Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 70.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 86.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On April 19th and 26th we had Israel Night at the church where I took the congregation on a tour through the land of Israel with the pictures and videos that we took during our recent trip to the Holy Land. It proved to be an edifying experience for all of us.
* On April 28th we had our first Night of Worship at the church. We had awesome sessions of live worship coupled with cardboard testimonies. The room was filled with a rich awareness of God's presence as He enthroned Himself with the praises and thanksgiving of His people. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!
* On April 29th we started having double Sunday services--English at 9AM and Spanish at 11PM. Father, minister to Your English speaking sheep and continue to transform us all from glory to glory into Your image.
* On April 29th Sandra Alegre headed back to Florida for 5 weeks to take care of her elderly mother as they're going through a rough season.
* On May 2nd we enjoyed sweet fellowship with our supporters, the Sovis, as they came to visit us here in Miraflores. It's always of great encouragement when our supporters take the time to visit us here in the mission field… Thank you Bill and Kim!
* On May 3rd we said a momentary goodbye to our fellow missionaries, the Blackbell, as they headed back to Australia for furlough.
* On May 4th we celebrated the 8th birthday of our second boy, Daniel. For the sake of Jesus, Holy Father, circumcise the hearts of my children that they may truly know You and love You with abandon.
* On May 5th we started a Men's Breakfast home discipleship group at Juan Alegre's house.
* On May 9th and 16th we took a break from our regular Wednesday night Bible studies to have an evangelism class with Esteban Luna.
* From May 10th to the 12th, myself and three of my leaders, went to this year's Senior Pastor's Retreat in Cieneguilla. This year we enjoyed the teachings of Brian Newberry, Senior Pastor of CC San Diego, and Rob Salvato, Senior Pastor of CC Vista.
* On May 11th the women of our church celebrated Mother's Day at the church with a sweet time of worship and fellowship.
* On May 13th we enjoyed our Sunday services with the teaching of Pastor Ted Meilleur from CC Gainesville. Thank you Pastor Ted and your missions team for blessing our congregation with the fragrance of Christ that you all bear.
We are blessed to announce that, in great part because of your prayers, the Lord found a new and slightly bigger home for us. Very conveniently, our new apartment is located across the street from our current location making the move seamless in terms of our peripheral system of living--grocery stores, study cafes, walking distance to church and to the Alegre's, etc. This is a bottom-floor, three-bedroom apartment so the kids will have room to play outside and an extra room for homeschooling. Please pray for this pastor to trust God with the added living expenses..! :-)
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 provision in order to cover the moving expenses to our new home by the end of May.
* 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 strength, courage and wisdom for Sandra Alegre as she deals with her ill mother situation back in the States.
* 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 the missionary team coming from CC Ft. Lauderdale - Plantation Campus on June 14th to 24th.
For our 1st missionary trip as a church to the mountains of Peru in August.
* 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... We've been having problems with the blog so if you don't see the new picture slides go straight to Picasa.
