​We're so excited you're joining the Vision 2020 Team!

July 15-25, 2020

The Vision 2020 Team is for the Boards, Staff, and Volunteers of all three offices of Impact Ministries (Canada, Guatemala and the US). This will be a time of mutual encouragement and inspiration as we celebrate all that God has done in the past 20 years and as we look ahead to all that God has in store. 

We have created a Vision 2020 Team Handbook especially for this team. It is important that each team member reads through this handbook. It is full of helpful information to help you prepare and be ready for this exciting trip.

Here is a snapshot of some of the things that will be included in the Vision 2020 trip.  

Important Link

• Vision Team Handbook

Other Important Information

• Flight Bookings (See below)

You'll get to see Impact Ministries in Action!
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Sponsor Child Visits

• If you sponsor a child with Impact Ministries, we will do all we can to facilitate a visit with your child.
  
• If you support a class with Impact Ministries, you will have the opportunity to visit your class. h a visit!

School Devotionals

• Elementary
• Jr. & Sr. High
  
  

 Celebration Day

• July 17 is set aside as the special celebration day. Our Vida schools will be putting on a parade to go through the town of Tactic. There will be a special meal and time together with our Guatemalan leaders to celebrate God's faithfulness over these past 20 years.
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Testimonies

• Hear from our Guatemalan leaders how God is working in their lives and giving them vision.
  

Meetings

• As mundane as meetings might sound, this will be a great opportunity to connect and meet face to face with our fellow board and staff on the ground in Guatemala.
  

 Optional (for those not attending meetings)

• Time with school children (for example, soccer / games)
• Work project 
• Home visits

Here's the Logistics

​Detailed information is provided in the Celebration Team Handbook. Here's a few highlights:

Flights
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Please do not book flights before reading this carefully.

• Impact Ministries Canada uses CV Humanitarian Travel as our travel agency. Jennifer Kraemer Rush is our agent and she is happy to help you with your flight booking.
• Your arrival flight into Guatemala City needs to land after 10:30 a.m. on July 15th or the morning (before noon) of July 16th. This is very important for our hospitality team and our drivers in Guatemala.
• Your departure flight from Guatemala City needs to depart on the evening of July 24th or the morning of July 25th (before noon).
• ​If you wish to receive a tax receipt for the cost of your flight, we ask that you do the following:

1. If you plan to book your flight through CV Humanitarian Travel contact Mel Jackson, Teams Coordinator at teams@impactminusa at least 10 days in advance of payment date. This allows us to ensure that we have adequate room on the credit card to cover the flight payment. 
2. Contact Mel Jackson once payment is due so that the flight payment can be made on your behalf. 
3. Once the cost of the flight is determined you must make arrangements to forward the funds to Impact Ministries as a donation. Ideally this should be received before the flight is charged to the credit card.  

 

•  Jennifer Rush’s contact information at CV Humanitarian Travel is:

                         Jennifer Rush - Jennifer@cvtravel.com
                         Phone Number:  205.949.2766
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 If you wish to book your own flights in a different way, you may do so provided you arrive in the stated time-frame. Please note there will be no tax receipt issued for this. 
Airfare Cancellation and Trip Interruption Insurance is recommended but not required.
 
Finally - Once your travel arrangements are confirmed send a copy of your e-ticket or all flight details including the airline, the flight numbers and flight dates and times to Mel Jackson so that pick up and drop off arrangements can be made at the airport.
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Ground Costs
These costs should be received at the Impact Ministries office by May 29, 2020. Payment can be made online as well. If submitting online choose 2020 Vision Team. If using a credit card we ask that you accept the suggested credit card donation option.

Money Matters

​All donations towards your Vision Team Trip must be received by Impact Ministries by May 29th, 2020.
Donations can be made by cheque, or online, but please note that if you are paying online, additional processing fees apply.
Please include a note indicating "Celebration Team: Your Name"

• Donate by Check made out to Impact Ministries USA and mailed to PO Box 550 Duvall, WA 98019-0550. Please do not write on the memo line of the cheque.
• Donate On-line

More info
If you have questions regarding your ground costs or flights contact Mel Jackson at teams@impactminusa.org
Other Questions? Contact Julie at jmclaren@impactminusa.org.