September was an extremely exciting time as we had an opportunity to travel to northern Brazil to get to know 2 Brazilian pastors. Our church’s first faith promise commitment was enough to take on 2 additional projects. I went with Bro. Jonathan, Bro. Henrique (our missionary we already support) and Alexandre, a teen from our […]
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August has come and gone, and with it so has the first anniversary of Victory Baptist Church. When the church opened its doors on August 7, 2022, we could not have imagined all that the Lord had in store. Our family counts it a great honor to be used by God in His work here
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Goodness gracious, 2023 is flying by! It was a busy winter for us here. God has been so good to us and we’re excited to share what the Lord’s done over the past few months. We had our very first missions conference in June. Bro. Tim Barrett preached for us and we had 2 ladies
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April was an exciting month for us at Victory Baptist. We had our first missionary with us and it was encouraging to hear Bro. Henrique share what the Lord is doing through him. Our mission’s conference is this upcoming June 16-18. Please pray that the Lord will increase our vision and desire for reaching lost
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February and March have been busy times for us. We praise the Lord that we completed the move to Pinda a few weeks ago and are getting settled into the new house nicely. It’s just a 10-minute walk to the church and enables us to be right where the Lord has put us to serve
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What a start to 2023! We welcomed in the new year as a church family asking for God’s blessing on the work here in Pinda. Our theme for this year is faithfulness. It’s been encouraging to see the people get excited about what God is doing and the growth in their lives. We had a
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Time is flying…and so is 2022! It’s hard to believe that we’re completing one more year here in Brazil. I do apologize for the delay in corresponding. I attempt to send a monthly update but that has not happened as of late. The work in Pinda is going well. We’re still living in Taubaté but
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Victory Baptist Church had its inaugural services on August 5-7 and, praise the Lord, we had a wonderful kickoff. Many, many hours were put into making it a reality. We had our first getting acquainted meeting on July 21 with 9 people from the community in attendance. We didn’t know what to expect but we
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May and June have absolutely flown by. It’s been an extremely busy time here at the Putnam house as we continue to make preparations for Victory Baptist Church in Pinda. One of our church neighbors Miss Luzia passed by the building while we were working inside. She would pass several times a day and we
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May started with a huge blessing – Silas James Putnam was born healthy and well just after noon on May 1! We praise the Lord that he and Jamie are home and well. God is so good to us – far better than we deserve! Perhaps the single biggest blessing was the fact that we
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