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 17th 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 21st 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 24th 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 28th Missionary Nicole Bromley arrived to Miraflores to help us prepare for the arrival on August 18th of a missionary team from our home church Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale.
* On August 2nd our kids stared a new year of homeschooling. Sebastian started 4th grade and Daniel started 2nd grade. After much prayer, starting August 17th, 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 12th Karla assisted Debbi Bryson’s workshop for Pastors’ Wife held by CC Lima.
* On August 14th 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 17th Nicole Bromley will be teaching a leadership class for the women of our church.
* On August 18th the mission’s team from Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale will arrive in Lima at night.
* On August 19th and 20th 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 21st we’ll be organizing and getting the church ready for service next day, as well as, street evangelism and home visitations.
* On August 22nd we’ll be having church and the team we’ll be taking a Sabbath day.
* On August 23rd and 24th we’ll be painting and finishing the work in the church, as well as, street evangelism, and home visitations.
* On August 25th 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 26th 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 27th 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 28th Pastor Steve’s wife, Roz, will be sharing with the women of our church.
* On August 29th 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...
