Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100.0% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On February 27th I sent a Furlough Needs email to all our supporters asking them to pray that the Lord would provide transportation for our family of six during our time in Florida. Almost immediately a 2000 Chevrolet Conversion was placed at our disposal for the entirety of our trip—Father, You are awesome.!!
* On February 28th we had our last Sunday service before our Furlough time in the States. I left Mingo Casaretto at the helm of the teaching ministry of our church. Father, anoint Mingo with Your Spirit and use him to edify Your church in Miraflores..!
* On March 5th my whole family took a flight home to Miami to begin our Furlough III. We will be in Florida until May 10th.
The main purpose of this trip is to do a lot of PR and try to raise supporters interested to invest in the new more international scope (with heavy emphasis in Venezuela) of my growing internet Bible teaching ministry. We have been spending most of our time around our home church, Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale, and its satellites. We will be taking a short road trip to go visit a couple of churches in Central Florida (Inverness, The Villages, Merrit Island, Venice, etc.) from March 26th until April 17th. After that we’ll be back in South Florida for the last part of our Furlough.
If you would like for us to visit you, while we’re in Florida, to hear what the Lord is doing through our ministry, please, let us know… We would love to share our story with you.
* On March 6th I got my backpack stolen from out car while eating at Chipotle in a nice area of Miramar, FL… Fortunately, I had removed my laptop and iPad from the backpack minimizing the loss to about $500.
* On March 12th and 13th we visited our home church satellite, CC Plantation. During that time we had an opportunity to dedicate baby Adrian to the Lord and to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Father, thank You for our friends—bless them.!!
The Spirit of God continues to do a truly remarkable work in Venezuela through our internet Bible teaching ministry:
In February, the number of people reached by our Facebook page, in Venezuela alone, was almost 190000, the amount of people engaged with the teaching video posts was about 1200 and the amount of Likes on our page closed the month at 3502—already 703 more than in Peru. Also, after reviewing the stats on Vimeo (our video housing provider) we realized that the amount of Plays of our Bible teaching videos was 4125—in Venezuela alone—followed by Peru with 199!
Father, we continue to praise You… Further the kingdom of Your Son in Venezuela and beyond..!
Online Outreach Stats (February, 2016):
* Video Ministry: 9631 "Loads" and 4417 "Plays" in 23 different countries (Venezuela, Peru, United States, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Greece, Panama, Netherlands, Australia, Jamaica, Argentina, France, United Kingdom, Bolivia, Chile, Honduras and El Salvador—in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 2182 People-Talking-About-This and 353458 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 6937 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 161 Sessions by 100 Users from 5 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador and Spain—in order of most Sessions).
Charts of all these metrics are available here.
Prayer Needs:
* For our financial supporters, that the Father’s blessing be upon them.
* 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 guidance and provision for our current Furlough until May 10th.
* For the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon Mingo Casaretto, whom I left back in the pulpit of our church to teach 1 Corinthians during our Furlough time in the States. Also, for his development as a pastor/teacher in our congregation.
* 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 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 Divine guidance and blessing as I seek to expand my hispanic teaching ministry to Venezuela and beyond with the use of social media.
* For the salvation of the people of the Club Terrazas Swimming Team and the local surfing community.
* 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 remain 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, Samuel and Adrian—the Garcia’s.
PS: Make sure to check out the new pictures of our recent activities to your left...
