Growing Godly Leaders

“It took me ten years to build up the courage to actually go on a short-term mission trip.” Impact Ministries has hosted over 500 Impact Trips in the past 25 years. They’ve come from across North America: These short-term teams have a long-term impact on Guatemala. Children have felt God’s love through team members, patients have been cared for, the Gospel has been shared and souls have been saved. But these teams inevitably also impact the team members who find the courage to come. Here’s just one of those stories: Alvin remembers sitting in his church, listening to missionaries speak. He heard Les Peters share about Impact…

2025 marks 25 years of Impact Ministries serving in Guatemala – can you believe it? In the year 2000, Les and Rita stepped out in faith and drove from Canada to Guatemala with their three young children. In the year 2000, they moved their family into the little A-frame house in the highlands of northern Guatemala and started exploring where and how God would have them minister. In the year 2000, a student named Hector graduated Grade 10 from the little Christian school in Tactic that would soon become the first Vida school. Twenty-five years later, Hector is the lead pastor of…

It’s New Year’s Eve, and Les & Rita asked me to share a special New Year’s Greeting with you: https://youtu.be/ttdgmtxOnwg As Les & Rita said, THANK YOU for pouring hope and vision and purpose into the lives of students in Guatemala throughout 2024 through teachers who love them and have the vision of a brighter future for them! There’s a few more hours left to double your donation to Build a Brighter Future for children and families in Guatemala. If it’s still on your list, would you give right now? Build a Brighter Future Your gift will provide children in…