manteca and a salsa of lime juice and hot peppers (tacachos) YUM! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*This morning I was called to go visit and pray for a guy who had been beat up and trampled by an enraged bull a few days ago... He was bruised all over and had several broken ribs... His story was horrifying... five full minutes of being thrown around by a "demon possessed" toro. He's lucky to have survived. It was a great opportunity to share the gospel with he and his family. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*The eye clinic, children's meeting, youth meeting, and adult meeting all filled our time between breakfast and dinner.... I taught the adults from the book of Daniel (3 hours) while each one waited their turn to see the ophthalmologist. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*The believers in this village were so encouraged and there was so much need that they all begged us to stay another day.... so after lunch we decided to split our team up into two groups... Six people stayed in Huimba, while the others journeyed on with me farther down river. It was hard to leave but there are so many more villages that need to see and hear the love of Christ. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhbNBNwDFhuZDKRkmVIlFBO3MEZDQQxwm6_4LSOjYcoWxcK0ZSsXz8OKIz6w1uexlEsioZmU1jDQfZ6xRwZ6GFvnMo9kLnKm4uh4xuHWRfh9WxFbs_dTZmcxVP0Ai0iOuVE1TfSRcCEv0leWex7yJ1OjUauX5eflYPFsOWpXu8eV0u6JoHLmCDqiA/s1792/EF6144AF-09C0-4669-881A-E7F81C15C57B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhbNBNwDFhuZDKRkmVIlFBO3MEZDQQxwm6_4LSOjYcoWxcK0ZSsXz8OKIz6w1uexlEsioZmU1jDQfZ6xRwZ6GFvnMo9kLnKm4uh4xuHWRfh9WxFbs_dTZmcxVP0Ai0iOuVE1TfSRcCEv0leWex7yJ1OjUauX5eflYPFsOWpXu8eV0u6JoHLmCDqiA/w400-h185/EF6144AF-09C0-4669-881A-E7F81C15C57B.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*After about an hour boat ride we came into the port of Navarro. This has always been a difficult village and you can feel the spiritual oppression here.... Something seems to be off with the leadership of the church.... Everything was in stark contrast with the last two villages... We walked into the village with no greetings and no hearty welcome..... That's OK... Must do the work in the difficult places too! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Our team went to work, rounding up the kids, setting up the eye clinic, doing door to door evangelism and organizing an evangelistic soccer game. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*No rain tonight so we were finally able to do an open-air meeting.... Surprisingly many people came out and many others were listening intently from their doorways. I didn't really feel like preaching tonight but the Lord gave help in the time of need... I simply read aloud all of Revelation chapters 6, 9, 12 and 20. I gave a brief explanation and then when I was finishing (no altar call) one man stood up and came forward wanting to give his life to the Lord. After praying with him another came forward and then another.... What victory!!! What encouragement!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-SarW8dzQAZQXfUWl_gHj4PTPc7oc05LKkBr4l1BJF45YugUIcuzgb031C1Xdxo8w9a83XkPNqr6wxUp1xIIgJffbI9Nc_DOxp2SwIcLYVHzlcZHvrvQhUAYW7fX261afMsPol7Xm0_CFpKhfaOiWXhV7uFPJO7jRyyCeapx7GTLuHMV4gLIh8sy/s1792/F35182F3-091F-47C8-9372-61DA91F4C047.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-SarW8dzQAZQXfUWl_gHj4PTPc7oc05LKkBr4l1BJF45YugUIcuzgb031C1Xdxo8w9a83XkPNqr6wxUp1xIIgJffbI9Nc_DOxp2SwIcLYVHzlcZHvrvQhUAYW7fX261afMsPol7Xm0_CFpKhfaOiWXhV7uFPJO7jRyyCeapx7GTLuHMV4gLIh8sy/w400-h185/F35182F3-091F-47C8-9372-61DA91F4C047.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, April 9th</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Today we woke up to the sounds of crowing roosters.... It is resurrection Sunday! Easter! Can't think of a better place to be than in a jungle village preaching Christ risen from the dead! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*The meeting at church this morning was special.... The new converts from last night were there with their families and two of them even shared at the breaking of bread! Dallas, Elliot and Josiah each preached short messages... They did a good job! Then, to wrap things up, I preached two messages... one from 1 Cor 15 and another from Philipians 2. Great time together with the saints.</div><div style="text-align: left;">*For lunch a brother brought a whole mess of fish that he caught in his nets. Boca chico! They roasted them up with some kind of amazing seasoning. Best fish I've ever had!</div><div style="text-align: left;">*One of the villagers caught a baby wild boar. Cute little guy... They told me that we'll eat it next year when we come back... Hopefully they can put that same seasoning on him that they put on the fish... </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Ellia has made a lot of friends in this village. The girls follow her around everywhere she goes :) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjl_bzRnInR_O5Pyf7sPp9ryu4cCLcryCYRqi54vS-UKuplod9GDlTJhc85C4zRxxWK1FG8T4NFAFb6gwr4o-mrKoNzkdEsINaX0smXlx4OupowN8mO94Vvwj_kQZc5EZKUDmcv_sMv_vPTsGQg-_t110S43uLbmBy-tMwA0cphQjM5Qo_uhzwJTg/s1792/D75A05A6-0B1E-43F0-940C-287365271302.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjl_bzRnInR_O5Pyf7sPp9ryu4cCLcryCYRqi54vS-UKuplod9GDlTJhc85C4zRxxWK1FG8T4NFAFb6gwr4o-mrKoNzkdEsINaX0smXlx4OupowN8mO94Vvwj_kQZc5EZKUDmcv_sMv_vPTsGQg-_t110S43uLbmBy-tMwA0cphQjM5Qo_uhzwJTg/w400-h185/D75A05A6-0B1E-43F0-940C-287365271302.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*It was sooo good that we came to Navarro even if it was spiritually oppressive The Lord did great things! After praying with the brethren we loaded up the boat and we headed back up the river to Huimba where we picked up the rest of our team that we had left off there. They had great news of great things that God had done. The already big crowd from Saturday, had doubled on Sunday. Praise the Lord! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Dark rain clouds were mounting in the south again and we needed to get to Pulcalpillo, so off we went. We were about halfway to the village when the storm caught our boat. Lightning and thunder and rain and overflowing tributaries made the whole river blow out and soon there were big waves and submerged logs and whirlpools to navigate.... It was awesome! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAFbmT4DgFlC0ozSRnRmPyRxasjiE0MJxu7XNhRklRDRRs-QflAYgfyyJv9RTuKofvXzNFAYItXNWpWXczRGCzirHO4uOnOHuvOTxi9NmbOrYeS9AaR21mQZAwYnS5U43Gy9PwfxuVfsFiJANchkow6ey5MH0eBjdx6T-qqTzQPz5VHtALcu6VRPQ/s1792/9DF04439-1751-41E1-AE87-D8744958C8FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAFbmT4DgFlC0ozSRnRmPyRxasjiE0MJxu7XNhRklRDRRs-QflAYgfyyJv9RTuKofvXzNFAYItXNWpWXczRGCzirHO4uOnOHuvOTxi9NmbOrYeS9AaR21mQZAwYnS5U43Gy9PwfxuVfsFiJANchkow6ey5MH0eBjdx6T-qqTzQPz5VHtALcu6VRPQ/w400-h185/9DF04439-1751-41E1-AE87-D8744958C8FC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*When we finally arrived at Pucalpillo we were soaked and the lower part of the village was all under water. A few of the villagers said this was the highest they'd seen the river in 40 years! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*We quickly put on our rubber boots, slogged through the mud and rain, and went throughout the village inviting the kids to the children's meeting.... To our surprise the mud and rain didn't hold anyone back... kids came out from everywhere! Their parents came, the youth came, the old people came. It was amazing! Of all the villages this one turned out to be the most encouraging. The church here seems to be more encouraged and active and unified than all the rest that we've visited until now. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*The rain stopped in time to have our open air meeting this evening. Pretty much everyone from the village came out to listen as we sang, read scripture and prayed. Jose, Mayer and Elliot all gave their testimonies and then I wrapped things up with a rather long evangelistic message.</div><div style="text-align: left;">*As I preached two drunks were listening and one of them got a bit agitated and said he was going to punch me.... The other one responded saying that he better not do that because "The bearded gringo looks like he knows Karate" Ha! I guess my scary looking beard saved me :) </div><div style="text-align: left;">*After that there was a real sense of God working on the conscience of many. You could hear a pin drop as the whole town listened closely to every word. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SwarVMfoRm1kVsP7k0_3mKgBioSl2DpaQ8Bp_ZAyBS3mamptWiSEdHW3WyLAeSRzwDujFbqITmnHoRD0aAjlO46F9-N572Uy963tAPWXCMk_HgmCQq3wcwxgdWfD5ekZX_TRRF0AxIrNzAW_FMwEHarM6IWwk3ItNq1V9N-Nseu8upME2xlx6-Tx/s3520/70524E68-1782-44E8-B1B7-76BC6CA243AD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SwarVMfoRm1kVsP7k0_3mKgBioSl2DpaQ8Bp_ZAyBS3mamptWiSEdHW3WyLAeSRzwDujFbqITmnHoRD0aAjlO46F9-N572Uy963tAPWXCMk_HgmCQq3wcwxgdWfD5ekZX_TRRF0AxIrNzAW_FMwEHarM6IWwk3ItNq1V9N-Nseu8upME2xlx6-Tx/w400-h225/70524E68-1782-44E8-B1B7-76BC6CA243AD.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, April 10th</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Woke up at 3:00 am this morning. Amy and Ellia needed to go to the bathroom which was at a brothers house down the road... I didn't know how we were going to get in at that hour but we were desperate so we headed that way. To our surprise, most of the brothers and sisters were already over there and very much awake, while getting breakfast ready for us! 3 am!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Sweet time of bible and prayer back at the tent</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Breakfast was boiled eggs, tacacho, rice and a hot cacao drink (harvested, toasted and milled right there)</div><div style="text-align: left;">*After a great devotional from Julio Abel the brothers asked if I would spend the whole time until lunch answering their theological and ecclesiological questions.... the next three hours were very profitable as I tried to clear up some divisive issues that the brothers didn't know how to deal with. In every village I had similar meetings like this but here in Pucalpillo the brothers specifically asked for it and they soaked up every minute as we opened the scriptures and evaluated each question. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*While I was in that mens meeting half of our team went and invaded the school (classes went back into session today). The director of the school let our team in and allowed them to give a bible lesson to all the kids..... I love that you can do this in Peru! </div><div style="text-align: left;">*After lunch it was time to say goodbye. It was sad to go. These brothers and sisters had really won our hearts and we could have stayed another week. But after lots of hugs and backslaps and handshakes we finally prayed together and headed to our boat down at the port. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*Thankfully the river had dropped about 4 feet over night and now it was much safer to travel back to Chazuta where we could catch a car back to Tarapoto..... </div><div style="text-align: left;">*There were a few dangerous moments as we motored through some raging rapids but the Lord sent His angel ahead of us and after about three hours of plowing against the current we made it safely back to civilization. </div><div style="text-align: left;">*It was a fantastic trip and the Lord blessed us greatly!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoXA5aPAo73Etcogrs4HMQ3vEmiUOZOcEqVatlVuvXh0g1CgaW-RzZHUY1Bh6in-s86v9d2OsXM9SPU8lABQRwmMoLUYofhqUe25_caWFxMfdOCAvscYtMFumq6zLcdw2ZND490Xv3O_7tIQZeViaAfOHhnEjuksVBgtS6jqL0D7l5bdHGh6FJIA4/s1792/0D70D8D1-59C3-4CA4-A088-E772AE1B4315.png" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoXA5aPAo73Etcogrs4HMQ3vEmiUOZOcEqVatlVuvXh0g1CgaW-RzZHUY1Bh6in-s86v9d2OsXM9SPU8lABQRwmMoLUYofhqUe25_caWFxMfdOCAvscYtMFumq6zLcdw2ZND490Xv3O_7tIQZeViaAfOHhnEjuksVBgtS6jqL0D7l5bdHGh6FJIA4/w400-h185/0D70D8D1-59C3-4CA4-A088-E772AE1B4315.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Missions quote for the day by Robert Moffat: <b><i>"In the vast plain to the north I have sometimes seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages where no missionary has ever been"</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Micah for the Tuttle's! </div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-43321701736433158032023-03-20T16:25:00.003-05:002023-03-20T17:20:33.393-05:00Tuttle-tid-bits for March <p><b><u></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><b><u><br />CULLEN AND EMMA ARE ENGAGED!</u></b><p></p><p>We are excited to announce that our son Cullen has proposed to Emma Twinem…. And she said YES! Emma is one of the daughters of missionary friends that we have know since our early days in Peru. The Twinems worked on the coast of Peru for many years and every time we traveled to Trujillo it was great to see them. Little did we know that Cullen would one day propose to their youngest daughter! About ten days ago Cullen and Emma traveled to visit us here in Tarapoto. Coming to visit us was very nice of them…. But there was an ulterior motive :) They felt that it would be fitting to make their engagement happen in the land of the Incas where both of them were raised. So in an absolutely spectacular and remote setting Cullen got down on one knee at the famous Gocta falls and asked Emma to marry him. They are perfect for each other and we couldn’t be happier! We look forward to how the Lord will use them to His glory! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsihVzpMQHSP3bPmomeP2MZVkk_wS8CP06BuUYIpSe5p-ZGTWs4uhzcLSLufZAU6ApMsbX1In5ccNwTAYJJr7DEpTBrbe4pA7e_dh2nf2wshVLaP1NJgzHh7HBB6cwtgGkx82WvyVIUIeVHxT6uGMGMK-0q6g8S4eX67uFTbWu_Xd7NsovRF9FZ5o/s1792/19C316BB-CEFA-464A-8A0C-CCA4193DAB6E.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsihVzpMQHSP3bPmomeP2MZVkk_wS8CP06BuUYIpSe5p-ZGTWs4uhzcLSLufZAU6ApMsbX1In5ccNwTAYJJr7DEpTBrbe4pA7e_dh2nf2wshVLaP1NJgzHh7HBB6cwtgGkx82WvyVIUIeVHxT6uGMGMK-0q6g8S4eX67uFTbWu_Xd7NsovRF9FZ5o/w400-h185/19C316BB-CEFA-464A-8A0C-CCA4193DAB6E.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u><b><br /></b></u></p><p><u><b>IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN PERU!</b></u></p><p>As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, we are back in the jungles of Peru! We have been here for about a month now and it has been fantastic to, once again, be with our church family in Tarapoto. We have been greatly encouraged to see so many of the young people here stepping up and using their gifts to serve the body. Many of the youth that are now in their mid-twenties, were little kids when we first met them. Some of them we personally led to the Lord and then invested into their discipleship as new Christians. What a joy it is to see them continuing on for Jesus! In the coming months we look forward to doing as much as we can to help and encourage the saints in these regions, so please pray for us as we attempt great things for our great God and His great Son and His great cause. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBKbGvQEueNyOViPIvP8JVaW8wf5POmWfFDGNWo58BXT7UZo96P9ZMFSc_UCSHQHUqoNaDN2IBGqWbFT98jc3x5BMyrAfoLqLOEk_afEfd7EfEWVFOf3ipgyGm34KUgOQGvfx454qKnv0BtcEaJCXjaHui96TogRzN_aIOIs20B27z7lu8PxLtCqY/s1792/A347401C-6620-4BA3-A9CC-FBB4B66C727E.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBKbGvQEueNyOViPIvP8JVaW8wf5POmWfFDGNWo58BXT7UZo96P9ZMFSc_UCSHQHUqoNaDN2IBGqWbFT98jc3x5BMyrAfoLqLOEk_afEfd7EfEWVFOf3ipgyGm34KUgOQGvfx454qKnv0BtcEaJCXjaHui96TogRzN_aIOIs20B27z7lu8PxLtCqY/w400-h185/A347401C-6620-4BA3-A9CC-FBB4B66C727E.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u><b><br /></b></u></p><p><u><b>DITP VISIT!</b></u></p><p>In February several students from the Discipleship Intern Training Program came from Lubbock Texas to visit us. We enjoyed a fantastic two weeks of ministry, both in town and also in the villages along the river. As we went, I taught through the book of Acts and then we basically lived that narrative out as we preached the gospel from town to town. I think the team encouraged us more than we encouraged them! Everywhere we went we had open air meetings, children's meetings, and church meetings. We preached to, prayed for, and sang with everyone we could. We tried to help, love, encourage and exhort the people in each pueblo. Most of all, we just tried to reflect Christ to anyone and everyone we met.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGQFB_4GwAyUpdNuibpFQKmGqluojGu-bgXJn2r976q1CPzb5T9DzKNsWfDV06vCHRjyPNsm7ocq_23UKePvvXLzJSkpr6a766ge2Z0mWpbaxmpVYpANolD50gpdk7bKYK-CgJpxVSAD98eeW7zHSjQPMnEbHX3o5IX2v10rWXegAgfadIzvF_vGP/s1792/163D06E9-D3BA-49E3-A79B-A29210E6ABB4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGQFB_4GwAyUpdNuibpFQKmGqluojGu-bgXJn2r976q1CPzb5T9DzKNsWfDV06vCHRjyPNsm7ocq_23UKePvvXLzJSkpr6a766ge2Z0mWpbaxmpVYpANolD50gpdk7bKYK-CgJpxVSAD98eeW7zHSjQPMnEbHX3o5IX2v10rWXegAgfadIzvF_vGP/w400-h185/163D06E9-D3BA-49E3-A79B-A29210E6ABB4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>EVANGELISM</u></b></p><p>Over the course of the last month there have been plenty of opportunities for evangelism. No matter where we are in the world the Lord seems to set up divine appointments to share the truth of the gospel with spiritually needy souls. We have had many great one on one gospel conversations but there have also been many opportunities to do open air evangelism too. I've been preaching my heart out wherever we go. I've preached at the indoor market, in the outdoor market, down by the river, on the streets and in the main square of several villages. There is nothing more exciting than sounding forth heavens last and costliest gift to men, trying to win them to the Savior, turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhifX0vvHiFuG711Olmvp-ZWsXBjqaC1uLBmKI9poB-XAGa15FXocsbqzu7qYxANidoo2iY4he1TyaE1sg9mUdi53srYX-3r6N2PR7mPH19iCg-JI2oNi5E0nhwug77tNtT_3IrcAqh84MA-hQ19nG3B8qfnBap4XjYPAdbNUOqJQTOEkYWLmy0Ah3/s1792/B4564E41-F54D-4370-9A53-C31BF2AFF43F.