INSIDE EMI, a new home by Engineering Ministries International

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INSIDE EMI A NEW HOME

Surveyors Who Serve

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It’s exciting to bring you this third edition of Inside EMI. After experimenting for a few years within EMI India, in 2013 we set out to take the ‘bushel’ off EMI’s worldwide ministry. The allusion was to Jesus’ words in Matthew chapter five. Things are happening inside EMI that just need to be shared. This time you’ll learn how surveyors from Australia and Uganda became colleagues & brothers through EMI (13). Then, one of our senior project leaders describes what it means to ‘design a world of hope’ for handicapped children in Ukraine (60).

& NATIONS

And, on the road to Senegal, a mother of four speaks to us about the depths of God’s love in the tragedy of her son’s paralysis (43). Every part of this magazine is from the eyewitnesses who are living and being EMI. We bring you Inside EMI to join them in thanking God for all He’s done. As that scripture in Matthew reveals, this is the basic outcome we wish to see: Praise to our heavenly Father. MJC 21 October 2015 New Delhi

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Cover Photo : Ligy Abraham A Ugandan mason lays bricks at the new EMI office site. March 2015 Kajjansi Airfield, Uganda More on EMI’s new home in Uganda on page 49

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A NEW HOME JOHN DALLMANN, CEO OF EMI

2015 has been a year of growth, struggle, and incredible opportunity for EMI. Through the highs and lows, God has sustained us in His goodness and love. We hope you are encouraged by the stories in this edition of Inside EMI. Inside, you’ll read how God established a permanent home for EMI in Uganda. An amazing partnership with MAF has become a visible witness of Christian unity and cooperation. This first-ever EMI structure will be a new home for us as we endeavor to serve the design and construction needs of ministries throughout East Africa. Two other new ‘homes’ for EMI are forming up in very needy places of the world. Our Senegal team is now in French language training. The physical and spiritual needs in West Africa are extreme. God is opening the door of opportunity for EMI to make an impact in ways no one else can. In Nicaragua, several families are on the ground and engaged in Spanish language study. Many local design professionals have expressed the desire for EMI to come and disciple them professionally and spiritually. The fields of opportunity are ripe for harvest. What about you? Is God calling you to invest your time, talent, and treasure into something of eternal significance? Even now a team has formed to open EMI in Cambodia. If you are an architect, engineer, surveyor, or construction manager, there’s no better place to put your skills to Kingdom purposes. Come join us in designing a world of hope.

Photo by J. Keiter

A NEW HOME Features PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS 2015

ENGINEERING DISCIPLESHIP Course-correcting a water project in DR Congo

by Jason Chandler

SURVEYORS WHO SERVE What makes the EMI survey Practicum unique

by Ben Craig & Ludaga Martin

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A NEW HOME A look at EMIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new office building at Kajjansi Airfield

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Beans & Barrios

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Measuring Our Impact

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Round 1 Photo Contest Winner Biaya is the daughter of a Khmer pastor whose wife is a civil engineer. They have a vision to plant a village church outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia. She has a vision to reach the nations. One of the main objectives for an EMI field office is to be able to serve people like these. Anna Seeley

April, 2015

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Round 2 Photo Contest Winner (page 51) Ligy Abraham

May, 2015

Kajjansi Airfield, Uganda

Round 3 Photo Contest Winner Over two years ago, Godfrey told an EMI team of his faith in Jesus and his hopes to become a civil engineer. A hospital architect on the team, Matt Harrell, decided to help make that happen. We returned with Matt to Godfrey's village to see his family and church. When his father dies, Godfrey will become the chief of this village. He will lead his people in the name of Christ. Connor Crist

September, 2015

Enkerende, Kenya

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By Jason Chandler / EMI Global / The Democratic Republic of the Congo

ENGINEERING DISCIPLESHIP A NEW THING IS COMING TO THE VILLAGE

There is a town of almost 400,000 people with no paved roads, no electricity. A town where most lack running water and sanitation. People migrated here hoping to find opportunities for a better life. They discovered few jobs and less farm land to go around â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most families earn less than a dollar a day. They live in simple mud and thatch huts that are packed tightly along the heavily rutted streetscape. This is the image of the almost forgotten town of Gemena in the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Formerly known as Zaire, the DRC has a tumultuous history. Corruption, disease, civil war and physical & spiritual oppression make for a yoke of extreme poverty. Possessing a natural resource potential that exceeds the US and European GDP combined, the DRC remains one of the poorest countries in the world. World Vision began the Ledia program in Gemena in 2012. Ledia is a word from the local language, Lingala. It means, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A new thing is coming to the village.â&#x20AC;? Seeing the basic need for clean water, World Vision undertook several massive water projects. They targeted some of the most marginalized and vulnerable areas of the town. These water distribution systems would minimize the walking distance required for people to access safe water. The first phase was anticipated to provide water service to about 20,000 people.

