Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 63.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 83.7% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On March 9th Karla and I headed for Israel via Madrid, Spain. There we had an opportunity to visit my childhood friends, the Puche's, for a couple of days.
* On March 12th Karla and I headed for Israel and joined this year's Holy Land Study Tour of Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru with Pastor John Bonner. It's hard to put in a few words the enormity of valuable insights in term of the culture and the geography of the Bible land… We'll never read the Bible the same way again. Also, we'll never see a Jew nor pray for Israel the same way again. It was truly a heart changing trip--we love Israel..!
* On March 23rd we headed back to Madrid to spend a couple of days with the Puche's.
* On March 25th I had an opportunity to share my testimony before many unbelieving friends in the Sunday service at the Rey de Reyes church in Madrid. Thank You, Lord, for such an open window to tell those I love about You--about Your amazing grace… I beg You, Father, bring now the increase. Do it for the glory of Your name!
That day, back in Miraflores, our church enjoyed the teaching of our beloved brother Oscar Sifuentes, the pastor of Calvary Chapel Lurigancho.
* On March 30th, after three weeks, Karla and I headed to Lima, Peru, back to our children--we really, really missed them… Father, thank You for our family. Sanctify us for Your glory!
* On April 1st we started our in-depth, verse-by-verse, study of the Book of John on our Sunday services.
* On April 7th we celebrated the 10th birthday of our firstborn, Sebastian. We're getting close to Bar Mitzvah…
* On April 8th our church, as well as myself, enjoyed the anointed Easter teaching of our beloved missionary Juan Alegre.
We are blessed to announce that, after much prayer, we have decided to go to multiple Sunday services in the church. Through prayer, the Lord showed us the need for an earlier Sunday service in English to be followed by our regular Sunday service--9AM and 11AM. We anticipate our kickoff date to be April 29th. Please pray for this pastor!
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 God's leading and provision in order to find a new place to live and funds for the move by the end of July.
* For God's leading on establishing the new multiple Sunday service format in our 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 Lord to make the ministry of the Alegre's here in Miraflores an extremely fruitful one to the glory of God.
* For the development of healthy home groups within our congregation where people come to know and grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
* 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 centers in Rimac and Victory Fellowship.
* 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...