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhifX0vvHiFuG711Olmvp-ZWsXBjqaC1uLBmKI9poB-XAGa15FXocsbqzu7qYxANidoo2iY4he1TyaE1sg9mUdi53srYX-3r6N2PR7mPH19iCg-JI2oNi5E0nhwug77tNtT_3IrcAqh84MA-hQ19nG3B8qfnBap4XjYPAdbNUOqJQTOEkYWLmy0Ah3/w400-h185/B4564E41-F54D-4370-9A53-C31BF2AFF43F.png" width="400" /></a></b></p><p><u><b>MISSIONS QUOTE FOR THE DAY</b></u></p><p><i>"No sound system, No band, No guitar, No entertainment, No cushioned chairs, No heating, No Air-conditioning. Nothing but the people of God and the word of God... and strangely that's enough. Gods word is enough for millions of believers who gather in thatched roof huts in the jungles, in the mountains, in deserts and in the most inhospitable of places.... But the question is: Is the word of God enough for us?" </i> -David Platt</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhZTnQY4sLzGa2UrOBNbn1jQff4XbgBMnHU2ay8-PM_-odVU71erK8cHMUYANIxj7G7anWCh0tnzFfPvpGH2Nm4o6WkO2JAR1KAcned3ZaMNvGI5DAUgtNGRJHSBH_CWvitJvuhI7aM-V3PIwYkml5Me-Uf6ek8uLSyAVPALLeVAIugYhXypwammH/s1792/7D65E2BA-A90E-414A-8F43-03D9C0261B9A.jpeg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhZTnQY4sLzGa2UrOBNbn1jQff4XbgBMnHU2ay8-PM_-odVU71erK8cHMUYANIxj7G7anWCh0tnzFfPvpGH2Nm4o6WkO2JAR1KAcned3ZaMNvGI5DAUgtNGRJHSBH_CWvitJvuhI7aM-V3PIwYkml5Me-Uf6ek8uLSyAVPALLeVAIugYhXypwammH/w400-h185/7D65E2BA-A90E-414A-8F43-03D9C0261B9A.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-34252931584410676852023-02-05T11:26:00.005-05:002023-02-05T15:57:01.551-05:00Tuttletidbits for January<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><b><u>California</u></b> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Greetings from the golden state of California!</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">For almost two years now we have been helping (when our schedule permits) with a church plant here in Watsonville.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">We love the team here and we love everything that God is doing for His great name and His great Son and His great cause in this part of the world.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">In our last blog post we commented about how living in a campground with a big family isn't ideal (especially when it cost $2000 a month… TO CAMP!). For that reason we had been exploring the possibility of renting something with more space than our travel trailer.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Soon, we were able to find a good house that we were hoping to secure… it was ours for the taking at $4,000 a month…</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">I’m sure that the Lord would have provided that money somehow and we were ready to pull the trigger.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">But the more and more we thought and prayed about it, the more and more we felt like the Lord was saying no to that possibility…. at least for now… When we look at our itinerant schedule, our continuing ministry in Peru, the stage of life of our kids, and our call to encourage the Lords people in many lands, it just didn't seem right to settle into an expensive rental house in Watsonville at this time.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">It was a heart breaking decision for us but we feel that the Lord has led us in this way.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">We still hope to help with the work here when we can and to take up our camping spot from time to time, but as far as renting a house goes… thats no longer on our radar.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Peru<br /></b></span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Now that we have made these difficult decisions about California we can resume with our original plans of spending a greater portion of the year in the jungles of Peru.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are very excited to be back in the rainforest in just a few weeks!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Our plan is to be back in Tarpoto from mid February through May.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Those months will be full of preaching and teaching, travel from village to village and helping to encourage the jungle churches in the Tarapoto area.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Amy and I will be traveling with our three younger kids (Josiah, Mya and Ellia) and two disciples (Dallas Goff and Megan Smith from the USA).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>During our time there we will have a few teams (one form Texas and one from Iowa) coming to visit and help with the work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are excited to see what the Lord will do and to reconnect with our beloved brothers and sisters there in Peru! Please pray for the upcoming work in the jungle! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Wedding!</b></span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">December and January were full months for us as a family.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We traveled from California to Lubbock Texas where I was teaching a block of classes at the DITP institute there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>After that we continued on to Dubuque Iowa where I’ve been doing a lot of preaching, evangelism and…… preparation for Peru <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aside from the usual pandemonium that comes with our itinerant ministry schedule, we added a wedding! At the beginning of January we all drove to Augusta Georgia where Javen, our oldest son, married his college sweetheart Autumn!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It feels a bit strange that we are at the stage in life when our kids can get married.. but here we are and we couldn't be happier.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Javen and Autumn met at Emmaus a few years ago and it was evident early on that they are a perfect match.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are very excited to have added another daughter to our family!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I had the great honor of performing the wedding and preaching the message as my own son stood before me with his wonderful bride.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a truly special and unforgettable moment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please pray for Javen and Autumn as they embark upon a life together in service to our great King! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2-qy9yXd2hVWbPjBgYRpIEc9fwt6YzmrBrc_sCuXzGk4P0HX28qMl7n97omMlT-LKpmaMtU3-S-CJnALdjC7E-ucVAP4Rro0IbIvTyf63QbjA1D-5kBH2i5fiChn_14KYtDC8UP2APsc9cP3MmH-aPW5ow_K6lNcTivHjTNBKPixk0GOsc6LKFDE/s1792/9C5A1825-A6FA-4B1F-94A8-B11A3ACD7C21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2-qy9yXd2hVWbPjBgYRpIEc9fwt6YzmrBrc_sCuXzGk4P0HX28qMl7n97omMlT-LKpmaMtU3-S-CJnALdjC7E-ucVAP4Rro0IbIvTyf63QbjA1D-5kBH2i5fiChn_14KYtDC8UP2APsc9cP3MmH-aPW5ow_K6lNcTivHjTNBKPixk0GOsc6LKFDE/w400-h185/9C5A1825-A6FA-4B1F-94A8-B11A3ACD7C21.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Divine Appointment</b></span><br /><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Amy and I were sitting at a coffee shop enjoying a date together when a rather angry and imposing young man walked up to the table next to ours, slapped down a breakfast burrito and then asked if he could sit with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We said: “Sure” (a bit strange but.…) “Sure”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When he sat down Amy noticed that his hand was wrapped up in ice and so she asked: “What happened to your hand?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The man asked if we really wanted to know?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Amy said: “Yes” and then he proceeded to relate a rather shocking story of road rage that he had just committed about 15 minutes earlier.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Somebody had cut him off, So he yelled at them and when the other guy stopped and yelled back, our new friend jumped out of his truck and Hammer-fisted the other guys side mirror clean off…. I’m sure that if we had seen this whole thing transpire we would not have liked this guy very much… But as we listened to this outrageous story we both knew right away that the Lord had set this up as a divine appointment…. Amy jumped in almost immediately and said: “I don't think its by random chance that our paths have crossed, we are Christians and I think that God has a reason that you are sharing your story with us today.’’ </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Right then his cell phone rang…. He answered and it was his wife saying that the police were at his house and were looking for him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>After they talked for a minute or two he hung up and asked us what he should do?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Should he turn himself in?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Should he track that other car down and really mess that guy up?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I said: “Have you ever thought of asking God for help?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Just then his cell phone rang again… He answered and it was the police… After talking with them for a few minutes he hung up again and said “You’re right, I need to ask God for help…. this is actually about the tenth time I’ve done this sort of thing… I just can’t control my temper…” After about 30 minutes of speaking with him about righteousness, self control, the judgement to come and hope in Jesus we prayed together…. In the end he commented: “Maybe God brought me to you guys because He wanted to give me a wake-up call….. I think I better just turn myself in.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I said: “That would probably be the right thing to do… But not just to the police, turn yourself over<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to Jesus… He’s the only way you're going to find real hope and forgiveness and victory.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please pray for James <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><u>Missions quote for the day by John Bunyan:</u></b> <i>"We esteem things according to the price paid for them. The soul has been purchased by a price that the Son and wisdom of God thought appropriate to pay for its redemption. What a thing, then, must be a soul!"</i></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span><br /></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-84863673164869913182022-11-29T12:58:00.000-05:002022-11-29T12:58:13.771-05:00Tuttle Tidbits From November<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The last few months have been quite a whirlwind of travel and evangelism and preaching and family and fun.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Lord continues to help us as we attempt great things for our great God and His great name.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>About a year and a half ago we committed to help with a church planting effort in Watsonville California.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>At that time we already had a very full calendar of ministry events that stretched two years ahead of us but we really wanted to be involved in establishing new assemblies in North America and the door was wide open in California so we decided to try to fit this ministry into our already busy itinerant schedule…. Well, its been pretty crazy…. exciting but exhausting… For every open spot in our calendar we try to get back to Watsonville to be with the team and to do as much evangelism and discipleship as we can but we've been spread pretty thin and it has been difficult.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When in California we live in our travel trailer in the local KOA campground and its a pretty tight space for the five of us :) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBh0aoKKKDZxLEgUP4EJyXp5LFoebd8rHo05JkXlJaEP0HJckgFqMqIU2kxpvCg2DTG41luJiE9W7HHEMOsNo7Gb11IVntVYSHNpruKD27Gym4PzJ2im7NMpGOwWYROTQKtxFWCLADcz81FfaVLYm9_YJVp71gtS0ux94Ao90J_HN9FqQNzWhmV24/s3088/IMG_1954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBh0aoKKKDZxLEgUP4EJyXp5LFoebd8rHo05JkXlJaEP0HJckgFqMqIU2kxpvCg2DTG41luJiE9W7HHEMOsNo7Gb11IVntVYSHNpruKD27Gym4PzJ2im7NMpGOwWYROTQKtxFWCLADcz81FfaVLYm9_YJVp71gtS0ux94Ao90J_HN9FqQNzWhmV24/w400-h300/IMG_1954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Yes, there are only five of us traveling together now…. Amy and I and the three youngest kids, Josiah (18) Mya (15) and Ellia (8).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bria started Emmaus back in August, while Javen and Cullen have already graduated and are beginning to pursue Masters degrees in Psychology and Communications......<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Our kids are really growing up fast... Its kind of shocking! In fact, </span>Javen and his fiance, Autumn, are getting married on January 2nd! We look forward to adding Autumn to our family!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> It's crazy to see our kids growing up, becoming independent and (in Javens case) starting their own families. Most of all w</span>e thank the Lord that all of our kids really love the Lord and are walking faithfully with Him!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">God has blessed the preaching of His word and it seems that He has used us as we have traveled from place to place in His service.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In August I preached 21 times as we went from Eagle Fern Camp near Portland Oregon to Koinania Camp near Santa Cruz California then to Dubuque Iowa where we got Bria set up at Emmaus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then in September the travels continued as I was preaching in Minneapolis, Jefferson City, Las Vegas and again back in Dubuque. In October we went from Chicago Illinois to Portland Maine to Greenfield Iowa to Shannon Hills North Carolina to Seattle Washington and then back to Dubuque for our annual mass tract distribution on Halloween night.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>After preaching a few times in various places in Iowa at the beginning of November we made the 30 hour drive back to California, got set up at our camp site and now we've spent most of this month trying to help with the house church here as much as we can. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">We have a fantastic team in California and the Lord is really blessing the small assembly that has begun there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As our schedule clears up we hope to be more and more present and more involved with the work in Watsonville.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We do have a little bit more craziness planned for the first part of 2023 before we can really focus on California though.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Next up on the calendar is Portland Oregon, then Lubbock Texas, then Dubuque Iowa, then Appling Georgia and then Tarapoto Peru.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By the month of May we hope to find a house to rent in Watsonville so we can really put all of our focus and energy there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Living and working out of a campground is fun for about two weeks and then you realize that a house would really be a lot better :)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please pray that we might find something suitable for our family and ministry! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><u><b>MEMORABLE EVANGELISTIC ENCOUNTER #1</b></u></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"> </p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Halloween is the best tract distribution day of the year! In the space of about two hours, the Lord brought more than 1500 people right to our door step….. all of them were asking for a treat so we gave them the best treat the world has ever known! Ghosts and demons and even the devil himself came right to us and practically begged us for a gift. Ellia gave them a treat for their tummy and I gave them a treat for their soul. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Going door to door to do tract distribution is generally hard work but every year on October 31st the world actually comes to our door! I hate how Halloween celebrates death and glorifies demons… but I love the opportunity it provides for Christians to get the gospel into the hands of hundreds of people in a very short amount of time!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The day after Halloween Amy and I went to the dentist. While the hygienist was working in my teeth she said: “I took my kids trick or treating last night and I think we went by your place on Grandview where all the crowds of people go from house to house….” I said: “Oh, You did?” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">She said: ”Yes, I think you were the one giving out candy with a little Jesus pamphlet.” I said: “Ha! Yep that was me.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">She said: “With all the ghosts and zombies and tombstones, my kids kept asking about what happens after death…. And then we went to your house and you gave them that Jesus thing and ever since they’ve been asking me about God, and heaven and hell.…” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I said: “That’s great! the state of your soul and your eternal destination is pretty much the most important topic there is. I’m glad they’re talking about it.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The hygienist said: “We’ll, we’re not religious people but your tract got us thinking…. Thanks for giving those things out. We’re going to read through the whole thing tonight as a family.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><b>MEMORABLE EVANGELISTIC ENCOUNTER #2</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Several weeks ago I flew into Las Vegas to spend a few days with eleven brothers in prayer and evangelism. When I arrived the guys that picked me up took me to Dunkin Donuts for a coffee. After coming out of the coffee shop I immediately felt like I should go over and speak with a man that was looking at his phone while sitting on the sidewalk. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I walked up to him and said “Hello, I know that this is kinda weird but I’m a preacher and I just arrived in Las Vegas and I’m trying to get to know the place…… I’m wondering what you’d say is the greatest need in this city?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He was stunned and said: “I know nothing about God but I think He’s trying to get through to me…. Right now I’m watching a rapper battle on YouTube and I just happened to pick one where this Crip gangster guy is battle-rapping a Christian dood who keeps on countering with Jesus raps…. I never listen to Christian rap but I just randomly clicked on this one and the Jesus freak keeps on responding to the gangster with these God messages….. He’s actually really good and its convicting me….. I was just now thinking that this city needs Jesus….. and then you walked up and asked what I think this city needs most!”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I laughed and said “Yeah, God seems to set up these divine appointments for me all of the time :)” ...... </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We went on to have a great conversation about Jesus. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MEMORABLE EVANGELISTIC ENCOUNTER #3</span></b></u></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While here in Watsonville, we had the opportunity to go to the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was amazing! There was an unbelievable display of marine life….. and it all seemed to scream: “Glory to God!” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were many marine biologists on hand working to answer questions and give explanations at each display, so I began to talk with them one by one. After thanking them for the great work that they were doing and then commenting on the delicate balance of life in the sea and the amazing complexities of the obvious design all around us I asked them what their thoughts were on evolution vrs creation….. it resulted in several great gospel conversations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had one particularly good dialogue was with a young man in his twenties. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I asked him: “As you observe and study all of this fascinating marine life, what’s your conclusion…… Did it all come about through creation or evolution?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He answered: “Well, I believe in science and science shows us that it all came about by evolution.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then I said: “Okay, let me kind of ask the same question from a different angle….. As you look around at this amazing facility where thousands of people come to see these things, what’s your conclusion….. Did this building come together by a builder or did it take millions of years to slowly establish itself here?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He smiled and answered: “Well, a builder of course…. Okay, you’ve got a good point… I guess it would make sense that there’s a Creator who created everything we see.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then I said: “So, my next question is: Do you think there’s an afterlife or do we just cease to exist when we die?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He said: “Well, if there’s a God who created everything then I guess there’s probably an afterlife.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I said: “Last question….. if there’s an afterlife then where do you think you’ll spend it? In heaven or in hell?” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He said: “honestly I would probably go to hell if it exists…. I’m sleeping with my girlfriend and getting drunk from time to time and I’m doing a lot of stuff that isn’t right.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I replied: “Does that concern you?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He said: “Yes, I want to be right with God if He’s really out there… I’ve started to think about these things lately and…… it’s like God sent you to give me a wake up call.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I said: “What’s your name?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He said: “Jonah”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I exclaimed: “What!? ….. That’s a Bible name….. and it’s the minor prophet that comes right before my Bible name…. My name is Micah!”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jonah said: “Yeah, I grew up in a Christian home and my parents took me to church three times a week… it was never real for me but ever since I moved out I’ve totally abandoned the faith.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I replied: “You seem to be acting a lot like the Jonah of the Bible…. You’ve been running from Gods will to do your own.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jonah answered: “Wow! I guess that’s a good way to put it…… Man, I don’t think it’s by random chance that I met you and that we’re having this conversation….. Did God tell you to come talk to me or something like that?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We continued with a long and fascinating conversation and it was quite clear that the Lord was working on the heart and conscience of Jonah. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><b>Missions quote for the day by Nina Gunter:</b></u> <i>"If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the two covers" </i> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-37871338798998653732022-08-09T17:54:00.000-05:002022-08-09T17:54:34.371-05:00Tuttle-tidbits from mid-August <p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The last couple of months have been a complete whirlwind of ministry and travel and family and fun. At the beginning of June we drove from Watsonville California to Turkey Hill Ranch Bible camp near Jefferson City Missouri. After three weeks of preaching at camp we drove back to California to be a part of a conference at Yosemite national park. Following an intense week of ministry there in the beautiful sierra mountains we traveled on to Portland Oregon where we visited friends and family and churches and then helped for a week out at Eagle Fern Camp.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Eagle Fern Camp</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YnmcrsKcsaXMUsoRG0wauNKkm3B-mXyyqVz4ktjtz3xR5e0DjK9Zwn2o0yp_t3zZt-NDQnsLfei42QBGaL9xA0-1iBPrHeDfygglnCunE1c_0HD2NzfPgRjm2b-fvbiihmw0d2K-yl22fVjyK6k_kKgnJGl4l087rjuElWUabgOgOUBcN1WDvnOZ/s1792/93E08A6E-D5DC-4048-AEE6-77E9742A28E8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YnmcrsKcsaXMUsoRG0wauNKkm3B-mXyyqVz4ktjtz3xR5e0DjK9Zwn2o0yp_t3zZt-NDQnsLfei42QBGaL9xA0-1iBPrHeDfygglnCunE1c_0HD2NzfPgRjm2b-fvbiihmw0d2K-yl22fVjyK6k_kKgnJGl4l087rjuElWUabgOgOUBcN1WDvnOZ/w400-h185/93E08A6E-D5DC-4048-AEE6-77E9742A28E8.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">We just wrapped up a couple of weeks in Portland Oregon, one of which we invested in Junior High boys camp out at Eagle Fern. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> Josiah and my dad and I were counselors. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Three generations! </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">We had </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">an incredible week filled with lots of evangelistic conversations with</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> 13 and 14 year old boys. I had eight kids in my cabin and most of them were unbelievers.... one was a vehement atheist…… It was a fantastic opportunity to pour lots of Bible and lots of Jesus into these young men. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Each morning I gave short messages on biblical manhood to the whole camp, e</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">ach afternoon I had great individual conversations with different campers and e</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">ach night I read 12 chapters of the N.T out loud to my cabin. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Dustin Rose was the speaker and he did a great job preaching from Daniel and Genesis. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">On the last two nights he asked if I would bring the gospel to the whole group….. I heartily accepted and the Lord really seemed to use it. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">At one point most of the camp was in a kind of stunned soul searching quandary. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It’s hard to explain what happened …. The Lord knows….. He was really working in the hearts of many of the kids! Several of the young men commented to me that they had never heard this stuff before….. Please pray for lasting fruit in the lives of these teenagers!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody;">Yosemite</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> Conference</span></u></b></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpluvoug9tLcj2XSRpvsH5fUWg6bGLd_oi-aLCLg15nyacRzHQRxToLLFR_66fBBvHoqvFDx3miHb0LNMBIxHogMkcpHGpxGEM071-T8Pao2tAECaXd7LCCNYUlP3AdJeA4sWNIBWNc_NwWUKXwwzkM2iRNhSgMZ0jNupbwiVDFEB3QRAmCf7cYLm/s1792/7DEB5D81-F3FD-446F-BED8-8B715B41B349.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpluvoug9tLcj2XSRpvsH5fUWg6bGLd_oi-aLCLg15nyacRzHQRxToLLFR_66fBBvHoqvFDx3miHb0LNMBIxHogMkcpHGpxGEM071-T8Pao2tAECaXd7LCCNYUlP3AdJeA4sWNIBWNc_NwWUKXwwzkM2iRNhSgMZ0jNupbwiVDFEB3QRAmCf7cYLm/w400-h185/7DEB5D81-F3FD-446F-BED8-8B715B41B349.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">The week before arriving in Portland we were able to get our whole family together and go to </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Yosemite National Park where I had the privilege of preaching at a California Bible conference there that has been happening for more than 40 years. </span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">When we arrived we were rather exhausted after having driven 1700 miles in about 31 hours but we were excited to be entrusted with a spectacular message in such a spectacular place. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">During the course of the week Scott Degroff and I preached a combined 18 times and the Lord really seemed to work through the messages.…. It was a fantastic conference that brought many blessings from the Lord. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> Brothers and sisters came from many different places around the country and there were even passer-by visitors that listened in on the meetings. It was a special week and we are thanking the Lord for the work that he did in the hearts of many people! We must keep p</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">raying for revival on the left coast!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbGzP1xrxFJRZnfuSaeFgD4gbs7IT_dHirJrbOamMPN0hcPAlBNnULMW63BO4j3p-V5q1rJKFfwRDZ0d0PoWt81-OVqv7kzcCycl9Tn_BRRrSxBmfByE9yZ1A_j0N1PzRdbvOxoD-WDwtrJHsEjig3a35pwtvAI8L77geZxTRehaQRPE_dx7Pxptd/s4032/32B4915E-2673-4F4D-8192-9F1090407CEE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbGzP1xrxFJRZnfuSaeFgD4gbs7IT_dHirJrbOamMPN0hcPAlBNnULMW63BO4j3p-V5q1rJKFfwRDZ0d0PoWt81-OVqv7kzcCycl9Tn_BRRrSxBmfByE9yZ1A_j0N1PzRdbvOxoD-WDwtrJHsEjig3a35pwtvAI8L77geZxTRehaQRPE_dx7Pxptd/w400-h300/32B4915E-2673-4F4D-8192-9F1090407CEE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">In June we spent a really intense three weeks of ministry out at Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp in Missouri. I preached a total of 31 times while </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Amy worked with the young ladies and was the speaker for one of the girls camps. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Cullen, Bria and Josiah helped as cabin counselors and Mya and Ellia had a good time as campers.</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> One of the weeks we spent </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">on the Current river in the Ozark mountains doing a wilderness camp for high school girls. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> On that trip w</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">e floated 60 miles with 16 teenage girls. Amy and Ashley Allen were the speakers and the Lord really used them to impact each of the girls that had come. There’s nothing better than life on life, one on one discipleship and Bible teaching in small group settings! </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Jimmy Allen and I were the grunt guys that just stayed out of the way except for helping with the set up and tear down each day. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">We also played the role of body guards that camped off in the distance and made sure everyone was safe from wild animals, drunks and anything that could be a potential danger….. We all survived….. kinda sunburned, kinda sore, kinda tired….. but feeling very blessed!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;">Evangelism in Jefferson City </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSt67r91LF-JxAL-NGbS5PyCUVFMt5UY7q7JEKQ5a9o6jfofrvYNhlk_f2OC1Z2rxQnqKlt5mqinAIMwtlH7eI-ahhJkT5zXrKMNZ_QVed0Ww6bwGa0mn9gS9sV7jJNBQNoS_X5S7XUqNuilLWFfP3l8IOszDGEXDiE4PHlD4H8uqjc1DaQc7Rk2z/s1792/1DBF9BFE-F7F0-45F4-B0CD-D7418FA9DF5B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSt67r91LF-JxAL-NGbS5PyCUVFMt5UY7q7JEKQ5a9o6jfofrvYNhlk_f2OC1Z2rxQnqKlt5mqinAIMwtlH7eI-ahhJkT5zXrKMNZ_QVed0Ww6bwGa0mn9gS9sV7jJNBQNoS_X5S7XUqNuilLWFfP3l8IOszDGEXDiE4PHlD4H8uqjc1DaQc7Rk2z/w400-h185/1DBF9BFE-F7F0-45F4-B0CD-D7418FA9DF5B.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">While in Missouri we were able to form an awesome army of evangelists! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We went out into the streets of Jefferson City and we had hundreds of good conversations with people about Jesus. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">"Guns, Gold and God"….. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">That was the title of the questionnaire that we used….. and it worked great! Almost everyone I talked to wanted to participate and it ended up producing numerous gospel conversations. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The questionnaire goes like this: (feel free to use it)</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">1-What’s your point of view on whether or not Americans should be allowed to posses guns?</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">2-What do you think is the cause of our recent economic crisis in the USA? (Stock market crashing, inflation, gas prices, national debt)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">3-If you were one of our nations founding fathers and you wanted to communicate with Americans today. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What would you say? </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">4-If you were God and wanted to communicate with people how would you do it?</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">5-How would you convince people that this was really you communicating to them?</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">6-If it could be proven that it was really God who was communicating to us through the Bible would you conform your life to its moral and doctrinal teaching? </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;">“That’s it! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thanks for participating in the questionnaire!”</span></p><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;">This kind of questionnaire works great to get conversations started and it makes it easy to pursue a deeper spiritual conversation if the person is interested. If they don't seem too interested you can just say "Thanks for participating, I hope you have a good day" and you can go on to the next person.</span></div><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;">Missions quote for the day by Elton Trueblood: <b><i>"Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead, the unrelenting responsibility of each person who belongs to the company of Jesus." </i></b> </span></div><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;">Micah for the Tuttle's </span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-4301205477152916832022-06-10T18:36:00.001-05:002022-06-10T18:48:42.964-05:00Tuttle-tidbits for June<p><b><u>Epic Evangelistic Encounters</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMn5V8lPpdmIm7SyqDm_amczXBP4kEdC7oOXRlsY-hplr4vD8VNRMhJRC7kDabEq0YJ27U4ETXMAjOcQiMkYQTwV4FSkaxws-V-LmHMgKBQT33SuLH0L0TOWVbEAHLzL7Z9w-wcJPpI4mNWLNgnVnsA65vuuJGXStKoRW6HmUzQeptxgJ2wBNHwNs/s1792/IMG_8913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMn5V8lPpdmIm7SyqDm_amczXBP4kEdC7oOXRlsY-hplr4vD8VNRMhJRC7kDabEq0YJ27U4ETXMAjOcQiMkYQTwV4FSkaxws-V-LmHMgKBQT33SuLH0L0TOWVbEAHLzL7Z9w-wcJPpI4mNWLNgnVnsA65vuuJGXStKoRW6HmUzQeptxgJ2wBNHwNs/w400-h185/IMG_8913.