Wednesday, December 23, 2015

NEWS LETTER: DECEMBER 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On November 16th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time in the second half of Proverbs 6.

* On November 21st our church got together for a movie night where several unbelievers were exposed to the eternal truth of God’s Word.

* On November 22nd I had the privilege of sharing God’s Word at Calvary Chapel Pachacutec.

* On November 30th my firstborn son, Sebastian, and I went on a kind of bar mitzvah trip to Machu Picchu with a group of CC Bible College-Peru. Father, bless my son as he enters into manhood to be a man of God that seeks after Your heart.

* On December 8th Christian Surfers Peru did an outreach to the surfing town of San Bartolo.

* On December 12th I was asked to participate in the opening ceremony an unbelieving friend’s store in order to bless the business—the gospel of Christ has proclaimed.

* On December 16th I participated in end-of-the-year Christian Surfers' Leadership Meeting.

Back on October 20th we were led to make use of Facebook’s promotion tools with a budget of $2/day to promote the church’s Facebook page and the Sunday teaching posts… Since then we have had incredible results: The number of people reached has been multiplied by 12, the amount of people engaged with the teaching posts has grown by a factor of 5 and the amount of Likes on our page has tripled. Also, after reviewing the stats on Vimeo (our video housing provider) we realized that the amount of Plays of our Bible teaching videos has multiplied by 10! Father, we praise You for Your judgments are unsearchable and Your ways are indeed past finding out!


Online Outreach Stats (November, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 2709 "Loads" and 1399 "Plays" in 23 different countries (Peru, Venezuela, United States, Chile, Brazil, Italy, Belarus, Spain, Argentina, Russia, Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Bahamas, Australia, India, Netherlands, Bolivia, Japan, New Zealand and Colombia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 941 People-Talking-About-This and 74002 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 1468 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 145 Sessions by 85 Users from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, India, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, El Salvador and Venezuela--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


Prayer Needs:
* For our financial supporters, that the Father’s blessing be upon them.
* 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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to remain 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Thursday, November 19, 2015

NEWS LETTER: NOVEMBER 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

A thank-you-note to all those who donate to our ministry—specially to those who gave generously this month allowing us to catch up financially for the coming Christmas season… Now, Father, according to Your word, open up the windows of heaven and pour out Your blessing upon these that are tangibly committed with the expansion of Your kingdom in this world..!

* On October 26th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time cultivating the fear of God from several Scriptures—mainly Nahum 1.

* On October 30th most Calvary senior pastors in the Lima area had the blessing to meet for breakfast with pastor Fausto Pflucker. Thank You, Father, for pastor Fausto’s love, the wisdom and the encouraging words that he shared with us—bless his soul.

* On November 1st we had our bimonthly Servants’ Meeting. Evangelism is the burden the Spirit is clearly stirring among us. Father, send us out into the world to share Your amazing love in the power of Your Spirit..!

* On November 13th my wife and I were invited to the El Secreto Bible Collage Graduation and Pastors' Dinner at Gracia CC.

* On November 14th my self and a couple of our leaders were blessed to assist this year’s Calvary Chapel Pastors' Conference in Peru with pastor Raul Ries at CC Gracia.


Online Outreach Stats (October, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 2663 "Loads" and 1148 "Plays" in 17 different countries (Peru, United States, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Italy and Australia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 1019 People-Talking-About-This and 55259 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 788 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 137 Sessions by 82 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Spain, Israel, Italy, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Mexico and Venezuela--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


Prayer Needs:
* For our financial supporters, that the Father’s blessing be upon them.
* 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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to remain 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Friday, October 23, 2015

NEWS LETTER: OCTOBER 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 85.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On September 20th we had a special reunion with the new international director of Christian Surfers, Roy Harley. During Roy’s visit we had an opportunity to regroup and to refresh the vision of reaching every surfer with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

* On September 24th my wife, Karla, enjoyed a time of fellowship and refreshment with other pastor’s wives in a breakfast at Gracia CC.

* From September 25th - 27th my family and I traveled to the city of Huacho to support the sister ministry of CC Huacho during its pastor’s furlough time. We had a great time of mutual edification with such lovely congregation. Father, continue to pour Your blessing on them!

* On October 2nd I had the privilege of leading the morning devotional at San Andres High School.

* On October 5th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time in The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12).

* On October 15th we received the great news that Lita was declared cancer free—thank you for your prayers..!


Online Outreach Stats (September, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 3380 "Loads" and 2456 "Plays" in 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Brazil, Japan, Bolivia, Venezuela, Italy, Chile, Mexico and Colombia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 521 People-Talking-About-This and 89843 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 538 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 114 Sessions by 70 Users from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Thailand, Mexico, Dominican Republic, India, South Corea and Paraguay--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Monday, September 21, 2015

NEWS LETTER: SEPTEMBER 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 97.5% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On August 17th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time in the first half of Proverbs 6.

* On September 2nd we started our discipleship program Deep Faith on Wednesday nights—this time hosted by Alejandro at the Club Empresarial and led by me.

