Sunday, December 13, 2009

NEWS LETTER: DECEMBER 2009

Developments:

* Praise the Lord! We received four new pledges of monthly financial support that put us at 17% of our budget. Through one-time donations and monthly supporters that started contributing we are at 25% of our projected moving expenses. We also received three new open pledges, people who formally let us know they intend to support us financially but don’t know the dollar amount yet.

* This month I attended one more funeral and one more wedding. I’m now 2 out of 3 weddings and 2 out of 3 funerals in my pastoral training track. I also had a one-on-one funeral training session with Pastor John Chinelly. He and I are meeting again in January for a one-on-one wedding training session. This is a great blessing since Pastor John has a wealth of ministry experience—thank you Pastor John!

* Our sister in Christ, Kim Fernandez, organized and hosted a Mary Kay party where all the proceeds will go towards our moving fund. Thank you Kim!

* This month we had our booth giving exposure to our ministry at the Spanish Ministries – Calvary Chapel Southeast Pastor’s Conference in Aventura. We had the privilege to make acquaintances with some of the key leaders of the Calvary Chapel Spanish Ministries here in Miami and in California.

* Our trip to visit Pastor Chet at his house in the Bahamas for fellowship and training was postponed to sometime in January.

* Our friends from the Calvary Ft. Lauderdale Campus are organizing a Love Offering Dinner Party to raise awareness and support for our ministry on 1/15/10.

* We are scheduled to have our booth at the Calvary Chapel Southeast Pastor’s Conference in Merritt Island from 1/18/10 to 1/20/10.

* We are schedule to have our booth at Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale on 1/23/10 and 1/24/10.


Special Announcements:

1. We are selling our cars. If you’re interested or know someone that’s interested, please, let us know. These are the specifics:

* 2007 Honda Civic EX Coupe 2D. 30,000 miles. Gray. $14,500.

* 2003 Dodge Caravan SE Minivan 4D. 130,000 miles. Silver. $3,500.

2. We anticipate having a gap between the time we have to move out of our house and the time we leave to Peru. Please let us know if you can help with our accommodations during that time.


Prayer Needs:

* For the will of God to be done and His kingdom to be further established in our lives.

* For wisdom in regard to the logistics of our move to Peru.

* For God to sell or rent our house.

* For all the items mentions above in the Development and Special Announcements area.

* For one-time donations toward our moving expenses.

* For monthly financial and prayer support for our ministry.


Thank you for your faithful work of intercession..!



In His love,

Andres and Karla, Sebastian, Daniel, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.


PS: Make sure to check out the new pictures of our recent activities to your left...