New Learning Center Opens in Guatemala

This picture sums up all of the excitement! All year our partners in Guatemala have been working on opening a Learning Center in the La Communidad and Los Verdes communities that Connection Pointe is in partnership with. From January until a few weeks ago a local...

Guatemala in 8 Pictures

 1. Felicita…one of our team favorites who struggles with a learning disability, but has found her place at the Learning Center. 2. Joy…Nothing beats the pure joy of little children who have so little, but love and trust so much. 3. Laughter…Whether...
What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” This simple question and the answer Rut, Country Director for Guatemala, would change her life forever. Working as a teacher for a private school here in Guatemala Rut came to a community called Cruz Blanca. She...

An awesome experience!

We’ve had an awesome few days (with no wi-fi!) We will be doing a full update on our trip when we get back in the states, but it’s been a fantastic trip and an truly amazing group of students! Everyday we’ve been to the learning center we’ve...

A student post (by Ashton)

This first day-and-a-half have been eventful, to say the least, and definitely full of miracles. One might say the miracles started with all 20 people and 36 bags arriving safely in Guatemala, but I think that the miracles started months ago, when God worked to put...

20 hours after….

20 hours after we meet at Connection Pointe (excuse the typos :)) we are finally settling in for the night. It’s been an amazing and eventful day. From a little run through the Indy airport due to some slow computer check in issues, one of the vans getting a...