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Nearly everyday I've been having epic gospel conversations with people out on the streets here in Watsonville California. Yesterday I had a great evangelistic encounter with a guy named "Jonathan". I asked him if I could interview him on camera and he was more than willing to do so. As we talked he said he's been in and out of jail, had many near-death experiences and is wondering why he's even on this planet. He was "all ears" when I told him that God has some great reason for protecting him and preserving his life up to this point. I told him that true meaning and purpose in life can only be found in Jesus who "jealously desires the spirit that He has made to dwell in us." (James 4:5). Soon we began to talk about sin, righteousness and the judgment to come. He was very thankful for the conversation and said that he was going to start reading his bible...... I'm always amazed at how ripe the harvest for souls is! People everywhere are searching for answers and want to talk about spiritual things if you come to them in sincerity and humility and a willingness to listen to them. <div> </div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Javen's Graduation</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR6cdy--L93HMkDCK06-RrOZ-bSFo02S6Vmva727hYpCOeRHSb6iFs22iH9PeDptMnCEjanPPhwLilbenbBVxNCidlBUmgfFNQJ6TobXqGB5e1skQVkyjhJUAb5YXgd5PgBI13gk7u5ZpuZPwc8aUAd7POMD9k9lP5JpmZcTjr_s6wFa156Ko2-h2/s1792/IMG_8335.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR6cdy--L93HMkDCK06-RrOZ-bSFo02S6Vmva727hYpCOeRHSb6iFs22iH9PeDptMnCEjanPPhwLilbenbBVxNCidlBUmgfFNQJ6TobXqGB5e1skQVkyjhJUAb5YXgd5PgBI13gk7u5ZpuZPwc8aUAd7POMD9k9lP5JpmZcTjr_s6wFa156Ko2-h2/w400-h185/IMG_8335.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>One major event for us last month was Javen's graduation from college. We drove from Watsonville California to Dubuque Iowa to see our oldest son graduate from Emmaus with a double major. His degrees are in Christian Counseling and Biblical Studies. We couldn't be more proud! Javen is such a fine young man that loves the Lord and is using his many gifts to serve Jesus. He preaches from time to time at his local church in Dubuque, he is sharing his faith at work where he is a package handler for Fed-Ex and now he hopes to be a light for Christ as a Christian psychologist. Please pray for him as he starts to pursue this career. We look forward to seeing how the Lord will use him in the years to come! </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wisconsin Youth Rally</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_91Uo4uox5TcaOHefyfwkRSqyeqpG5ShUAwT7TcagP554wzs4t4yiv9_B0z2RJeytnHR8qMxHMx5k4co77LuljaQaOIQNKR3TWOj_4pRdnvATCXiFCTD8_INrOwlBZ7YwQZUExqgPKNwDYItuEe_MqbkuqcMA5-w31lFClQ8O-gTtxY1DQv9XhPEu/s1792/IMG_8579.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_91Uo4uox5TcaOHefyfwkRSqyeqpG5ShUAwT7TcagP554wzs4t4yiv9_B0z2RJeytnHR8qMxHMx5k4co77LuljaQaOIQNKR3TWOj_4pRdnvATCXiFCTD8_INrOwlBZ7YwQZUExqgPKNwDYItuEe_MqbkuqcMA5-w31lFClQ8O-gTtxY1DQv9XhPEu/w400-h185/IMG_8579.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In mid-May I had the privilege of preaching at a few meetings to a church full of young people at a Wisconsin youth rally near Milwaukee. When the intense weekend of ministry was over, two of our boys and a friend (Cullen and Josiah and Juanes) decided to gather up a van full of guys and drive around the country preaching and praying and singing and encouraging the assembly youth all over middle America. They went from Milwaukee to Des Moines to Wichita to Oklahoma City to Lubbock to Dallas to Kansas City to Cedar Falls to Dubuque. The Lord blessed them and used them and provided for them in each place! What a life! It is sooo encouraging to see our kids growing in the Lord and serving Him! </div></div><div> </div><div><br /><div><p><b><u>Family Camping Trip</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLySEjaQMhHGjb1qAWD52CvUy-vgRX0ABQgPtcKaPszio0picBGfA9W1KTrwiFu3Z-bL0xb7MYVcsSz78PpTX70GUw252JupXg5GxQw4Kbm2gKoEjY0epnjmQ6D9KGG_yY7O4Rd5r2hSpXTSPzCiEzdLc4wjGIuzM0Lqk_V_VwDaq3_ZMcwii4hOzu/s1792/IMG_8914.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLySEjaQMhHGjb1qAWD52CvUy-vgRX0ABQgPtcKaPszio0picBGfA9W1KTrwiFu3Z-bL0xb7MYVcsSz78PpTX70GUw252JupXg5GxQw4Kbm2gKoEjY0epnjmQ6D9KGG_yY7O4Rd5r2hSpXTSPzCiEzdLc4wjGIuzM0Lqk_V_VwDaq3_ZMcwii4hOzu/w400-h185/IMG_8914.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>When we finally arrived back in California, after our whirlwind trip to the midwest, our long-time friends Steve and Patti Shimpf took us on an awesome camping trip near Mount Shasta! We had a blast fishing and boating and doing campfires and eating and playing games! Ellia caught lots of fish, Josiah spent lots of time rowing a boat around the lake, Mya did lots of reading, Bria did lots of hiking, and Amy and I and Steve and Patti did lots of talking :) We thank the Lord for this short break and the time together as a family. Theres nothing like getting away into the wilderness! </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Another Divine Appointment!</u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLg2vsgj1a5U36VpWoGxY9MpZpY3ata8rHdtSXkAzp4IvlKi9oG5sWrI159LOnhxUMDlHxEvZxH0dNtEfWVdJz-__YnzpmNwStJwkdVYsJ9fSvVNwRVCkVl9BSexdHMHWA2zdI7Tcqs2hce_JKnOKyMu5c8dTDtk-W2vQTgBTmChzn1nFW0UkXHY7z/s1792/IMG_8869.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLg2vsgj1a5U36VpWoGxY9MpZpY3ata8rHdtSXkAzp4IvlKi9oG5sWrI159LOnhxUMDlHxEvZxH0dNtEfWVdJz-__YnzpmNwStJwkdVYsJ9fSvVNwRVCkVl9BSexdHMHWA2zdI7Tcqs2hce_JKnOKyMu5c8dTDtk-W2vQTgBTmChzn1nFW0UkXHY7z/w400-h185/IMG_8869.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The other day I started shooting hoops with an 18 year-old guy named Josh. As we shot around we talked about where he was from and what he's studying and the career he wants to pursue. After a while I said: "You've got a bible name... You ever read the Bible before?" He said: "No, I've never even really been to church." I replied: "Oh, thats okay... Sometimes I like to ask people questions about spiritual things and hear their perspective... Can I ask you few?" Josh said that he had never really given any thought to religion before but he'd like to hear my questions.... so I said: </p><p>The first question is: "If you were God and you wanted to communicate with human beings how would you do it?" Josh thought about it for a few seconds and then replied: "I guess I'd write a letter and then I'd send messengers to take that letter to everyone everywhere." </p><p>I said: "Man, that's a great idea.... So how would you convince people that this was really your letter and your messengers sent to communicate it." Josh thought again and then said: "Well, I'd have my messengers do some miracles and then I'd do some special signs in the sky or something like that."</p><p>I replied: "What if the people still didn't believe the letter?" Then Josh said: "I think I myself would come down and I'd do a bunch of miracles and tell them my message with my own mouth." </p><p>I said: "What if they didn't like it and they killed you?" Josh said: "Well, forget them! I'd just destroy everything!" </p><p>I said: "Are you sure you've never read the bible before?" He said: "Never" I said: "You really should read it.... You'd be surprised at its message." </p><p><b><u>Missions Quote For The Day:</u></b> <i>"We do not truly understand the gospel if we spend all of our time preaching it to Christians. The gospel is a missionary gospel. It is the communication of Good news to people who are lost in sin and darkness."</i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p></div><div><br /></div></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-53979433687028427102022-05-06T14:51:00.000-05:002022-05-06T14:51:17.736-05:00Tuttle-tidbits going into May<p>In mid April we left our Travel Trailer and the campground and Watsonville California which has been our home-base for the last year or so and we set out on what will be an intense couple of months of travel and ministry. Our travels will take us to Oregon, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Utah, Missouri and then back to California again. Please pray for us! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AGlynyy2sC9gRyrknmDbCWSX9JsWpDOKjvxAfS39tQBDeQ-jkP4qyzUQntfaLW8qyvOOO0Yg2TBAM81kd3xJZ7kgR9AuCYXo0Q-Lz2kNF0sMru22FYi5jOKjo8kcv9V8jPmS8SUIX5nYNlkRG1Fu2VppssUf0mZMCzuTlCf6ZdLAqWHOsw95fjfQ/s1792/IMG_8085.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AGlynyy2sC9gRyrknmDbCWSX9JsWpDOKjvxAfS39tQBDeQ-jkP4qyzUQntfaLW8qyvOOO0Yg2TBAM81kd3xJZ7kgR9AuCYXo0Q-Lz2kNF0sMru22FYi5jOKjo8kcv9V8jPmS8SUIX5nYNlkRG1Fu2VppssUf0mZMCzuTlCf6ZdLAqWHOsw95fjfQ/w640-h296/IMG_8085.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p>After driving to Portland, I left Amy and the kids with our families and I flew to Lubbock Texas to teach through the book of Revelation at the Discipleship Intern Training Program. I had a fantastic time with the students going through the Word and seeking the Lord together! Every hour was put to good use and even when I wasn't in the classroom I was able to do quite a bit of shepherding and council and evangelism. One of those days we went to the Texas Tech campus and set up a white board on which we had written the question: "How do you think the world will end?" There was amazing interest from almost everyone we talked to! There were many great individual conversations and some of our team even started a little evangelistic bible study to which several people came and engaged in excellent, and friendly conversation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGbcwFMJqo0FExJ-4jYoEjd0LcYljSeXNJ2mpRfI8vmpU9se1oYCtCMONwumWBJ_0Squ7shyLv95a51HcRKccxk5YFEWWauwy97W2lZyNq3LuZb7lOfAdBSvP99qkzCPsA9bxOjyUnkZEwiqZ5R_k1tEs-I53Va_aKnsRR3p75gUZ01zGCjQvOPXw/s1792/IMG_8175.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGbcwFMJqo0FExJ-4jYoEjd0LcYljSeXNJ2mpRfI8vmpU9se1oYCtCMONwumWBJ_0Squ7shyLv95a51HcRKccxk5YFEWWauwy97W2lZyNq3LuZb7lOfAdBSvP99qkzCPsA9bxOjyUnkZEwiqZ5R_k1tEs-I53Va_aKnsRR3p75gUZ01zGCjQvOPXw/w640-h296/IMG_8175.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>When my week in Lubbock was done I flew to Des Moines, IA where I preached on Sunday morning and then awaited Amy and the kids who were driving from Portland Oregon to meet me there..... Little did I know the saga of Mechanical problems that the van would have along the way.... Our van has served us so well for the last four years as we've driven it all around the country (about 120,000 miles) without any problems. But on this trip it finally broke down with a transmission problem. Amy and the kids ended up being stuck in Salt Lake City Utah for six days.... but the Lord was in control and provided for our needs in every way! A friend of a friend of a friend graciously opened their home to Amy and the kids and fed them and gave them beds to sleep in and helped direct them to a good mechanic. We are thanking the Lord for the body of Christ! What a blessing! It took a while but now we are back on the road! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM4PxisM3K9U8MGaNbxqrsKXak4M-oTW0Rsa9P64FIIV62xADSnztfml2yJPJv1MKXY3jqe2LTks1g0489OopwFjbKv9cjiWq0WhS51T0HoOcTz2D7unmtasQn0AUl7ZRuRDZ8qrXlKKaxdED_JuO1-X47tnkx-_NO8VVVcLfoKcP_HZnR7vAmdcQ/s1792/IMG_8184.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM4PxisM3K9U8MGaNbxqrsKXak4M-oTW0Rsa9P64FIIV62xADSnztfml2yJPJv1MKXY3jqe2LTks1g0489OopwFjbKv9cjiWq0WhS51T0HoOcTz2D7unmtasQn0AUl7ZRuRDZ8qrXlKKaxdED_JuO1-X47tnkx-_NO8VVVcLfoKcP_HZnR7vAmdcQ/w640-h296/IMG_8184.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p>There are always evangelistic encounters to be had along the way! The other day I walked into the bank to deposit a check and when the clerk saw my name, she asked: "How do you pronounce your name?" I pronounced it for her and then I said: "It's a name from the Bible..... I'm sure you read your Bible every morning... right?".... She hesitated and then said: "No, I don't really read the bible too much." I replied: "Oh, well I'm sure you probably read it in the evenings then, right?"..... She was very interested and said: "No, I don't read in the evenings either but I've actually been thinking that I should start." I replied: "Oh, yeah, you really got to begin today!.... but back to my name, I'm named after the prophet Micah... He comes right after Jonah in the O.T..... you know the story about the big fish?".... She said that she wasn't familiar with that story and then she put on a sad face and said: "I do know that some guy died though.... Can't remember his name" .... I said: "Are you talking about Jesus?" She replied: "YES! That's his name." ...... At this point there was a line building up behind me and everyone in the bank was listening intently to our conversation.... I said: "I know that you need to attend to these people in line but just let me tell you that Jesus didn't stay dead... Did you ever hear that part of the story?" She said: "What!?.... No, I don't really know anything about this"... I replied: "When you get done with work you need to go home and start reading, but let me just leave you with this statement: "We see the death of death in the death of Christ because death couldn't hold Him." She looked rather perplexed but repeated that statement slowly, thoughtfully and kinda loudly.... You could see the wheels were spinning. I said: "Jesus loves you.... start reading THE BOOK today." I turned around and gave fist bumps to everyone in line and then left the bank, happy for another chance to scatter some gospel seeds. </p><p>Missions quote for the day by George Peters: <i>"Our God is a God of missions. He wills missions. He commands missions. He demands missions. He made missions possible through the death and resurrection His Son. He made missions actual through the sending of His Holy Spirit."</i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-71954867870489908592022-04-09T13:35:00.003-05:002022-04-09T13:35:41.868-05:00Tuttle-tidbits for April<p>Here in Watsonville California our team is committed to daily prayer meetings. We really feel that if we are going to see a fresh work of God in these last days we will need to seek Him in prayer. We pray that our great God would do great things for His great name and His great cause. Some days our prayer meetings are in one of our homes, some days they are through zoom and on Fridays they are in the park. It's amazing how praying in the park opens up doors to share the gospel with people that are passing by and wondering what we are doing. After about 30 minutes of prayer in the park I usually leave the group and go sit by someone on a bench at the playground and say: "You see those people over there gathered in a circle with their heads bowed?..... I'm with them and we are just praying for our community.... I was wondering if you had any specific prayer requests that we could pray for?" That almost always leads to an awesome gospel conversation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbie6Q7ro91dt8EvuSEseoYE89tjr20VZOBhXwaNw80T2w73J9W4N8HPwd_p4AbdUmrdESPqIXbcwMX-A6qg3tP61qiRTGM8dzD06_tqRew9qANDhsIfwGgBql9JHjokdeb2Ba-3QkhOgeWPxd_wSrLgtQ61yPJWhAaH00CPHeIAr3GC-SMIUDR5Iy/s1792/IMG_7982.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbie6Q7ro91dt8EvuSEseoYE89tjr20VZOBhXwaNw80T2w73J9W4N8HPwd_p4AbdUmrdESPqIXbcwMX-A6qg3tP61qiRTGM8dzD06_tqRew9qANDhsIfwGgBql9JHjokdeb2Ba-3QkhOgeWPxd_wSrLgtQ61yPJWhAaH00CPHeIAr3GC-SMIUDR5Iy/w400-h185/IMG_7982.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>One of those great evangelistic conversations took place a few Fridays ago when I went over to a guy named Daniel who was shooting baskets at the BB court adjacent to where we were praying. He had a big back-brace strapped around his waist and chest and spine. I had tried to talk to Daniel before but he was always distant and didn't really respond to spiritual conversation.... until this day. </p><p>I asked him my question about what we might be able to pray for and he told me that two weeks ago he had heard voices in his head telling him to jump off a high roof top and kill himself..... It was a long story but in the end he woke up in a hospital surrounded by doctors and nurses. He said that immediately he knew that God had spared his life for a reason, that he had been given a second chance and that he was hoping "Micah" would come back to talk to him more about the Jesus whom he had previously ignored..... For the next couple of days we met together and talked through the gospel for long periods of time. It is amazing to see how God has really shaken him into reality and now he's "all ears". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9m7Mb6L1mZaoJiwV2rDNjht4DksvY0nKNPAbUMX0jEulbEySI3EJo9o1DH023ewZ9TZG2MpGPyjzOUPsQHDKqTuHtIR5g-ojWKbALLey_NzQD5ABERLaMIP4rP96z8evVA90E-k7_f28QOhThRbDh0lSrG9PQwaKsreaxS4eTHpGfpLyFZTUF-Oj/s3088/IMG_7796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9m7Mb6L1mZaoJiwV2rDNjht4DksvY0nKNPAbUMX0jEulbEySI3EJo9o1DH023ewZ9TZG2MpGPyjzOUPsQHDKqTuHtIR5g-ojWKbALLey_NzQD5ABERLaMIP4rP96z8evVA90E-k7_f28QOhThRbDh0lSrG9PQwaKsreaxS4eTHpGfpLyFZTUF-Oj/w400-h300/IMG_7796.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Another person who is "all ears" here is a woman named "Ernestina". She is a Mexican who makes a living picking strawberries in the fields around Wastsonville. Since the first day we arrived here in California she has been a good friend that Amy has poured into. She is not a believer yet but she seems to be very close. About two weeks ago Ernestina made a big dinner for 30 people at her house and when she gave a speech (which Amy translated) it was evident that the Lord is really working on her, even in the midst of some difficult circumstances. She has been struggling with some health problems, she is dealing with a few rebellious kids and to top it off her estranged husband recently died... Tough stuff! People need the Lord! