Global Notes…
Last month I passed the two-year mark of serving on Connection Pointe staff. I am now at a place of understanding our church and its global work that I can write a weekly post to challenge and inform. Encourage your friends and family to subscribe to this page to keep updated. I returned from Kenya last week as part of a team led by Kelsey Stuckwisch. Teacher training and presentation of the Path of a Peacemaker were our achieved purposes. We also spent a lot of time with our partners Giles...
Read MoreSurprise!
-Jeff Lovell, Global Impact Team Every CPCC travel team prepares and plans for their short-term mission trips. However, the only sure thing about any trip agenda is that there will be surprises! One 24-hour period in Guatemala was full of them. Birthday surprise Our partners generously hosted us at Rut’s home for dinner mid-week. As our partnership has matured into its fifth year, our teams have developed strong relationships with our partners. After our meal, Josue sneaked in...
Read MoreTwo Principles of God’s Kingdom
-Dan Crum, Global Impact Director My teammates on this trip have been demonstrating two principles of God’s Kingdom this past week, perhaps without realizing it. First, God meets us on our level. Do you see the African talking stick that Don is holding? He brought it on our trip, a gift from a previous African trip, as a symbol for those who hold it to speak truth. The lead teachers and lead social workers at our workshop on peacemaking were speaking truth at our closing session...
Read MoreAnd then today happened …
-Cassie Perez, Team Leader This is my third trip to Guatemala. The poverty, the plights of the families, it no longer shocks me like it did on previous trips. During our evening devotional yesterday, I shared that I had been feeling less affected this trip, that perhaps I was becoming too comfortable on these trips, becoming numb. And then today happened. Today, our team was to work on installing stoves in family homes and assist with the kindergarten graduation festivities. Our team...
Read MoreGuatemala Team Off to a Good Start
Day 1 of VBS and Sports Camp in Los Verdes, Guatemala Today was our first day to really interact with the children at the learning center in Los Verdes. In the morning, the younger children (pre-school age) piled out of the school bus or walked along the road up a steep hill to the learning center. As they came past the gate, they flooded towards us for big hugs. They know their friends from Indiana bring fun and excitement and they usually can’t wait to see us. Today’s morning VBS was a hit....
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