Category: EMI
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Quarantine
The world is not the same place it was just a few months ago and it continues to change. I know very few of us are finding any of this “easy.” So when I say it’s be a hard few months, I know that is true for most. In March we were asked to work…
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Building on Promised Land
This month I wanted to share with all of you something new I’ve been working on for EMI Global. I often help them with various graphic design needs for fundraising and other internal projects. But for the last few months I’ve been working on the main article for our quarterly EMI update, Inside EMI. My…
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Travels with Anna
2020 has hit the ground running. In January we welcomed our 6th group of interns. They are through orientation and already settled into the office. Then, in February, I was able to join another office project trip. This trip was a little different. Through collaboration with our director, Chris, and long-time volunteer Jeff, both of…
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Another Happy New Year
A new year has begun! First things first, COVID update. Case count remains low, but new testing a tracing practices means we are catching more outbreaks but we can also trace them. At the moment schools are closed and religious meetings are not meeting in person, but like the rest of the world the government…
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Happy New Year!
Where did 2019 go? As I sit here looking at my calendar, one month gone already, I am surprised by how the days are flying by. Last November, I joined an EMI project trip to Malacca, Malaysia. While we were there, we worked with a ministry that serves young adults with mental disabilities. Twenty-Eight years ago,…
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2016 in Rear-view
It seem like I’ve spent a lot of time in the car these last few months. Trips to Texas and Canada for training. Trips home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. And a few vacation trips as well. As January 11 quickly approaches, I’ve spent the last few weeks looking back over my season in Colorado. As…
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August Update
At 9,000ft surrounded by the crisp clean Rocky Mountain air, for the first time ever, five staff* and their families sat down at the same table to have a meal together. There was a sense of unity and commencement as the Cambodia team made small talk and just began to get to know one another.…
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June Update
Only 6 more months to go before I board an airplane headed for Phnom Penh. While I contemplate the idea of finishing my time here in Colorado Springs well, I have begun focusing my time on the relationships and community I have built here over the last two years. School Out-reach and VBS Over the…
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Moving to Phnom Penh
Last month our Cambodia office director, Chad and EMI CEO John and their families traveled to Cambodia to make the final city selection. After meeting with over 25 missionaries and ex-patriots living in Cambodia, it became abundantly clear that Phnom Penh was the best choice. With only 8 short months left in the US, the…
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Nigeria Project Trip
Originally established in 1962 as a prayer group first named Calvary Fellowship, Church of God Mission International Incorporated was divinely born by the urge of the Holy Spirit with specific instructions of the Lord to Archbishop B.A. Idahosa as stated: “Raise up an army for me, to go with the gospel to all Nations. Gather together…
