Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 73.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 95.7% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On August 9th our first missionary team traveled to the mountains of Cajabamba where they spent six days ministering the gospel of Jesus Christ and strengthening the local church in the area. As usual, this trip turned out to be an incredible blessing to the missionaries themselves as to the people in the area.
The Spirit of God moved in the hearts of many in our team. After this trip, many came back truly transformed being able to enjoy new freedom from sin--the freedom that is reserved to those who abide in the Word of our Lord (John 8:31-32).
God's Spirit also moved mightily in the people of the area producing the fruit of many new converts, so much so that I, as the Pastor of the church, am traveling to the area with my two leaders on September 21st. We want to follow up with the new converts to figure out ways to disciple them. We will be seeking God's will about starting remote extensions of our church in the cities of Cajabamba and Huamachuco as an effort to prepare the soil for future independent church plants.
The truth is that a woman from our church has been faithfully praying for this area for the last 10 years, so we are going to piggyback on the blessing that is starting to fall down from heaven. It's all about prayer.!!
Oh, how exciting to see the Lord expanding our territory to go and make disciples of all the peoples!
* On August 18th we had our second Christian rock outreach with Mario Garcia, one the latest additions the Lord gave to our church. Father, thank You for giving us opportunities to reach out the lost in our community. We ask that You would draw them to Your Son.
* On August 19th we said farewell to our beloved missionaries Mayo Schroth and Matyas Csiha as they went back to the US and Hungry, respectably. Thank you guys for letting the Lord use you to strengthen our church in Miraflores!
* On September 6th we had a Night of Missions in the church. There the team that traveled to Cajabamba went through a day-by-day slideshow of their trip sharing with the congregation the many blessings they encountered during their missionary trip.
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 to pay for the moving expenses we had when we moved to our new home back in May.
* For God's leading on expanding the church as we are forced into finding a new location for the church by the end of May 2013.
* 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 relational discipleship groups where our congregation truly 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.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the cities of Cajabamba and Huamachuco.
* 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...
