Developments:
* Last month our financial support, pledged plus one-time offerings, dropped to 75.6% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On July 18th our kids started a new homeshool year. Sebastian started 5th grade and Daniel started 3rd grade with Abeka DVD's; Samuel also started Pre-K with Karla.
* On July 21st Karla started a Bible study of the book of James with the newly formed Little Children's Ministry team. We are encouraging not-so-little children to attend the services as soon as possible so we can worship God, learn from, and pray to Him together as integrated families.
* On July 22nd Karla and I connected with a group of missionaries from Paul Washer's missionary ministry, HeartCry, here in Lima to do street evangelism in the main park of Miraflores. In the future we will be joining forces with them to reach in this fashion the people of Miraflores and beyond with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
* On August 4th Karla got together with several of the Calvary Chapel pastor's wives of the area to say goodbye to Pillar Bonner, as she's moving with her husband, John Bonner, to Cajamarca with the Bible College.
* On August 5th we had a Lonche, a Peruvian light dinner, at the church where our friend and prayer warrior, Maria Luisa Baiochi, shared her testimony and we all had a time of worship and fellowship.
* This month Karla and I had a very active biblical counseling ministry along with several opportunities to further develop relationships with three of the main families of our church. We had dinner with the Willis', went to the Peruvian Independence Day March with the Calmet's, and visited the town of Barranco with the Monzon's. The Lord continues to knit our congregation together in His love as we all grow together closer to Him. A clear expression of this was seen as the congregation rose up to pray for and to provide meals and house help to a lady in our congregation, as she was convalescent from an unexpected operation.
* We are gearing up to go back home on furlough from September 26th to December 2nd. The whole family is very excited to visit back home to reconnect with our supporters and to recharge both physically and spiritually for the next couple of years of ministry here in Peru. If you are interested to have us visit your church, Bible study group, etc. during our time back in the US let us know so we can plan in advance.
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 a downpour of spiritual realities in the hearts of those we recently baptized and the congregation as a whole.
* For 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 Lord to call a missionary couple or family to come help us with the ministry here in Miraflores.
* 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 ministry opportunities with the orphanage El Amparo, the shelter for girls The House of Glory, and our local brothers from HeartCry Missionary Society.
* For the hungry kids of Lurin and Rimac and for the men in the rehab center in Rimac.
* For financial provision to cover the cost of homeschool materials for the new year--about $1,500.
* For financial provision and transportation for the family while we're back in Plantation, FL on furlough from October to November.
* For the Lord to supply anointed teachers to fill the pulpit in our church while we're in the States and to anoint and develop our local leaders that will be left running the church.
* 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 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...
