USA Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 50.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* From November 28th until December 1st, Thanksgiving weekend, we travel to California to spend Thanksgiving weekend with Karla’s sisters, Cassandra and Priscilla, and my long time friend from Venezuela, Mao Arismendi, and her family. We had a great time of sharing the love of Christ with all of them and reminiscing in the area where Karla and I met and got married.
* On December 1st we had the privilege to attend Sunday service at CC Costa Mesa, the original Calvary Chapel.
* From December 6th until December 12th we had the pleasure to receive Sara Willis into our house. We were all blessed to enjoy her company, but specially my wife, Karla. Sara and her became good friends during the time they spent working in Peru, in which they congregated with us in our church.
We are pleased to announce that we have tickets to return to the mission field of Miraflores on January 28th..! I will be finishing my work project in Las Vegas on January 7th and traveling with the family back to Florida on January 9th. There we will be visiting a couple of supporting churches in the area of Central Florida, as well as our home church in Ft. Lauderdale and Plantation, before we head back to Peru.
We are schedule to visit CC Inverness on January 12th, CC Villages on January 15th and CC Venice on January 19th. After that we will be serving our home church, CC Ft. Lauderdale, until we leave to Peru on January 28th.
Thank You, Father, for giving us the privilege to serve You as missionaries to the Latinos from Miraflores-Lima, Peru..!
Peru Developments:
The Lord continues to use our time away to provoke the people of CC Miraflores to love and good works. Several people, specially men, are stepping up to serve and sustain their church as a gateway of work for the kingdom of God.
* From November 15th until November 30th Rodolfo Monzon, the man I left in charge of the church in my absence, left on a family trip to Cajabamba. In his absence the rest of the men rose up to the occasion and kept the ministry going. It is a sign of health when the ministry of the church keeps going in spite of the absence of a few leaders.
* On November 23rd Carlos Mendoza led communion on our special Saturday service for the second time. Carlos keeps growing in the things of the Lord.
* On December 1st the congregation in Miraflores was blessed to hear the testimony and the Word of God by a guest speaker from within, Alejandro Castro. Alejandro is a soul that has been rescued into the light of God’s holiness through our ministry in Peru.
We continue to successfully oversee and minister remotely to the needs of the church back in Miraflores via high speed internet.
Online Outreach Stats (November, 2013):
* Video Ministry: 521 "Loads" and 86 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Switzerland, Hungary, Japan and Chile--in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 148 People-Talking-About-This and 2751 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 264 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 80 Visits with 48 Unique Visitors from 4 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina and Chile--in order of most Visits).
Charts of all these metrics are available here.
Furlough 2014 Needs:
* Housing: The Lord has been faithful to provide for us housing for the time we will be spending in South and Central Florida in January before heading back to Peru on January 28th. The Brown family from CC Villages offered us their cottage in Hernando, a location perfect to stay while we visit the churches that support us in the Central Florida area. Also, the Klemencic family from CC Plantation has offered to receive us in their Davie house during our time in South Florida. A big thank you to the Brown and the Klemencic for your love and hospitality..!
* Transportation: We will be in need of a reliable car, or a rental, to travel from Ft. Lauderdale to the Central Florida area from January 11th to January 19th, while we visit the churches that support us in the area. After that we will need any means of local transportation in the South Florida area from January 20th until January 27th.
Prayer Needs:
* For a fresh and empowering view of God, that we may learn to see His goodness in all places and in all things, 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 good health to all in our family.
* For God's provision to cover the medical expenses due to Samuelito's broken elbow.
* For God's leading and provision on expanding the church.
* For a downpour of spiritual realities and an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in the church, including our children and our youth.
* For the healing hand of God on the marriages of our church.
* For the development of male leadership in our church.
* For the development of healthy relational discipleship groups where our congregation truly comes to know and grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
* For our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.
* For the Lord to strengthen and develop godly homeschooling here in Peru.
* For the salvation of the people of the Club Terrazas Swimming Team and beyond.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian city of Huamachuco, as well as in Caracas, Venezuela. Also for God to raise up local pastors for these locations that are of one mind with the vision of Calvary Chapel Miraflores.
* For our monthly financial support to stay at 100% of our budget.
Thank you for holding us up through your love and faithful work of intercession..!
In His love,
Andres, Karla, Sebastian, Daniel, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.
PS: Make sure to check out the new pictures of our recent activities to your left...
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 50.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
The Lord continues to use our time away to provoke the people of CC Miraflores to love and good works. Several people, specially men, are stepping up to serve and sustain their church as a gateway of work for the kingdom of God.
* Video Ministry: 521 "Loads" and 86 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Switzerland, Hungary, Japan and Chile--in order of most "Plays").
* Housing: The Lord has been faithful to provide for us housing for the time we will be spending in South and Central Florida in January before heading back to Peru on January 28th. The Brown family from CC Villages offered us their cottage in Hernando, a location perfect to stay while we visit the churches that support us in the Central Florida area. Also, the Klemencic family from CC Plantation has offered to receive us in their Davie house during our time in South Florida. A big thank you to the Brown and the Klemencic for your love and hospitality..!
* For a fresh and empowering view of God, that we may learn to see His goodness in all places and in all things, 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 good health to all in our family.
* For God's provision to cover the medical expenses due to Samuelito's broken elbow.
* For God's leading and provision on expanding the church.
* For a downpour of spiritual realities and an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in the church, including our children and our youth.
* For the healing hand of God on the marriages of our church.
* For the development of male leadership in our church.
* For the development of healthy relational discipleship groups where our congregation truly comes to know and grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
* For our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.
* For the Lord to strengthen and develop godly homeschooling here in Peru.
* For the salvation of the people of the Club Terrazas Swimming Team and beyond.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian city of Huamachuco, as well as in Caracas, Venezuela. Also for God to raise up local pastors for these locations that are of one mind with the vision of Calvary Chapel Miraflores.
* For our monthly financial support to stay at 100% of our budget.
Andres, Karla, Sebastian, Daniel, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.
PS: Make sure to check out the new pictures of our recent activities to your left...
