Connect Global Year in Review 2022

Connect Global THANK YOU FOR YOUR support

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It is your generosity that allows us to impact so many lives.

We appreciate your friendship and kindness and we are grateful we get to work together to make this work possible.

As we look back over the last year I am reminded of how a single step of faith and a simple response to a need has grown into such a powerful movement for GOOD. A small spark of compassion has led us to places we never thought we would go and has given us so many new and wonderful experiences.

Thank you for being a part of this journey and for being a part of our lives.

We are sincerely thankful for you and your friendship.

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FOCUSED ON IMPACT We are grateful for YOU and so many friends who have chosen to Give with Us through the Maternity Home, as well as provide sustainable solutions such as Urban Farming and Clean Water Projects.

We could not provide scholarships to over 200 students if not for your overwhelming support.

We are happy to share with you the achievements and amazing success that have been made possible through our combined efforts. You are a true gift and blessing to us and to so many around the world.

Because of your giving, we have served 1873 mothers and their precious new babies at the Maternity Home and each year we invest $57,000 towards our 24/7 operations of this home!

This marks our fifth school year that we have focused on providing school scholarships through our Education Fund and invested $40,000 last year!

None of this could be done if it were not for you! Connect Global has been building relationships around the world with change-makers, entrepreneurs, and go-getters for the purpose of sharing the love and hope of Jesus in tangible and sustainable ways.

You make Connect Global what it is today!

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Strategic Partners Connect Global has had the opportunity to continue to prioritize meeting needs of communities by collaborating with strategic partners who are committed long term to the improvement of their neighborhoods and towns.

People like Allan and Lorena Posas who feed 300 children a week and are making health screenings and ongoing healthcare accessible to children and their families who would not otherwise recieve this care.

In every case we’ve been able to do so much to follow the biblical model of meeting both spiritual and physical needs.

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” —ACTS 20:35

With monthly help from generous people like You, Connect Global has been able to make commitments to those on the frontlines who are making the most impact every day.

We partner with educators, pastors, and leaders who are creating a measurable, positive difference in the lives of the most vulnerable.

Connect Global is committed to serving strategic partners as a part of the immediate and longterm service through our various programs.

SUSTAINABILITY

Urban Farms Connect Global has been investing in Aquaponics since our inception. Over the years our process for selecting new recipients and implementing systems has gotten better. Strategic placement of systems built means more opportunity for initial as well as multigenerational success.

Our National Director Jorge Amador has built complete systems in and around La Ceiba, Honduras, and teaches dozens of people how to duplicate them successfully each year.

Connect Global will continue to invest in sustainable solutions to solvable problems like food scarcity, and lack of access to clean water because we know they work.

Our Aquaponics program has been expanding and we are looking forward to creating new systems in the coming year.

As people fall below the poverty line because of the effects of the global health crisis, political divisions, and rising inflation it is important to focus on long-term plans to help people provide for their families in holistic and dignified ways.

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

—UNKNOWN

WHAT IS AQUAPONICS? Aquaponics is a hybrid of hydroponic methods of growing healthy vegetables and growing an aqua culture such as tilapia in a series of tanks and grow beds.

In a small system like the ones here, the fish waste is used as a fertilizer for the vegetation which in turn pulls nutrients out of the water.

This process also filters the water so that it can then be recycled back into the fish tank to help oxygenate the water.

One of our single Fish tanks totals 450 gallons of water. This system utilizes 90 percent less water than traditional in-ground gardening plus the nutrient-rich water is more sustainable and can be used to fortify the overly farmed topsoil.

From a hand sketch to reality Each system has the ability to feed multiple families and does not require as much water or as much ground space as traditional farming. As we learn new ways in which to provide more improvements to our current systems and the best ways tio invest in new systes we have seen more growth and more interest from the communities.

Many families have benefitted from this solution over the years and we are honored to be partnering with some very like minded strategic partners in and around La Ceiba to make this available to even more people.

As these systems are made available we will be able to immediately improve the quality of life for people suffering today, as well as instill a hope for a prosperous future.

Connect Global is working to build 20 urban farm systems across the northern coast of Honduras.

EDUCATION

Unlocking Potential Reaching the next generation through educational, cultural, and faith based developmental programs has long been a value of Connect Global.

