NEWS LETTER: OCTOBER 2010

Developments:

* Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 65.0% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 78.9% of our budget which is 120.4% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On September 29^th we started the process to formalize the legal entity of our church. The new official name of our church will be: Iglesia Cristiana Calvary Chapel Miraflores. Very appropriate since we are already known as Calvary Chapel Miraflores. We also registered the internet domain for our web page: www.ccmiraflores.org. There’s not much there yet, but we’ll be working on it soon.

* On October 4^th we were pleased to provide the kids that attend Calvary Chapel Vida in Lurin, a poor town south of Lima, with enough milk, oat, and sugar to feed a daily oat meal to the children in the congregation for a month—about 30 of them. This is the first outreach of our benevolence ministry. We are hoping to be able to provide this daily oat meal on an ongoing basis.

* On October 6^th we launched our Wednesday night Children’s Ministry.

* On October 8^th the Lord provided a buyer for our house in The Florida Keys. We are schedule to close on November 10^th..!

* On October 9^th I was invited to share my testimony with a group of people from another church in the area called Gracia y Verdad. A couple of people from our church attended the event; it was a blessing.

* On October 10^th our church started having an intercessory team praying half-hour before Sunday service. Later that day the church attended a lunch at Calvary Chapel Vida in Lurin where we had the opportunity to share with the poor kids in Lurin. We are praying about how the Lord would lead our congregation to continue to bless this group of poor kids with both physical and spiritual food.

* On October 12^th we completed our men’s group weekly study on the book Calvary Road on Tuesday nights.

* On October 19^th we will be offering the CC Ft. Lauderdale’s original Deep Faith classes—23 in total—on Tuesday nights for the church at large. I will be braking with the men and Karla with the women after the recorded teachings from Pastor Fidel Gomez.

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 Christ.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For us 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.

* For protection against wolfs in sheep clothing in the congregation as we grow.

* That the Lord would bring the closing of the selling of our house in The Florida Keys on November 10^th as scheduled.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* 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 65% 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...

NEWS LETTER: SEPTEMBER 2010

Developments:

* Last month we received a one-year grant of monthly financial support from an anonymous donor through the Christian Community Foundation of South Florida that puts us at 65.0% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 98.1% of our budget which is 150.9% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On August 17^th Nicole Bromley taught a leadership class for the women of our church.

* On August 18^th the mission’s team from Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale arrived in Lima. During their stay we did construction work in the church, engaged on street evangelism, and did home visitations around Miraflores. We visited a men’s rehab center in Rimac, a very poor area of Lima, where a couple of missionary friends hold a Celebrate Recovery program. We led worship and ministered to the guys in the center and some of their family members. We visited feeding programs for children in Lurigancho and in Rimac, areas of extreme poverty of Lima. There we helped with food preparations and shared the love of God in Christ Jesus with the children at the centers and with families in their homes. That day the missionary team reached Celestina (100+), a quechuan woman in the hills of Rimac, and she gave her life to Christ—see the video to your left..! Pastor Steve’s wife, Roz, held an intimate conference with the women of our church. Overall, the missionary trip was an astounding success. They were starting fires for Jesus everywhere they went as the Spirit of God led them. We lost count of how many decision for Christ we got! Thanks to all who were involved to make this trip happen..! They left on August 30^th.

* On August 22^nd we received notice that out tenants were leaving at the end of the month in our investment house in The Florida Keys. The house is vacant since September 1^st and after much prayer we sense that, even though it seems like the worst time to sell, the Lord wants to sell the house. We put it in the market on September 8^th.

* On September 5^th we debuted our new Sunday School place. After much prayer and waiting on the Lord, we were able to sign a one-year lease on a small office just a couple of feet from our church. Now our Children’s Ministry has its own place where we can serve the children away from the cold drafts of the Peruvian winter in Miraflores..!

* On September 6^th we had our 1^st marriage biblical counseling session.

