Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support went up to 48.7% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 100.0% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!
* On July 23rd my family and I traveled to Cajamarca to serve at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru for two weeks. During that time we all participated in the daily activities of the college while I served the hispanic students by teaching a class called NT383: Galatians, Philippians & Colossians. We had a wonderful time of service and fellowship. Our heart is to continue to serve at the Bible College once a year as God provides.
* On August 20th we had a very special Koinonia Day with the church at large where we enjoyed each other over great BBQ. Father, thank You for these beautiful group of people You gave us to tend to. We pray You bless them always..!
We continue moving forward with God’s directive to move the operations of my hispanic Bible teaching ministry to the States by way of starting a hispanic church plant in the area of Orlando, FL—specifically in the city of Clermont.
Last month the Lord gave confirmation to pastor Renzo Plasencia and his family to join the leadership team of the local church here in Miraflores. He will assume the lead with the local pastoral responsibilities of the church while I remain involved in the disciple making process of the church, from the States, using the technology that is available to us these days. Thank You, Father for Your provision—bless the Plasencia family.!!
We are set to fly back to Florida on September 13th… Last month we made tremendous progress with the moving process, but continue busy with a great amount of planning. Please help us pray for provision for our move as estimates are showing figures close to $10,000.
We are and will continue with our full-time commitment to the work of missions and church planting in the hispanic world, hence, we appreciate your continued financial support during and into this next chapter of our ministry. Until further notice, the process to collect donations remains the same.
Father, we are Yours—glorify Your name in us and through us..!
Online Outreach Stats (July, 2016):
The internet Bible teaching ministry continues to grow. In the month of July, the number of people engaged with the teaching video posts in our Facebook page ascended to 1639 in Venezuela, 516 in Nicaragua, 260 in Guatemala, 195 in Peru, 171 in Dominican Republic, 169 in Honduras, 153 in Ecuador and 120 in El Salvador. We closed the month with 8773 Venezuelan Likes—out of a total of already more than 18K Likes throughout the hispanic world!
* Video Ministry: 12316 "Loads,” 3647 "Plays,” and 103 “Finishes” in 19 different countries (Venezuela, Peru, United States, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Panama, Spain, Chile, Italy, Bolivia, Republic of Korea, Australia, Syria, Guyana, Switzerland and Algeria—in order of most "Plays").
* Church Facebook: 4026 People-Talking-About-This and 437797 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 18277 Likes.
* Church Web Page: 230 Sessions by 171 Users from 9 different countries (Peru, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Argentina, Canada, Greece, Iran and Morocco—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 wisdom in organizing our move, favor in selling household items and provision for moving expenses.
* For our church to be rooted on an ever fresh vision of the grace of God, 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 pastor Renzo and his family and for a smooth transition process for the church.
* For missionary Nicole Farmer as she helps our church navigate through the transition process.
* For Divine guidance and blessing as we expand my online hispanic Bible teaching ministry to Venezuela and beyond with the use of social media.
* 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...
