Developments:
* Last month we received one new pledge of monthly financial support that puts us at 67.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 88.5% of our budget which is 136.2% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On November 19th our church held a women’s conference with Gabie Goni from Running for the Gold Ministries in South Florida.
* On November 26th we had a Peruvian Lonche (light dinner) at the church. There we had a time of fellowship, live worship, and testimony. This time a fellow missionary from Soncoast Community Church in West Palm Beach, Jack Meier shared his testimony with the congregation. We were all encouraged to reach our mission field for Christ!
* On November 27th the youth of our church joined forces with the youth of Calvary Chapel Huacho to do an outreach in a Skater’s Competition held in a local skater’s park in Miraflores.
* On December 8th Karla and six other women from our congregation assisted a Women’s Conference in Calvary Chapel Koinonia.
* On December 9th Karla got together with some of the Calvary Chapel Pastor’s Wives around the area for a time of fellowship and encouragement.
* On December 10th Gabie Goni from Running for the Gold Ministries in South Florida held a leadership training over the web with the participation of women from several Calvary Chapels in the area. Karla hosted a group of five women that participated in the class from our house.
* On December 14th our church had the opportunity to bless 50 kids from Lurin with an afternoon at Bembos, a Mc Donald’s like, where the kids received a present and had a time to eat, play and be kids. Schick & Energizer of Peru sponsored this event through a member of our church.
* On December 18th we’ll be having our first Christmas Dinner with the church body at a local Chinese restaurant where we’ll be celebrating the birth of our Savior and exchanging gifts with each other.
* On December 20th we’ll be visiting the Iglesia El Camino in Rimac to participate in a Christmas event where we’ll be blessing the kids of that poor area with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.
* On December 23rd we’ll be visiting a rehab center in Rimac to bless the inmates and their visiting kids with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.
* This month we continued to have substantial extra medical expenses due to my back’s herniated disk and some dental problems. In total we spent an extra of about $320 that with the $360 spent last month total over $680 in the last two months.
Prayer Needs:
* For a fresh and empowering view of God, and that His will be done in our lives.
* For our marriage, our devotional lives, and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know the Lord.
* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.
* For my back’s healing and for the family to stay healthy.
* For an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in the church.
* For the healing hand of God on the marriages of our church.
* For wisdom as we formalize the legal entity and the board of our church.
* For wisdom to do God’s will with the benevolence ministry of our church.
* For the hungry kids of Lurin and Rimac.
* For the men in the rehab center in Rimac.
* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.
* For provision for extra medical expenses and for our family’s holiday season expenses.
* For provision for our family (2 adults and 3 children) to go to the yearly Southeast Calvary Chapel Pastor’s Conference in Merritt Island, FL in January, 2011.
* For our monthly financial support to go from 67.3% to 100% of our budget.
Thank you for holding us up through your love and 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...
