NEWS LETTER: AUGUST 2015

Developments:
Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 84.8% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On July 20th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 5.

* On July 24th 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 students by teaching a class called NT383: Galatians, Philippians & Colossians. We had a wonderful time of service and fellowship with students and staff alike. Teaching at the Bible College was an activity that we all loved and can see ourselves doing more often in the future.

* On August 14th Karla and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. Father, thank You for my wife and pray You continue to bless our marriage by doing Your work of love in us..!

* On August 16th we had our bimonthly Servants’ Meeting were we had a opportunity to regroup, share what the Lord had done with us and through us in Cajamarca and to set serving goals for our congregation in the near future. Among these goals were to partner with the Calvary Kids Ministry of Ventanilla & Pachacutec lead by pastor Raul Cervera to send missions teams to help in an ongoing basis and to assist Calvary Chapel Huacho during its pastor’s furlough time in September. We are strongly sensing God’s directive to selflessness by pouring into the development of other ministries.

Online Outreach Stats (July, 2015):
* Video Ministry: 832 "Loads" and 98 "Plays" in 12 different countries (Peru, United States, Chile, Netherlands, Austria, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Italy and Germany--in order of most "Plays").

* Church Facebook: 195 People-Talking-About-This and 7084 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 463 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 139 Sessions by 92 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, Austria, Canada, Chile and Greece--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 Lita and her family as she battles with cancer.
* 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 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 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 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...

NEWS LETTER: JULY 2015

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 78.9% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On June 22nd I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 4.

* On July 8th Lita, a relatively new member of our congregation, received the news that she has a very aggressive form of cancer. An aggressive chemotherapy was scheduled for her during the next couple of weeks. Karla and I had the privilege of being present at the time she received the news and had the opportunity to offer her comfort and encouragement form God’s Word. Father, we lift up Lita and her family to Your throne of grace—bless them.!!

* On July 11th our church participated on an outreach to bless the kids of the Calvary Kids Ministry of Ventanilla & Pachacutec lead by pastor Raul Cervera. The congregation left with a great desire to continue to partner with this ministry on an ongoing basis.

My family and I will be traveling to Cajamarca from July 24th until August 9th to serve at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru. I will be teaching the ‘NT383 Galatians, Philippians & Colossians’ class.

This last month was a tough month of heavy trials for our congregation, but also of fruitful and rewarding discipleship ministry as we witness the Spirit of God providing God-glorifying confront and guide to all of us. 

Online Outreach Stats (June, 2015):

* Video Ministry: 893 "Loads" and 104 "Plays" in 11 different countries (Peru, United States, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 157 People-Talking-About-This and 4472 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 447 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 130 Sessions by 85 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Brazil, Australia, Italy, Andorra, Austria, Chile, France and United Kingdom--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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.

* 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 trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca from July 24th until August 9th.

* For Lita and her family as she battles with cancer.

* 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 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 the local surfing community.

* 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 involvement with the local ministries of Calvary Kids Ventanilla, Christian Surfers 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...

NEWS LETTER: JUNE 2015

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 98.1% of our budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On May 18th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 3.

* On May 29th the Lord gave us a buyer and our old car was sold for a good price.

* On June 13th Christian Surfers of Peru successfully held our annual outreach Ohana Surf Festival Aloha Jesus. Many opportunities to share the love of Christ were sized and the name of the Lord was held up high throughout the whole event. Father, bring the increase to the seeds that were sawn, we pray..!

* On June 14th we had our bimonthly Servants’ Meeting. We saw the Spirit clearly move in the group stirring the flame of evangelism. Father, send us out into the world to share Your amazing love in the power of Your Spirit..!

Online Outreach Stats (May, 2015):

* Video Ministry: 664 "Loads" and 148 "Plays" in 10 different countries (Peru, United States, Canada, Australia, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 156 People-Talking-About-This and 3577 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 428 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 139 Sessions by 105 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, India, Spain, Hungary, Thailand, Albania and Angola--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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.

* 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 upcoming trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca the last week of July.

* 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 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 the local surfing community.

* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers 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...

NEWS LETTER: MAY 2015

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support dropped to 29.9% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 92.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On April 13th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 2.

* On May 3rd our congregation was blessed to be taught by my fellow pastor Raul Cervera on our Sunday service. Raul is the former senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Ventanilla and is currently serving as director of the Calvary Kids Christian School in Ventanilla.

* On May 13th I was appointed to teach the ‘NT383 Galatians, Philippians & Colossians’ class at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru the last two weeks of this semester. I will be serving at the college in Cajamarca with my family from July 27th until August 7th. Father, thank You for this opportunity… Bless our time at the college!

Last month we continued to see the work of God in our congregation as more and more they become actively involved in the work of the ministry!

Online Outreach Stats (April, 2015):

* Video Ministry: 610 "Loads" and 50 "Plays" in 6 different countries (Peru, United States, Argentina, Guatemala, Luxembourg and Venezuela--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 318 People-Talking-About-This and 3665 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 412 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 154 Sessions by 104 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Italy, Argentina, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia and Spain--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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.

* 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 God’s favor on selling our old car.

* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.

* For our upcoming trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca the last week of July.

* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.

* 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 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 the local surfing community.

* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers 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...

NEWS LETTER: APRIL 2015

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 56.5% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 72.2% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On March 16th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers of Peru. We spent some time in Proverbs 1.

* On March 19th we acquired a used new vehicle that has enough room for our now family of six.

* On April 1st our new son, Adrian, officially started his life outside mommy’s womb. He arrived perfectly healthy with a steady and strong heartbeat…Thank you for your prayers..! 

* On April 13th we started the second phase of our discipleship program Deep Faith—Experiencing Your Faith—ran by Alejandro Castro-Mendivil.

* On April 15th a new Women’s Group was born led by Peggy Carrion and hosted by Lita Trujillo at her house.

Last month we continued to see the work of God in our congregation as more and more they become actively involved in the work of the ministry!

Online Outreach Stats (March, 2015):

* Video Ministry: 1005 "Loads" and 90 "Plays" in 9 different countries (Peru, United States, Australia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Austria, Brazil and Morocco--in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 142 People-Talking-About-This and 2797 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 402 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 181 Sessions by 121 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, Brazil, United States, Mexico, Spain, Austria, Colombia, India, Italy and Barbados--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 Karla’s nursing days and sleepless nights.

* 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 God’s favor on selling our old car.

* For an assistant pastor to help me with the pastoral and evangelistic side of the ministry.

* For God's anointing and continued provision for our new Sunday morning service location.

* 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 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 the local surfing community.

* 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 involvement with the local ministry of Christian Surfers 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...