NEWS LETTER: JULY 2016

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..!

About eight months ago the Spirit of God started stirring in our hearts the thought of moving the operations of my hispanic Bible teaching ministry to the States in order to continue to serve the Lord in reaching the hispanic community of the world with the gospel of the grace of God. For that matter we embarked on an intense season of prayer and fasting to seek confirmation and direction from the Lord in this regard. During our last Furlough the Lord categorically confirmed this to be His calling and gave us direction by way of opening huge doors for us to start a hispanic church plant in the area of Orlando, FL—specifically in the city of Clermont.

Since we got back from Furlough we have been diligently seeking the Lord to reveal His will for the local church here in Miraflores. The Lord has been giving progressive revelation in this regard and the way He is working it out is for the church to remain a satellite church of our ministry—at least for the time being—in order to continue faithful with the mandate to make disciples. While my heart is to remain involved in the disciple making process of this church using the technology that is available to us these days, we are at the moment praying for a campus pastor to oversee the local operations of the church and to attend to the pastoral needs of the congregation. We have an ideal candidate at the time that is seeking confirmation from the Lord. More information on this to follow…

We are set to fly back to Florida on September 13th and at the moment find ourselves busy with a tremendous 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 (June, 2016):

The internet Bible teaching ministry continues to grow. In the month of June, the number of people engaged with the teaching video posts in our Facebook page ascended to 1283 in Venezuela, 226 in Nicaragua, 211 in Guatemala, 197 in Peru, 161 in Dominican Republic, 118 in Honduras and 108 in Ecuador. We closed the month with 7666 Venezuelan Likes—out of a total of already more than 15K Likes throughout the hispanic world!

* Video Ministry: 11241 "Loads,” 2639 "Plays,” and 85 “Finishes” in 23 different countries (Venezuela, Peru, United States, Colombia, Italy, Spain, Chile, Ecuador, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Greece, Syria, Honduras, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Brasil, Israel, Canada, Portugal and Argentina—in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 2823 People-Talking-About-This and 350014 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 15381 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 181 Sessions by 145 Users from 10 different countries (Peru, United Kingdom, Venezuela, United States, Spain, France, India, Chile, China and Colombia—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, provision for moving expenses and favor to sell our car and other household items.

* For our trip to teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru in Cajamarca from July 23rd until August 7th.

* 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 God to provide an ideal campus pastor and a smooth transition process for the church.

* For missionary Nicole Farmer as she helps our church navigate through the transition process.

* For our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.

* 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 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...

NEWS LETTER: JUNE 2016

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 our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.

* 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...

NEWS LETTER: MAY 2016

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 April 29th we were invited to share and be prayed for at the Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale’s prayer meeting. We were mightily blessed and encouraged.

* On April 30th we enjoyed BBQ with our long time supporters and friends—the Brink’s.

* On May 5th we were blessed to share at the Thursday Night Chicas' Bible study in Plantation.

* On May 7th I visited and shared a Bible study with a group led by Jose Mero—El Taller del Maestro—in Pembroke Pines. Jose and his wife, Eufemia, are getting ready to go plant the first Calvary Chapel in Venezuela. Father, merciful One, bless the Mero’s as they offer their life for Your use in the ministry in Venezuela..!

* On May 10th we said goodbye to the US and took a flight back to Peru heading into Chapter IV of our mission work in the land of the Incas. Father, we are Yours… We are Yours..!

* On May 11th missionary, Nicole Farmer, arrived to Lima on a six-month trip to help with the organization on the church.

The internet Bible teaching ministry continues to grow exponentially—mostly in Venezuela, Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Colombian and the United States. 

In April, the number of people reached by our Facebook page, in Venezuela alone, was almost 220000, the amount of Venezuelan people engaged with the teaching video posts was about 1350 and the amount of Venezuelan Likes on our page closed the month at 5632—out of a total of already more than 10K Likes throughout the Hispanic world! 

Father, we continue to praise You… Further the kingdom of Your Son in Venezuela and beyond..!

Online Outreach Stats (April, 2016):

* Video Ministry: 10089 "Loads" and 3547 "Plays" in 17 different countries (Venezuela, United States, Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Spain, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands, Ecuador, Argentina, Denmark, Australia, El Salvador, Portugal and South Korea—in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 2772 People-Talking-About-This and 420612 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 10803 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 131 Sessions by 98 Users from 10 different countries (United States, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Australia, Belize, Chile, United Kingdom and Hungary—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 our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.

* For Divine guidance and blessing as I 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...

NEWS LETTER: MARCH 2016

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 our video ministry, church Facebook and church web page to reach many with the Word of God.

* 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...

NEWS LETTER: FEBRUARY 2016

Developments:

Last month our pledged monthly financial support remained at 29.3% of our budget; after adding one-time donations the Lord provided 71.0% of our budget—our Lord will be proven faithful..!

* On January 18th I shared at the weekly meeting of Christian Surfers Peru. We spent some time in the first couple of verses of John 1.

* On February 3rd we decided to step out in faith and bought plane tickets for our next Furlough. We will be in Florida from March 5th 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 teaching ministry. We have no idea what the Lord has in store, but, with the limited info available, we are anticipating spending most of our time around Calvary Ft. Lauderdale and its satellites, as well as, a couple of churches in Central Florida (Inverness, The Villages, Merrit Island, Venice, etc.).

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 February 3rd we received our car from the repair shop in perfect conditions and everything, about $2500, was completely coved by the other driver’s insurance. Thank You, Father..!

What the Spirit of God has been doing in Venezuela through our internet teaching ministry in the last couple of months is truly remarkable:

In January, the number of people reached by our Facebook page, in Venezuela alone, surpassed 190000, the amount of people engaged with the teaching video posts was over 1600 and the amount of Likes on our page closed the month at 2592—already 194 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 3898—in Venezuela alone—followed by Peru with 168! 

Father, we praise You—continue to further the kingdom of Your Son in Venezuela and beyond..!

Online Outreach Stats (January, 2016):

* Video Ministry: 10491 "Loads" and 4268 "Plays" in 26 different countries (Venezuela, Peru, United States, Spain, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Canada, El Salvador, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, South Africa, Poland, Belgium, Aruba, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, France and Portugal—in order of most "Plays"). 

* Church Facebook: 3049 People-Talking-About-This and 366977 of Total-Reach. We closed the month with 5363 Likes.

* Church Web Page: 180 Sessions by 139 Users from 6 different countries (Peru, United States, Venezuela, Canada, Ecuador and Mexico—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 provision to cover the new used vehicle we had to buy in order to mobilize our now family of six.

* For guidance and provision as we plan our upcoming Furlough in March and April.

* For an assistant pastor to help me with the 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 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 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 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 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...