Just wanted to publicly praise the Lord for blessing me with a wonderful wife and 12 years of marriage. We are grateful for God's mercy on us and the guidance He gives through His word that enriches and stabilizes our marriage.
So much has happened in 12 years that when reflecting back over the weekend, we were stunned. To see where the Lord has brought us is amazing and to look forward and together know how much growth we still need makes us eager to seek the Lord more and more. We praise the Lord for our four daughters and soberly approach raising them in this present evil world. We are grateful for their sakes that God has seen fit to reveal Himself to us and that our desire is that they may be raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
My wife is a treasure to me. Neither of us will fit every mold that others may desire to put missionaries into but we are grateful for the clarity of His call, His destination for us, His criteria put forth in His word that we seek daily to endeavour to walk worthy of and the joy of fellowship and love that we share. I praise God for Stephanie.
Pro 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Pro 31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Pro 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Thank you to all who pray for us and our family, truly we know that it is not a vain exercise. The enemy would love to destroy marriages and publicly shame God's people, by faith and prayer we all can overcome his attacks and be the light that God would have us to be.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
July Prayer Letter
Dear praying friends, July, 2008
Psa 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
God is not just a national God for America but desires to be the center of worship and attention in all nations. It is our prayer that the multitude of the isles would multiply its believers and the country of the Philippines as a whole would gain the blessing that comes with being a nation whose God is the Lord. On June 22nd a powerful typhoon ripped through the central Philippines, overturning a ferry carrying 700 passengers and killing many others. Our prayer goes out to those impacted and we desire that God would use this event to stir the hearts and consciences of those in that area to consider their ways and seek the Lord while He may be found. May God’s people minister and witness amidst this grief.
Here in the states, we just finished a busy month on the road. We had a blessed time on our trip to Pa, De and NYC. We made many new friends and prayer partners along the way and our kids really adapted to life on the road well, praise the Lord. Our month began in Hastings, NY where we had a great missions conference with our brothers and sisters there. We are grateful to see God’s hand on us through our travels and we can certainly say that we learned many lessons in different areas.
We have no out of state meetings this month so we will be close our home in Rochester as we prepare it for sale between meetings. Repairs, painting and organizing will keep us plenty busy. We appreciate your support and continued prayer for our family. We would be grateful if you would beseech the Lord for us for continued meetings on our calendar, that the Lord will raise up those that He will have partner with us and that we would have many opportunities to share the gospel on the road and close to home. May the Lord bless you this summer.
For the glory of His name,
The Putney Family
Aaron, Stephanie, Autumn, Anna, Sarah, Emma
Eph 3:20-21
www.PutneysforChrist.com
585-298-3807
Psa 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
God is not just a national God for America but desires to be the center of worship and attention in all nations. It is our prayer that the multitude of the isles would multiply its believers and the country of the Philippines as a whole would gain the blessing that comes with being a nation whose God is the Lord. On June 22nd a powerful typhoon ripped through the central Philippines, overturning a ferry carrying 700 passengers and killing many others. Our prayer goes out to those impacted and we desire that God would use this event to stir the hearts and consciences of those in that area to consider their ways and seek the Lord while He may be found. May God’s people minister and witness amidst this grief.
Here in the states, we just finished a busy month on the road. We had a blessed time on our trip to Pa, De and NYC. We made many new friends and prayer partners along the way and our kids really adapted to life on the road well, praise the Lord. Our month began in Hastings, NY where we had a great missions conference with our brothers and sisters there. We are grateful to see God’s hand on us through our travels and we can certainly say that we learned many lessons in different areas.
We have no out of state meetings this month so we will be close our home in Rochester as we prepare it for sale between meetings. Repairs, painting and organizing will keep us plenty busy. We appreciate your support and continued prayer for our family. We would be grateful if you would beseech the Lord for us for continued meetings on our calendar, that the Lord will raise up those that He will have partner with us and that we would have many opportunities to share the gospel on the road and close to home. May the Lord bless you this summer.
For the glory of His name,
The Putney Family
Aaron, Stephanie, Autumn, Anna, Sarah, Emma
Eph 3:20-21
www.PutneysforChrist.com
585-298-3807
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Home, Safe, Blessed
We praise the Lord that He saw fit to allow us to take our first deputation road trip with little problem. Our truck was able to pull the trailer effectively, we arrived at all our meetings on time and safely and did not experience any vehicle issues. For those things and many other blessings we praise the Lord and appreciate your prayer on our behalf.
While not problematic, it does not mean it was not uneventful as we learned our share of lessons over the past 8 days. From setting up and using a travel trailer to closing and maintaining it I found myself busy scratching my head, parking and unhitching just slightly too far from my services (lesson learned) and learning things about holding tanks, chemicals, awnings etc. It was a good learning experience for all of us and we enjoyed every minute (well most of them).
The girls had a great time, they did perhaps better than expected on the long rides having to stop only once in 6+ hours on the way there and back. Each of our meetings required a shorter drive and they did great with them also. Of course we found that a 2 and a 3 year old are not ready to sit through a full service after just getting out of carseats for the past 2-2.5 hours... So that left mom busy a couple times - lesson learned for next time. Proverbs 31 speaks of the virtuous woman by saying that her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her. I appreciate my wife tremendously. Four girls, six months to six years, require patience, love, organization and prayer. My wife wonderfully balances these very things in allowing me to focus on setup, presenting, preaching etc. She is a blessing.
The big fear was "what important thing will we forget with all this packing?" Praise the Lord, we had everything we needed on the way - it was the way back that was the issue. It was 90 in Smyrna, De on Sunday after a great service and a wonderful lunch fellowship. Steph was gathering kids and I was breaking down the display table. Well, sure enough we left something behind. We are grateful to Pastor Cereghin and Grace Baptist for their graciousness in mailing it home since we were a few hours down the road before it was recognized as missing... lesson learned - have a checklist.
The meetings were great, three churches in three cities - one in a home, one in a storefront and one in a building - all excited about the things of God and all missions minded. It was great to fellowship with each family, share testimonies and make connections to shared acquiantances.
It is not uncommon in the Philippines that I am asked to dunk a basketball while I am in a shirt and tie at a jail or school or whatever but I cant say I expected it on deputation. Sure enough it was requested, made me feel like I was back in Manila. That was Rockland Bible Baptist Church and the other wonderful experience there was that many of their members are Filipino. It was a good time for us to learn more and be encouraged. The presentation turned more into a game of Jeoparday and I would ask the members how many islands, what is the population or when were they given their independence etc... it was a lot of fun while at the same time helping the body of Christ to lift up their eyes and look on the fields that are white already unto harvest.
Again, we appreciate your prayer that God would continue to open the door for meetings on a consistent basis and that the Lord will impress upon those He will to partner with us in bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Philippine Islands.
While not problematic, it does not mean it was not uneventful as we learned our share of lessons over the past 8 days. From setting up and using a travel trailer to closing and maintaining it I found myself busy scratching my head, parking and unhitching just slightly too far from my services (lesson learned) and learning things about holding tanks, chemicals, awnings etc. It was a good learning experience for all of us and we enjoyed every minute (well most of them).
The girls had a great time, they did perhaps better than expected on the long rides having to stop only once in 6+ hours on the way there and back. Each of our meetings required a shorter drive and they did great with them also. Of course we found that a 2 and a 3 year old are not ready to sit through a full service after just getting out of carseats for the past 2-2.5 hours... So that left mom busy a couple times - lesson learned for next time. Proverbs 31 speaks of the virtuous woman by saying that her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her. I appreciate my wife tremendously. Four girls, six months to six years, require patience, love, organization and prayer. My wife wonderfully balances these very things in allowing me to focus on setup, presenting, preaching etc. She is a blessing.
The big fear was "what important thing will we forget with all this packing?" Praise the Lord, we had everything we needed on the way - it was the way back that was the issue. It was 90 in Smyrna, De on Sunday after a great service and a wonderful lunch fellowship. Steph was gathering kids and I was breaking down the display table. Well, sure enough we left something behind. We are grateful to Pastor Cereghin and Grace Baptist for their graciousness in mailing it home since we were a few hours down the road before it was recognized as missing... lesson learned - have a checklist.
The meetings were great, three churches in three cities - one in a home, one in a storefront and one in a building - all excited about the things of God and all missions minded. It was great to fellowship with each family, share testimonies and make connections to shared acquiantances.
It is not uncommon in the Philippines that I am asked to dunk a basketball while I am in a shirt and tie at a jail or school or whatever but I cant say I expected it on deputation. Sure enough it was requested, made me feel like I was back in Manila. That was Rockland Bible Baptist Church and the other wonderful experience there was that many of their members are Filipino. It was a good time for us to learn more and be encouraged. The presentation turned more into a game of Jeoparday and I would ask the members how many islands, what is the population or when were they given their independence etc... it was a lot of fun while at the same time helping the body of Christ to lift up their eyes and look on the fields that are white already unto harvest.
Again, we appreciate your prayer that God would continue to open the door for meetings on a consistent basis and that the Lord will impress upon those He will to partner with us in bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Philippine Islands.
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