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLBV3goZZwS-inSEkcK4PbuejChctJgnPbdZRa9HNMz4i3LSZWeEdmYVVMklGyBGyjhYfnunxlH8uu8EBEv6Cqe8bR6bYdcp7K9h9G4XVEbyQo6YSdTstPReLxlw8Bq91sru3R7jpDaP_4mqnAgdTnolzjkmy1nvG3UUYG0XKyInZkbmod81ATs9T/s1792/IMG_7984.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLBV3goZZwS-inSEkcK4PbuejChctJgnPbdZRa9HNMz4i3LSZWeEdmYVVMklGyBGyjhYfnunxlH8uu8EBEv6Cqe8bR6bYdcp7K9h9G4XVEbyQo6YSdTstPReLxlw8Bq91sru3R7jpDaP_4mqnAgdTnolzjkmy1nvG3UUYG0XKyInZkbmod81ATs9T/w400-h185/IMG_7984.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>One of the best things that we can do in our ministry is to have a strong marriage. I love my wife! God has entrusted me with a certain daughter of His and I want to do my best to love and nurture and take care of her. We want to be continually working on our marriage and building our family. One of the ways that we want to invest in our relationship is to attend marriage retreats or conferences from time to time. Last weekend Amy and I went to a Focus On The Family marriage retreat in Branson Missouri. It was a great time to get away together and learn some tools that will help us communicate and work together better. I believe that a strong marriage and family life is one of the greatest evangelistic tools that we can have and it should reflect to the world the love that Christ has for His church. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHTOta6_sO3jB_t2CDrU7VrNEYVEzhqugCN47kzYMjpvzYjlLZpu6iXW4JUfW-ZT9UTUVcHHZM6UXl0uTb1Khmfl58RLl0ih1Me5xn0dewucCd6L3fr0_nbVF7YMwqXq-XvpWJqfs5CBF7xRWplTCSGgx8yM9xdHXQMoSr7AtESmcaIqxpGG_qRL/s3088/IMG_7917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHTOta6_sO3jB_t2CDrU7VrNEYVEzhqugCN47kzYMjpvzYjlLZpu6iXW4JUfW-ZT9UTUVcHHZM6UXl0uTb1Khmfl58RLl0ih1Me5xn0dewucCd6L3fr0_nbVF7YMwqXq-XvpWJqfs5CBF7xRWplTCSGgx8yM9xdHXQMoSr7AtESmcaIqxpGG_qRL/w400-h300/IMG_7917.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Missions quote for the day by Robbert Moffat: <i><b>"Oh that I had a thousand lives and bodies! All of them should be devoted to no other employment but to preach Christ to these degraded, despised, yet beloved mortals." </b></i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-75513502452235336322022-03-19T09:25:00.000-05:002022-03-19T09:25:03.474-05:00Malaria in the body but fire in the soul<p>Many of you know that during our epic jungle trip in Peru last month I tested positive for COVID. After quarantining for 10 days and finally getting a negative test we were able to travel back to California.... but for some reason my fevers persisted..... The day after we landed in Los Angeles I went into my third round of high fevers and we soon found out that I had malaria. At temperatures of 104F I was miserable and we were about to cancel a speaking engagement in Iowa that was scheduled for five days after our arrival in the USA. But before canceling, a doctor friend in Kansas helped Amy get my case figured out and they were able to get me some hydroxychloroquine. I took the first dosage that night and then went to bed feeling like death.... When I woke up in the morning I felt WAY better so I decided to take my flight to Cedar Falls and attempt great things for our great God at the Iowa youth rally.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIP-553WjQSGudEEatiUvefvRHb1VhvM0_ySBhZMlcvIV7hWJBI2YRP50lLbmd_IfWz4UGHQKVtWo7PnGTODVgHUPqUMq2i_BeAcP4sAtetOewyX_FgT-r6CjXeVBM1YtSbVety2OWca6T6XbzKcCL0GMbEi6HrZ7OGtYYZ3PmISvp3dGgr5t6sVQ/s4032/IMG_7633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIP-553WjQSGudEEatiUvefvRHb1VhvM0_ySBhZMlcvIV7hWJBI2YRP50lLbmd_IfWz4UGHQKVtWo7PnGTODVgHUPqUMq2i_BeAcP4sAtetOewyX_FgT-r6CjXeVBM1YtSbVety2OWca6T6XbzKcCL0GMbEi6HrZ7OGtYYZ3PmISvp3dGgr5t6sVQ/w400-h300/IMG_7633.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>As the weekend in Cedar Falls progressed I slowly came out of my head-fog and I regained my strength. Im not sure how, but it seems that everyone at the youth rally could understand my rambling messages :) It ended up being a fantastic time and the Lord really seemed to use it in the life of many that were there. Whenever I preach at these kinds of meetings I'm filled with a sense of urgency and passion to be used of God as a useful instrument in His hands. The weight of responsibility to preach Gods word to His image bearers is always crushing. The prophet Amos called the message a burden... It is indeed a burden.... one that I happily bear. But oh, the relief when that burden has been unloaded and left in the hands of the only One that can truly transform lives. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXmeivx1jMX-T3bjIeY_fsnrRqlMHkw55xI6x6c0sBkWqKaw2AkHqCQ8GFSPdMO2faxXRonjCcn8DNtoenLugNIPZArHCAj_RECv8Ji7HWaIgpwnE4t0J0UeOBnGorq53okD8PdMLa72LgUcpZECuPPs30GxABM_GwaZD8tFwVh3CakwHPblt7olv/s1792/IMG_7697.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXmeivx1jMX-T3bjIeY_fsnrRqlMHkw55xI6x6c0sBkWqKaw2AkHqCQ8GFSPdMO2faxXRonjCcn8DNtoenLugNIPZArHCAj_RECv8Ji7HWaIgpwnE4t0J0UeOBnGorq53okD8PdMLa72LgUcpZECuPPs30GxABM_GwaZD8tFwVh3CakwHPblt7olv/w400-h185/IMG_7697.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>After the meetings in Iowa I arrived back in Watsonville California just in time for Michaels baptism. Michael is the guy that I've referenced before about how the Lord has recently saved him out of a life of drugs and debauchery. He began attending our house church about a year ago and is now reaching out to his friends that are seriously interested in the changes they see in him. Many of his friends came to the baptism and listened intently as I preached a solid 40 minutes on the forgiveness that Christ offers us. It has been awesome to see how Jesus is transforming Michael and setting him free in so many areas! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrsPkMg74OqV40_6cWORJOy8l5BxBqfPIgWQkLMsbwgGXNRzWGQsfY1BefEuTHV_jPcYVbWFgG5L8NPknGufV5gTsgml4W9DSF0vafjd2HXbmXPwHT_BmYe6m-532hfsDHMLHDAtCqYA1WCuPpZQ0cG2LfL45truM3zp1EZy0KUeQCCQNpdf3C1WX/s1792/IMG_7795.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrsPkMg74OqV40_6cWORJOy8l5BxBqfPIgWQkLMsbwgGXNRzWGQsfY1BefEuTHV_jPcYVbWFgG5L8NPknGufV5gTsgml4W9DSF0vafjd2HXbmXPwHT_BmYe6m-532hfsDHMLHDAtCqYA1WCuPpZQ0cG2LfL45truM3zp1EZy0KUeQCCQNpdf3C1WX/w400-h185/IMG_7795.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Missions quote for the day by <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Moffat Gautrey:<i><b> “The gospel is not an “old, old story, freshly told…. No, rather it's a fire in the soul, fed by the flame of Immortal love, and woe unto us, if through our negligence, that fire burns low and we refuse to stir up the the gift of God that He has put within us.”</b></i></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskywt3sgppF-1hW3CE2-y4sQLozUfiRjt_JnNi7WVGgS4MtKkGiZf_ELANglIHPIIJNBAnNrJU1PDFnBSJUspBqxpthXaiBLFoJd7ddMm3bW5wg0JykEed8loOsK1nyeoAzs9wZyWyorizLAYtPL5LgFmuOyQ9oqlwq4_oiSTg1dCLI7g52ZUloOx/s1792/IMG_7779.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskywt3sgppF-1hW3CE2-y4sQLozUfiRjt_JnNi7WVGgS4MtKkGiZf_ELANglIHPIIJNBAnNrJU1PDFnBSJUspBqxpthXaiBLFoJd7ddMm3bW5wg0JykEed8loOsK1nyeoAzs9wZyWyorizLAYtPL5LgFmuOyQ9oqlwq4_oiSTg1dCLI7g52ZUloOx/w400-h185/IMG_7779.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span>Micah for the Tuttle's <p></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-64139464314007724352022-02-23T10:47:00.001-05:002022-02-23T10:47:28.408-05:00Notes From The Peruvian Jungle<p>One of the best things that I can do for the church leaders in the jungles of Peru is provide them with Bibles and study materials. Burt Elliot taught me many years ago that the brothers will value it much more if it costs them something. So I charge a pretty steep price :) One brother paid me with a turtle (which Ellia loves). Another traded me a baby chicken for his bible (a second pet for Ellia). Yet another brother gave me a bag of beans for a systematic theology.... Ellia didn't really care about the beans but the brother sure loves his new book!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfpfMStcTOfdKUhvOXKMXgmOPV10O6zsJ9TV6V9RINY8jLR3wx-kKVTkC6fkR1bJ-fUySQKWRCKRrCg3hH5AqA5yvV1ZWFPXDTUi1HmvLuPhX4SZHeVSPszwXVOxNc8IQoVX42hkowqS3af_I6CyskvQxDIfCK2OF5BuGKEuArXU1s7iG0zZuYIaHp=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfpfMStcTOfdKUhvOXKMXgmOPV10O6zsJ9TV6V9RINY8jLR3wx-kKVTkC6fkR1bJ-fUySQKWRCKRrCg3hH5AqA5yvV1ZWFPXDTUi1HmvLuPhX4SZHeVSPszwXVOxNc8IQoVX42hkowqS3af_I6CyskvQxDIfCK2OF5BuGKEuArXU1s7iG0zZuYIaHp=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p>Many of us have whole libraries of bibles and commentaries and study materials but most of these jungle preachers have a New Testament and nothing more. I love to see the look on their face when they get their hands on a whole bible.... complete with study notes, definitions, maps, cross-references and a lengthy concordance. Yes, the look on their face and sometimes the tears in their eyes .... those are golden moments for me. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDUfUl3fW_RZy-1r8nEp6OLRAM5TkSDNMIZSkwh4ZJwjOjbDAOk4EnDl9sNWmcygYBNeCLZLYfMuRkwGmkysSUkt0vZzOwgL_4RnV_yGW8qSwJIZaI-Ejn4X6t5hftTAVqAjKueQggZV3enW812HQC5mmeUHV9Ps2iKmu-FuJU9O2-tJpH6WoMhNfr=s1792" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDUfUl3fW_RZy-1r8nEp6OLRAM5TkSDNMIZSkwh4ZJwjOjbDAOk4EnDl9sNWmcygYBNeCLZLYfMuRkwGmkysSUkt0vZzOwgL_4RnV_yGW8qSwJIZaI-Ejn4X6t5hftTAVqAjKueQggZV3enW812HQC5mmeUHV9Ps2iKmu-FuJU9O2-tJpH6WoMhNfr=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>It was great to go from village to village these last few weeks and try to encourage the saints in each of the churches. Some of the churches were doing really well and others were really struggling. In my observation the spiritual health of the church is directly tied to the leadership there. If we can raise up healthy and mature spiritual leaders we will usually end up with healthy and mature church congregations. Last month was full of invaluable meetings with those church leaders as I tried to encourage them in word and deed and by getting them some helpful study materials. As we went from village to village doing this we made many lasting memories. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2Wfej6Fqv96gUUx4e2LwNZkgh5mMj13hxqSg-LVYT7fx2sGmdYYKKax50xJH3xcgrfZEMmc9yMWbyJEEjQSF6rBpfe6ZMftwy1stNrpFoHzQZQq4kSyDWJXZFY4HU5CXY3h0Ntafl3tkhxzYv03bdMJmvGJ6lf46zlmi3cQVQpiuQ-RTrSTeyrpxX=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2Wfej6Fqv96gUUx4e2LwNZkgh5mMj13hxqSg-LVYT7fx2sGmdYYKKax50xJH3xcgrfZEMmc9yMWbyJEEjQSF6rBpfe6ZMftwy1stNrpFoHzQZQq4kSyDWJXZFY4HU5CXY3h0Ntafl3tkhxzYv03bdMJmvGJ6lf46zlmi3cQVQpiuQ-RTrSTeyrpxX=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p>The following story is one of those unforgettable experiences that left a lasting sense of urgency in my bones: .... Upon arrival in Ricardo Palma we could hear great wailing and bitter lamentation.... A man had died... He had passed just minutes before we got there. The deceased along with his whole family were know to be vehemently opposed to the gospel but when we came with a financial gift for the burial they listened intently to my message from Psalm 91. As I prayed there were loud and uncontrollable sobs from the many family members that had crowded into the house. What a sobering reminder of the hopelessness of finishing this life without Christ. This lifeless body whose spirit had just departed served as an urgent reminder that people need the gospel now.... not tomorrow... NOW!</p><p>When we stepped outside there was a smoldering fire that was slowly consuming some tripas next to the hut.... Beside the fire stood a little piglet. He was very close to the fire and seemed to be gazing into the flames. The vivid illustration hit hard.... Jesus said that hell is a place where their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched. So many souls that stand at the precipice of hell and don't even know that they need to be saved from the wrath to come!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQKjX5uNhnvOzkTsug0PrPQPzdER-GFSoLBrh0UgvI9uBEtrR0FFXryz52UN624OVJBtv5EAh_1E_jV0pyXNP0S8203-rMmX7sjCon904d9J5nHXdhkv476tRoYs5tOR2bzTjsXE3vdBIcn7JNgG87zSeHTcMpnEwDurliaOgNgkb9Y2wJpL7iVSoH=s1792" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQKjX5uNhnvOzkTsug0PrPQPzdER-GFSoLBrh0UgvI9uBEtrR0FFXryz52UN624OVJBtv5EAh_1E_jV0pyXNP0S8203-rMmX7sjCon904d9J5nHXdhkv476tRoYs5tOR2bzTjsXE3vdBIcn7JNgG87zSeHTcMpnEwDurliaOgNgkb9Y2wJpL7iVSoH=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>C.T Studd famously said: <i>"Put your ear down to your bible and hear God bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire that they ares stepping into. Put your ear down to the burdened agonized heart of humanity and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell and hear the damned entreat you to go to their fathers house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face whose mercy you profess to obey and tell him weather you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world." </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizv5Z0vLV_4Qw-bZLuGfi2wWGQSzWxDxxjtEse4YqXiU4ZU35xkya_kLIXQgHLgTiDoVu7tDQl8bx29THh68VBiB6-v8VVlkcNX97_asGISU08vBfcQNyKxQvcD5XDu9We0gcR_AxezIU-7ULXf8teLHcv0nlS2vQ0i5yWlTdyDbs8flDa5GqJm-TF=s1792" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizv5Z0vLV_4Qw-bZLuGfi2wWGQSzWxDxxjtEse4YqXiU4ZU35xkya_kLIXQgHLgTiDoVu7tDQl8bx29THh68VBiB6-v8VVlkcNX97_asGISU08vBfcQNyKxQvcD5XDu9We0gcR_AxezIU-7ULXf8teLHcv0nlS2vQ0i5yWlTdyDbs8flDa5GqJm-TF=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>Filled with a great sense of urgency we took the gospel hut to hut, spent time investing in the leaders, held children's meetings, pleaded with souls and then that night we preached our hearts out in the open air to a pitiful and precious and needy crowd of villagers. </p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-2806203793360289472022-02-08T17:48:00.001-05:002022-02-08T18:18:08.057-05:00Notes from an epic jungle trip<p>We just wrapped up an epic jungle trip along the Huallaga river! The DITP institute from Lubbock Texas joined us as we visited 6 villages in 9 days. Our long week was filled with children's meetings, hut to hut evangelism, plentiful feasting and open air preaching. We suffered thousands of bug bites, a few sunburns, three swollen ankles, two cases of Covid, two poisonous snake encounters and some general exhaustion, but besides that we ended the trip in pretty good shape :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJwd3w_h-Cbc9eFED7S29jMtY0XhVxYS3Wx-89kdR6IizpfN4r2IgGHQAEM3mlP18hqtgIErJ7u_BDlFzWvneEqIH4kJh7vHTDohGeY9vWsyiLOLN-qTKE4UT4pELJp7nnkl8ANe7rOxdmNVI33RlFdhRFqd2tjAsOs6GgvXwSB_qd093dDYPJuBMJ=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJwd3w_h-Cbc9eFED7S29jMtY0XhVxYS3Wx-89kdR6IizpfN4r2IgGHQAEM3mlP18hqtgIErJ7u_BDlFzWvneEqIH4kJh7vHTDohGeY9vWsyiLOLN-qTKE4UT4pELJp7nnkl8ANe7rOxdmNVI33RlFdhRFqd2tjAsOs6GgvXwSB_qd093dDYPJuBMJ=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>The second half of our journey required a sixteen mile hike to get from one set of villages to the next... it took us 11 hours.... We crossed two rivers and numerous smaller creeks. The terrain was steep and the trails were extremely muddy. In order to keep hydrated we had to stop and filter water several times out of the sediment clouded streams. Of course the jungle is always hot and the humidity is oppressive, so after hiking for hours on end with heavy backpacks your energy levels really start to drop. We were thankful for a big rainstorm which came at about midday and brought the temperature down while giving us a good soaking. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh56EQ00EP7IcWKIWZhrGMx0sZw5iF-b6fI7cpHbI6qnwgoWe037CS0jI0uvK0vfZVPZMd07O2eYwhFI8JC5w1DI9S-IQTnlUGnYGpSjUJ5GDwp3SdNlI6ETsg5mJEfcynXJsnOO0imTUq1gMv_5dOYFeC5u50TAnk0QG2blBekNhlFtqslhF9kFDwI=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh56EQ00EP7IcWKIWZhrGMx0sZw5iF-b6fI7cpHbI6qnwgoWe037CS0jI0uvK0vfZVPZMd07O2eYwhFI8JC5w1DI9S-IQTnlUGnYGpSjUJ5GDwp3SdNlI6ETsg5mJEfcynXJsnOO0imTUq1gMv_5dOYFeC5u50TAnk0QG2blBekNhlFtqslhF9kFDwI=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>Cullen and Josiah were way ahead trailblazing the way for everyone else. Amy and Bria carried their own 40lb packs the entire way. Mya gave her backpack to the pack-animal about halfway through, but persevered on her own two legs to the end. Ellia, our seven year old daughter, went on horseback for most of the way until the animal took a scary fall and slipped down a muddy bank into a creek. The horse somehow avoided crushing Elia and she was okay but pretty shook up.... We thank the Lord for His protection!!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm43IO4voEmlI9CNNnJPLr-EtnkmXmrp60GzWnNj8A2W01VIgGNSJ3nFEw_qRNBF2KitFAyGErGnFOuNAZ60J_jKOj4N7JdiC__GAUTyZQ3EZ7whZ6Yo_wG6ISQCvoETPe6MDTAAKKwHot9k1BabMQYkGe9rowwvEyR8B6k1uAK5QRYv7_iBM5NNUa=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm43IO4voEmlI9CNNnJPLr-EtnkmXmrp60GzWnNj8A2W01VIgGNSJ3nFEw_qRNBF2KitFAyGErGnFOuNAZ60J_jKOj4N7JdiC__GAUTyZQ3EZ7whZ6Yo_wG6ISQCvoETPe6MDTAAKKwHot9k1BabMQYkGe9rowwvEyR8B6k1uAK5QRYv7_iBM5NNUa=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>Finally, after about ten hours of slogging down the trail we arrived at the Toasapa river where some brothers were waiting for us with canoes to take us the rest of the way to the village of Vista Alegre. If they hadn't come we would have been walking in the dark..... which is something that you should definitely avoid in the rainforest! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjub57tu98BvaQwx_H-MvXTr2vLKlos7R8fhaZeiVFFsOskq04JARQmx6Soo9N0Qs4uYwMO0M2O37VhKFfEyzpVW2jFA8VpncB3IXt9XIBcZRNaKp6WxIwMxADcg-n5jaNVW3mQLEoO9QyrWtHg-2iLdCgXsxQafEsGEbUEj1DEBXtq9wBf5UPfzEsg=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjub57tu98BvaQwx_H-MvXTr2vLKlos7R8fhaZeiVFFsOskq04JARQmx6Soo9N0Qs4uYwMO0M2O37VhKFfEyzpVW2jFA8VpncB3IXt9XIBcZRNaKp6WxIwMxADcg-n5jaNVW3mQLEoO9QyrWtHg-2iLdCgXsxQafEsGEbUEj1DEBXtq9wBf5UPfzEsg=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>An hour later we came to shore at the village port there were many people eagerly awaiting our arrival. We were greeted with a lot of hugs and backslaps and hearty handshakes. One brother had slaughtered a pig for us and we had a real feast waiting on the table. That night the whole village came out to the open air meeting. Cullen preached the gospel, Percy gave his testimony and I preached on the return of Christ. The Lord really seemed to use it and there was a great response. But I must say that after eight days of preaching at the top of my lungs my head was hurting and my vocal cords were shredded. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz49sGnGzbLOz5ht1xpsQlHPGi_K5ZLJlx1J0mEVtf_FkppGTM-6tQsd9EpT-HQ195xRz3Vl0ql0fQVYSub3aJBwd9h_z6WyYg_fVS48aShf9v_XhbxzCAVLhK-pqNhaf1N57E9ppkvMNQWf3HsFdBD5HmXk_GUvwKvfpB_aZrorhzf3whQIQod2vQ=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz49sGnGzbLOz5ht1xpsQlHPGi_K5ZLJlx1J0mEVtf_FkppGTM-6tQsd9EpT-HQ195xRz3Vl0ql0fQVYSub3aJBwd9h_z6WyYg_fVS48aShf9v_XhbxzCAVLhK-pqNhaf1N57E9ppkvMNQWf3HsFdBD5HmXk_GUvwKvfpB_aZrorhzf3whQIQod2vQ=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">At about 3:00 am the next morning one of the villagers went to the pastors house and woke him up, wanting to get right with the Lord. He said that he couldn't sleep all night because he was thinking about Christ's return and how he wasn't ready. At breakfast we ended up having an epic meeting to address the mans concerns. The house was totally packed out and after a message from Revelation 1:6 two people made decisions for Christ. Shortly afterward everyone made their way down to the river where I baptized three new believers. It was a powerful time and very exciting to see the Lord work!</p><div> <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGUexy6xv1agCaDlSh3-A5A64UEnv8X_agIWdl3YZA33M7qciiUN-Gjhc9TNm9xQPfXgkBTNwcTU7Gw0c8aiWkIDRciALNNcG0_eT_2tTwcH46nLlHeKVOiDH7qLuxgwsq8piyN32OQ2BlsAUqrCknM7VEnedrRciuJmYrz_zUlw5EHfGhBl6qdXRo=s942" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="942" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGUexy6xv1agCaDlSh3-A5A64UEnv8X_agIWdl3YZA33M7qciiUN-Gjhc9TNm9xQPfXgkBTNwcTU7Gw0c8aiWkIDRciALNNcG0_eT_2tTwcH46nLlHeKVOiDH7qLuxgwsq8piyN32OQ2BlsAUqrCknM7VEnedrRciuJmYrz_zUlw5EHfGhBl6qdXRo=w400-h210" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After the baptisms we prayed with the believers, said some heartbreaking goodbyes and then walked a few miles down the trail to "Sanango". This was the first time I had ever been to this village and no one there knew us. I had heard that there was a small group of believers there and I had tried to send a message a few weeks before that we would be coming to visit them but somehow they never got the memo. When twenty of us arrived they were quite surprised and said they had no idea that we were coming. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4YoljuCxYsz7CDjwKhibLdN3swJ25w4GyhOc8HLsNaAqQI9ej2kUWMRNNdf_S49MxhdqB9wkn8dj10hZiNMp4z5Sg05ab8jtja9ni15IMlUSqROJ69Fgaj28Fps3Gr0lm5hucytAxDJonPIZa_j-kYuAuLBp8sH-rKAwxIbZOjOcMQxrRHN2xcWda=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4YoljuCxYsz7CDjwKhibLdN3swJ25w4GyhOc8HLsNaAqQI9ej2kUWMRNNdf_S49MxhdqB9wkn8dj10hZiNMp4z5Sg05ab8jtja9ni15IMlUSqROJ69Fgaj28Fps3Gr0lm5hucytAxDJonPIZa_j-kYuAuLBp8sH-rKAwxIbZOjOcMQxrRHN2xcWda=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p>It was amazing to see the few brothers and sisters in this village spring into action as they quickly prepared a meal for us and then found a place for us to set up our tents. In no time at all the brothers were announcing on the loudspeaker that the gringos would be preaching within the hour at the main square and that everyone was invited to come. Several guys from our team immediately decided to started the meeting with a soccer match between us and the young men from the village..... This really got the people to come out! The villagers always love it if they can beat the "gringos".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbPcvsoq6s4f8uG_w62wUnMlxFiwdP9p7P4dXmftgX0R8q10rCMiMcT3gqxnrNdQkUZfOzu5zf-_ZbVJYltqNqpfmWC4z3uX5qxFPib-RXbXEMab8pjSSdO2lh6cuGJb9ncH7VM8en4_jmMznhD2VcIUnm156NsatKYUfvmjpWa4eCE68Xw_5g2tc=s943" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="943" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbPcvsoq6s4f8uG_w62wUnMlxFiwdP9p7P4dXmftgX0R8q10rCMiMcT3gqxnrNdQkUZfOzu5zf-_ZbVJYltqNqpfmWC4z3uX5qxFPib-RXbXEMab8pjSSdO2lh6cuGJb9ncH7VM8en4_jmMznhD2VcIUnm156NsatKYUfvmjpWa4eCE68Xw_5g2tc=w400-h210" width="400" /></a></div><p>After a 4-4 tie I ran out on the cement court, jumped up on a table and started preaching. When I had grabbed everyones attention I gave it over to the team.... (All week long and in every village I delegated responsibilities to our team-members about who would be preaching, who would be singing, who would be giving a testimony, who would be working with kids and who would be doing a skit).... Soon villagers were all around the square straining to hear every word that we were preaching. Three different brothers from the team gave short messages while another gave his testimony. After about an hour and a half of preaching, singing and pleading with souls we left it in the Lord's hands and then went to speak with individuals about what they had just heard. We had some great conversations that lasted late into the night. What a life! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoARXWQsQRfPvl3Bn6wmvzZjGPn-g1TQQ9O2g8KXjgP9cCpRoKDZ4hHBMBLjbsGyqEphIK8q6_V0Tp6v5dJGKrFcAU5-VEiW3fJv604thI90VbXcmGOabDJc_zdApXBAbodwYJhrVSyq6RichLyTeJw2saT0xDVlc1bl0GZQK47hBjh3u0GWGHvYxZ=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoARXWQsQRfPvl3Bn6wmvzZjGPn-g1TQQ9O2g8KXjgP9cCpRoKDZ4hHBMBLjbsGyqEphIK8q6_V0Tp6v5dJGKrFcAU5-VEiW3fJv604thI90VbXcmGOabDJc_zdApXBAbodwYJhrVSyq6RichLyTeJw2saT0xDVlc1bl0GZQK47hBjh3u0GWGHvYxZ=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><p>Missions quote for the day by J. Howard Edington: <b><i>"People who don't believe in missions have not read the New Testament. Right from the beginning Jesus said the field is the world. The early church took him at His word and went East, West, North and South."</i></b></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p></div></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-16802260948209738492022-01-21T21:55:00.001-05:002022-01-23T17:29:41.473-05:00One man wakes, Awakens another, Second man wakes his next door brother."<p>Today we landed at our home in Tarapoto Peru! We are beyond excited to be here with the brethren for the next several weeks and there are many ministry events on the schedule that I will be reporting about in the next blog. But for now let me just say that it took many minor miracles to get here! There were so many hoops and obstacles to go through it was unbelievable. We had to have the right face-masks and the right documents to go on the right flight with the right Covid tests, taken within the right time frame and, of course, all for the right price :/ ..... Yet, it all came together! We are praising the Lord! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaDvrpNG7qNqCFcqscWdi7y5HzBr5hvVm0e7HknmtxILh8Ytbp_cWSSxjP9UISBxEbZEYduA9yvHumgILKg43Vqwcv5iVL1c1ASRcKJ02LY0Qjc3mTSi8q63E2LCqtTAq0Kq67kMpRdvNS1ApBPhCRROQ8B4VFKO7xLy-LrTaLWt-0gBtbbd-rydo1=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaDvrpNG7qNqCFcqscWdi7y5HzBr5hvVm0e7HknmtxILh8Ytbp_cWSSxjP9UISBxEbZEYduA9yvHumgILKg43Vqwcv5iVL1c1ASRcKJ02LY0Qjc3mTSi8q63E2LCqtTAq0Kq67kMpRdvNS1ApBPhCRROQ8B4VFKO7xLy-LrTaLWt-0gBtbbd-rydo1=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have let too much time go by without a blogpost/news-update and so many things have happened in these last two months that I cannot relate them all here. Exciting evangelistic encounters seem to be a regular occurrence wherever I go and there are many stories I could tell but let me focus on the one that is having the most multiplying effect. This is just a short testimony about what the Lord has done in the life of a man in Watsonville named Michael. </p><p>About a year ago one of our team members (Micah Williams) invited Michael to visit our little house church. At the time Michael was growing and selling marijuana and dabbling in Hinduism, and was really searching for spiritual answers. Fast-forward several months and he is now growing in a different way..... He is growing leaps and bounds in Christ! I've been teaching Michael how I read the bible and how I take notes each morning and he's really putting it into practice. He sends me a screenshot nearly every morning of all his notes from the 12 chapters he reads each day! He's been reading his bible with reckless abandon and soaking up everything he's taught! One of the other guys at our house church gave Michael a book on holiness which he immediately devoured and then yet another brother has been meeting with Michael and teaching him how to pray. </p><p>When Michael learned from Dave Reeve how to lead a bible study he started asking some of his old marijuana friends to read the scriptures with him and they were so curious as to what had happened to their friend that they actually came .... and with great interest! Michael invited Ceasar who, in turn invited Julian. Michael also invited Tony who invited his friend Jonathan and now they are all quite excited about what they are finding as the read through the gospel of John. All of these guys are pretty rough around the edges but precious in Gods eyes! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5S4hbAtKl6In9D57J-VUDsiGODDcN7sRmxhoUjIVWyVE4zO-lMkL1yclTCdEdpossZZAk7fajKO8ABA1AjzSdYeOyHk2NUGRKXmBjtzZjei6teTa_Kc-adc4t0V68qN17VwjAXcKlNo2-9XeBCytdh4G7Ka6QXzYOXV8ZodZFHYSrZFiBNRWricV=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5S4hbAtKl6In9D57J-VUDsiGODDcN7sRmxhoUjIVWyVE4zO-lMkL1yclTCdEdpossZZAk7fajKO8ABA1AjzSdYeOyHk2NUGRKXmBjtzZjei6teTa_Kc-adc4t0V68qN17VwjAXcKlNo2-9XeBCytdh4G7Ka6QXzYOXV8ZodZFHYSrZFiBNRWricV=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p>A bible study with unbelievers is quite different than your typical "church cell group". While doing the study the other night I was offered pot more than once, the F-word was quite commonly used to express joy over what they were discovering, there were plenty of cigarettes on the table and one guy even slipped into an off-colored joke.... but then caught himself and apologized. But it was within that kind of context that there were actually some really good questions and some really good discussions about evil the world and suffering and the judgement to come. A couple of times there were tears of joy but mixed with a trembling in fear of God. There was no religiosity, no pretending to be something that they aren't, just a genuine interest and an honest searching of the scriptures. We spent four hours in the first chapter of John that night and there were some amazing discussions about the person and work of Christ. That particular study was one of those awesome God-ordained moments that I will always remember. Please pray for Michael as he continues to reach out to his friends! </p><p>Missions quote for the day by Lawrence Tribble: "One man wakes, awakens another, second one wakes his next door brother. Three awake can rouse a town and turn the whole place upside down. Many awake will cause such a fuss, it will awake all of us. One man wakes with dawn in his eyes, surely then it multiplies." </p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-12629852321678360662021-12-02T22:25:00.002-05:002021-12-02T22:40:36.979-05:00December Tuttle-tidbits <p>Last Monday Amy and I celebrated 25 years of marriage. It's hard to grasp how fast those years have gone by. The Lord has been so good to us and helped us at every point along the way. He has blessed us with six kids that all love Him and it was a huge joy to have each one of them with us over our anniversary week. Javen and Cullen and our Colombian "hijo" Juanes came from Iowa and we had a good mix of ministry and fun while they were here in California. On one occasion we went surfing at the beach and then later that afternoon we held an open air meeting in the main square. Another time we did prayer in the park followed by a visit to the golden gate bridge. It was a great couple of days filled with campfires and singing and evangelism and beaches and Bible readings. We thank the Lord for His many blessings! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNVPCMj1MBsbb2VUegbxGnbRFpL6ZK_fabohOCBooihJ353tR3BNzCrn7FUb_xCVuDfwr2Tojr9KeSxHaKXqHnB5D2ZFNcO__vHW0-aX4P7tObix9EHN_ulyzXy5l1B4wFvBxWw_rL2lrFVV9m7aG2rjZKINHR7S4IboUC3YhE9dv0S7ttybodNVOI=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNVPCMj1MBsbb2VUegbxGnbRFpL6ZK_fabohOCBooihJ353tR3BNzCrn7FUb_xCVuDfwr2Tojr9KeSxHaKXqHnB5D2ZFNcO__vHW0-aX4P7tObix9EHN_ulyzXy5l1B4wFvBxWw_rL2lrFVV9m7aG2rjZKINHR7S4IboUC3YhE9dv0S7ttybodNVOI=w400-h185" width="400" /></a></div><br />One Sunday afternoon Juanes and I went out to play some park basketball.... The courts were crowded with several teams waiting to play. The winning team always stays on the blacktop and you have to bet at least $5 to participate.... Juanes and I weren't willing to bet so it was difficult to get in the game. Finally after about an hour of waiting and getting to know some of the guys, one of the teams needed some extra players and they put the money in the pot for us. We got kinda lucky, and our team ripped off six games straight and we held court until it was dark. As soon as the last game ended they started giving out the money for our winnings. I quickly called everyone over and as they gathered around I preached a short gospel message. About 30 guys listened intently..... and then they were shocked as we tried to distribute our winnings amongst them..... No one wanted to take it... It was a great opportunity to preach on how God offers a free gift of eternal life to each one of us but you have to RECEIVE IT! I took my money and I put it in the hands of one of the guys and I said: "Please accept this free gift as if from Jesus Himself. He loves you." Juanes then preached a short thought on how, he and I "had gotten into the game with a debt so to speak... much like how we all have a spiritual debt before God that we cannot pay and now the big question is: Will you receive or reject what Christ has done on your behalf?" <p></p><p>One of the guys responded: "We've never had this kinda thing happen at our court before... Could you guys come back every Sunday and play with us and share something from the Bible?" When our mini gospel-meeting ended we had some fantastic conversations with several individuals. We thank the Lord for these great opportunities! </p><p>Missions quote for the day by Kurt Von Schleicher: <i><b>"Our God of grace often gives us a second chance, but there is no second chance to harvest a ripe crop."</b></i></p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p><p><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-38742608766605331842021-10-06T22:04:00.000-05:002021-10-06T22:04:41.580-05:00The fishing is good! <p>John Westley said: "You have nothing to do but to save souls, therefore spend and be spent in this work." That statement has been ringing in my ears this month..... and lately, each time I've gone out to the streets to work with souls I've found...... that the fishing is really good! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd3GMYm5nNiBgeqEsNUNkQujEaH-wzUukCZGxyIMVjh-qETrDtSiMl4Hw_SuMA7zT2017JgMWNs1lF6GjFc8HShMOfoQmcqLNCTo8Xwg9NtgQZc_F7YzJPhhHu_BErOP2kYvpl36u7Xk/s1792/IMG_4796.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd3GMYm5nNiBgeqEsNUNkQujEaH-wzUukCZGxyIMVjh-qETrDtSiMl4Hw_SuMA7zT2017JgMWNs1lF6GjFc8HShMOfoQmcqLNCTo8Xwg9NtgQZc_F7YzJPhhHu_BErOP2kYvpl36u7Xk/w400-h185/IMG_4796.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>When doing some personal evangelism in the main square of Wastonville the other day I ran into a guy named Enrique. He had never heard the gospel before and he had never owned a Bible.... We talked for about a half an hour and he was full of really great questions. He was interested in coming to church and starting a bible study together..... I'm having epic conversations almost every day now and it seems as if the whole world has become increasingly interested in spiritual things. Nothing like soul winning in these last days! ......<b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjYteAH6jEOSToqkAR2Vt9sZt4ttiVKiEVPwu_9m19eO5hxqesrB3ZX6GVGSgu1aG34Vxl2S39ny44NBg4A1vnNWBjAxuKsGBGxc0Rioz3a8Y6KMMrI9DE7_9BvdFqg4fsfPIIpE-Pkw/s1792/IMG_4527.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjYteAH6jEOSToqkAR2Vt9sZt4ttiVKiEVPwu_9m19eO5hxqesrB3ZX6GVGSgu1aG34Vxl2S39ny44NBg4A1vnNWBjAxuKsGBGxc0Rioz3a8Y6KMMrI9DE7_9BvdFqg4fsfPIIpE-Pkw/w400-h185/IMG_4527.