Growing Godly Leaders

It only took the medical team a few minutes to figure out why Mildred was having trouble hearing. “The doctor has your diagnosis,” the translator told the 9-year-old. “We’re going to do a deep ear cleaning, but it won’t hurt.” Give Health Even as we celebrate 25 years in Guatemala, we know that medical care is still a huge need for children and families in our communities. But the Impact Ministries Medical Clinic, regularly staffed by local nurses, a doctor and dentist, and reinforced by medical teams from across North America, means that more of our children are receiving medical care…

“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 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 the Rio…