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Well today we had a great day at Omega. We had The day of the Photo. Basically we encouraged people to bring their friends and family and to have a picture taken they will be able to pick their printed pics up next Sunday. We had 130 in attendance and 12 people made professions of faith. God is so good. While all of this was happening, the enemy was trying to work overtime.

Last night Jeremy Hall was looking over everything to make sure that everything was ready for today. While he was doing that someone came to the church and stole his motorcycle. This was about a $1500 loss.

Today, somewhere Andria’s Computer was stolen. It was at church and someone came in and sneaked it out. It was a Mac computer so it wasn’t cheap. The biggest problem was that all of her work was on it for the choir from last year as well as this year. This was about a $1300 loss.

Pray that God will provide for these losses and the truth is that no matter what happens we will praise him in the storm. God has been so good to us and 12 people accepting Christ in services today is worth every penny it could cost.

I preached this morning on making memories and the most important memory you could make was to accept Christ as your savior. All I can say is that the mission was accomplished, today a memory was created that will never be forgotten. Tomorrow I travel to the states. I am praying that we will be able to bring her back a computer when I come back. Thanks for praying and for staying up to date.

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends,

What a month this last one has been. We have seen God do so many great things. The graduation of the Bible College was held the first few days of December. We had a graduating class of 12. One of our students was already pastoring, one of the students is already working in Ecuador and there are many others that are searching out exactly where God wants them to be. This ministry is so important and I am excited to be able to play a small part in the lives of young men and women that want to be used of God in such an amazing way. We are already looking forward to March when we will be starting the next semester. We are looking forward to being able to train men to do what God has called them to do. Please continue to pray for some much needed support at the Bible College. This ministry is vital to absolutely everything that we do!
Omega Baptist Church is doing great and we are excited to be starting a new church. We have been through many difficult times in the last year but, because of those times, the Lord allowed us to start this church. It is amazing watching the people start to mesh together and start to work and become a team that is committed to seeing souls come to him and to become totally devoted followers of Christ. Please keep the church in your prayers. We are still short on the start up fund and have been borrowing equipment from the college for the church to keep going. Pray that the funds would be provided to finally get our own stuff and start working on everything going forward. We need another $5000 to get the chairs, the sound system etc. Please make this an issue of prayer. If you would like to help with this need, please send a check to me through Macedonia World Baptist Missions and mark it at the bottom for Omega.
I will be returning to the states on the 9th of February and will be there until the 1st of March. If you would like me to come by your church and share with you all that God is doing, please let us know. We still have a few open dates. We will be sharing what God is doing here as well as trying to raise some support. It is amazing how God has provided for us in the middle of major economic problems, God is always faithful. We have spoken to many friends who have had to leave the field. God has allowed us to stay here and only because of the faithfulness of your giving and praying for the mission work here. Thanks for all you do and may God continue to bless you in amazing ways.

Yours for Souls,

Chris, Andria, Jacob, Hannah and Andrew

Well we are one meeting closer to being totally booked while back in the states. I am going to start calling people again tomorrow to try and fill the rest up. Let me know if you are interested in having us in. We would love to share about all that God is doing here in Peru. Here is the schedule as it is right now. Pray for us to be able to fill up the rest.

Feb. 10th - I will be in the Raleigh, NC area for a conference on the 11th and 12th. I have that Wednesday open though.
Feb. 14th am - Available
Feb. 14th pm - Available
Feb. 18th - Available
Feb. 21st am - Available
Feb. 21st pm - Available
Feb. 24th - Booked in LaGrange, GA
Feb. 28th am - Available
Feb. 28th pm - Booked in Silver Springs, MD

Thanks for all you do. Look forward to hearing from you.

chris

Well we are in the middle of having a ladies conference now. God has blessed and the ladies have really enjoyed it. I will share some more about that tomorrow. One of the things that happened was that they had asked Suhjey to teach on dealing with a life of trials.

