Developments:
* Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 67.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 82.7% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On December 18th we had our first Christmas Dinner with the church body at a local Chinese restaurant where we celebrated the birth of our Savior and exchanging gifts with each other.
* On December 20th we visited the Iglesia El Camino in Rimac to participate in a Christmas event where we had the opportunity to bless the kids of that poor area with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.
* On December 21st we had a small dinner at our house with a few key members of our congregation where we had an opportunity to say thanks for their support and build relationships.
* On December 22nd we had our fist Christmas Service.
* On December 23rd we visited a rehab center in Rimac to bless the inmates and their visiting kids with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.
* December 26th the church body surprised me with a lunch celebration for my 43rd birthday. I was overwhelmed with the loving embrace of this group of people that now call me their pastor… The work of God, for sure..!
* On December 29th Karla and I started a 10-day liquid fast and encouraged the congregation to join us in a corporate fast of any kind. The Lord blessed us during this time with Biblical insight and direction for our personal life and the ministry this coming year, while developing a sense of oneness and spiritual purpose in our congregation.
* This month the Lord brought an American couple with two kids, eight and five years old, to our congregation. They will be stationed here in Peru for a couple of years and have decided to congregate with us. It’s truly an answer to prayer since we were asking the Lord for a while for godly friends for our kids.
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, including our children and our youth.
* For the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God to be poured in our congregation as a whole.
* 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 provision for me to go to the yearly Calvary Chapel Senior Pastor’s Conference in Murrieta, CA in June, 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...
