Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 85.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!
* On September 20th we had a special reunion with the new international director of Christian Surfers, Roy Harley. During Roy’s visit we had an opportunity to regroup and to refresh the vision of reaching every surfer with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
* On September 24th my wife, Karla, enjoyed a time of fellowship and refreshment with other pastor’s wives in a breakfast at Gracia CC.
* From September 25th - 27th my family and I traveled to the city of Huacho to support the sister ministry of CC Huacho during its pastor’s furlough time. We had a great time of mutual edification with such lovely congregation. Father, continue to pour Your blessing on them!
* On October 2nd I had the privilege of leading the morning devotional at San Andres High School.
* On October 5th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time in The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12).
* On October 15th we received the great news that Lita was declared cancer free—thank you for your prayers..!
Online Outreach Stats (September, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 3380 "Loads" and 2456 "Plays" in 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Brazil, Japan, Bolivia, Venezuela, Italy, Chile, Mexico and Colombia--in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 521 People-Talking-About-This and 89843 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 538 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 114 Sessions by 70 Users from 8 different countries (Peru, United States, Thailand, Mexico, Dominican Republic, India, South Corea and Paraguay--in order of most Sessions).
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.
* Against spiritual oppression and discouragement in my family.
* 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 provision to cover the baby delivery expenses and the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.
* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God.
* 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 the local surfing community.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we seek to make disciples in the peruvian cities of Huamachuco and Tingo Maria, 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru.
* 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.
PS: Make sure to check out the new pictures of our recent activities to your left...