She actually showed up to teach the class and taught about the need to realize that God grows us through problems etc. From what I hear it was a great lesson. I have not seen many people with the christian character that I have seen in their lives while going through problems.

Suhjey actually wanted to sing Great is thy Faithfulness in the funeral for her daughter but could not do it. I thank God for the privilege of working along side men and women like Wilber and Suhjey. Pray for them during this time because it is difficult no matter what but at the same time I am so privileged to work with these guys.

Please continue to pray for us that God would use their lives and that he would continue to give them a peace that passes all understanding.

Chris

Well yesterday was a very hard day. We buried Pamela Hallasi, she was right under 6 months old and died from a heart attack because of complications from pneumonia. It was definitely the hardest funeral I have ever had to be at. The parents are godly christians but still saying goodbye to your child is not an easy thing.

I wanted to thank you for giving to help this family during this time. We have all the money needed now, so if you were planning on giving, we appreciate it but have received what we needed. We raised right at $800 once the fees that the institutions charge you is taken out. God has been so good to us. Now if you said you were going to send but haven’t yet please send in because I am counting on that money as well. Thanks for all you do to help. The rest of the money that was needed was provided by family members and different churches here in the area. Thanks so much for your willingness to give.

I will probably write at least one more post about Wilber and Suhjey then will be moving on to other things. God bless you in all that you do.

Chris Gardner

Please be in prayer for the Hallasi family. Their daughter (Pamela) just passed away. We know that there will be a reunion day one day. Please pray for the family. Wilber and Suhjey have been faithful and have been used of God in amazing ways. Please pray that God will allow us to love them and minister to them in amazing ways during the next few weeks. If you would like to help with the funeral expenses that would be great. Thanks for all you do.

Chris

Well, it is that time again, we are headed to states for 20 days. We are trying to raise money during this time. I will be travelling alone this time which isn’t fun but hey that is life. If you would like to have us in your church, please let us know. I currently have the following dates open.

Feb. 10th - I will be in the Raleigh, NC area for a conference on the 11th and 12th. I have that Wednesday open though.
Feb. 14th am - Available
Feb. 14th pm - Available
Feb. 18th - Available
Feb. 21st am - Available
Feb. 21st pm - Available
Feb. 25th - Available
Feb. 28th am - Available
Feb. 28th pm - Booked in Silver Springs, MD

If you have any time you would like me to go to your church or know of a church that would like to have us that would be great. Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris Gardner

Well, yesterday Andria turned (don’t guess I should say) one year older. I want to thank God for giving me such an amazing friend. She is way more than what I dreamed a wife should be. These last few months have been some of the hardest months of our lives. We have gone through things we never dreamed we would of had to go through. It is in the difficult times where you can really appreciate what God has given you though. The last few months we have dealt with starting a new church, having people that we have invested our lives in turn around and pretend that we have done nothing but hurt them. We have even had daily threats against our lives because of the guy in the church that ran away with the money from people here in the city. The last few months have been very very difficult for me, for her and for our family. Stress levels that we had never seen before have become a daily occurence.

I am so thankful for the maturity that God has given my wife. She is way more mature than a normal person of her age. I am thankful that when I came home day after day of very difficult meetings with people who want to talk bad about us and many other things that I came home to a wife that was loving and supportive vs. bitter and someone else that I had to deal with. I am amazed day after day at how God uses her to help us go forward for his honor and glory.

Andria and I got married in 1996 and all I can say is that I cannot even imagine not being married to her. She is my absolute best friend, she is an amazing companion and just an amazing person. I am grateful that God allowed me to marry her and that he uses us together for his honor and glory. Andria, you are my hero. I want you to know that I am very grateful for all you do in the ministry here in Peru. Your attention to detail is second to none, your work with the music makes everything we do look great. I look forward to another 60 years growing closer together. Thanks for all you do. I indeed have found a Virtuous Woman.