NEWS LETTER: FEBRUARY 2014

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 47.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 86.5% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

The last days of our furlough in the US we visited many of our faithful supporters in the South Florida area including the Escorcia’s, the Verrier’s, the Monteith’s, the Thursday Night Chicas’ Bible study, the Brink’s and our home church campus, CC Plantation. Thank you all for your love and support throughout the years!

* On January 28th we left South Florida and after 19 hours of travel time we made it back to Peru. We were lovingly received by the Monzon’s at the airport after a smooth passage through the peruvian customs—praise God! This marked the beginning of the 3rd chapter of our ministry as missionaries to Miraflores-Lima, Peru. Thank You, Lord, for the opportunity to serve You in this capacity..!

* On February 2rd we had our first Sunday service after our furlough. It was a blessing to reconnect, in person, with the congregation. It was also a blessing to be back in the the pulpit with a message of freedom in the unconditional love of God, in Christ, as we started our study of the book of Ephesians. Father, set us all free to revel in Your love and be satisfied in Your goodness..!

* On February 5th we celebrated Samuelito’s 6th birthday. He is back to 100% of his physical capacities now playing tenis and swimming.

* On February 6th I met with Antonio Farfán to discuss ministry opportunities with Christian Surfers of Peru.

Since our arrival we’ve been very busy doing ministry reconnecting with the people and doing a lot of errands to get up to date after our prolonged furlough absence… More to come next month.

Online Outreach Stats (January, 2014):

* Video Ministry: 521 "Loads" and 77 "Plays" in 5 different countries (Peru, United States, Brazil, Venezuela and Canada--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 153 People-Talking-About-This and 1914 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 277 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 74 Visits with 50 Unique Visitors from 5 different countries (United States, Peru, Norway, Singapore and Venezuela--in order of most Visits).

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.

* 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 and implementing a fresh vision of grace as we fully reengage with our congregation.

* 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 my involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers.

* 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, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.

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

NEW LETTER: JANUARY 2014

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 48.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 86.5% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On December 31st pastors Derek Neider and Mike Garcia, the Senior Pastor and the Missions Ministry Director of CC Spring Valley, took Karla and I for lunch to hear about our ministry. They committed to pray for us and to seek the Lord about future co-ministry opportunities in Peru.

* On January 5th Pastor Derek Neider prayed us out back into the mission field from Las Vegas on their Wednesday night service.

Thank you Pastor Derek and the whole family in CC Spring Valley for the love you share with us during our whole stay in Las Vegas. You made us feel very much at home away from home..!

* On January 8th we had the opportunity to say goodbye to our Vegas family in CC Spring Valley worshiping the Lord together with Phil Wickham. The next day we traveled from Las Vegas back to Miami.

* On January 12th we were hosted by CC Inverness where we gave an update of our ministry in the morning service and I shared a Bible study in the evening service. Thank you, Pastor Kevin Ballard, for your love and support of our ministry..!

That same day in our church in Miraflores Domenico Casaretto shared the Word of God with our congregation. Domenico is one of our own that is being raised up to leadership.

* On January 12th we were hosted by CC Villages where we gave an update of our ministry. The next day Pastor Steve and Roz came to visit us in Hernando, FL. where we were staying, to minister to us and encourage us. Thank you, Pastor Steve and Roz Turner, for the love you have shown toward us all these years..! 

* On January 17th Karla and I met for lunch with Pastor Herran Ybarra from Meadowbrook Church. In our meeting we presented our ministry to him and he committed on behalf of his church to pray for us and to seek the Lord about future financial support. After lunch Pastor Herran took us to buy new shoes for our kids… Thank you Pastor Herran for your love and generosity..!

* On January 19th we were hosted by CC Venice where we gave an update of our ministry and I shared the Sunday’s Bible study with their congregation. Thank you, Pastor Bob Wulfing, for your love and support of our ministry. Also, thank you to Jonathan and Simone Mater for opening your house to us..!

