NEWS LETTER: JANUARY 2011

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 18^th 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 20^th 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 21^st 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 22^nd we had our fist Christmas Service.

* On December 23^rd 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 26^th the church body surprised me with a lunch celebration for my 43^rd 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 29^th 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...

NEWS LETTER: DECEMBER 2010

Developments:

* Last month we received one new pledge of monthly financial support that puts us at 67.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations for this month we received 88.5% of our budget which is 136.2% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On November 19^th our church held a women’s conference with Gabie Goni from Running for the Gold Ministries in South Florida.

* On November 26^th we had a Peruvian Lonche (light dinner) at the church. There we had a time of fellowship, live worship, and testimony. This time a fellow missionary from Soncoast Community Church in West Palm Beach, Jack Meier shared his testimony with the congregation. We were all encouraged to reach our mission field for Christ!

* On November 27^th the youth of our church joined forces with the youth of Calvary Chapel Huacho to do an outreach in a Skater’s Competition held in a local skater’s park in Miraflores.

* On December 8^th Karla and six other women from our congregation assisted a Women’s Conference in Calvary Chapel Koinonia.

* On December 9^th Karla got together with some of the Calvary Chapel Pastor’s Wives around the area for a time of fellowship and encouragement.

* On December 10^th Gabie Goni from Running for the Gold Ministries in South Florida held a leadership training over the web with the participation of women from several Calvary Chapels in the area. Karla hosted a group of five women that participated in the class from our house.

* On December 14^th our church had the opportunity to bless 50 kids from Lurin with an afternoon at Bembos, a Mc Donald’s like, where the kids received a present and had a time to eat, play and be kids. Schick & Energizer of Peru sponsored this event through a member of our church.

* On December 18^th we’ll be having our first Christmas Dinner with the church body at a local Chinese restaurant where we’ll be celebrating the birth of our Savior and exchanging gifts with each other.

* On December 20^th we’ll be visiting the Iglesia El Camino in Rimac to participate in a Christmas event where we’ll be blessing the kids of that poor area with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.

* On December 23^rd we’ll be visiting a rehab center in Rimac to bless the inmates and their visiting kids with the love of Christ through small gifts and goody bags.

* This month we continued to have substantial extra medical expenses due to my back’s herniated disk and some dental problems. In total we spent an extra of about $320 that with the $360 spent last month total over $680 in the last two months.

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.

* 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 the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For provision for extra medical expenses and for our family’s holiday season expenses.

* 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 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...

NEWS LETTER: NOVEMBER 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 87.3% of our budget which is 134.3% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On October 19^th we started offering the CC Ft. Lauderdale’s original Deep Faith classes on Tuesday nights. After the recorded teachings from Pastor Fidel Gomez I break with the men and Karla with the women. We are averaging a crowd of about 25 people—20 women and 5 men.

* On October 22^nd we had a Peruvian Lonche (light dinner) at the church. There we had a time of fellowship, live worship, and testimony. This time a local musical artist, Mario Garcia—the Anti-Hero of Rock and Roll, shared his testimony with the congregation. We were all blessed!

* On October 31^st we participated in an outreach for kids, called Life Festival, organized by Calvary Chapel Vida in Lurin, a poor town south of Lima. This event provided a sanctified alternative for the kids in that area to hear and see the Gospel with music and mimes while the world celebrates Halloween. That day Calvary Chapel Miraflores donated enough milk, oat, and sugar to feed a daily oatmeal to the children in the congregation for a month—about 25 of them. We are hoping to be able to provide this daily oatmeal on an ongoing basis.

* On November 8^th Karla and I were delighted to have dinner with Pastor Lucho and his wife, Nori, from Garcia Calvary Chapel here in Lima. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and an opportunity to grasp some very helpful ministry tips.

* On November 11^th we closed on the sell of our house in The Florida Keys. Yes, the Lord can be trusted... He is FAITHFUL..!

* On November 12^th we had a Movie Night at the church where we played the 2003’s movie Luther. The entire audience was captivated and encouraged by this story as we realize how today we get to freely enjoy the light of God’s Word that remained hidden for so long—Sola Scriptura..!

* On November 19^th we’ll be having a women’s conference at our church with Gabie Goni from Running for the Gold Ministries in South Florida.

* Karla is organizing a get-together for all the Pastor’s Wives of the Calvary Chapels in Peru for early December.

* This month we had substantial extra medical expenses due to my back’s herniated disk getting upset and regular vaccinations for the kids. In total we spent an extra of about $360 with another $220 pending for MRI expenses.

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 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.

* 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 the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For provision for extra medical expenses and for our family’s holiday season expenses.

* 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: 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...