* On September 8th we started the book of 1st Samuel in the devotional time of our weekly Prayer Meeting on Tuesday nights.

* On September 10th I started teaching a special Bible Study for Surfers on Thursday nights that we have called—The Search. The purpose of this meeting is to evangelize and disciple surfers into the Body of Christ though a deeper study of God’s Word. This study is a join venture of Calvary Chapel Miraflores, Christian Surfers of Peru and Eternal Wave Peru Surf School. Father, we ask in Jesus’ name that You would grant repentance to life to every soul that steps into the costal waters of Peru and beyond..!


Online Outreach Stats (August, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 640 "Loads" and 162 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Guatemala, Venezuela, Chile, Italy, Ecuador and Panama--in order of most "Plays").

* Church Facebook: 273 People-Talking-About-This and 6350 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 477 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 108 Sessions by 62 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, China, Israel and India--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For Lita and her family as she battles with cancer.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Thursday, August 20, 2015

NEWS LETTER: AUGUST 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 84.8% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On July 20th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 5.

* On July 24th my family and I traveled to Cajamarca to serve at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru for two weeks. During that time we all participated in the daily activities of the college while I served the students by teaching a class called NT383: Galatians, Philippians & Colossians. We had a wonderful time of service and fellowship with students and staff alike. Teaching at the Bible College was an activity that we all loved and can see ourselves doing more often in the future.

* On August 14th Karla and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. Father, thank You for my wife and pray You continue to bless our marriage by doing Your work of love in us..!

* On August 16th we had our bimonthly Servants’ Meeting were we had a opportunity to regroup, share what the Lord had done with us and through us in Cajamarca and to set serving goals for our congregation in the near future. Among these goals were to partner with the Calvary Kids Ministry of Ventanilla & Pachacutec lead by pastor Raul Cervera to send missions teams to help in an ongoing basis and to assist Calvary Chapel Huacho during its pastor’s furlough time in September. We are strongly sensing God’s directive to selflessness by pouring into the development of other ministries.


Online Outreach Stats (July, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 832 "Loads" and 98 "Plays" in 12 different countries (Peru, United States, Chile, Netherlands, Austria, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Italy and Germany--in order of most "Plays").

* Church Facebook: 195 People-Talking-About-This and 7084 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 463 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 139 Sessions by 92 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, Austria, Canada, Chile and Greece--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For Lita and her family as she battles with cancer.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Monday, July 20, 2015

NEWS LETTER: JULY 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 78.9% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On June 22nd I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 4.

* On July 8th Lita, a relatively new member of our congregation, received the news that she has a very aggressive form of cancer. An aggressive chemotherapy was scheduled for her during the next couple of weeks. Karla and I had the privilege of being present at the time she received the news and had the opportunity to offer her comfort and encouragement form God’s Word. Father, we lift up Lita and her family to Your throne of grace—bless them.!!

* On July 11th our church participated on an outreach to bless the kids of the Calvary Kids Ministry of Ventanilla & Pachacutec lead by pastor Raul Cervera. The congregation left with a great desire to continue to partner with this ministry on an ongoing basis.

My family and I will be traveling to Cajamarca from July 24th until August 9th to serve at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru. I will be teaching the ‘NT383 Galatians, Philippians & Colossians’ class.

This last month was a tough month of heavy trials for our congregation, but also of fruitful and rewarding discipleship ministry as we witness the Spirit of God providing God-glorifying confront and guide to all of us. 


Online Outreach Stats (June, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 893 "Loads" and 104 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 157 People-Talking-About-This and 4472 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 447 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 130 Sessions by 85 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Brazil, Australia, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Chile, France and United Kingdom--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.
* For provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca from July 24th until August 9th.
* For Lita and her family as she battles with cancer.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.

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

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

NEWS LETTER: JUNE 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 98.1% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On May 18th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 3.

* On May 29th the Lord gave us a buyer and our old car was sold for a good price.

* On June 13th Christian Surfers of Peru successfully held our annual outreach Ohana Surf Festival Aloha Jesus. Many opportunities to share the love of Christ were sized and the name of the Lord was held up high throughout the whole event. Father, bring the increase to the seeds that were sawn, we pray..!

* On June 14th we had our bimonthly Servants’ Meeting. We saw the Spirit clearly move in the group stirring the flame of evangelism. Father, send us out into the world to share Your amazing love in the power of Your Spirit..!


Online Outreach Stats (May, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 664 "Loads" and 148 "Plays" in 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Canada, Australia, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 156 People-Talking-About-This and 3577 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 428 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 139 Sessions by 105 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, India, Spain, Hungary, Thailand, Albania and Angola--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.
* For provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our upcoming trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca the last week of July.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Thursday, May 21, 2015

NEWS LETTER: MAY 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 92.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On April 13th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 2.

* On May 3rd our congregation was blessed to be taught by my fellow pastor Raul Cervera on our Sunday service. Raul is the former senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Ventanilla and is currently serving as director of the Calvary Kids Christian School in Ventanilla.