Photographer: Jason Chandler February 2015, Gemena, DRC Brother and sister Milam and Lubelle use a bicycle to carry water uphill from the Mai Ya Pota spring in Gemena, DRC.

However, none of the intended beneficiaries have access to safe drinking water yet. These projects have been more difficult to complete than expected. Access to materials, equipment, and specialized services such as well–drilling are almost non-existent in this part of the DRC. There are no major highways, so transit by road is long and difficult. Most resources arrive to Gemena by shipment from Kinshasa up the Congo River. This can take weeks to months. The most efficient means of transport is by air, but this is very expensive. The airport runway is the only strip of pavement in Gemena.

in the network. Without intervention in the design, the construction outcome would be low to minimal flow at the tap-stands where people access water. Hydraulic freeware was used to test the proposed design by creating a simple computer model of the pipe network. But EMI’s mission goes beyond simply providing engineering solutions. In Malawi and Gemena, EMI built the capacity of World Vision’s local design professionals. This has a far greater impact. These design professionals are the ones who need to effectively evaluate designs and manage the construction phases of the project after EMI’s visit. In March 2014, World Vision had brought Franck Nungombe from Goma to manage the water projects in the Ledia program area.

Despite the challenges with procuring materials and services, World Vision has managed to make significant progress. They had begun work on three bore well distribution systems. They have drilled two of the proposed high-yield Franck is a recent wells and erected steel engineering graduate who EMI built the capacity tanks that provide 100,000 has great potential to be a Liters of water storage at very competent engineer of World Vision’s local both locations. They had and project manager. The also begun a distribution engineering techniques design professionals. system from a spring they and tools that the EMI had developed on the team left with Franck will edge of town. World Vision requested that foster that potential. Tools like learning how EMI assess these water systems while the to build and install a weir to estimate water design and construction was progressing. flow in new spring sources. Techniques like developing a computer model simulation In 2014, EMI helped World Vision assess of the water flow in the proposed piping and repair a large water system in Malawi. system. This simulation was of immediate One of the issues that plagued the Malawi benefit. Franck was able to determine water system was the lack of competent for himself that the pipe sizes were too technical expertise & oversight during small. Franck, who only speaks French design and construction. The result was that and Lingala, was trained in the use of this after tremendous construction expense and hydraulic freeware by EMI staff member effort, the wrong pipe size and pipe material and civil engineer John Agee. For John, it was installed over several kilometers was a practical application of his French of pipeline. The system was ultimately study as he prepares for the start of EMI replaced with larger and stronger pipe, but it Senegal. And he made himself available to still needed frequent repairs due to pressure Franck to provide additional support and problems. answer questions as these water projects move forward in Gemena. It quickly became clear that the Ledia program in Gemena was heading in the Ledia – God is doing a new thing for the same direction. But this time, EMI’s contact people of Gemena through World Vision. came in the design stage – not after the That new thing won’t be coming by trial and project was built. In Gemena, it was found error like in Malawi, but by design. Franck is that the proposed pipe sizes for the water there to manage these water projects and distribution network – over 8 Km of pipeline EMI has equipped him with some of the – were too small. On a broader level, there necessary engineering tools and counsel to were also not enough looped connections do his job well

Top: Photo by Jason Chandler

Bottom: Photo by John Agee

John Agee descends one of the 10m–high water storage towers in Gemena.

Franck Nungombe (center) and John Rahe (right) finish installing a weir at a potential spring water source.

Satellite Image: Courtesy of Google Maps August 2015, Gemena, DRC World Vision’s Ledia water network for Gemena will serve over 20,000 people. The EMI team improved the design with the loop links shown. They also trained WV’s technical staff with tools that will ensure the correct size of pipe is installed throughout the network. “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)

GLOBAL PROJECT NO. 5644 FEB. 2015

PROJECT TEAM Leaders : Jason Chandler & John Agee David Lee John Rahe

TEAM DISCIPLINES Engineers

DRC Gemena

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JASON CHANDLER EMI STAFF

Jason Chandler designed major municipal water & wastewater infrastructure projects for 7 years. He joined EMI as WASH Program Manager in 2013. Jason is a licensed PE and lives in Colorado Springs, CO with his wife and four children.

24 Tap Stands = 100,000 Liter Water Tank = >8KM Water Line = Loop Link = Network Area = 242 Hectares 20,000 People 11

EMI GLOBAL PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT EMI AROUND THE WORLD. EMI GLOBAL ALSO COORDINATES TWO KEY TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, DR & WASH.

