{"id":22286,"date":"2023-12-12T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=22286"},"modified":"2023-12-12T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:09:11","slug":"caracas-venezuela-church-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/caracas-venezuela-church-history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Caracas, Venezuela Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In English<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we have grown older, we are better able to fully appreciate witnessing the many amazing things that God has done. One of them is how we were privileged to serve in spreading the gospel in Venezuela. We want to share the part we participated in and mainly focus on the missionaries who made Venezuela home from 1999 to 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The day we left for Venezuela from Miami (January 19, 1999)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We know that many others who will read this have also answered the call from God to minister to the people of Venezuela. I\u2019m sure each one of us will have a piece to add to this retelling. Feel free to use our piece as a conversation starter. Your part in the story might precede or intertwine with ours, or you may be part of the story that followed. To everyone who shared this time with us, we thank you for your partnership in the gospel. Thank you for your humility, your love for God, and your forgiveness and love for us in all our imperfections. To the ici-Caracas church, we love and are proud of you. We hope you enjoy this short overview of the history of the church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1996, Miami was tasked with putting together and training the team to plant our sister church in Caracas, Venezuela, one of the last few churches waiting to be planted in the region. In 1997, Robert Galofre, a Venezuelan national, was baptized and sent along with a Peruvian brother for training in Bogota, Colombia. The hope was that both would come back to Miami ready to lead the last two teams that Miami had left in their church planting charge (Venezuela and Peru). In 1998, Robert came back to Miami. He and Karla Escobar (the woman who had originally invited him to church) were chosen to lead the team. This was a great honor and also a huge responsibility for two singles in their early twenties (Robert was 21). They both prayed and interviewed over 60 people who signed up as volunteers for this mission team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also a handful of disciples (one married couple and a few singles) who became Christians and had gone home to Venezuela to wait for the mission team to arrive. After choosing the team, they spent a few short months learning how to work together, and in January 1999, the team had their send-off from the South Florida church. They were given Bibles and one suitcase each. The team members that joined Robert and Karla were Carolina Lara, Danny Hernandez, Damaris Lasa, Frank Suarez, Raul Moreno, and Rick Thomas. The team landed in Venezuela on January 19, 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inaugural service was held at Gran Melia, and by then there were people ready to get baptized. We later found out that the hotel staff refused entry to everyone who came dressed in jeans. We learned (after the fact) that we needed to get a less fancy location to reach more people. But, for that inaugural service, we understood that God used jeans as a filter, much like in Judges 7:5 when God thinned out the army by how they drank water.  Even with that restriction placed by the hotel, there were over 100 people in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reaping the harvest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people set up Bible studies and wanted to know more about God. This was a moment of scriptures coming alive … \u201cthe harvest is plentiful but the workers are few\u201d. God had been working on the hearts of the Venezuelan people for many years before any disciples set foot on the land. This moment was not a product of the mission team\u2019s work but of God showing mercy on people who had longed to be in a close relationship with Him for a long time. We all continued to share about God during the months that followed, and He kept adding to our numbers. At the end of our first four months, Danny