Everything we do in Arequipa is done as a team ministry. God has blessed us due to your prayers and faithful financial support. Without you, there would be no ministry in Arequipa. It is God who has done it all and to Him we give all the glory. To you with love filled, grateful hearts we offer the following report as to what God has done through us and the folks that work with us.

November 17, 1985 Resigned as Pastor of the Liberty Baptist Church in Cartersville, Georgia to begin deputation with Macedonia World Baptist Mission as church planting missionaries to Arequipa, Peru.

January 1987 Arrived in Queretaro, Mexico to begin studying Spanish.

January 1988 to December 1990. During our first term God allowed us to see the following:

--Began working in the Hunter Baptist Church. Carlos Marquina serves as Assistant Pastor. --Started the Mariano Melgar Baptist Church along with Julio Panduro. Jose Guardamino is now the pastor.
--Began training several young men around my desk for 8 to 10 hours per day.
--Started the Pedregal Baptist Church in Majes. Apolinario Bedregal is now the pastor. Purchased building lot.
--Began working in the Light House Baptist Church in Belaunde along with Abraham Gonzales. Our son Chris Gardner now pastors this church. Purchased building lot in our second term much of the money was raised by Chris and he has since paid back all the investment that I made in that church.
--Started the Bolognesi Baptist Church along with Jose Gonzales. Andres Ramos is the current pastor.
--Purchased house and 4000 square feet of land for the Hunter Baptist Church.
--Purchased land for the future Bible College.

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SECOND TERM
January 1992 to December 1995.

God allowed us to participate in the following:

--Officially opened Bible College. Opened dormitories for men and women. We now have 35 day time students with 22 dorm students. Also have night Bible College with 25 other students.
--Constructed 2 floors on half of the Hunter Church property.
--Started Christian school that is now in fifth year of operation with 65 students. Edwin Quispe is the Director.
--Started Alto Alianza Church where Octavio Paredes is the pastor. Lot donated by a Peruvian Christian.
--Began a language school for the training of new missionaries.
--Helped Hayward Duke and Felipe Choquehuanca start Liberty Baptist Church in Miguel Grau . Felipe is the pastor.
--Helped David Bolos start Friendship Baptist Church in Pachacutec. Cesar Copa is the pastor.
--Started the First Baptist Church of Mollendo. Percy Lopez is the pastor. Mollendo is on the Pacific coast 2 hours from Arequipa. Lot donated by a Peruvian Christian.
--Aldo Asto began pastoring the Ampliacion Paucarpata Baptist Church. Lot purchased and church started by Mike Fester.
--William Velarde began pastoring the Campo Marte Baptist Church. Lot purchased and church started by Mike Fester. --Started the national mission board, Mision Bautista Internacional Macedonia, with Aldo Asto as Director and Andres Ramos as Secretary/Treasurer.
--Helped the David Bolos family start the New Hope Baptist Children's Home.
--Sent out workers to help in other ministries: Victor Ocampo is pastor of the Quillabamba Baptist Church, (in the jungles of Peru 24 hours by land from Arequipa), Abraham Gonzales is a missionary to Tarija, Bolivia, Miguel Murillo is pastor of October 4 Baptist Church.

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--$9,000 to purchase house and 3750 square feet of land for the Bolognesi Baptist Church where Andres Ramos is pastor.
--Monthly support for the Independent Baptist Bible College of Southern Peru. We have to turn down new students due to a lack of space and funding. The Bible College is the center of every ministry we have.
--Monthly support for the National Pastors fund.
--Monthly support for the New Hope Baptist Children's Home.
-- Funds for starting new churches. For approximately $1,000 we can start a new church. This includes buying the chairs, pulpit, sign, deposit and rent, songbooks, invitations, etc. --Funds for the purchase of land and for the construction of buildings for the new churches.

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--Begin Radio station and ministry reaching a possible listening audience of over 1,500,000. --Begin our own Printing Ministry in house to produce material for the radio listeners and our churches. We need good books, Sunday School material, Bible study materials and materials for the Bible college.
--Open a Bible Book store in the down town area to reach folks who will come in to see books. Have point of contact with public in a less threatening environment. Have an outlet for materials produced in Printing ministry.
--Start the greatest possible number of new churches.
--Build on the Bible College land and receive more students.
--Finish construction of Hunter Baptist Church.