* On May 13th I was appointed to teach the ‘NT383 Galatians, Philippians & Colossians’ class at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru the last two weeks of this semester. I will be serving at the college in Cajamarca with my family from July 27th until August 7th. Father, thank You for this opportunity… Bless our time at the college!

Last month we continued to see the work of God in our congregation as more and more they become actively involved in the work of the ministry!


Online Outreach Stats (April, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 610 "Loads" and 50 "Plays" in 6 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Guatemala, Luxembourg and Venezuela--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 318 People-Talking-About-This and 3665 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 412 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 154 Sessions by 104 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, Argentina, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia and Spain--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.
* For provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For God’s favor on selling our old car.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our upcoming trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca the last week of July.
* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Thursday, April 23, 2015

NEWS LETTER: APRIL 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 56.5% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 72.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On March 16th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 1.

* On March 19th we acquired a used new vehicle that has enough room for our now family of six.

* On April 1st our new son, Adrian, officially started his life outside mommy’s womb. He arrived perfectly healthy with a steady and strong heartbeat…Thank you for your prayers..! 

* On April 13th we started the second phase of our discipleship program Deep Faith—Experiencing Your Faith—ran by Alejandro Castro-Mendivil.

* On April 15th a new Women’s Group was born led by Peggy Carrion and hosted by Lita Trujillo at her house.

Last month we continued to see the work of God in our congregation as more and more they become actively involved in the work of the ministry!


Online Outreach Stats (March, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 1005 "Loads" and 90 "Plays" in 9 different countries (Peru, United States, Australia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Austria, Brazil and Morocco--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 142 People-Talking-About-This and 2797 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 402 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 181 Sessions by 121 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Mexico, Spain, Austria, Colombia, India, Italy and Barbados--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.
* For provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For God’s favor on selling our old car.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to go back to 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Thursday, March 19, 2015

NEWS LETTER: MARCH 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 56.5% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 96.7% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On February 16th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Acts 16.

* On February 19th we received notice that my mom’s malign mole was removed in time, so she is cancer free. Thank You, Father.!!

* On February 23rd the doctor checked Adrian’s heart and it showed a more steady heartbeat… We are praying for fully clean heartbeat by the time he’s born—anytime after the March 19th. 

* On February 28th we felt the Winds of Change… After five years of ministry on our location in Larco we surrendered it. We have been having our Sunday services at the Club Empresarial in San Isidro and will now have all our other activities in houses. We are looking more like the church of the book of Acts.

* On March 1st we had our first Sunday service with live worship led by our very own Mingo Casaretto. That day we also had our bimonthly Servants Meeting. Father, raise the leadership of our church that everyone would be actively involved in the work of the ministry.!!

* On March 3rd we had our first Prayer Meeting at the Monzón family’s house… The more intimate setting was conducive for a downpour of the Holy Spirit.

* On March 5th a new Women’s Group was born led and hosted by Judith Espinoza at her house.


Online Outreach Stats (February, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 771 "Loads" and 71 "Plays" in 9 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Argentina and Panama--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 153 People-Talking-About-This and 2011 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 407 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 164 Sessions by 106 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Spain, India, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Germany and United Kingdom--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 a supernatural healing of Sebastian’s nose after his operation.
* For Karla’s pregnancy, specially that the baby’s cardiac arrhythmia would heal and for provision for all the coming expenses.
* For Abita’s spiritual growth and physical health.
* For a ministry vehicle able to mobilize our soon to be family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the ministry.
* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to remain 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

NEWS LETTER: FEBRUARY 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 57.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On January 26th we officially launched our discipleship program Deep Faith and are now offering it to the church at large. This is the first ministry that is being run entirely without me. Thank You, Father, for allowing me to see the sheep making disciples on their own.!!

* On February 7th Karla and I, along with another couple from our church, had the blessing to assist a marriage conference led by Carlos Casco at Gracia Calvary Chapel.

* On February 10th our unborn child, Adrian Enrique, was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia. Thankfully, the eco-cardiogram performed by a cardiologist showed a complete and otherwise healthy heart. The doctor said to not worry about it, that it may just go away in time as the heart continues to grow… We are praying for a steady heartbeat in his next checkup.

* This month the Lord has rekindled our ties with the local Christian Surfers ministry as my sons and I started surfing ourselves. We are looking forward to further develop our involvement with this ministry to reach the ever-growing surfing community with the gospel of the grace of God!


Online Outreach Stats (January, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 678 "Loads" and 71 "Plays" in 5 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Colombia and Spain--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 189 People-Talking-About-This and 2891 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 400 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 231 Sessions by 171 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, Ecuador, Mexico, Philippines, Colombia, India and United Arab Emirates--in order of most Sessions).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.


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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 a supernatural healing of Sebastian’s nose after his operation.
* For Karla’s pregnancy, specially that the baby’s cardiac arrhythmia would heal and for provision for all the coming expenses.
* For Abita’s spiritual growth and physical health.
* For a ministry vehicle able to mobilize our soon to be family of six.
* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* For our monthly financial support to remain 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.


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