Hernandez, Damaris Lasa, and Raul Moreno were called back to the United States. Karla Escobar followed shortly after. Monica Alvarado came from Quito Ecuador to step into the leadership role that Karla left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University City, serving refugees from the Vargas tragedy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Helping those in need<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of 1999, we witnessed one of the biggest tragedies the country had faced. A mudslide left many injured, destroyed homes, and took the lives of others. We packed up and took the hour-long bus ride to serve and help the affected people. We started with a little group, and then the government put us in charge of a camp. We stayed with the people and became a part of them. God is close to the brokenhearted, as Psalm 34:18 explains. We were young and had not experienced loss like that ourselves, but God taught us through the pain we witnessed to have a deeper compassion for people in suffering. As the months passed, we continued to share our faith, serve, and love others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had so much fun doing it all, that we reached our first anniversary very quickly. This time we opted for a more welcoming location. Rick Thomas, a member of the original team, had been able to support himself and stayed in Venezuela for about 18 months. He was incredibly fruitful in sharing the gospel, despite not speaking fluent Spanish. It proves that God is the one doing all the work through each one of us.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ministry changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2001, Karla Escobar was in California and married Johnathan Perkins. Carolina Lara married Nelson Barreto they left for Bogota, Colombia, soon thereafter. Natalia Guzman moved from Bogota to join the evangelization work in Venezuela. It wasn\u2019t long before Frank Suarez and Natalia fell in love, married, and moved to Bogota. I (Robert) had some health issues, and at that time God provided Flavio and Renee Uribe from Bogota to continue leading the church. Monica Alvarado moved back to Quito, Ecuador at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometime after the holidays of 2000, Yanet Sanchez moved to Venezuela from Miami, Florida. A little after she arrived, the Uribes were called to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Robert took up the leadership of the church once again and partnered up with Yanet, whom I would marry in El Avila Los Venados in July of 2002. Raul Moreno married Lynda Perdigon back in the US. Rick Thomas\u2019 bride, Maria Tello, waited for him back in the US after he returned from the mission field. Danny (in Florida) and Damaris (in New York) also found a way to adapt to life back from the mission field and continued their lives in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New calling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of 2002, we (Robert and Yanet) felt called out of Venezuela to the US, leaving the leadership of the ici-Caracas with Luis Fernando and Fanny Herrera. We have since served in and out of the full-time ministry, but our time in Venezuela fuels our passion for missions. We have participated in, or organized missionary journeys to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Madrid, Barcelona, France, and various states in the US, encouraging disciples and telling others about the good news of Jesus. Like Aquila and Priscilla in Acts 18:2, we enjoy being modern-day tentmakers (websites instead of tents) to support ourselves in the ministry. Currently, we provide an online ministry, purabiblia.com, that offers Bible tools for Spanish-speaking communities around the world. Throughout various seasons in our lives, we\u2019ve enjoyed the roles of church planters, preachers, traveling evangelists, and teachers. We are also business owners, and love being parents to two wonderful children. What an amazing journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final reflections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What started off with eight singles and a group waiting for the mission team God had fanned into a flame. The church was handed over to the Herreras with a membership of over 100 people who had studied the Bible, been baptized, and made Jesus Lord (in just under