Help us ship this excavator to Guatemala!
A couple who participated on a short-term team in 2013, who own a small business, is doing something unbelievable in this day and age. They put any $50 and $100 cash bills they received for their work in the company safe for a very specific purpose. Most people would think this couple was saving for a special vacation, a home renovation, or a special gift for their children or grandchildren. But no! This couple saved these bills with the intention of hearing from the Holy Spirit on how to use them in God’s service. After many months of putting bills in the safe and being to Guatemala multiple times in the past, they felt God tugging on their hearts to see how much they saved and giving them the idea of purchasing an excavator to donate to a ministry in Guatemala.
Well their faithful saving over several years has become a donation of an excavator and trailer for Impact Ministries’ construction team and the agricultural sustainability program. They purchased a used excavator in excellent condition and a rundown trailer with the initial money they found in the safe. The husband took the time and effort to replace all the tubing for the hydraulics system and have the excavator’s mechanical components tested and refurbished where needed. His grandson took on the trailer as a school metal shop project, and now the refurbished trailer structure has a completely new deck and tires. While this family took on this project, bills continued finding their way into the safe, and now they are in the process of finding a good used diesel truck that will safely haul the excavator and trailer up and down the hilly terrain here in the north central highlands of Guatemala.
You might be asking, “Why are we learning about this one donation?” Well, Impact Ministries wants you to partner with us, and this couple. According to the preliminary assessments, the donation of the excavator and trailer will be approximately $22,000. God has provided this incredible gift, and He works in ways that we cannot even imagine, nor can we predict. With that in mind, we are asking you to partner with Impact Ministries to ship the excavator and trailer to Guatemala.
Initial estimates from the shipping company are for approximately $8,000. We need $2,000 in additional funding to ship the excavator to Guatemala. Will you partner with us so we can receive this generous gift and get it to Guatemala where it will be a welcome addition to our ministry? Each dollar you donate towards shipping the excavator will secure almost three dollars of the excavator donation!
Initial estimates from the shipping company are for approximately $8,000. We need $2,000 in additional funding to ship the excavator to Guatemala. Will you partner with us so we can receive this generous gift and get it to Guatemala where it will be a welcome addition to our ministry? Each dollar you donate towards shipping the excavator will secure almost three dollars of the excavator donation!
