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...

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...

NEWS LETTER: JANUARY 2015

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 61.0% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On December 19th we had our yearly church family Christmas Dinner. Thank You, Lord, for our church family.

* On January 11th we had our first Servants’ Meeting where we had an opportunity to cast vision on our church’s road map for 2015.

* This month we had the privilege to have my mom, Enilda or Abita for the kids, visit us for the holidays… It was truly a blessing for all of us, specially to our kids, being able to reconnect with her during the 45 days she spent with us. Father, bless my mother with a nurturing environment for spiritual growth back home in Caracas, Venezuela. Take care of her, we pray! On January 15th we kissed Abita farewell as she boarded a plane to return to Venezuela.

* On January 18th I gave a Deep Faith's Facilitator Training Class to a committed group of several men in our church. We will be offering Deep Faith Classes to the body shortly.

Online Outreach Stats (December, 2014):

* Video Ministry: 776 "Loads" and 134 "Plays" in 9 different countries (Peru, United States, Chile, Venezuela, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Argentina and Rusia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 210 People-Talking-About-This and 3296 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 390 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 216 Sessions by 164 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, France, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Mexico--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, that the baby would come healthy 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 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 involvement with the local ministry of 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...

NEWS LETTER: DECEMBER 2014

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 61.0% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 84.4% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* From November 16th through the 30th Karla, the kids and I went on a road trip to the area of Cajamarca where we had the opportunity to spend some time with John and Pilar Bonner in the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru and with the Alegre’s in Calvary Chapel Cajabamba.

* On November 19th I had the opportunity to share the Word of God at the mid-week service of Calvary Chapel Cajamarca.

* On November 20th my wife, Karla, shared with the women in the Bible College.

* On November 21st I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony of the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca. We spent a week in the Bible College and it was truly a blessing to witness firsthand the work that the Spirit of God is doing in and through this ministry. Later, after praying it through with my wife, I made myself available to John Bonner to serve with my family for a couple of weeks in the months of August. John Bonner has asked me to teach a two-week course and I have accepted. 

We are also planning on getting our church involved in helping this ministry with mission trips during our yearly stays in the College to serve the College and the churches in the area.

With the new addition to our family that we are expecting to arrive in April we will be forced to upgrade the family vehicle to one able to mobilize a family of six… Please pray for God to provide a reliable vehicle that we could use to take the 15-hour trip to the mountains of Cajamarca every year to partner with this ministry. On our last trip the automatic transmission of our current car ended up needing to $350 in repairs.

* On December 10th I had an encouraging time of koinonia having lunch with a group leaders from Calvary Chapel Downey and other local Calvary Chapel pastors at Gracia CC.

Online Outreach Stats (November, 2014):

* Video Ministry: 1047 "Loads" and 74 "Plays" in 7 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 325 People-Talking-About-This and 3394 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 379 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 182 Sessions by 135 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Germany, Hong Kong and Portugal--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, that the baby would come healthy and for provision for all the coming expenses.

* 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 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 involvement with the local ministry of 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...

NEWS LETTER: NOVEMBER 2014

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 61.0% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 77.1% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On November 2nd I had the privilege to officiate the wedding of Alejandro & Peggy. This is the first wedding of our congregation and my first wedding all together..!

* On November 9th we had our first Sunday service in our new location at the Club Empresarial in San Isidro. Thank You, Lord, for this new location You have provided. Anoint the services there to the glory of Your great name!

* On November 12th Karla’s doctor confirmed that it’s definitely another boy—Adrian Enrique… Father, anoint Adrian to be a prophet of the Most High!

* On November 15th Karla and I, along with several from the leadership of our church, were blessed to attend the yearly Calvary Chapel’s Pastors and Leaders Conference in Gracia CC. The theme of this year’s conference was Remaining Faithful to Our Legacy. 

Online Outreach Stats (October, 2014):

* Video Ministry: 804 "Loads" and 80 "Plays" in 9 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Panama, Brazil, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia and Ecuador--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 233 People-Talking-About-This and 3539 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 373 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 161 Sessions by 101 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, Mexico,  Ecuador, Spain, Panama, Colombia and Guatemala--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 a supernatural healing of Sebastian’s nose after his operation.

* For Karla’s pregnancy, that the baby would come healthy and for provision for all the coming expenses.

* For good health to all in our family.

* 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 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.

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