Impact Ministries Canada
Impact Ministries is an inter-denominational ministry established by a group of educators, administrators and individuals who share a concern for the impoverished and disadvantaged people of Latin America
Natanael and Wilder’s Mom was at her wit’s end. The boys’ behaviour was going downhill, and as a single mother, she was struggling with their disobedience. Their Dad had ended up in jail, and she wanted better for her boys! Long ago, her brother had attended a Vida school, and now Natanael and Wilder’s Mom […]
As we’re kicking off our year end Build a Brighter Future campaign, it’s graduation season at our Vida schools. Graduation is always such a tangible reminder that the future CAN be bright for the children of Guatemala. The smiles can hide the backstory, though. So often, a bright future is hard-won in Guatemala. Like for […]
This month, we’re Building a Brighter Future for kids in Guatemala! And one of the ways we’re doing that is by rebuilding Vida Chamché. Vida Chamché, Impact Ministries’ first school, was definitely at the end of its life-cycle. After starting out as a family home more than 100 years ago, it had seen renovations and […]
A hundred and four years is a long time for an adobe-brick structure to last . . . but that’s how long the original part of Vida Chamché school has been around! Built as a home for a family, then turned into “Colegio Beerseba” – the forerunner to the Vida Schools – this building has […]
Did you know that the original building at Vida Chamché was originally built as a family home – and that it stood for over 100 years? Did you know that Vida Chamché was originally called Colegio Beerseba? How much do you know about the history of our first Vida School campus? Here’s a partial Vida Chamché Timeline: 1914 – […]
The 2015 school year started with smiles for everyone. While the children were eagerly waiting to begin the year, the teachers participated in the annual Consecration service where principals pray for the staff, the staff prays for each other, their students and their families, they commit their year to humbly serve God, and they worship […]