four years). None of us would have imagined at the start what God set before us. The task would\u2019ve been unimaginable. We were a group chosen by God, not for our talents or abilities, but because through all of our imperfections, He would shine so that no one could deny that God was the one at work. Venezuela will always be the spark that ignited that flame in our hearts. We thank God for the privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En Espa\u00f1ol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A medida que envejecemos, ahora tenemos la edad suficiente para poder servir como testigos de muchas cosas asombrosas que Dios ha hecho. Una de esas cosas es la parte que tuvimos el privilegio de servir en la difusi\u00f3n del evangelio en Venezuela. Hoy queremos compartir la pieza que pudimos ver. Decimos eso para tratar de explicar que Dios ha estado obrando en los corazones de hombres y mujeres antes de que naci\u00e9ramos. No estamos tratando de compartir una historia completa de la ICI-Caracas sino solo de las partes en las que Dios nos hizo participar. Ni siquiera podremos compartir cada recuerdo especial ni cada pieza que ha tenido un impacto eterno, como podr\u00edamos. Nos centraremos principalmente en los misioneros que hicieron de Venezuela su hogar desde 1999 hasta aproximadamente 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tomada el d\u00eda que salimos a Venezuela desde Miami (Enero 19, 1999)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sabemos que muchos de los que ver\u00e1n esto tambi\u00e9n habr\u00e1n respondido al llamado de Dios para ministrar al pueblo de Venezuela y que solo juntos tendremos una imagen m\u00e1s completa del poder de Dios y todas las formas en que \u00c9l tiene y contin\u00faa trabajando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Biblia nos da cuatro evangelios para contar un conjunto de hechos desde diferentes perspectivas. Estoy seguro de que cada uno de nosotros tendr\u00e1 una pieza para agregar a este recuento. Por favor, si\u00e9ntase libre de usar nuestro art\u00edculo como punto de partida para la conversaci\u00f3n. Puede ser que fueras parte de la historia anterior a la nuestra o que tengas piezas que se entrelazan con la nuestra o incluso que seas parte de la historia que sigui\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert y yo estamos agradecidos de haber sido usados \u200b\u200bpor Dios en Venezuela y oramos para continuar escuchando Su llamado y estar tan listos como siempre para responderlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A todos y cada uno con los que pudimos compartir este tiempo, gracias por su colaboraci\u00f3n en el evangelio, gracias por su humildad, gracias por su amor a Dios y gracias por su perd\u00f3n y amor por nosotros en todas nuestras imperfecciones. A la iglesia ICI-caracas los amamos y estamos orgullosos de ustedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esperamos que disfrute de una breve rese\u00f1a de la historia de lA ICI-Caracas desde 1999 hasta aproximadamente 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Miami se le hab\u00eda encomendado la tarea de armar y capacitar al equipo para plantar nuestra iglesia hermana en Caracas, Venezuela. Era 1996 y quedaban pocas iglesias por plantar y Caracas segu\u00eda siendo una de ellas. En 1997 Robert Galofre se bautiz\u00f3 y siendo de nacionalidad venezolana fue enviado junto con un hermano peruano a entrenar en Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. La esperanza era que ambos estuvieran capacitados y regresaran a Miami listos para liderar los \u00faltimos dos equipos que Miami hab\u00eda dejado en su cargo de plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias (Venezuela y Per\u00fa). En 1998, Robert regres\u00f3 a Miami. \u00c9l y Karla Escobar (que originalmente lo hab\u00eda invitado a la iglesia) fueron elegidos para dirigir el equipo; Este fue un gran honor y tambi\u00e9n una gran responsabilidad para dos solteros de poco m\u00e1s de veinte a\u00f1os (Robert ten\u00eda 21). Ambos oraron y entrevistaron a m\u00e1s de 60 personas que se inscribieron dispuestos a formar parte de este equipo misionero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tambi\u00e9n hab\u00eda un pu\u00f1ado de disc\u00edpulos (una pareja casada y algunos solteros) que se hab\u00edan convertido fuera de Venezuela y se hab\u00edan ido a Venezuela y estaban esperando que llegara el equipo misionero. Despu\u00e9s de elegir el equipo, pasar\u00edan unos pocos meses aprendiendo c\u00f3mo trabajar juntos y en enero de 1999 el equipo fue enviado de la iglesia del sur de la Florida. Les dieron biblias y una maleta a cada uno. Los miembros del equipo que fueron elegidos para unirse a Robert y Karla fueron Carolina Lara, Danny Hern\u00e1ndez, Damaris Lasa, Frank Suarez, Ra\u00fal Moreno y Rick Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ciudad Universitaria, atendiendo refugiados de la tragedia de vargas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

El equipo de la misi\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

El 19 de enero de 1999 el equipo se subi\u00f3 a un avi\u00f3n y aterriz\u00f3 en Venezuela. El primer servicio oficial o inaugural de la plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias de la ICI-Caracas se llevar\u00eda a cabo semanas despu\u00e9s y para entonces ya hab\u00eda personas listas para ser bautizadas. El servicio se llev\u00f3 a cabo en el Gran Meli\u00e1 el 23 de febrero de 1997 y lo curioso es que luego nos enterar\u00edamos de que el personal del hotel no dejaba entrar a nadie que viniera en jeans. Aprendimos (despu\u00e9s del hecho) que necesit\u00e1bamos conseguir un lugar que fuera menos lujoso para llegar a todos, pero para ese servicio inaugural entendimos que Dios us\u00f3 jeans como una forma de filtrar mucho, como en Jueces 7: 5 cuando Dios estaba tratando para adelgazar el ej\u00e9rcito por la forma en que beb\u00edan agua. Incluso con esa restricci\u00f3n impuesta por el hotel, asistieron m\u00e1s de 100 personas. Muchas personas se dispusieron a estudiar la Biblia ese d\u00eda y quer\u00edan saber m\u00e1s acerca de Dios. Este fue un momento en el que las escrituras cobraron vida… la cosecha es abundante, pero los trabajadores son pocos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dios hab\u00eda estado trabajando en los corazones del pueblo venezolano durante muchos a\u00f1os antes de que alg\u00fan disc\u00edpulo pusiera un pie en la tierra. Este momento no fue producto del equipo misionero, sino de Dios mostrando misericordia a personas que hab\u00edan anhelado por mucho tiempo tener una relaci\u00f3n cercana con \u00c9l. Durante meses, todos continuamos compartiendo acerca de Dios y \u00c9l sigui\u00f3 aumentando nuestro n\u00famero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aproximadamente al final de nuestros primeros 4 meses, Danny Hern\u00e1ndez, Damaris Lasa y Ra\u00fal Moreno fueron llamados de regreso a los Estados Unidos. Karla Escobar sigui\u00f3 poco despu\u00e9s. M\u00f3nica Alvarado vino desde Quito, Ecuador para asumir el rol de liderazgo que Karla dej\u00f3 atr\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fines de 1999 estar\u00edamos all\u00ed para enfrentar una de las tragedias m\u00e1s grandes que hab\u00eda enfrentado el pa\u00eds. Una avalancha de lodo que dej\u00f3 muchos heridos, destruy\u00f3 viviendas y se cobr\u00f3 la vida de muchos. Hicimos las maletas y tomamos el autob\u00fas de una hora de duraci\u00f3n para servir y ayudar a la gente. Empezamos con un grupito y luego el gobierno nos puso a cargo de un campamento completo de refugiados. Nos quedamos con la gente y nos convertimos en parte de ellos. Dios est\u00e1 m\u00e1s cerca del coraz\u00f3n quebrantado Salmo 34:18, \u00e9ramos j\u00f3venes y no hab\u00edamos experimentado realmente una p\u00e9rdida como esa, pero Dios nos ense\u00f1\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s del dolor que vimos, una compasi\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda por las personas que sufren y sufren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primer Aniversario<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A medida que pasaban los meses continuamos compartiendo nuestra fe, sirviendo a los dem\u00e1s y amando. Nos divertimos tanto haci\u00e9ndolo todo que muy r\u00e1pido, en un pesta\u00f1ear de ojos, est\u00e1bamos en nuestro primer aniversario. Esta vez optamos por un lugar m\u00e1s acogedor. El servicio fue en el Ateneo de Caracas y m\u00e1s de 300 personas asistieron a la celebraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rick Thomas, que hab\u00eda venido con el equipo misionero, pudo mantenerse a s\u00ed mismo y se qued\u00f3 en Venezuela durante aproximadamente un a\u00f1o