The last couple of days we have been visiting many of our faithful supporters in the South Florida area and will be at our home church campus, CC Plantation, on January 26th. We leave to Peru on January 28th.

Father, bless our supporters as they respond to Your prompting to partner with us in our ministry to the Latinos from Miraflores-Lima, Peru..!

Online Outreach Stats (December, 2013):

* Video Ministry: 451 "Loads" and 98 "Plays" in 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Canada, Brazil, France, Sweden and Argentina--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 159 People-Talking-About-This and 1994 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 269 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 78 Visits with 46 Unique Visitors from 6 different countries (United States, Peru, Venezuela, Canada, Guatemala and Puerto Rico--in order of most Visits).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.

Furlough 2014 Needs:

The Lord has been faithful to provide for all of our needs including work, housing and transportation in every place and at every moment of our furlough… To God be the glory.!!

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 our return trip to Peru. For our flight and the logistics in us getting back to Peru in regards to packing, transportation and customs.

* 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 and implementing a fresh vision of grace as we fully reengage with our congregation.

* 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 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, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.

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

NEWS LETTER: DECEMBER 2013

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...

NEWS LETTER: NOVEMBER 2013

USA Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 50.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 74.0% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On October 19th Karla and I had the pleasure to reconnect with Priscilla, Karla’s estranged sister after 9 years of not seeing her. We spent time with her and her husband and had a huge open door to share with them the Word of God. Seize them, Lord..!

* On October 25th we successfully sold our house in Miramar, FL. We are no longer long distance landlords and feel completely free to serve the Lord oversees. The last plug was pulled… Thank you all for your prayers!

* On October 26th I had the pleasure to assist CC Costa Mesa Men’s Conference with my son Sebastian. We had a great father-son bonding time.

The Lord continues to use this downtime season to speak and give instruction for “chapter 3” of our missionary work in Peru. He is opening our eyes to new facets of His manifold grace bringing new freedoms to our own souls that we can’t wait to share with the world. We sense “chapter 3” of our ministry is going to be remarkable fuller of God’s glory and power..!

Thank You, Father, for rescuing us from the bondage of existence without You..!

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.

* On October 27th Domenico Casaretto led communion on our Sunday service. Domenico and his family have been congregating with us for a while and is showing spiritual leadership potential.

* On November 3rd the congregation in Miraflores was blessed to be taught the Word of God by a guest speaker from within, Pedro Quijaite. Pedro has been helping us with the Children’s Ministry of our church and is rising up as a leader in our church.

* On November 13th several men and women of our congregation assisted a Pastors and Leaders’ Conference with Raul Ries and a teem of pastors from CC Golden Springs in Gracia Calvary Chapel in Lima, Peru.

The church has spontaneously started a Saturday Street Evangelism ministry led by Carlos Mendoza and Karla’s mom Mayo Schroth. Mayo is a full-time missionary that the Lord provided to help us during our furlough time in States.

We continue to successfully oversee and minister remotely to the needs of the church back in Miraflores via high speed internet. I have been available in every Sunday service to open with a casual word of exhortation, as well as for prayer, questions and koinonia at the end of the service. Karla and I have been connected to the sheep in our church to minister truth in a variety of ways: email, Viber, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, FaceTime, etc. I, also, continue to meet weekly with the leaders of the church via Skype and Team Viewer.

Thank You, Lord, for the technology that allows us to stay connected with the congregation during our furlough turned into sabbatical..! 

Online Outreach Stats (October, 2013):
* Video Ministry: 1754 "Loads" and 68 "Plays" in 4 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina and Brazil--in order of most "Plays").

* Church Facebook: 211 People-Talking-About-This and 3945 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 257 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 102 Visits with 47 Unique Visitors from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Ukraine, Belarus, Egypt, Guatemala and Oman--in order of most Visits).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.

Furlough 2013 Needs:
The Lord has been proven faithful by fully providing for our housing, transportation, work and every possible need we’ve had during our mini sabbatical season. He also provided resources to cover extraordinary expenses previously incurred on passport renewals, homeschool materials and on plane tickets.

