Our store was started in 1964 as Child Evangelism Fellowship Bookstore. It was located in a house on Monroe Street in downtown Ft. Myers. In 1973 the store was moved to South Plaza in South Ft. Myers, occupying 960 square feet. This area is now in the middle of the music department. At the same time the name changed to Christ Centered Book & Music reflecting, more accurately its merchandise line. In the years to follow the store was expanded and remodeled several times while remaining in the same shopping center. The Lord put in Danny and Ginette Vera's hearts to start a Spanish bookstore to fill a need in Southwest Florida and in September of 1997, LibrerÃa Cristiana Hosanna, was birthed. This store was 700 square feet and was located on Fowler Street. In less than a year, they outgrew this spot and moved to a 1000 square foot location on Carrell Corner also on Fowler Street. The following year the bookstore moved two doors down in the same center to a 2700 square foot loc! ation so, Hosanna Bilingual Christian Bookstore, was born. Before four years passed, on March 18, 2001, Danny and Ginette took sole ownership of Christ Centered Book & Music and renamed it The New Christ Centered Book and Music, a ministry of Hosanna Book and Music, Inc. In the midst of these changes, the doctors informed The Vera's that they could not have children but God had other plans. On October 6, 1998, David Andres Vera was born, on October 31st, 2000, Adrian Daniel was born and on May 31st
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