Our teams are constantly finding new ways to reach and positivelyimpact communities. We have a deep commitment to raise up the now and next generations to lead in community empowerment, enrichment of faith, and compassionate care for others.

Connect Global has been building an Education Fund with several schools since 2017.

We are grateful for the donors who Give with Us to help keep teachers employed, improve learning environments and give students the opportunity to stay on track with their educational journey.

We are able to support over 200 students, teachers and staff each month because of the financial commitments from generous people like You.

When you Give With Us by investing in the Connect Global Education Fund, you are helping provide education and so much more.

“You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.”

We have helped fully fund several projects and ongoing needs at several schools including school renovations, teachers' salaries, specialized learning equipment, classroom furniture, and other necessary materials, tools, and technology upgrades.

Your donation provides teachers with the tools they need to get the job of educating students done more effectively.

—JOHN MAXWELL Connect Global is committed to helping provide quality education now and in the future.

MATERNITY HOME

Love Never Fails During our extensive work in La Ceiba

Moms were left to wait outside leading

we, at Connect Global, observed a very

up to and immediately after delivery to

difficult challenge facing new and

save beds for women who were in active

expecting mothers.

delivery.

We diligently learned as much as we

Women would sleep on makeshift

could about the problem and more

cardboard pallets on the floors or

importantly devised a plan to provide a

crowded benches that line the open-air

solution.

hallways outside the delivery rooms.

New and Expectant Mothers were being

This, of course, is uncomfortable, and

displaced while they waited for beds to

dangerous, and would leave the mothers

open up before delivery, and were given

susceptible to assault, germs, and

no room to recover post-delivery.

afflictions such as Zika, and Malaria.

Today each mother who delivers their child in La Ceiba has a safe and clean place to recover and receive care from our knowledgeable and compassionate national team.

The Maternity Home opened on September 11th, 2019. The Connect Global team is providing 24/7 care for the mothers of La Ceiba and the entire northern coast of the department of Atlántida.

As of Jan 1st, 2023 we have served 1873 mothers and their newborns.

We are grateful to see the community jump in to serve and Give With Us towards this life-giving ministry.

"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever."

—UNKNOWN

Connect Global is a group of compassionate individuals, business owners, churches, and market place leaders who provide access to sustainable solutions addressing poverty, food scarcity, lack of education, and maternal & infant mortality.

We Lead Change

We Build Hope

We Sponsor Success

Everything we do starts with learning.

Sustainable projects produce results to

We sponsor motivated, successful

We learn as much as we can about a

meet a tangible need with resources left

Pastors, Missionaries, Students, & many

problem or a need and then we learn

over to produce a new project without

others in their pursuit of duplicatable

what the root cause is, how it has been

ongoing, outside support. Our current

global impact. It takes many different

tackled before, and how can we make it

projects are based around Aquaponics, a

minds, hearts, and motivations to make

better. We learn where we can create or

sustainable food-producing system,

a lasting difference in this world. We love

help promote a sustainable, life-

Supporting International Business

seeing Good happen and invite others to

improving project and we get busy. Each

Leaders, Investing in Education and

Give, Serve, and Volunteer With Us as we

initiative starts with tangible needs and

Educators, Partnering with organizations

Sponsor Success around the world.

moves towards a track record of ongoing

centered around Health and well-being,

success and evident momentum for the

and other causes that sustain life.

next generation.

Founders

Javier & Danielle Mendoza Together, Javier & Danielle Mendoza, have been leading mission trips since 2004 and upon it’s founding in 2011 have been instrumental in building Connect Global, a worldwide organization built on providing sustainable solutions to solvable problems like poverty, hunger, lack of education, and lack of clean drinking water.

In addition to bringing awareness to issues like Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, Javier and Danielle are committed to sharing the Love of Jesus in practical ways around the world. They do this through public speaking, teaching, and through hosting various mission trips and outreach efforts which have included Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Colombia, Thailand, Mexico, Louisiana, Florida, South Dakota, and Texas.

Javier and Danielle Mendoza are both licensed and ordained ministers. Their ministerial associations, credentials and memberships are held and recognized by MAJC, The Fellowship Network, and LINC. Javier has the privilege of working alongside family and close friends creating, tailoring and communicating the story of the organization while honing the global vision.