These provisions are a testament to your work of intercession on our behalf and the reality that our God answers prayers… Thank you and please keep praying..!

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 wisdom in remotely attending the needs of the church from the US during our furlough.
* 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 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, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.

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

NEWS LETTER: OCTOBER 2013

USA Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 45.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On September 25th our house first selling contract fell through. That same day the house went under a different contract that is set for closing on October 25th.

* On September 26th Samuelito had his cast removed and today he's doing cartwheels and using his arm like nothing ever happened. Thank you for your prayers!

* On September 29th we assisted a simulcast session of Greg Laurie's evangelistic festival Harvest America at CC Spring Valley.

Last month we've caught a glimpse of what the Lord is doing in our lives during this season in the USA, specially by having us far from home in Las Vegas, NV. The Lord has turned our furlough into a mini sabbatical and is using it to "make us to lie down in green pastures…"

During this forced downtime, isolated and away from friends and supporters, the Lord has been healing areas of our family relationships that had been fractured by intense burnout during the last three-and-a-half years of missionary service. We feel the Lord using this time to tangibly charge and prepare us to tackle "chapter 3" of our missionary work in Peru in the power of God's Spirit and not in the flimsy might of human effort.

Thank You, Father, for our lives are in Your loving and mighty hands..!

Peru Developments:

We are please to report that the Lord is using 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. 

* On September 29th Alejandro Castro, a man of our congregation that I have been discipling to be a leader in CC Miraflores, led communion on our Sunday service.

* On October 6th the congregation in Miraflores was blessed to be taught the Word of God by a guest speaker from within, Antonio Farfan. Antonio is a key figure in the ministry Christian Surfers of Peru that has been congregating with us for a while.

We have been successfully overseeing and ministering remotely to the needs of the church back in Miraflores via high speed internet. I have been available in every Sunday service to open with a casual word of exhortation, as well as for prayer, questions and koinonia at the end of the service. Karla and I have had several counseling sessions last month including premarital and one-on-one biblical counseling. I, also, have been meeting weekly with the leaders of the church via Skype and Team Viewer.

Thank You, Lord, for the technology that allows us to stay connected with the congregation during our furlough turned into sabbatical..! 

Online Outreach Stats (September, 2013):

* Video Ministry: 3095 "Loads" and 148 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Italy, Chile, Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Australia, Colombia and Spain--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 211 People-Talking-About-This and 4735 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 237 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 101 Visits with 54 Unique Visitors from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Colombia, United Kingdom and Japan--in order of most Visits).

Charts of all these metrics are available here.

Furlough 2013 Needs:

* Housing: The Lord has provided a corporate apartment through my newly found temporary job in Las Vegas. This is a spacious two-bedroom apartment where Karla and the kids can comfortably do homeschooling..!

* Transportation: The Lord has provided, also through my temporary job, a rental vehicle for me to work. The downside is that this vehicle, due to company policies, cannot be driven by Karla… Please pray that someone in the local churches would lend us another vehicle--our family is much more efficient having two vehicles.

* Work: The Lord provided a temporary contracting job with Cricket Communications in Las Vegas. Cricket is a mirror company of Metro PCS, the last place I worked as an RF Engineer for more than eight years before going into the mission field. Cricket is getting bought out by AT&T next year, so they are getting their network up to specs in preparation for the buy out; hence their need for contractors and the source of my temporary job.

These provisions are a testament to your work of intercession on our behalf and the reality that our God answers prayers… Thank you and please keep praying..!

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 the sale of our house in Miramar, FL to close as scheduled and without hiccups on October 25th.

* For God's provision to cover extraordinary expenses incurred on passport renewals, homeschool materials and on plane tickets for our current furlough. Also, for the medical expenses due to Samuelito's broken elbow.

* For God's wisdom in remotely attending the needs of the church from the US during our furlough.

* 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 cities of Huamachuco and Pachacutec, 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 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, and Samuel—the Garcia’s.

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