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>"The twelfth Imam is coming".... That's what the Muslim guy sitting next to me said when I asked him how he would interpret the crazy times in which we live.... We were in the San Jose California airport and we had begun a fantastic and very friendly conversation about the contrast between Christianity and Islam. He told me that he's a medical doctor from Sudan and he teaches from time to time in one of the Bay Area universities. </p><p>As I talked about the love and grace of Jesus, he talked about the exploits of Mahmud. Soon people around us started turning their heads to look at us and listen in. When he explained that Muslims are waiting for the twelfth Imam to reveal himself and become the ruler of the world, I showed him that the Imam he was describing seemed to correlate to the antichrist of Revelation. He agreed and was fascinated at the thought that both religions share a similar eschatology, but from opposite sides of the coin. After a great discussion about this he suddenly got up and said: "I'm sorry, I have to go"..... I was left by myself thinking that I had really messed up the conversation, but then after a few moments he came back and said: "Sorry about that, I just realized that I had to print off my boarding pass.... But I want to know more about Jesus." </p><p>I immediately asked him what his opinion was about the Christian view of Jesus being God.... He said: "Well, we believe that Jesus is one of the prophets but not that he's God. Why would you come to the conclusion that Jesus is God?" I answered: "Well, I'm glad you asked:).... </p><p>"#1-Look at all the radical miracles that He did. #2-Look at all the radical things that He said. #3-Look at His radical resurrection from the dead. #4-Look at the radical birth and growth of the early church. #5-Look at the horrific martyrdoms that the apostles were willing to die because they really believed that Jesus had risen from the grave." #6-Look at what some of the secular historians of the first centuries (Josephus, Tacitus, Lucian) wrote about Jesus." </p><p>At this point we were being called to board the plane and my new friend asked: "Do you have a Bible? I'd like to learn more." .....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BXlbtJx_Y6NfnmOFWkC3AVipLuqC68dVIiytB8h516EE_2QM8oRSY2MuuPFU7oGMZ7__umfB5aIcNKAsb5IKcLy3AZFnjAq8zFWXkYy0QLtu1of1QRzRzSX55u3Zz4Z-YeyeU5ccMXM/s1792/IMG_4545.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BXlbtJx_Y6NfnmOFWkC3AVipLuqC68dVIiytB8h516EE_2QM8oRSY2MuuPFU7oGMZ7__umfB5aIcNKAsb5IKcLy3AZFnjAq8zFWXkYy0QLtu1of1QRzRzSX55u3Zz4Z-YeyeU5ccMXM/w400-h185/IMG_4545.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>This last month I was able to preach in Oregon, Washington, New York and Texas. All of these opportunities were great and the Lord seemed to use each one, but my highlight for September was a week of prayer with 17 men in Seattle. These men traveled from several different places around the North America to meet at an Air B&B and pray. JUST PRAY! We spent a couple of days praying for souls. We prayed for churches to be awakened. We prayed for personal holiness. We prayed for new life. We simply prayed that God would begin to do great things in our lives and in our nation. It was an amazing time as God fanned the flames of revival in our own hearts! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFAnvbd6TFljI5x1ISoW-ax7keopMoo-_94cOFpKSROMCIVkWXhFCHH52Y5tsQy_rshyphenhyphenP22-PphutDEE-ByYUGkmzHRzMVhZ4pBrF9IxJJRqTuUc_G1s3EEohSfPc7Qm3Mk6_ONGphgs/s1792/IMG_4889.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFAnvbd6TFljI5x1ISoW-ax7keopMoo-_94cOFpKSROMCIVkWXhFCHH52Y5tsQy_rshyphenhyphenP22-PphutDEE-ByYUGkmzHRzMVhZ4pBrF9IxJJRqTuUc_G1s3EEohSfPc7Qm3Mk6_ONGphgs/w400-h185/IMG_4889.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>After our time of prayer in Seattle eight of us drove south to pray for and spy out the land of Portland. When we got to the main square downtown we split up and did some personal evangelism. I went around asking people the question: "What do you think the solution is to our nations problems?" </p><p>I talked with an Antifa guy who was decked out in tactical gear, replete with a bulletproof vest and about ten loaded guns. He said that he and his buddies were there to ensure peace and safety and bring happiness back to the streets through militia-type force...... <b>Oh the Irony!!!</b> </p><p>Then I talked with a group of teenagers that were part of a march to protest the causes of climate change. They said that the answer to our problems is to end world-wide pollution and stop the coronavirus pandemic... I asked about how to stop the sin pandemic... They just laughed...... <b>Oh the darkness!!!</b></p><p>I talked to the leader of a homeless camp who said that there is no answer to our problems, so he just escapes through heroine..... <b>Oh the death!!!!</b></p><p>I talked to a right wing political activist who had set up several signs that described how our country is degenerating into socialism and losing its cherished freedoms. I agreed with this guy on a lot of things but his view was totally devoid of God and devoid of love for our fellow man. He thought it ridiculous that I believed in a real Jesus who is raised from the dead and returning soon. He said that he was an atheist and that morality is relative to each individual's preferences.... At the same time he believed it was his mission to show people what the coming consequences of our nations impending social, religious, economic and political meltdown will look like if we continue down this path..... <b>Oh the disconnection!!!</b> </p><p>At one point a fight broke out right behind me and one of the guys pulled a gun on the other. After a few terrifying moments the altercation ended, thankfully no shots were fired.... </p><p>Conclusion: This world has a whole lot of darkness and death and disconnection. When you turn from God's light you get darkness. When you turn from God's love you get disconnection. When you turn from God's life you get death. Politics wont solve the problem. Addressing climate change wont solve the problem. Drugs wont solve the problem. Antifa wont solve the problem. According to the Bible the only thing that will save this broken world is the gospel of Jesus Christ that radically transforms a person from the inside out... Jesus, who is the embodiment of light and life and love is the only hope for this world!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ-v2iwc-2XlwFLQctcXEtgIerXS_5Wix0iRCMze1pemwxj558rp_XHoaHjzA_MRt1P5mppJpmqk_Pc6h5WeW4nc4Ngbg0X5g2nqF5gEHiPvNtZqXGyxEk1eMYf1jAdvL87YAyaVrUW4/s1792/IMG_4933.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ-v2iwc-2XlwFLQctcXEtgIerXS_5Wix0iRCMze1pemwxj558rp_XHoaHjzA_MRt1P5mppJpmqk_Pc6h5WeW4nc4Ngbg0X5g2nqF5gEHiPvNtZqXGyxEk1eMYf1jAdvL87YAyaVrUW4/w400-h185/IMG_4933.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Missions quote for the day: <i>"If you're not fishing, it might be because you're not following." .... Jesus said: "Come <b>follow</b> me and I will make you <b>fishers of men</b>." </i> </p><p>Micah for the Tuttle's</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-19420156986658602702021-08-31T13:33:00.000-05:002021-08-31T13:33:12.217-05:00Tuttle-tidbits from August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last month there was a whole lot of driving that came with the ministry that God has set before us. We drove through Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. Presently Amy and I and the kids are in Portland Oregon where we have been able to see friends and family and also preach Gods word in several different contexts. While August was a really full month for us, we still have quite a bit on the schedule before we can really turn all of our focus to the work in Freedom California. The month of September is also going to be very busy as it involves trips to Lubbock TX, Buffalo NY, Jefferson City MO, Dubuque IA, Seattle WA, Portland OR and then finally back to California. Please pray for us and all the great ministry opportunities we will have in each of these places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETb7XAkbLyEIhdWoCZsPkbs0c3dL6KMHbA049sNe9g-5030qDV68f6-7dQjHtUwhMUFqI639Od14RBW7FOvz94JG3PHStJ8yz5cVIm1H5BuF7RKRGaC26sWTXjfhmXBTyatEsIBUljUY/w400-h300/FullSizeRender+23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the highlights from August took place at Lakeside Bible Camp on Whidbey island near Seattle Washington. It was family camp two for the year and I preached on the first 7 chapters of the book of Acts. The Lord really seemed to be working in the hearts of many people and we were encouraged to see a hunger for God and a passion to live for him in these last days. We had a great time and we thank the Lord for these unique opportunities to encourage and challenge our fellow believers in Christ. At the beginning of the week we didn't know a single person and by the end of the week we felt like everyone there was a long time friend. There's nothing quite like the body of Christ! <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrxn5BDXVIJyTSyoT5u53sH-Q93ei9eQA4dLnCLRK9rFESGOpqsJGIKyQWDSB8MnWVRkFfCsA6YtlfamSVmXJklWZm83lfVmMROkl6x5__nGFE2ADUjsqCoCxJBqrhwYNN5AO4wgPx_E/s1792/IMG_4038.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrxn5BDXVIJyTSyoT5u53sH-Q93ei9eQA4dLnCLRK9rFESGOpqsJGIKyQWDSB8MnWVRkFfCsA6YtlfamSVmXJklWZm83lfVmMROkl6x5__nGFE2ADUjsqCoCxJBqrhwYNN5AO4wgPx_E/w400-h185/IMG_4038.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Lord has blessed our family in many ways! The blessings start with Amy. She does all things well but probably the most notable thing is that she is an absolutely amazing mom and wife that has invested immeasurably in us as a family. Javen and Cullen are working and living in Dubuque IA where they are both very involved in their local churches while finishing up at Emmaus Bible College. Bria is done with high-school and will be taking a gap year in her studies while working a humanities job in Freedom as soon as we get back there. Josiah is entering the eleventh grade as a homeschooler and he will be balancing his studies with a lifeguarding job at the YMCA and surfing whenever he can :) Mya will turn 14 in just a few days and is a social butterfly who loves to talk with friends, read books and write letters. Ellia is the little sister that's not so little anymore... she's also the one that has the whole family wrapped around her pinky finger. We thank the Lord for our kids and its fun to see them grow up following Jesus while developing their gifts and abilities for His glory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9YK_h8MaSrz_i5KY0m6sKtV0Gnj1917Z3MnNOM8w5A1n5SYXQ2m7lQe8D2PO9tMcaUyZqetBtfUVhtP566LtE05Ve_kXVnZoHgUwXW7lAstOcyFyLmyky1vPKQiIQxxJZmsiLPII3Bs/s2048/IMG_3980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9YK_h8MaSrz_i5KY0m6sKtV0Gnj1917Z3MnNOM8w5A1n5SYXQ2m7lQe8D2PO9tMcaUyZqetBtfUVhtP566LtE05Ve_kXVnZoHgUwXW7lAstOcyFyLmyky1vPKQiIQxxJZmsiLPII3Bs/w400-h300/IMG_3980.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While in Freedom for the first half of August I was able to do some follow up work with many of the key contacts that we have met during our time there. Ernestina who is a Mexican that works as a strawberry picker invited us to her house for an unbelievable authentic Mexican lunch! In spite of her poverty she really blessed us with this gesture of love and hospitality. The next day she opened her house for a food distribution where hundreds of low income families received rations of basic food staples. Please pray for Ernestina to respond to the gospel as we keep sharing it with her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwq99P9WjqiHj_45V18DQFtbxQ4ezSvSsMz_evtDF5Gq-3si67bs8mqbUu049lzjocxRbIodWJ_zm853QcqK_YMf1NGeg5keU_tsmoClAuAkekl5deSsaqbZjZc6Y5vbACxfCs1MMjrQ/s1792/IMG_3879.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwq99P9WjqiHj_45V18DQFtbxQ4ezSvSsMz_evtDF5Gq-3si67bs8mqbUu049lzjocxRbIodWJ_zm853QcqK_YMf1NGeg5keU_tsmoClAuAkekl5deSsaqbZjZc6Y5vbACxfCs1MMjrQ/w400-h185/IMG_3879.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After open air preaching in the park last month I had several great conversations with interested individuals that gave me their phone numbers and asked for follow up Bible studies. One morning I randomly called one of those guys and he was surprisingly available and anxious to get together. He basically knows nothing about the bible but within 20 minutes of our phone call we were seated in a coffee shop discussing John 1:1-14. All I did was ask questions: (Who? What? When? Where? How? Why?) And at one point he said: "Its crazy, that this 'Word' person seems to be God and yet he became a human being... Imagine that!...." Please pray for Fransisco. He's really searching! </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a7YEYJDUV2yKax2-ShD5SzLzFduom-lJTdsZCQQQEn_T7zFFnHCst6dDTygPE4tRZrFqKTcELELEm2sdFYXU6S4ckoz284sX-fePI1AHVdA30gcRnBptGG3UA5JykU49C8VFm_-l2Ag/s2048/IMG_3822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a7YEYJDUV2yKax2-ShD5SzLzFduom-lJTdsZCQQQEn_T7zFFnHCst6dDTygPE4tRZrFqKTcELELEm2sdFYXU6S4ckoz284sX-fePI1AHVdA30gcRnBptGG3UA5JykU49C8VFm_-l2Ag/w400-h300/IMG_3822.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Missions quote for the day </span>by Lenard Ravenhill: <i>“But have we Holy Ghost power? Power that restricts the devils power? Power that pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? What has hell to fear other than a God anointed, prayer-powered church?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>……. “The early church was married to poverty, prisons, and persecutions. Today the church is married to prosperity, personality and popularity.” ….. “The church right now has more fashion than passion,is more pathetic than prophetic and is more superficial than supernatural.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The church used to be a lifeboat rescuing those who are perishing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now she's more like a cruise ship recruiting those who just want entertainment.”</i></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKQrOMXc5OhFONGeXfe24VQQlt0q1xyLa9z4xIIeJgzT1TThVVImmJDJ6KZvENqO91E7_-TRDluAlSMDOLXiUvNDFkfZUfdZFTwL8TlNmnkCTSUcfaGNRpiyQ6O0Z6kqpZeEFmlFRHuc/s1792/IMG_4032.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKQrOMXc5OhFONGeXfe24VQQlt0q1xyLa9z4xIIeJgzT1TThVVImmJDJ6KZvENqO91E7_-TRDluAlSMDOLXiUvNDFkfZUfdZFTwL8TlNmnkCTSUcfaGNRpiyQ6O0Z6kqpZeEFmlFRHuc/w400-h185/IMG_4032.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span></span></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-82762854743286103952021-07-22T09:35:00.000-05:002021-07-22T09:35:45.497-05:00Three weeks at Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp <div style="text-align: left;">After three weeks at Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp we are finally "home". It was a whirlwind of action as our whole family got involved. Amy was constantly shepherding the young women, Bria counseled a cabin of girls, Ellia was a camper, Josiah led music and counseled a boys cabin (many of whom were barely younger than him), Mya did a little of everything while working on staff, and I preached twice a day to anyone that would listen :) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8drYwx3NurCJOViHzQqUPinRyetqZehqsOL3bDEslus_JHLaZb4n1EIwu9xIgwA8deIXrdv-V64DSuVXgZ0wTWwEu-cN8sqgmRmdb6aMnNB7AyqE1GX3EvezfnvbEkNiLe88osU7-u54/s4032/IMG_2582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8drYwx3NurCJOViHzQqUPinRyetqZehqsOL3bDEslus_JHLaZb4n1EIwu9xIgwA8deIXrdv-V64DSuVXgZ0wTWwEu-cN8sqgmRmdb6aMnNB7AyqE1GX3EvezfnvbEkNiLe88osU7-u54/w400-h300/IMG_2582.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On week #1 of our time at Turkey Hill, Amy and I accompanied Jimmy and Ashley Allan on an epic canoeing trip along the Current river in the Ozark mountains. We were leading a group of 14 young ladies for "wilderness girls camp" where Amy taught the Bible lessons each morning and evening. Many of the girls were not believers so it was a tremendous opportunity to dig into the gospel and the Lord really seemed to use it. It was great to see Amy and Ashley doing the spiritual work and really pouring into the precious souls that they had been entrusted with for that week. While our wives did the ministry part Jimmy and I did the grunt work. We set up camp each day, started the camp fires, cooked the meals, washed the dishes, fought off the raccoons, defended the girls from snakes and saved them when their canoes flipped over. The rest of the time we went fishing and jumped off cliffs, you know man stuff :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgcMFd_P6HR0qXgo5tyrzhwW6p5_8LkvwZoGZ9pA3RNY1cVuy5vAHwWLBcJSHgMwZp80v-qd_aVxyzF3ed6o2rwWAK9l8xmjoQWVdGq2AL3ZTteM_JHezjQX3QOb5fRjQYSHOU2MEgtw/s1626/IMG_2961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1626" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgcMFd_P6HR0qXgo5tyrzhwW6p5_8LkvwZoGZ9pA3RNY1cVuy5vAHwWLBcJSHgMwZp80v-qd_aVxyzF3ed6o2rwWAK9l8xmjoQWVdGq2AL3ZTteM_JHezjQX3QOb5fRjQYSHOU2MEgtw/w400-h185/IMG_2961.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />On week #2, after Amy had fulfilled her task of speaking to the teenage girls at wilderness week it quickly became my turn for an intense stretch of preaching back at Turkey Hill. I preached 25 times in 14 days to the high school and college age group and the Lord did great things. God was really working in the hearts of several young men. One night, after hearing the gospel many of them were totally broken over their sin and were crying out to the Lord. There was no manipulation or appeal to emotionalism, I just got done preaching and sat down and then God began to work. Some were on their knees and others were prostrate on their faces. Huge breakthrough's seemed to happening in many lives as spiritual chains were falling off. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-CmZFSxvaEvowjoDuUpv4n6VboWTTORS8Y5TwL_Zprby8A56uHsrruSJG8Yf4YX0FeSXoPtmbCkdqgkdboO-y7kAGaX9Sy48jdSgsl-x-85vrV07dA3zqNv63rVWWOG5fwctRCYRpOM/s1792/IMG_3259.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-CmZFSxvaEvowjoDuUpv4n6VboWTTORS8Y5TwL_Zprby8A56uHsrruSJG8Yf4YX0FeSXoPtmbCkdqgkdboO-y7kAGaX9Sy48jdSgsl-x-85vrV07dA3zqNv63rVWWOG5fwctRCYRpOM/w400-h185/IMG_3259.