Javier has received Advanced Training in Leadership through the National Institute of Christian Leadership with Dr. Mark Rutland, and is a Certified Trainer in Missions through Go To Nations with Dr. Jerry Williamson.

Danielle is also a Certified Trainer in Missions through Go To Nations. Her current focus is on developing long lasting community partnerships, organizational fundraising efforts, and implementing new strategies all which help fuel the success of her charitable work through Connect Global. Danielle and Javier have one daughter, Saige, who is 12 and completed her first international service trip at the age of 4 to Thailand.

Along with their daughter Saige, the Mendoza Family has called La Ceiba, Honduras home twice since January 2015. They lived and worked in country establishing the programs and partnerships that are still growing and thriving today.

Board Members

Jason & BonnieRuth Rolf Jason and BonnieRuth Rolf have been serving in ministry together since 2001. They have been married for 21 years and have a dog named Zoe. Together they have served as College/Young Adults and youth pastors in Grandville Mi. They moved to Texas in 2006 where they have served as Live Productions Associate Directors, Marriage and Family Pastors, Care Pastors and Lead Pastors. Together Jason and BonnieRuth have a heart to see people discover how to hear God for themselves, know His word and to know that every story matters.

Jason and BonnieRuth have a podcast called Barren Not Broken where they share their journey of 20 + years of infertility, miscarriage and Childlessness not by choice.

While also encouraging others they can have hope in the midst of what seems like darkness, they desire to come alongside couples who are facing this trauma to encourage and equip them to have strong, healthy marriages in spite of the deep pain this journey can inflict.

The Rolf's have just recently purchased 48 acres of land in North Texas in a town called Bonham where they are breaking ground on a retreat center for couples who face Infertility, childlessness not by choice and child loss.

They want these couples to have a place to process the hard decisions, to restore and rejuvenate. As well the property will be offered to Pastors and their families who are needing to rest and refresh. The retreat center will be called "Legacy Place." They could not be more excited for the days ahead and the legacy that will be discovered and built.

"We have been in partnership through prayer and support with Connect Global for the last 4 years. In 2022 we had the honor of being asked to join the Board of Directors. We wholeheartedly believe in the vision and mission of this organization. It has been an honor to serve with such incredible leaders who work tirelessly to express the love of Jesus and meet needs. The Mendozas are faithful and generous leaders who empower those around them to look and love more like Jesus. We are excited to continue partnering with this team to see lives and legacies strengthened and changed"

Board Members

Kevin & Shekinah Schwartz Pastors of The Church at Asheville in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina.

Shekinah was called to preach at a young age and now serves as Lead Pastor.

Kevin received a call to serve in Missions at a young age and now serves as Church Administrator and Missions Director.

Shekinah moved from Louisiana and Kevin from Indiana to find each other and their combined ministry in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Their church's mission has been to love people into a relationship with Jesus. This love is vibrant and obvious in their wonderful church family.

Along with pastoring both have felt called in areas outside the immediate church family. This call is to community in Western North Carolina and to unifying the "We ONE Body we desire to seeand the Body come Bodyare of Christ fromand ministry to ministry church to together as one.

We also have a call to foreign missions and serve with partner organizations in several countries. church..

One of our dearest relationships / friendships is with the Connect Global family and Javier, Danielle, and Saige in particular.

We love the work of God that is taking place in Honduras, whether assisting school children, new-borns, young mothers, orphans, firemen, policemen, the Honduran Body of Christ . . . you name it.

There is so much God is doing in Honduras! We are especially excited about the new Missions Program that is training Hondurans for the mission field outside of Honduras. And of course, we love Jorge and Janeth Amador, who lead the Connect Global team in Honduras!

We have gained so many friendships from our interaction with Connect Global that bless us and inspire us to live more fully for Christ!

Connect Global is about building relationships and completing the Great Commission. That is certainly our heart as well. We were blessed to serve as board members of Connect Global"

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Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns." —Phil 4:6

It is your generosity that allows us to impact so many lives. Thank you for your gift to help us further the mission.

If you would like information on our plans for the next year please email us.

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