USA Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 50.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 74.0% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On October 19th Karla and I had the pleasure to reconnect with Priscilla, Karla’s estranged sister after 9 years of not seeing her. We spent time with her and her husband and had a huge open door to share with them the Word of God. Seize them, Lord..!
* On October 25th we successfully sold our house in Miramar, FL. We are no longer long distance landlords and feel completely free to serve the Lord oversees. The last plug was pulled… Thank you all for your prayers!
* On October 26th I had the pleasure to assist CC Costa Mesa Men’s Conference with my son Sebastian. We had a great father-son bonding time.
The Lord continues to use this downtime season to speak and give instruction for “chapter 3” of our missionary work in Peru. He is opening our eyes to new facets of His manifold grace bringing new freedoms to our own souls that we can’t wait to share with the world. We sense “chapter 3” of our ministry is going to be remarkable fuller of God’s glory and power..!
Thank You, Father, for rescuing us from the bondage of existence without You..!
Peru Developments:
The Lord continues to use our time away to provoke the people of CC Miraflores to love and good works. Several people, specially men, are stepping up to serve and sustain their church as a gateway of work for the kingdom of God.
* On October 27th Domenico Casaretto led communion on our Sunday service. Domenico and his family have been congregating with us for a while and is showing spiritual leadership potential.
* On November 3rd the congregation in Miraflores was blessed to be taught the Word of God by a guest speaker from within, Pedro Quijaite. Pedro has been helping us with the Children’s Ministry of our church and is rising up as a leader in our church.
* On November 13th several men and women of our congregation assisted a Pastors and Leaders’ Conference with Raul Ries and a teem of pastors from CC Golden Springs in Gracia Calvary Chapel in Lima, Peru.
The church has spontaneously started a Saturday Street Evangelism ministry led by Carlos Mendoza and Karla’s mom Mayo Schroth. Mayo is a full-time missionary that the Lord provided to help us during our furlough time in States.
We continue to successfully oversee and minister remotely to the needs of the church back in Miraflores via high speed internet. I have been available in every Sunday service to open with a casual word of exhortation, as well as for prayer, questions and koinonia at the end of the service. Karla and I have been connected to the sheep in our church to minister truth in a variety of ways: email, Viber, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, FaceTime, etc. I, also, continue to meet weekly with the leaders of the church via Skype and Team Viewer.
Thank You, Lord, for the technology that allows us to stay connected with the congregation during our furlough turned into sabbatical..!
Online Outreach Stats (October, 2013):
* Video Ministry: 1754 "Loads" and 68 "Plays" in 4 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina and Brazil--in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 211 People-Talking-About-This and 3945 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 257 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 102 Visits with 47 Unique Visitors from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Ukraine, Belarus, Egypt, Guatemala and Oman--in order of most Visits).
Charts of all these metrics are available here.
Furlough 2013 Needs:
The Lord has been proven faithful by fully providing for our housing, transportation, work and every possible need we’ve had during our mini sabbatical season. He also provided resources to cover extraordinary expenses previously incurred on passport renewals, homeschool materials and on plane tickets.
These provisions are a testament to your work of intercession on our behalf and the reality that our God answers prayers… Thank you and please keep praying..!
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 good health to all in our family.
* For God's provision to cover the medical expenses due to Samuelito's broken elbow.
* For God's wisdom in remotely attending the needs of the church from the US during our furlough.
* 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 our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page 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 peruvian city of Huamachuco, 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 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...
Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 50.8% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 74.0% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
The Lord continues to use our time away to provoke the people of CC Miraflores to love and good works. Several people, specially men, are stepping up to serve and sustain their church as a gateway of work for the kingdom of God.
* Video Ministry: 1754 "Loads" and 68 "Plays" in 4 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina and Brazil--in order of most "Plays").
The Lord has been proven faithful by fully providing for our housing, transportation, work and every possible need we’ve had during our mini sabbatical season. He also provided resources to cover extraordinary expenses previously incurred on passport renewals, homeschool materials and on plane tickets.
* 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 good health to all in our family.
* For God's provision to cover the medical expenses due to Samuelito's broken elbow.
* For God's wisdom in remotely attending the needs of the church from the US during our furlough.
* 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 our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page 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 peruvian city of Huamachuco, 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 go back to 100% of our budget.
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...
