March 7th, 2010
We had a great time this is my first service where I was able to be back and preaching at Omega. We had amazing services. We had 82 in the morning and 77 at night. We are excited about all that God is doing.
The Waye family has arrived here on the field and are trying to catch up on sleep after not sleeping for 24 hours. Keep us and them in your prayers that God would use their time in Peru in amazing ways.
This morning I preached out of I John 3 and then in the evening we preached about the Holy Spirit and the need for his power and guidance in our lives, in our churches and in our pulpits. We had a great time and I am already looking forward to Thursday. Tuesday I have tons of meetings starting at 8 am and so far I have meetings through 8 pm. Hopefully Wednesday will be a little slower. Keep us in your prayers that God would use us here in Peru for his honor and glory.
Chris
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March 6th, 2010
Well we are looking forward to having Chris Waye and family arrive in Peru tomorrow. They will be here for 6 months on an internship program with us. Pray that God will use their lives in amazing ways and that they will be able to do well in their language learning and in the time that they will be interning here in the country. I am praying that God will allow us to see them grow in amazing ways and maybe God will give them direction in the exact field where he wants them to go.
I want to thank Pastor Derik Lawrence and Victory Baptist Church for allowing us to have them here with us. They come from this amazing church and I count it a privilege to work with them.
We are so thankful for how God is using the ministry here and allowing us the privilege of training others to be a part in reaching the world with the gospel.
Tags: andria, arequipa, chris, church, gardner, Intern, Internship, mission, peru, planting, Waye
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March 6th, 2010
Well I went to the states for 20 days. God gave us the privilege of trying to raise support. I am so grateful to say that we have raised right at $300 a month. God is so good to us here we have seen him do amazing things even in the middle of a recession. Please continue to pray that God would use our lives and ministries to bring honor and glory to him alone.
I returned on the 1st of March and had the privilege of travelling with April Baker (long time friend and partner in the ministry) and with her uncle Greg Metcalfe. Greg is in the movie industry and came down to try and get enough footage together to do a video of the ministry here in Peru. After a week he has decided to return again in June to get more footage. He was a great blessing to have down here and for a man of his level of talent to donate time to try and help us out was mind boggling. Keep him in your prayers that he might have clarity on putting the video together.
I want to personally thank both April and Steven Baker (thanks Steven for letting her come) and Greg Metcalfe for coming down here. We had a blast and are looking forward to the result from the time we put into recording.
Tags: andria, April, Baker, chile, chris, church, gardner, Greg, Metcalfe, peru, planting, video
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February 27th, 2010
I just got this letter from Jason Holt in Chile. Pray that God would do amazing things through this service.
We are fine! I’m posting on the blog more details in a few minutes I don’t have internet nor electricity at my house… but I’m at the church. Thankfully the church people were not hurt. The church building didn’t suffer any damageWe’re having a special service in 2 hours… pray God will change lives this weekendWe’re having a lot of aftershocks. THe news here is saying that during the next few days we could have aftershocks in the 7-8 scale rangeI’m write more laterThanks for prayingJason
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February 27th, 2010
Please be praying for the Holt family. Chile just experienced an 8.8 earthquake. I just read on facebook that everyone is ok at the Holt household but they have to wait till they can see how much damage was done. Pray for the country of Chile during this time. The phone lines are down and there is no electricity. Keep everyone in your prayers during this time. We will let you know as soon as we know anything else.
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February 7th, 2010
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.
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January 21st, 2010
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
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January 20th, 2010
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
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January 15th, 2010
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
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January 14th, 2010
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
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