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...