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 May 22nd I had the privilege of sharing the Word of God at both of Calvary Chapel Lima’s Sunday services. My family and I had a great time of refreshing service to the Lord.
* On June 12th we had a special Servants' Meeting to discuss some very defining issues for our church. Father, give us light to know and do Your will, always..!
The internet Bible teaching ministry continues to grow. In the month of May, the number of people engaged with the teaching video posts in our Facebook page ascended to 1233 in Venezuela, 315 in Guatemala, 189 in Honduras, 175 in Nicaragua, 169 in Ecuador, 152 in El Salvador, 140 in Peru and 122 in Dominican Republic. We closed the month with 6675 Venezuelan Likes—out of a total of already more than 13K Likes throughout the Hispanic world!
Father, use this ministry to connect the needy with the bread of Your liberating word of grace in Venezuela and beyond..!
Online Outreach Stats (May, 2016):
* Video Ministry: 10937 "Loads" and 2671 "Plays" in 19 different countries (Venezuela, Peru, United States, Colombia, Spain, Panama, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, South Korea and Germany—in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 3249 People-Talking-About-This and 320718 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 13277 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 236 Sessions by 197 Users from 9 different countries (United States, Peru, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, Australia, Canada and Dominican Republic—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 the next chapter of our ministry.
* For missionary Nicole Farmer as she helps for a season with the organization of our church.
* 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 we seek to expand my online hispanic Bible 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...
