A Brief Review Of 2007 At FRC Lima
2007 was quite a year at FRC Lima!
We began the year meeting at Hotel Las Palmeras, in a function room meant for about 100 people. Troy and his family were there with us right at the beginning of last January. On February 4, we held our first service at Cineplanet Alcazar, a huge blessing from God. In March we had our first beach baptism, with 11 people being baptized in Playa Santa Maria. In April we celebrated our first Easter as an FRC campus. Between May and July, we hosted 4 mission groups from FRC in Florida, including a a second visit from Troy and his family. In July we also held a huge Fiestas Patrias celebration at the cinema in honor of Peru Independence Days. In August we launched our daughter church with native tribes living along the Amazon River in the Peruvian jungle, near Iquitos. Also in August an 8.0 earthquake devastated southern Peru, killing 500 people. The folks at FRC Lima responded quickly and generously, donating one ton of food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies to the relief effort, which we personally delivered to earthquake survivors in Chincha less than a week after the earthquake. In the last week of August and the first week of September, we worked together with a group of 30 people from FRC in Florida to perform the extreme makeover at the girls' orphanage in La Victoria. In September we started a new Spanish service in the cinema. In October we took to the streets for our Lima Halloween Outreach, distributing over 1,000 bags of candy and FRC invitation cards. In November we celebrated Thanksgiving with 40 children at the girls' home in La Victoria. In December we had our second beach baptism, with 8 people being baptized. We also held a Christmas party for 400 children in the shantytown of Pachacutec. The FRC Lima band performed special Christmas concerts outside the cinema, to great acclaim. We also had some of our largest crowds of the year at FRC Lima.
It is both awesome and humbling to see how God has blessed FRC Lima in so many ways in 2007. It's exciting to see the church grow each month, and to see so many people impacted by it and beginning a new relationship with Jesus Christ. We are so grateful to all of the leaders and volunteers at FRC Lima, whose servants' hearts have helped to make all of this possible. We ask God to continue to shower His abundant blessings on FRC Lima in 2008!
We began the year meeting at Hotel Las Palmeras, in a function room meant for about 100 people. Troy and his family were there with us right at the beginning of last January. On February 4, we held our first service at Cineplanet Alcazar, a huge blessing from God. In March we had our first beach baptism, with 11 people being baptized in Playa Santa Maria. In April we celebrated our first Easter as an FRC campus. Between May and July, we hosted 4 mission groups from FRC in Florida, including a a second visit from Troy and his family. In July we also held a huge Fiestas Patrias celebration at the cinema in honor of Peru Independence Days. In August we launched our daughter church with native tribes living along the Amazon River in the Peruvian jungle, near Iquitos. Also in August an 8.0 earthquake devastated southern Peru, killing 500 people. The folks at FRC Lima responded quickly and generously, donating one ton of food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies to the relief effort, which we personally delivered to earthquake survivors in Chincha less than a week after the earthquake. In the last week of August and the first week of September, we worked together with a group of 30 people from FRC in Florida to perform the extreme makeover at the girls' orphanage in La Victoria. In September we started a new Spanish service in the cinema. In October we took to the streets for our Lima Halloween Outreach, distributing over 1,000 bags of candy and FRC invitation cards. In November we celebrated Thanksgiving with 40 children at the girls' home in La Victoria. In December we had our second beach baptism, with 8 people being baptized. We also held a Christmas party for 400 children in the shantytown of Pachacutec. The FRC Lima band performed special Christmas concerts outside the cinema, to great acclaim. We also had some of our largest crowds of the year at FRC Lima.
It is both awesome and humbling to see how God has blessed FRC Lima in so many ways in 2007. It's exciting to see the church grow each month, and to see so many people impacted by it and beginning a new relationship with Jesus Christ. We are so grateful to all of the leaders and volunteers at FRC Lima, whose servants' hearts have helped to make all of this possible. We ask God to continue to shower His abundant blessings on FRC Lima in 2008!
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