Impacto Ministry Inc

TO BRING THE LOVE AND SALVATION OF CHRIST TO THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA BY SERVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES HOLISTICALLY.

IMPACTO MINISTRY, INC. RAISED FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASOCIACION DE IMPACTO FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CARRY OUT MINISTRY EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA. IN 2021, COVID CONTINUED TO STYMIE MANY PROJECTS BUT THE ASOCIACION WAS STILL ABLE TO HELP COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT WERE HUGE BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE. BELOW ARE THREE OF THE LARGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2021. - ASOCIACION DE IMPACTO ASOCIACION CONTINUES CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN THE COMPOUND KNOWN AS XEJUYU (PRONOUNCED SHAY-WHO-YOU) WHERE MANY MINISTRIES WILL TAKE PLACE - AND WE ALREADY ARE USING IT WHILE CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDS. ONE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPOUND IS TO HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA FOR ASOCIACION'S DAILY ABUELITOS MINISTRY. SINCE OUR ABUELITOS AND HAPPY TUMMIES IN SAN JUAN VILLAGE SHARE THE SAME FACILITY, MANY TIMES OUR ABUELITOS ARE RUSHED OUT BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARRIVE FOR HAPPY TUMMIES MINISTRY. GIVING THE ABUELITOS THEIR OWN PLACE WILL MEAN WE CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE ON TIME SPENT WITH THEM. IN THIS SAME COMPLEX WE BEGAN TO HOST LOCAL SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES AND BIBLE STUDIES IN APRIL 2022 HERE THE CHURCH CAN FOCUS ON GROWING AS A CONGREGATION WITHOUT WORRYING WHERE THEY WILL MEET. WOMEN FROM THE STITCHES OF BLESSINGS MINISTRY MEET HERE MONTHLY, MORE OFTEN MANY MONTHS. THEY ALSO USED TO MEET AT THE SAN JUAN HAPPY TUMMIES BUT, AGAIN, WOULD FEEL RUSHED WHEN THE CHILDREN WOULD COME, KEEPING AN EYE ON THEIR SCISSORS AND OTHER ITEMS TO AVOID A CHILD BEING INJURED. NOW THEY CAN MEET AND SPREAD OUT AS THEY SEW KNOWING THAT THE SPACE IS FOR THEM ONLY. XEJUYU IS WHERE WE ALSO ARE PLANNING TO HOST OUR TEAMS ONCE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETED.

HAPPY TUMMIES, AN AFTER-SCHOOL MINISTRY FOR MALNOURISHED AND IMPOVERISHED ELEMENTARY CHILDREN, CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF ASOCIACION'S MOST LOVED MINISTRIES. THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT HAPPY TUMMIES IS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH CHILDREN, TO WALK WITH THEM AND DISCIPLE THEM AS THEY LEARN ABOUT GOD AND HIS LOVE. MANY OF THE KIDS THAT ARE PART OF THIS MINISTRY HAVE TOUGH HOME LIVES AND WILL SOMETIMES GO A WHOLE DAY WITH ONLY A CUP OF COFFEE AND A TORTILLA IN THEIR TUMMIES. ASOCIACION PREPARES A LUNCH FOR THE CHILDREN THAT IS DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS, AND FILLING AS WELL AS GIVING EACH CHILD A MULTIPLE VITAMIN. BEFORE THEY GO HOME, ASOCIACION FEEDS THEM A HEALTHY SNACK AND NUTRITION DRINK TO MAKE SURE THEY GO HOME FULL. AFTER LUNCH THEY MUST WASH THEIR HANDS AND BRUSH THEIR TEETH. TEACHING THEM ABOUT GOOD HYGIENE IS VERY IMPORTANT - IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OFTEN TAUGHT AT HOME. WE KNOW ITS IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY TO HELP CUT DOWN ON MEDICAL ISSUES CAUSED BY POOR PERSONAL HYGIENE. ONCE THESE TASKS ARE COMPLETED THE CHILDREN SIT FOR A TIME OF DEVOTIONS AND LEARNING GOD'S WORD, FOLLOWED BY HOMEWORK TIME. THE KIDS SPEND TIME DOING THEIR SCHOOL HOMEWORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ASOCIACOIN'S LICENSED AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO GO OVER THE HOMEWORK AND PROVIDE SUPPORT WHEN A CHILD IS HAVING A HARD TIME GRASPING A CERTAIN SUBJECT. THIS ENSURES THEY CONTINUE TO LEARN IN SCHOOL AND DO NOT FALL BEHIND. MANY PARENTS DID NOT FINISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO AT HOME SOMETIMES THE KIDS DO NOT FIND THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. ASOCIACION SENDS THE KIDS HOME EACH DAY WITH ALL HOMEWORK COMPLETED SO IT IS LESS STRESSFUL FOR THE PARENTS AND FOR THEM. ASOCIACION HAS A LIBRARY FULL OF RESOURCES WITH BOOKS AND COMPUTERS FOR THE CHILDREN TO WORK ON ANY SCHOOL PROJECT. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE READING FOR FUN AND KNOWLEDGE. ONE OFTEN HEARD COMMENT FROM PARENTS AND SCHOOLTEACHERS IS HOW ASOCIACION'S HAPPY TUMMIES CHILDREN'S VOCABULARY IS MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN THAT OF THEIR PEERS WE ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE BOOKS THEY READ AND THE WAY THEY ARE TAUGHT AND ALLOWED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WHILE AT HAPPY TUMMIES.

COMPASSION MINISTRIES IS A CORNUCOPIA OF MINISTRIES. THROUGH COMPASSION MINISTRIES ASOCIACION MAINTAINS VARIOUS PROGRAMS. IN EACH OF THESE, OUR GOAL AFTER SHARING CHRIST IS TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND LEND A HELPING HAND, A LISTENING EAR, AND A HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. THROUGH COMPASSION ASOCIACION SERVES AND MINISTERS TO OVER 1,500 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: - THE HEALING HANDS PROGRAM SUPPORTS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN MEDICAL CRISIS. - ABUELITOS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOOD, MEDICAL EXPENSES, AND ACTIVITIES FOR GRANDPARENTS - OTHER MINISTRIES TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE