The trips focus on how to be a better person when we return home. In a country where the average family makes around $100 a month there is a culture of appreciating who you are with at the present moment. This has made me a better person/planner by helping me be more outwardly focused and less concerned about my needs and wants. It makes me more genuinely interested in getting to know the people I’m with, personally and professionally.”

Andrew Sivertsen, senior financial planner, The Planning Center