Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 80.4% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On May 14th Karla held a Pastor's Wives reunion at our house.
* On May 16th the last bundle of homeschool materials for next year arrived in Miraflores-Lima, Peru… We thank all who helped to make this a reality!
* On May 25th we had a Koinonia Day with the church in the mountains of Chaclacayo; there we had the pleasure of baptizing one member of our church… Oh, the joys in heaven when one sinner comes to repentance..!
* On May 31st we had the blessing of being visited by pastor Guillermo Novoa and his wife Patricia from Capilla Calvario Broward. We had a great time with them being blessed by the love and wisdom of God as it dwells on them.
* On June 2nd pastor Guillermo Novoa taught us the Word on our Sunday service at Calvary Chapel Miraflores. That same night I had the privilege to cover for pastor Oscar Sifuentes at Calvary Chapel San Juan in Lurigancho.
* On June 6th we had to file for the eviction of our tenant in our house back home as she had not paid the rent for more than a month.
Online Outreach Stats (May, 2013):
* Video Ministry: 3150 "Loads" and 166 "Plays" in 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Hungary, Mexico and Colombia--in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 196 People-Talking-About-This and 3924 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 141 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 158 Visits with 54 Unique Visitors from 6 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela and China--in order of most Visits).
Charts of all these metrics are available here.
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.
* Against burnout on my part.
* For the eviction of our tenant in our house back home to be solved quickly and that we would know the will of God in this regard.
* For God's provision to cover extraordinary expenses of about $2300 incurred on passport renewals and homeschool materials.
* For God's provision of housing, vehicle and expenses related to our furlough back to the States scheduled for August-September of this year.
* For God's leading and provision on expanding the 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 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 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 peruvian cities of Cajabamba, Huamachuco and Pachacutec, as well as in Caracas, Venezuela. Also for God to raise up local pastors for these locations that are of one mind with the vision of Calvary Chapel 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...