* On September 5^th I was invited to share at the Iglesia El Camino in Rimac.

* On September 10^th we had our 1^st Movie Night at the church. About 20 people attended and we had a great time of fellowship as we eat and saw the movie based on the book of Esther, One Night with the King.

* We are praying about offering the CC Ft. Lauderdale’s original Deep Faith classes on Tuesday nights for the church at large.

Prayer Needs:

* For a fresh and empowering view of God, that we may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, and that we may have grace to do it.

* For our marriage, our devotional lives, and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know Christ.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For us to stay healthy.

* For God to cause the increase of all the seeds planted by the CC Ft. Lauderdale missions team that visited us recently.

* For an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in our Men’s Discipleship Group and the church in general. That the men of the church be empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve where the Lord would call them and for me to have discernment to nurture their calling.

* 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 as we start the benevolence ministry of our church.

* For the hungry kids of Lurin.

* For protection against wolfs in sheep clothing in the congregation as we grow.

* That the Lord would find a buyer for our house in The Florida Keys.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* 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 65% 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...

NEWS LETTER: AUGUST 2010

Developments:

* Last month we received one new pledge of monthly financial support that puts us at 49.4% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 56.0% of our budget which is 86.2% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On July 17^th I was invited to a breakfast at the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Lima with Sergio Pirelli from Calvary Chapel Amistad in Montclair, California.

* On July 21^st Pastor Dan Tuttle, the Pastor of CC Savannah, taught in our mid-week service in Miraflores. Also, that day a group of leaders form the women’s ministry of CC Savannah held a mini women’s conference in Miraflores. Our congregation, as well as a couple of other women from the area, were deeply blessed and refreshed by the spiritual food served to us by Pastor Dan and his team—thank you CC Savannah!

* On July 24^th my self and most of the men in our congregation attended Gracia Calvary Chapel’s 2010 Men’s Conference. Pastor Dan and his leadership team led the conference. Again, we all were extremely blessed as they took us on a gleaning session studying the lives of a couple of mighty man of faith in the Scriptures.

* On July 28^th Missionary Nicole Bromley arrived to Miraflores to help us prepare for the arrival on August 18^th of a missionary team from our home church Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale.

* On August 2^nd our kids stared a new year of homeschooling. Sebastian started 4^th grade and Daniel started 2^nd grade. After much prayer, starting August 17^th, we’re putting little Samuel on a morning day care/school so he can get some social and educational activities until he starts homeschooling next year.

* On August 12^th Karla assisted Debbi Bryson’s workshop for Pastors’ Wife held by CC Lima.

* On August 14^th Karla and I celebrated eleven years of marriage! Thank You, Lord, for shedding Your grace upon our family… We’re humbled at the sight of Your strong hand, Your faithfulness, Your goodness, and Your loving-kindness!!

* On August 17^th Nicole Bromley will be teaching a leadership class for the women of our church.

* On August 18^th the mission’s team from Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale will arrive in Lima at night.

* On August 19^th and 20^th the mission’s team we’ll spilt in three groups. We will be working on the construction of a deposit and the remodeling of our bathroom in the church, engaging on street evangelism, and doing home visitations.

* On August 21^st we’ll be organizing and getting the church ready for service next day, as well as, street evangelism and home visitations.

* On August 22^nd we’ll be having church and the team we’ll be taking a Sabbath day.

* On August 23^rd and 24^th we’ll be painting and finishing the work in the church, as well as, street evangelism, and home visitations.

* On August 25^th we’ll be visiting a rehab center in Rimac, a very poor area of Lima, where a couple of missionary friends hold a Celebrate Recovery program. We’ll be leading worship and ministering to the guys in the center and potentially their family members. Latter on that day we’ll be having our mid-week church service in Miraflores—Pastor Steve will be teaching.

