Life Update and Missions Opportunities

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement over this past year, they truly help us when times get tough. Everyone has been battling health issues this year (us included) so in February, we moved closer to family to be able to help more when needed and we are still adjusting to this move.  

Life Update

Jenny is working with disabled veterans through the VA and helps ensure they have all the medical care and community resources they need. She is truly enjoying this work and is grateful that God has provided this opportunity. 

For years, Lance wondered why God had him serving all over the world in the military, he spent many years away from his family and this work has definitely taken a toll on his health – physically and emotionally.

Recently, God has begun to reveal that all those years of training, travel, dealing with terrorists, and being in dark and dangerous places was for a reason.  Lance’s training and experience over all those years is proving to be exactly what some missionaries need as they go out in God’s name in many of these same dark and dangerous places.   

Our ministry has started to partner with other ministries in order to bring training, skills, and unique insights that are not available anywhere else to Christians who are called to the mission’s field.

We have been asked to teach and train missionaries, humanitarian aid, and medical workers who are going into some of the toughest places in the world.  Lance is also going into these places himself to provide healthcare services to those who have no access to hospitals or healthcare.

partner with us

Matthew 28 says “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

 While everyone is not called physically to go into the mission field, we want to invite you to partner with us in order to advance God’s kingdom and help bring hope and healing to unreached people everywhere. 

 While God always provides and takes care of our needs, we do have some urgent requests that we ask you to pray about and consider partnering with us.

Prayers and needs

We have a house in Kansas that is empty and has not yet sold, please pray that God will bring a buyer for this home to ease this burden.   

Our ministry has the opportunity to go to Paraguay in September to help train a group of missionaries who will be going into some dangerous and difficult places. Lance’s experience and training will help prepare and keep these people safe as they go and advance God’s kingdom.  Food and lodging will be provided when he is there but airline fees and other costs are not provided. 

We are trying to raise $1800 to offset the airline costs.

Other ways to help

Will you please join us and pray for these upcoming missions, pray for strength and health during travel, and pray for funding and generosity for these events to come to fruition. We also have two other training and missions requests for early 2024, so please pray for discernment and God to continue to use us to glorify Him. Pray for our partners overseas who are in harm’s way or facing persecution for their faith.

We thank you for your blessings and donations as every little amount is able to go a long way for those in need of hope and healing.  We humbly ask you to please pray and consider a one-time or monthly support of our ministry to continue God’s work wherever he takes us and thank you in advance for your help in being a part of God’s mission.   

You can send checks to:

Lance and Jennifer Putnam

C/O Salt and Light Group

41 W Highway 14 #590

Spearfish, SD 57783

AFRICA

Our ministry also has the opportunity to go to the DR Congo in November to help provide eyeglasses to people who are in desperate need.  DR Congo has been dealing with war and atrocities for many years and innocent people are caught in the crossfire.

We have church families on the ground who need training and supplies in order to meet the needs of many of these innocent families.  If this training is successful, there is the possibility of receiving grant money in the future to help fund a long term, public health program for these people.

We are partnering with the University of Nebraska - Public Health Department and Global Vision 2020 on this program but this initial trips costs are not covered unless the grant is successful.

For this trip, we are trying to raise an additional $2000 for airline costs, lodging, and food to provide the in-person training needed.

With Love and Blessings,