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next morning when I went out on the lake dock at 4:30 am to pray and read.... 25 young people showed up to seek the Lord with me! All through the rest of that week there was an extra sensitivity to the Lord as the messages were preached. On several occasions large groups of guys and girls gathered to ask questions or request prayer or search the scriptures. There was a real hunger for God's word and a longing to be right with Him. Jesus was doing great things! Please pray for lasting fruit in these young people that were impacted for Gods glory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv4l-cFE0iiuyJRygrMpeyHUdOK_X6lhxMXsFdqf9BwICHm_HGJaUQGybgq90wl0t2jn1I-4KiKfF0TjenTQjiXN2BwuW3cEXKFaKH2qb-u7OWtDLThm7yotpm_CBDdjqyIZiVFX4Axk/s1792/IMG_3222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv4l-cFE0iiuyJRygrMpeyHUdOK_X6lhxMXsFdqf9BwICHm_HGJaUQGybgq90wl0t2jn1I-4KiKfF0TjenTQjiXN2BwuW3cEXKFaKH2qb-u7OWtDLThm7yotpm_CBDdjqyIZiVFX4Axk/w400-h185/IMG_3222.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Josiah was a counselor for two of the teen camps and one night he asked me to share a devotional message about Biblical manhood with his cabin. When I began there were only three guys present but after a few minutes the small room was totally packed out and when I looked out the door behind me there were about 20 more guys crowding around the doorway listening intently. The guys from the next door cabins had come over and there was an intense interest from these fifteen year-old young men. We live in an era with so much gender confusion and it was amazing to see these guys (most of them non-christians) longing to see answers from Gods word! I went for about 20 minutes and there was dead silence and the utmost attention was paid as they seemed to hang on each word spoken. Afterward one of the guys said: "That was the best thing that has ever happened to me." Each night for the rest of the week I had packed out meetings in different cabins with young men that were extremely hungry to hear clarity from the bible on the topic of manhood. Please pray for the souls that were impacted in these last few weeks! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Missions quote for the day by C.H Spurgeon: <b><i>"The motive is this: Oh! That God would be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of His sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved, so that God might have new tongues to praise Him, new hearts to love him! Oh! that sin were put an end to, that the holiness, righteousness, mercy and power of God might be magnified! This is the way to pray; When your prayers seek Gods glory, it is Gods glory to answer your prayers."</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Micah for the Tuttle's</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-68347807927071880722021-07-12T18:38:00.006-05:002021-07-13T14:07:51.524-05:00Freedom California Update<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Greetings to all of you who pray for us and follow our adventures as we seek to serve the Lord. I have received several emails and texts asking for an update and information about our move to California..... So here it is: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3aSF2vrjlDzdN-8QuLb_wSVqSEkxJ-i11JUNNMV9-s_WhGFJcnzG-T5EHtLx6nM-FDhD4FI0NZOz_Ahvml9mTViXAfBUQe3TaINi5seK9lH3b4SSGebjM_xucts8Y41UYD7sQpoEWsc/s2048/IMG_8148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3aSF2vrjlDzdN-8QuLb_wSVqSEkxJ-i11JUNNMV9-s_WhGFJcnzG-T5EHtLx6nM-FDhD4FI0NZOz_Ahvml9mTViXAfBUQe3TaINi5seK9lH3b4SSGebjM_xucts8Y41UYD7sQpoEWsc/w400-h300/IMG_8148.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;">Most of you probably know how, three and a half years ago, when we came back from Peru, the Lord led us very clearly to stay in the USA and work to encourage His people in the areas of evangelism, discipleship, church planting and missions. Although it felt like my heart had been ripped out, the Lord encouraged us and has filled our schedule with countless opportunities to fulfill that mission. Our schedule continues to be very full and we thank God for the many open doors and opportunities He has given us to preach the gospel and encourage saints all over North America. As these few years have passed I still miss being in Peru in a full time capacity but now I feel fully healed of that displacement. </span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;">Javen and Cullen have been studying at Emmaus and because of that we have made Dubuque Iowa home base for the last few years. It has been great to be close to our older sons who are doing very well in the Lord and are now finishing college.<span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cullen just graduated with a major in intercultural studies and is currently doing his internship in Bogota Colombia.<span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space"> </span>Javen is studying Christian counseling and he needs one more year at Emmaus after which he plans to go on to do a Master’s degree elsewhere. <span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"></span><br clear="none" /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Now that those two young men are transitioning to the next step of life we feel that the Lord is directing us to a new home base.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We have been praying about this and we feel that the Lord is moving us to Freedom California.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We have now done two spy-out-the-land visits there and we have found that “the fields are white for harvest”.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">During our times there we have also become better acquainted with the “Freedom Team” who has invited us to work with them.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Freedom team consists of three couples (Scott and Lynne Degroff, Dan and Cyndi Williams and Micah and Christina Williams who are all from assemblies in the midwest).</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The team started about three years ago and it gets its name because of the town in which the ministry is located (which is about 90% Spanish speaking).</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The team’s desire is to do evangelism and discipleship and to start a new assembly in town which would hopefully be instrumental in starting new works across the west coast. They have laid a great foundation of prayer and made many key contacts in the area but they desperately need an evangelist and Spanish speakers to come and help. </span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489s1"></span><br clear="none" /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On our first spy-out the-land visit when we began to feel that the Lord was leading us to Freedom, Amy and I went for a walk to pray and discuss the possibilities of moving there. After much walking and talking we both felt like Freedom CA is where the Lord would have us go, so we prayed and asked the Lord to make it crystal clear. After praying we noticed the street sign on the corner where we were passing by........ The cross streets were "Tuttle" and "California"! I put the following picture on our last blog post, but I didn't say anything about the street sign in the background.... Please look closely! </span>How's that for a sign :) </p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sEGfxDbvXvTIP8CaLOnV3UPWmh58wXWPsnVRlXjMFEq3gpJanPwRRl9O7T2xwEcfqI-EZizmE7UJRdhl9PalNFpDoz2y2UNljvPtQm392LgIDzJRWwRkI-SJa_MMoZKZhmSQsBu3-Fo/s1792/IMG_2298.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sEGfxDbvXvTIP8CaLOnV3UPWmh58wXWPsnVRlXjMFEq3gpJanPwRRl9O7T2xwEcfqI-EZizmE7UJRdhl9PalNFpDoz2y2UNljvPtQm392LgIDzJRWwRkI-SJa_MMoZKZhmSQsBu3-Fo/w400-h185/IMG_2298.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;">California, with its high cost of living and its politics is not a place that I thought I would ever want to live but it really seems that we would be a great fit with this team and with their vision for making Christ’s name great in that part of the country.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: inherit;">Many christians are leaving California and it seems to be becoming increasingly dark.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: inherit;">What a great place to shine for Jesus!</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: inherit;">So please pray for us and with us as we begin to make Freedom California our new home base.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: inherit;">We hope to continue our itinerant ministry, but to lesser degree and we still plan to make short trips to Peru but our main focus will be on evangelism and discipleship and church planting there in Freedom CA.</span><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> Please pray! </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqw-WbO_8ZrRcs6ojX9SlTCFsPoxFRJqlrr6gJHKjMDxu0BpYewX5Uayr6yWb-3225AS1G794z2HC2OdOTnZ7BIp3tdbipG9IMyUbj_RW3_ptyG3GvlIfHszjPkLjXI4TM0cVNy28IcA/s1792/IMG_2539.PNG" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqw-WbO_8ZrRcs6ojX9SlTCFsPoxFRJqlrr6gJHKjMDxu0BpYewX5Uayr6yWb-3225AS1G794z2HC2OdOTnZ7BIp3tdbipG9IMyUbj_RW3_ptyG3GvlIfHszjPkLjXI4TM0cVNy28IcA/w400-h185/IMG_2539.PNG" width="400" /></a></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;">Our last trip to Freedom was filled with many exciting evangelistic conversations. In the above picture I wasn't really trying to poke this guy in the eyes :) I was actually pleading with him to repent and come to Christ. He was a drug dealer, alcoholic and a womanizer who had abandoned his own children in several different cities. We had an epic hour-long conversation about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come. He had been in and out of prison many times and he thought it rather funny that he's so vile. At the same time he was keenly interested in the Bible passages that I shared with him (1 Cor 6:9-10) (Rev 20:11-15) (Luke 16:19-31) (Matthew 20:1-6) (John 3:36). He was quite alarmed at the Bibles teaching on hell and also very astonished that even he could be forgiven through the grace that Christ offers.... In this picture I was telling him: "Don't you see, there are spiritual chains draped all over you, only Jesus can remove them! Come to Christ while you still can." He replied: "Man, I think I see a halo over your head..... It's like God called you to give me a wake-up call." I said: "I don't know about the halo part but I do think that this was a divine appointment to shake you up. Repent while there's still time." ..... I gave him a fist bump and then he said: "I still think you're probably an angel or something but hey, thanks for caring enough to share this stuff with me."</span><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBnXJp5C2SZEeh4TfxbPZP8A541sjAJVeedH8isnDThzf8HXTw6dFXhtWTLCLLfc2itOmO_n2wUgeLI1MvOL7o4k_PTCJdGuuvqpHQIATTR_umRig4yhNmnQ-TTby9PpzgbAhuMFMfi4/s1792/IMG_2570.PNG" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBnXJp5C2SZEeh4TfxbPZP8A541sjAJVeedH8isnDThzf8HXTw6dFXhtWTLCLLfc2itOmO_n2wUgeLI1MvOL7o4k_PTCJdGuuvqpHQIATTR_umRig4yhNmnQ-TTby9PpzgbAhuMFMfi4/w400-h185/IMG_2570.PNG" width="400" /></a></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;">During the course of the last two weeks we spent in Freedom we had several children's meetings out in the park. We just went around inviting the kids and their parents to come out and play games and listen to message from the Bible.... and they came! Amy translated on several occasions while Bria and Josiah and Mya helped in different ways with the kids that showed up. One day we had more than 100 kids from the neighborhood! A few adults heckled me from the back but I was able to preach my heart out and the Lord really seemed to be working. Afterward there were many small groups and individual gospel conversations going on. It was an epic day of evangelism for the whole Freedom team and we pray that the Holy Spirit continues working to bring real conviction in the lives of many souls! <span class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbGXa2YxI82ZpDBFB_pGaEMuDv5STegB0MoeCo2I6U04ISY-g7-zAKiSfTjo3fL7KQB4GCDBnfcS0bOUMOlHurKCKkPtua-EFSv1kNbSQvtUsz_WQGAOz6kMRiLjetNUPEfGiNgTGLgo/s1792/IMG_2608.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbGXa2YxI82ZpDBFB_pGaEMuDv5STegB0MoeCo2I6U04ISY-g7-zAKiSfTjo3fL7KQB4GCDBnfcS0bOUMOlHurKCKkPtua-EFSv1kNbSQvtUsz_WQGAOz6kMRiLjetNUPEfGiNgTGLgo/w400-h185/IMG_2608.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;">Another day I struck up a friendly conversation with a guy named Omar. Before long we were talking about spiritual things. He said that he used to consider himself a Christian but little by little he has drifted away from the Lord and he's gotten into some really bad stuff lately. He remarked that he hasn't read his Bible or gone to church in more than three years. Immediately I opened up the word and shared from Hebrews 2:1-4 "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation."..... As we talked he was quite amazed and commented: "I never visit this park but for some reason I just felt like I should come here and ask God to help me return to Him.... and then God sent you!" .... Yet another divine appointment!</p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh4fgSUb0a9PwvS1SzKuzyXfP8c6I_QmZXFKuCPQd4EK7RdeweMNLMGrAn-zj_C8PUY13OMeSVwKcyuSRgO_Z5I4aLYZmpNOb8xAcnKMFpDpg3by2LX72U34dfVdPF9Ku0n3onw6fSow/s1792/IMG_2663+2.PNG" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh4fgSUb0a9PwvS1SzKuzyXfP8c6I_QmZXFKuCPQd4EK7RdeweMNLMGrAn-zj_C8PUY13OMeSVwKcyuSRgO_Z5I4aLYZmpNOb8xAcnKMFpDpg3by2LX72U34dfVdPF9Ku0n3onw6fSow/w400-h185/IMG_2663+2.PNG" width="400" /></a></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;">One of the Sunday's that we were there we attempted to do "Church without walls". We prepared 100 hotdogs and 100 tacos with chips and drinks to give away in the park. We were hoping to attract a big crowd and then share the gospel... Well, the big crowd part didn't happen but I preached anyway. There were about 15 souls that heard the message, all of whom listened intently and many fantastic one on one conversations happened afterward! <span style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;">We still have many events on the calendar that we must keep, so for the next six months we will be in and out of California a lot. Please pray for us as we start to focus more and more on ministry there in Freedom! </span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;">Missions quote for the day by Peter Taylor Forsyth: <i><b>"It is not our choice to spread the gospel or not. It is our death if we do not."</b></i></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7277460068ydp470ac489p2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="background-color: inherit;">Micah for the Tuttle's</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>the tuttle tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610934867335087108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804049179700450317.post-35269580716449593792021-05-25T10:41:00.000-05:002021-05-25T10:41:31.451-05:00Shouldn’t everyone live in Freedom?<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">Many of you know that we have sensed that the Lord would move us from Dubuque, IA which has served as home base for the last several years. We have been diligently praying about and considering where the Lord would have us go to maximize the gifts and abilities he’s equipped us with for His work. We have been praying about a handful of really cool options.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Last month, we spent three weeks in Freedom, CA with the already established Freedom Team. We have known and prayed for this ministry for a while now. So, it was with great joy that we met a number of the precious people the team has been loving on and ministering to. We felt a rare freedom in making friendships, with the team as well as among the local community. In the span of a very short time, we were able to clearly distinguish the Lord’s invitation to join the work there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJqafkoz22VpZdadFS3xM1bZnwyJcTKojRJWAxMkcyJFnKFC215c_O-H4GYyaV_01zLtNTPRBNfzlcGAsFgQ45Cvipjq5Lbw-Wu8-6fcco4XgLZNqdklUiK-HBU6BRYg2mGaWfX_lOVk/s1792/IMG_2298.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJqafkoz22VpZdadFS3xM1bZnwyJcTKojRJWAxMkcyJFnKFC215c_O-H4GYyaV_01zLtNTPRBNfzlcGAsFgQ45Cvipjq5Lbw-Wu8-6fcco4XgLZNqdklUiK-HBU6BRYg2mGaWfX_lOVk/w400-h185/IMG_2298.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;">It is with great joy and confidence that we share that church planting in Freedom, California will be the primary focus for ministry in the US in the upcoming years. Lord willing, we will continue to participate in the DITP in Lubbock, Texas; make short trips to Peru; as well as prayerfully accept a number of speaking engagements in North America. Our status as missionaries in North America (and beyond!) continues and as always, support can be channeled through Christian Missions in Many Lands.</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">We are excited to learn from the existing members of the Freedom Team while putting into practice the lessons the Lord has so faithfully taught us over the years! Please pray for the Lord’s work to flourish! We want to be faithful in answering his call to go and make disciples. We are asking the Lord to form a new assembly of believers in Freedom!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Please stay tuned as Micah plans to share more about the Lord’s leading in our upcoming move. We’d also like to introduce the Freedom Team and the nature of the work there in California.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Amy and Micah for the Tuttle's</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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