y medio. Fue incre\u00edblemente fruct\u00edfero al compartir el evangelio, a pesar de que su espa\u00f1ol no era tan fluido como el de muchos de los otros miembros del equipo. Va a mostrarnos a todos que Dios es realmente el que hace todo el trabajo a trav\u00e9s de cada uno de nosotros. Para el 2001, Karla Escobar estaba en California y se hab\u00eda casado con Johnathan Perkins. Carolina Lara se hab\u00eda casado con Nelson Barreto y poco despu\u00e9s ir\u00edan juntos a Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. Natalia Guzm\u00e1n vino desde Bogot\u00e1, Colombia para unirse a la obra de evangelizaci\u00f3n en Venezuela. No pas\u00f3 mucho tiempo antes de que Frank Su\u00e1rez y Natalia se enamoraran, se casaran y se mudaran a Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. Robert Galofre ten\u00eda algunos problemas de salud y en ese momento Dios provey\u00f3 a Flavio y Renee Uribe de Bogot\u00e1, Colombia para continuar el trabajo de dirigir la iglesia. M\u00f3nica Alvarado regres\u00f3 a Quito, Ecuador en ese momento. En alg\u00fan momento despu\u00e9s de las vacaciones de 2000, Yanet S\u00e1nchez se mud\u00f3 a Venezuela desde Miami, Florida. Poco despu\u00e9s de su llegada, los Uribe fueron llamados a Buenos Aires, Argentina y el liderazgo de la iglesia lo retom\u00f3 Robert Galofre esta vez se asoci\u00f3 con Yanet S\u00e1nchez, con quien se casar\u00eda en El \u00c1vila Los Venados en julio de 2002. Ra\u00fal Moreno se cas\u00f3 con Lynda Perdigon en Estados Unidos. La novia de Rick Thomas, Mar\u00eda Tello, lo estaba esperando en los Estados Unidos despu\u00e9s de que \u00e9l regresara del campo misional. Danny y Damaris tambi\u00e9n encontraron una manera de adaptarse a la vida al regresar del campo misionero y continuaron sus vidas en los Estados Unidos (Danny en Florida y Damaris en Nueva York).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A finales de 2002, Robert y Yanet Galofre se mudaron de Venezuela a los Estados Unidos, dejando la direcci\u00f3n del ICI-Caracas con Luis Fernando y Fanny Herrera. Desde entonces, Robert y Yanet han servido dentro y fuera del ministerio de tiempo completo, pero su tiempo en Venezuela alimenta su pasi\u00f3n por las misiones. Han tenido el privilegio de participar u organizar viajes misioneros a M\u00e9xico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Madrid, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bFrancia y varias ciudades dentro de los Estados Unidos, animando a los disc\u00edpulos y cont\u00e1ndoles a otros las buenas nuevas de Jes\u00fas. Al igual que Aquila y Priscila en Hechos 18:2, Robert y Yanet disfrutan ser fabricantes de carpas modernos (p\u00e1ginas web en lugar de carpas) para mantenerse en el ministerio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actualmente, tienen un ministerio en l\u00ednea llamado PuraBiblia.com que ofrecen herramientas b\u00edblicas para las comunidades de habla hispana alrededor del mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lo largo de varias temporadas de sus vidas, hemos disfrutado el privilegio de servir como plantadores de iglesias, predicadores, evangelistas itinerantes y maestros, adem\u00e1s de disfrutar el papel de ser padres de dos ni\u00f1os maravillosos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a1Qu\u00e9 viaje tan incre\u00edble! Lo que comenz\u00f3 con 8 solteros y un grupo esperando al equipo misionero que Dios hab\u00eda avivado en llamas. La iglesia fue entregada a los Herrera con una membres\u00eda de m\u00e1s de 100 personas que hab\u00edan estudiado la Biblia, hab\u00edan sido bautizados y hab\u00edan hecho a Jes\u00fas Se\u00f1or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ninguno de nosotros hubiera imaginado al comienzo de esto que Dios nos estaba poniendo esto delante. La tarea hubiera sido inimaginable. \u00c9ramos un grupo escogido por Dios no por nuestros talentos o habilidades, sino porque a trav\u00e9s de todas nuestras imperfecciones, \u00c9l brillar\u00eda y no habr\u00eda forma de negar que Dios era el que realmente estaba trabajando all\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venezuela siempre ser\u00e1 la chispa que encendi\u00f3 esa llama en nuestros corazones. Damos gracias a Dios por el privilegio de ser parte de su hist\u00f3ria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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