* On August 26^th we’ll be visiting the Ingrid Project, a feeding program for children in Lurigancho, an extremely poor area of Lima. We’ll be helping out with the food preparation and sharing the love of God in Christ Jesus with the children at the center and with families in the area.

* On August 27^th we’ll be visiting another feeding center. This time it will be at Iglesia El Refugio, in Rimac, where ORC has a feeding program for children.

* On August 28^th Pastor Steve’s wife, Roz, will be sharing with the women of our church.

* On August 29^th Pastor Steve will be teaching in our Sunday service in Miraflores. Later, the team will have a last minute shopping session before they leave very early next day.

Prayer Needs:

* For a fresh and empowering view of God and that we may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

* For our marriage—the enemy knows that if he can get in the middle of our marriage he can mess up everything else.

* For our devotional lives and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know God.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For provision for little Samuel’s school expenses—school in Peru is rather costly.

* For the salvation of Alberto Ojeda, Ernesto Alegre, and Juliana.

* For an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in our Men’s Discipleship Group and the church in general.

* For wisdom in regard to the development of the Children’s Ministry of our church.

* For us to stay healthy.

* For the missionary team that is coming to help us this month from CC Ft. Lauderdale.

* For Nicole Bromley to hear clear Divine Guidance in regard to the will of God for her life.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For our monthly financial support to go from 49.4% to 65% of our budget. 65% is what we need to make it in “survival mode…”

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...

NEWS LETTER: JULY 2010

Developments:

* Last month we received two new pledges of monthly financial support that put us at 46.6% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 73.2% of our budget which is 112.6% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On June 20^th we had our first Father’s Day celebration as a church body; I was pleased to celebrate it with eight other men of our church.

* On June 22^nd Karla translated for Nancy Galligan on a Counseling Workshop for Women. Nancy came from Calvary of Albuquerque, a church led by Skip Heitzig.

* On June 23^rd we started the book of Hebrews on our Wednesday night service. We are excited about the impact that book is going to have upon us as a church and individually as followers of Christ and partakers of His divine nature.

* Our container finally made it to Lima… On June 24^th we officially opened the container along with the Peruvian custom authorities; a couple of days latter they gave us the tax bill and it was half of what we were expecting it to be—thanks for your prayers and praise the Lord..!

* On June 25^th and 26^th Karla and several of our church women attended the 5^th International Women’s Conference at Gracia Calvary Chapel here in Lima.

* On June 28^th our container made it to our apartment and the chaos started! We’ve been in organizational mode since then, but we’re seeing the light at the end of the “moving” tunnel. For us it’s surreal that we’re erecting our little family abode with familiar things after so long… Thanks to all involved. This could not have happened apart from God’s sovereignty and His enabling you to help us out—thanks again!

* On July 4^th I taught Titus 1 on the Sunday night service at Calvary Chapel Lima covering John Bonner in his temporary absence. I sensed the Spirit of God moving among the people in a mighty way.

* On July 8^th and 15^th I led part of the worship and taught at Calvary Chapel Vida-Lurin on Javier Barrionuevo’s temporary absence. Congratulations on their 4-year anniversary!

* On July 24^th I and a couple of men from our church will be attending Gracia Calvary Chapel’s 2010 Men’s Conference led by Pastor Dan Tuttle from Calvary Chapel Savannah, Georgia. A leader in the women’s ministry of Pastor Dan’s church will be sharing with the women at our church facility on July 21^st.

* Our kids will be staring home school on July 26^th. Sebastian is going on 4^th grade and Daniel is going on 2^nd grade; Samuel will still be kicking about trying our patience for at least one more year before he starts Pre-K…

* On July 28^th Nicole Bromley, a fellow missionary from our home church, will be coming to Miraflores for a month to help us prepare for the arrival of a missionary team from Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale—our home church. The team will be visiting us from August 18^th to August 30^th. They will be blessing us with some much needed church repairs and face lift, as well as, reaching the people of Miraflores and beyond with the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Prayer Needs:

* For a fresh and empowering view of God and for us to be at the center of His will for our lives.

* For our marriage—the enemy has really been coming strong on our family lately.

* For our devotional lives and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know God in all His splendor.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For the salvation of Alberto Ojeda, Ernesto Alegre, and Juliana.

* For an intense hunger for God in the hearts of everyone in our Men’s Discipleship Group.

* For wisdom in regard to the development of the Children’s Ministry of our church.

* For us to stay healthy.

* For the missionary team that is coming to help us in August from our home church, Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For our monthly financial support to go from 46.6% to 65% of our budget. 65% is what we need to make it in “survival mode…”

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...

NEWS LETTER: JUNE 2010

Developments:

* This month we received one new open pledge for monthly financial support. Our official pledged support remains at 45.2% of our budget, but after adding one-time donations for this month we received 69.2% of our budget which is 106.5% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On May 17^th I was invited to share at a meeting of Christian Surfers of Lima, Peru. There I shared from John chapter 4 with a group of about 40 men and women that surf the waves of Miraflores.

* On May 22^nd Pastor Guillermo Novoa and his team from ORC arrived in Lima; they stayed in Miraflores. During their stay Guillermo taught in our Sunday service and we visited ORC ministries, feeding centers for poor children, in Rimac and Lurigancho which are very poor areas in the slumps of Lima.

* On June 8^th seven men, including myself, started our first Men’s Discipleship Group. We will be reading and commenting on the book “The Calvary Road” by Roy Hession for the next couple of weeks on Tuesday nights.

* On June 11^th the kids officially finished the school year—Daniel finished 1^st Grade and Sebastian finished 3^rd Grade. They will be taking a month off—they’re thrilled!

* On June 12^th the kids started Soccer. There they’ll get a much-needed physical education and social interaction.

* On June 14^th we finally got DSL installed at home. Now we’re going to be able to stay in touch, through magicJack and Skype, with our spiritual backbone in the US—our brothers and sisters in Christ!

* On June 14^th we had our first Love Visit. We visited and loved on Mr. Alberto Ojeda, an 86-year-old man that lives all by himself in a slump near Miraflores. He’s the father of a sister in Christ that attends Calvary Chapel in Downey, CA.

* After the ship carrying our household and ministry belongings made it to Lima a strike in the port kept them from unloading our container. The ship had to leave with our belongings to Chile before trying Lima one more time on their way back north. The strike is over now and we’re schedule to receive our belongings sometime toward the end of June.

* We’re wrapping up the book of Jeremiah on our Wednesday night service and praying about what book we’re going to study next.

* On June 25^th and 26^th about 10 women from our congregation will be attending the 5^th International Women’s Conference at Gracia Calvary Chapel. On June 22^nd Karla will be translating one of the conference’s guest speakers on a Counseling Workshop for Women.

* On July 4^th I will be teaching Titus 1 on the Sunday night service at Calvary Chapel Lima covering John Bonner in his temporary absence.

Prayer Needs:

* For a fresh and empowering view of God and for His will to be done in our lives.

* For the salvation of Alberto Ojeda, Ernesto Alegre, and Juliana, the waitress that serves us often at the café next to the church. Juliana already went to our church once.

* For revival in the hearts of everyone in our Men’s Discipleship Group.

* For our marriage, our devotional lives, and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know God in all His splendor.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For an indoor space for the Children’s Ministry—they’re meeting in the open area of the lobby and it’s getting too cold for it… In the past families have come to the church but had to leave because of this problem.

* For us to stay healthy.

* To find favor with the Peruvian Customs when the container arrives.

* For the forming of the missionary team that is coming to help us in August from our home church, Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale.

* That nothing in us would hinder the work that God is doing in our hearts in this season of abasement.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For our monthly financial support to go from 45.2% to 65% of our budget. 65% is what we need to make it in “survival mode…”

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...