Meanwhile

You have likely been made aware of the passing of Pastor Lucas here in San Juan. We are all very sadden by this. As we think upon this we are reminded about a devotion offered by a visiting team member recently. This devotion revolved around the word "meanwhile". It is for us to remember that even when we are in times of trial, meanwhile God is still in control, sovereign, at work, and seated on the throne. His work continues, so we continue this week in the youth music camp winning souls for the kingdom and equipping the Saints. Pleas pray for the Youth Music Camp, the family of Pastor Lucas, and the staff of Impacto.
God Bless you all!

Impacto Ministry Staff

Promised Land News

If you have been to Guatemala with Impacto Ministry, you have been to, or know of the Promised Land. This will be a multipurpose facility used for pastor's training, couples retreats, youth retreats and housing short term teams. 

You also will likely know the story of the property adjacent to the Promised Land. This house and property was being used by an individual to manufacture and distribute illegal drugs. When this individual was caught and tried he was given the option to leave the country and never return, he was a foreigner, or to go to prison. Well, this guy chose to leave Guatemala. 

The property he owns has stood vacant for years now with a huge price tag on it of $80,000.00 U.S.  Last week Pastor Luis was at the Promised Land checking on some of the construction and he ran into the man that is overseeing the property. This man informed Pastor Luis that the former owner is now homeless and is very desperate. He has reduced the price of the property to $30,000.00U.S. Pastor Luis also found out that the property includes a strip of land across the street that is connected to property that is already owned by Impacto Ministry. This additional strip is of a size that would accommodate several additional cabins if it was the Lord's will to make it available.

Our prayer now is for discernment and wisdom. Is this God`s plan to make this property available? If so we would need prayer that the funds would be available at the appropriate time and the property would be priced at the amount God would provide.

I have included a very elementary drawing (not to scale)  to give you a visual image of the property. Please join us in prayer as we consider the Lord's will in all of this.

Outside of the box

This has been an awesome week of serving God alongside the team from LaOtta W.C. This team brought an awesome ministry to Guatemala, a basketball camp! That is thinking outside of the box! Basketball in a futbol world! So often we have locked ourselves into an idea of what a mission trip involves, VBS, construction, all the normal things. God is too big for us to put inside a box. The basketball ministry this week was conducted at two different schools for two days and resulted in over 40 students giving their lives to Christ. All the glory goes to God as He chose to use this team at this time to further the kingdom.

Finger lickin' good!

At "Happy Tummies" this past Friday we had a celebration for the children that have had birthdays since we started in mid May. We recognized 9 children with a fun day of games and ice cream. The festivities began with a meal that featured a fried chicken leg. Most of us don't consider fried chicken a special meal and we may not think it so special here in Guatemala since it seems to be plentiful. But the kids in Happy Tummies are not able to get chicken very often, because of their families financial situation. Well, let me tell you that these boys and girls enjoyed that chicken very much! We have never seen bones so clean. It was a very touching thing that tugged at our heart strings and we pray that we would be able to provide more special meals and birthday celebrations. If you feel led to donate to Happy Tummies you can do that by clicking donate now on this page.