Impact Ministries

 

Growing Godly Leaders

Impact the future of a whole class of students!

Make an Impact

 

Come to Guatemala

Make a long-term impact through short-term missions, fill a special need, or join us for the VIDA Discipleship Program

Provide Health Care

Impact body & soul by supporting health care for our students and their families, as well as for remote villages in Guatemala

Connect with Us

Connect with Impact Ministries in person, through social media, or by receiving stories from Guatemala in your in-box

 

The Difference a Hug Makes

Have you ever seen photos of friends hugging kids on a mission trip – or even hugged some kids yourself – and then wondered if it really makes a difference? Is short-term missions really worth it? Delmi thinks so. Delmi attended our schools as a child. She remembers receiving some of those hugs! We shared her story in our Fall Newsletter, and it made me cry. I thought you might want to hear Teacher Delmi share her story in her own words – of a childhood with no hugs, and of how God used her teachers, her sponsors, and teams who visited to…

Guatemalan children receiving hugs from members of a mission team

Marco Quit School This Year

Marco quit school this year. It’s not that the 12-year-old didn’t like school. In fact, he’d been doing reasonably well in his sixth grade class. But Marco couldn’t concentrate. His mom was sick and he was worried. She was having trouble doing the washing she takes in and collecting firewood – their only income, since his father had abandoned them last year. So Marco came up with a solution. He went to the principal to tell him he wasn’t going to continue studying. He wanted to help his mother work to help her earn a little money. Yes, in Guatemala,…

María And Olga Are Not Your Typical Elementary Students

María and Olga are not your typical Vida elementary school students. “When I was young, women were only kept at home to do household chores,” says María. “I’ve never gone to school before. It was not a priority for women to study.” Olga agrees. As a child, she didn’t learn how to read or write either. María and Olga are cooks at Vida Purulhá School. They feel blessed to prepare meals for children who are getting the educational opportunities that they never had growing up. But María and Olga are now also Vida students. The Vida Extension Program offers an accelerated…

Two Guatemalan women in traditional dress standing in a school kitchen

Join Us

 

Tactic, Guatemala

VIDA Discipleship Program

Winter or Summer 2025 or 2026
Experience 3 months of intensive discipleship in Guatemala

sponsor hugging a Guatemalan child
Tactic, Guatemala

Sponsorship Team

April 2025
Visit your sponsor child or class in Guatemala

Schools in Guatemala

For our students, having a school to go to is so much more than just an education. Vida Schools are the foundation of our ministry, and provide academics, health care, nutrition, a loving community, and an introduction to God’s faithfulness.

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Orphan Care

I don’t want him. I want nothing to do with him!”

Those were the Mom’s words the moment she saw her big-eyed newborn. The baby’s birth mother is a very needy, mentally ill woman living on the streets of Guatemala. And her baby found refuge at the Vida Children’s Home.


Become an Orphan Care Champion ⇨

 


VIDA
Discipleship Program

To follow Jesus is to risk!
Test God amidst the challenges of real life and discover that He is ALWAYS enough!

Vision – See the world as God sees it
Impact – Live life intentionally
Delight – Experience intimacy with Jesus
Adventure – Dare to follow Jesus

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Share Your Skills

 

Teach English

Are you TESL Trained? Teach English for a semester or more at our Vida Schools in Guatemala

Join our Translation Team

Do you read and write in Spanish and English? Help from home by translating correspondence between children and their sponsors

Provide Dental Check-Ups

Are you a Dentist? Join an open medical team or bring a dental team to Guatemala to provide much-needed dental care to Vida students

 

Medical Teams

Are you a:
Doctor
Dentist
Ophthalmologist
Nurse Practitioner
Physiotherapist
Chiropractor
Pharmacist
Nurse
EMT/Paramedic
Medical Technician
Optometrist
Dental Hygienist
other Medical Practitioner

We’re looking for medical practitioners to serve in rural Guatemala
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