Trip Briefs 

August 4th

Time is going by much too fast!.  In two weeks I will be home.  I would like to have been able to make more frequent reports while in Peru, but schedules and communication problems have just not allowed it.  I hope to get a letter out to my supporters in early September.

I had an exciting trip to Santo Tomás and the campaign there was interesting.  I can report two salvations for sure;  the seed was sown in many more hearts.  

On Tuesday, August 6th, I will be going to Puno, Peru.  Puno is on the shores of Lake Titicaco in a area that borders Bolivia.  The seminary students will be conducting Youth Camp there and I will be a counselor.  I will return to Cuzco on August 11th.  

Then I will begin to prepare for returning to the States.  Because of flight schedules I will be spending Friday, August 16th in Lima.   I get into Lima at 9:25 AM but don't depart for Miami until 10:57 PM.  I plan to visit the La Molina Christian School while in Lima and I may also be able to visit a couple of other Missionary contacts I have made during my summer here in Cuzco.  

God willing, I will make a brief report at Antioch Bible Baptist Church (my home church) in Gladstone, Missouri during the August 25th Evening Service.  August 28th I leave for Pensacola to begin my senior year at Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida.

July 15th

Things are going well!  Wednesday morning, July 17, the entire Tuttle Family and I are going to go to the Chumbilbilkas Region of Southern Perú for about a week.  We are going to Santo Tomás specifically (commonly called San Toe Toe).  We will be participating in a 3 day campaign in which Andy will be preaching.  Pray that God will use him.  The area is populated primarily by Quechua speaking Indians and he will have to preach mostly through an interpreter.  Pray for me.  Pray that I can communicate with the Quechua.  I have been learning a few words and phrases in  the Quechua language as an augment to my Spanish.  

Also, pray for us as we travel through the mountains.  It is not far by Missouri standards (180 miles), but it will be an 8-9 hour drive in Perú.  There were no reports of snow on the roads as of Sunday evening but this is the time of year for that.  It is expected that it will snow in San Toe Toe during our visit. 

The Quechua is an impoverish people, materially and spiritually.    I have been told that a summer camp for the youth there costs an equivalent to $3, which is a sacrifice for most of them.  The camp has no buildings or running water;  they sleep in tents.  In Urubamba, near Cuzco,  the cost for youth camp has been $10.  The facilities are a little better there; they use a seminary compound.  Both of these camps have been made possible, in part, by missions giving.  The Perúvian youth has heard the Gospel of Christ and God has saved souls.

July 8th

My cold is much better. PTL!  A missionary family from Santo Tomás was to join us for our celebration of the 4th, but couldn't make it.  We still had an enjoyable time.  Click here for some pictures.

Each Saturday Evening we have a Jovenes (youth) group at the Church.  Last Saturday they surprised us and decorated everything in Red, White and Blue to honor us Americans.  Andy preached about Peace and two individuals indicated a need for salvation.  God also gave me the opportunity to share with a young lady, Marisol, about restoring relationships from a Matthew 18:15 perspective.  Please pray for her.

Yesterday I taught (in Spanish) the account of Lazarus being raised from the dead in Sunday School for a Children's class.  It went well in spite of the broad age span - from babies to 7 years old in one class!  A local girl was with me to observe and she will take the class when my short stay is complete.

July 2nd 

Several of us Americans are preparing for our 4th of July Celebration here in the Land of the Incas.   We’re going to make a cake and decorate it like a flag with M n’ M’s, we’ll probably have watermelon and hamburgers too.  I have had the opportunity to see a team translating the Bible into the Quechua language.  See my report by clicking here.

Pray for my health.  I have developed a cold.  I'll be looking for some medication later today.

June 21st

Things are going great in Cuzco.  I am adapting well to the Peruvian culture and my Spanish is improving daily.  I have posted a new Prayer Letter and added a Photo Gallery.  Check them out.

June 8th

By the time this gets posted I will be in the Jungle area of Palma Real.  A group of 10 students from Bob Jones University arrived on June 5th for a three week visit.    My missionary host, Andy Tuttle, will be showing us first hand some ministry opportunities among the Peruvian people. We will be traveling to some "bambas" to minister and share the Gospel.  Bamba is Quechuan for town (there are lots of “bambas” here Quillabamba, Urubamba, etc.).  The BJU group will be giving some karate demonstrations to some jovenes (youth) groups.  On June 10th we will be in Urubamba and will conduct what is comparable to VBS June 11th-15th .  On June 18th a recreational trip to the Inca Ruins at Machu Pichu is planned.  I hope to be able to provide a more complete report shortly after that.

June 1st

We have had some communication problems so I haven't been able to keep things posted as soon as I would have liked.  I had a great trip with several opportunities to share the gospel along the way.  God protected us from pick pockets and falling building tiles in the first week.  Corpus Cristi came to town.  We saw so many burdened with Idols and The Idol worship of the Roman Catholic Church here in S. America.  Oh! That they would come to know Him Whose burden is light and Whose yoke is light.  For a complete account and a few pictures click here.  It will be a great summer!  I am looking forward to everything that God will teach me.

May 24th

I arrived in Cusco right on time; 7:15 AM, May 24th.