Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 82.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On December 14th our church had last year's Christmas Party in a Chinese restaurant. We were blessed to display the reality of Christ in us by the way we loved one another, before the world to see, in this sweet time of fellowship. Thank You, Father, for making us Yours!
* On December 16th we trained and equipped the current leader of CC Huamachuco, one of our satellite campus church efforts. This was made possible through an $800 donation pledged we got on December 3rd by a person that attends our English Home Group.
* On December 20th our church presented last year's Christmas Play titled, A Christmas Story. This was a truly remarkable event in which we saw the Spirit of God moving mightily. Not only God orchestrated the gifts, talents and resources of almost all the members of our church, but He also brought a crowd of about 100 people, mostly unsaved, to see and hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ--they were given an invitation to repent.
* On December 21st our church did a Christmas outreach to Pachacutec in the northern outskirts of Lima. This is an area where one of the ladies of our church has been ministering for quite some time. Now we're in the process of setting up there a satellite of our church in order to bless them with our teaching and worship ministry through videos.
* On December 30th we had one of the fullest Sunday services in the history of our church. Keep them coming, Lord...
* On January 3rd we received a cash donation of $2000 specifically designated to help offset the moving expenses we had when we moved to our new home back in May of last year. Lord, You're worthy of our praise!
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 remaining moving expenses we had when we moved to our new home back in May.
* For my upcoming trip to Venezuela--January 23rd to February 2nd. That I would be used by the Lord to foster the spiritual growth of my mom, the rest of the family and beyond.
* For the Lord to raise up help to pick up the burden of the tasks the Alegre's help with in the church as they are all going back to the States on February and March.
* 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, including Aileen's, an extremely fruitful one to the glory of God.
* For the development of healthy relational discipleship groups where our congregation truly comes to know and grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
* For our recently launched Video Ministry and Facebook to reach many with the Word of God.
* 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 Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the cities of Cajabamba, Huamachuco and Pachacutec. Also for God to raise up local pastors for these locations that are of one mind with the vision of CC Miraflores.
* For our monthly financial support to stay at 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...
