by Tim Sells 2020 forced us to do ministry in different ways, perhaps ways which we would have never attempted otherwise. If not for 2020 I would not have developed a love for and deep appreciation for one of our homeless friends, Terry. With the usual hustle and bustle the development of true friendships with
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by Marilyn Flores, Leslie Salinas, and Patrick Lemmons The partnership between Impact and Arms of Hope continues to affect lives in many ways, especially during the current pandemic. Here are a few short but powerful stories to illustrate that. Mr. and Mrs. Moreno have 3 beautiful children. Prior to COVID Ms. Moreno worked part-time to
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by Dennis Jaeger Twenty-three years ago I came to Impact for the first time with my youth group from Oklahoma and met a seven-year-old Geremy Varner, who is now Impact’s Middle School Youth Minister. I also met two girls, one the same age as Geremy and the other three years older. They were still in
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2020 has been a year of tremendous uncertainty for us all. This uncertainty has caused us to suffer in various ways, the poor in particular. For us at Impact the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to adapt and to be flexible, patient, creative, and determined. We have in no way handled
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One of the amazing gifts God has given us at Impact is the ability to see the long-term work He has been doing in families that attend Impact. About 20 years ago, 2 sisters attended Impact as children and teens – they came from an unstable home that was full of poverty, sin, and other
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by Leslie Salinas Arms of Hope was recently blessed to meet Ms. Olga Romero, who is an amazing woman with a great husband. Unfortunately she had recently been robbed at gunpoint while running her daily errands. She was followed to the bank, where she withdrew money to pay her bills for the month, and when
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by Marilyn Flores Ms. Nayeli is a single mother of 2 beautiful daughters, and when we first met her she was very depressed and stressed out. She was employed, but due to becoming very ill she was unable to work and there was no income coming in to be able to provide for her 13
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by Tim Sells It has been seven months of silence. The Day Room where the outdoorsmen ministry is located, at the rear of the Impact main building, is silent. The usual laughter, prayers, bible studies, and nourishing meals have been silenced for the last seven months. While the last seven months of a global pandemic
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By Patrick Lemmons Carl Windsor was 56 years old and in an AA meeting when he was told for the first time, at least in a way that he really believed it, that he was loved. Carl grew up in a trailer park in Atlanta with alcoholic and abusive parents. His father introduced him to
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by Marilyn Flores Guadalupe Lopez came to Arms of Hope due to being a survivor of domestic violence. She is a single mother of 3 beautiful children. We first assisted her in August 2019 and after some money management resources she was quickly back on track with her expenses. At the time of our appointment
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by Caroline Morales, Impact Children’s Minister All Houston School District students have been learning virtually until this week. While this has probably been the safest option, especially for such a large district, it has created a lot of hardships for many of our Impact families. One of our families, which is led by a single
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by Caroline Morales In my human perspective 2020 has been a year of disappointments. So many things that I look forward to each year in Impact’s Children’s Ministry, like Spring Break groups and Summer VBS, were cancelled or altered dramatically. None of us expected COVID-19 to be such a long-lasting pandemic (or at leastI didn’t!),
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