GLOBAL

ESTABLISHED 2013

With six offices around the world and several more on the horizon, the leadership of EMI recognized the need for a support team of advisors to keep our global efforts unified and in-focus. Established in May 2013, EMI Global is anchored by the CEO, who provides direction and vision for EMI worldwide.

COLORADO SPRINGS, USA

STAFF DISCIPLINES

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GLOBAL STAFF

Architect

Finance, IT, Admin., Support

Graphic Designers

Staff Needs

Chief Executive Officer : John Dallmann, Civil Engineer

HR Director: John Breitenstein

IT Director: Troy Glass

Intern Program Manager: Molly Mitchell

WASH Program Manager: Jason Chandler

Disaster Response Program Manager: Dan Kane

HR Manager: Josh Neal

AP & Payroll Clerk: Alisha Crawford

Publications Specialist: Shalom Lazarus

Chief Operating Officer: Brad Crawford

Recruiting Director: Gary MacPhee

Gift Processor: Gala Dallmann

HR Admin Assistant: Vicky Mah

Development and Communications Director: Graham Frank

Intern Program Manager: Brittany Meloni

(Located at EMI Uganda)

Bookkeeper: Melissa Owen Administrator: Jennifer Peck SE Asia Office Champion: Scott Peck Finance and Administration Director: Jason Reinhardt (Located at EMI Uganda in 2015)

Graphic Designer: Anna Seeley Programs and Strategic Initiatives Director: Henry Watts

COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2015

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS DR DISASTER RESPONSE

EMI responds to a world in crisis. Technical experts are mobilized to support ministry partners like Samaritanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Purse and Tearfund.

WASH WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE

Access to clean water can be lifechanging. EMI engineers partner with ministries to lend technical support to their WASH projects.

21 STAFF

Strategic Planner

40 FAMILY MEMBERS

Nepal read more on p31

Dem. Republic of the Congo Malawi

25 DR & WASH VOLUNTEERS = Part-Time Staff

About the Author: Ben Craig Ben Craig has worked as a surveyor in Australia since 1996. In 2006 he became selfemployed, specializing in civil construction surveying. Ben joined EMIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 Survey Practicum as a trainer. In 2015 he spent six months in Uganda to assist EMI and participate in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Practicum. Ben lives in Queensland, Australia.

By Ben Craig & Ludaga Martin / EMI Canada / Uganda

Photos by Ben Craig

SURVEYORS WHO SERVE THE EMI SURVEY PRACTICUM The EMI Survey Practicum is an 8-week course for geomatics students held in Uganda by EMI Canada in collaboration with EMI Uganda. For the past four years, EMI surveyor mentors have used the Practicum to invest in the lives of Ugandan students both professionally and spiritually. Ben Craig and Ludaga Martin came to the Practicum from different sides and different worlds: Ben as a survey trainer from Australia and Martin as a geomatics student from Uganda. They shared their perspectives and experiences for Inside EMI.

BC: Martin, you wrote in your bio, “I never had the chance to grow up with my parents.” Tell me a bit more about that. ML: I grew up in a polygamous family. My dad had two wives and my mum was his second wife. She passed on when I was still young. I didn’t have a chance to stay with my dad after she passed. So I didn’t grow up with my parents. I was raised by my aunty. With time I realized it was a blessing from God. She took me as her own and she gave me this education. The life I have now I attribute to her. Sometimes I would feel bad when people asked me about my family. With time I realized I should be grateful for my past. I use it as a testimony for other people: We can see God’s grace and His provision even when we least expect it. ML: So Benjamin, my brother and my friend, what motivated you to leave your work in Australia and come to Uganda? BC: I’ve been working in the surveying field in Australia since 1996. Over the last 8 or 9 years, I’ve been involved with a few short–term missions. I just have a sense that this is where I’m meant to be. Whether in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, or here in Africa – I just feel more alive. God has gifted me with the ability to connect with others on

a deeper, spiritual level and to share my faith. I’m able to share the lessons that I’ve had to learn – often the hard way – to speak into other people’s lives. God has given me that life experience and that openness, that personality... And I have a real desire to serve the widows and orphans. As we read in James chapter one, ‘pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: To serve widows and orphans in their distress and to keep ourselves uncorrupted from the world.’ For me, this six-month period in Uganda with EMI is a practical way of living out my faith. As a single man, I have no children. But in this way I can be a father to the fatherless. Even if I don’t have a direct relationship with all of the people I’m serving, I am still helping to provide for them by offering my surveying skills. Now, with the Survey Practicum, I’m able to empower other surveyors and share my heart, my passion with them. BC: What do you think is the key thing that the EMI Survey Practicum adds to geomatics instruction in Uganda? ML: The background of surveying in Uganda is that it was privatized way back. But there are not many companies which are equipped with technology. So the Practicum presents an opportunity to train in an environment where you have all the modern surveying equipment. Not only that, but you are even given a chance to learn. The year before I trained with EMI, I trained with another firm. In this other firm, it was more of a competition with the other students. You ask questions about what you want to learn, but otherwise the trainers would just carry you in the field. And when you came back there was no follow-up to see if you really learned something. Learning was all on my initiative. It would have been easy to leave there the way I came. My experience with EMI was very different than that. The EMI trainers take initiative to make sure you have really learned and are comfortable using the

equipment. That is something unique in my experience. It is also training us on the way we should do internships in Uganda. In the future, we are going to be in the senior positions and we will be the ones training students. So this Practicum is a very good example for us. ML:

And what makes the Practicum unique for you, brother Ben?

BC: What I think is unique is the opportunity to offer voluntary professional services to those who are very poor. In a small way, we are helping to break the poverty cycle – even though as surveyors we may be behind the scenes. So we explore these opportunities in the Practicum classroom environment. Then, as part of the field exercise, we go out and spend a week serving a charity. On the professional level, it is a real world situation and we produce a survey product. This enables the ministry to plan, to design, to look towards the future and set down the vision that God has put in their hearts. There’s also the spiritual mentoring and discipleship aspect EMI is a practical of the Practicum. We learn how to include God in our profession. So we can pray and grow together and support way of living out each other. We inspire each other to live out our faith and to serve God in whatever we’ve been given. I love the face my faith to face time that we have to share our faith together in the daily devotions. It’s just another great opportunity to develop Christian friendships. It’s really exciting to be part of God’s global family and to meet brothers and sisters in Christ wherever I go. It’s a thrill to be part of this and it will be the highlight of my year for sure. BC:

Martin, what is something you remember about your first Practicum?

ML: What really surprised me and what I remember most is the daily devotions we had. They were very, very engaging. And devotions were not only by the leaders. Even we as students were actively getting involved in it. To me, that is quite a happy memory, something I think back on. Throughout my education daily devotions had never been a part of the routine. So it was a new experience for me. In fact, I’ve seen and learned and experienced – I’ve been mentored by EMI ever since I started as a student in my first Practicum (2013). And I think

BEST ‘THIS IS EMI’ PHOTO About the Author: Ludaga Martin Ludaga Martin graduated from Kyambogo University with a degree in Geomatics. He was a student in EMI’s 2013 Survey Practicum and in 2014 he helped as an assistant trainer. This year he joined an EMI Canada project team for a week in Malawi to use his skills to survey a 90-acre Bible School site. Here he is pictured working at the EMI/MAF Kajjansi Airfield site. Martin lives in Kampala, Uganda.

any other person would really love to have this experience too. I’ve been offered a hand to stand up in the professional world where I really aspire to be. So my contact with EMI has grown over these years. I can’t wait to see where it goes. ML:

And what have you learned about Ugandan people?

BC: Ugandans are just so friendly, they’re so warm and hospitable. In particular, during my first Practicum last year, I remember the genuine greetings each day. There is true interest shown in the well-being of whoever you are greeting. Ugandans are very relational and it’s refreshing to be here and experience that relationship and friendship. In my Western culture – even in Australia – there is a tendency to foster individualism and competition with each other. Whereas here in Uganda, time is not important. It’s about the people.

ML:

It looks as though you’re looking forward to coming back.

BC:

Yes, God willing, I would love to come back.

ML:

Okay! You should go and come back and call Uganda your home.

BC:

Maybe I’ll die in Uganda...

ML:

No, you live in Uganda.

BC:

Tell me Martin, what is it about surveying that you enjoy the most?

ML: Every day when you go surveying it’s a brand new set of challenges. I call it a puzzle so you have to think. There’s a lot of trouble-shooting. Every day you find a unique challenge in the field. To me there’s a feeling of satisfaction when you fully accomplish the job, when things are working out. Or even if they don’t work out that day, tomorrow you keep trying. That keeps me going and I feel like this is something I can do every day. One of our trainers, Patrick says he loves surveying because this job keeps him ‘awake.’ It keeps me engaged. Every day is a new task and you have to be ready for it. But if I were to stand back ten years and look at my life, I really wouldn’t see myself here. I want to dedicate my life to serving others because I was generously served. I don’t take that for granted. I know it was God’s grace. I want to use my skills, get wealth, and use it to be a blessing to others. I find that very satisfying. I know that’s why God gave me this chance to be who I am today. And He knows who I am yet to be in the future

Top: Victor and Cissy listen as survey trainer Jackie Chow explains some of the finer points on the use of a total station survey instrument. Trainers also offered two, 1-day workshops for 1st year Geomatics students. Total attendance: 50 students. Bottom: Peace, Nathan, and Joshua practice setting up a new survey job in the data collector. Practicum students complete a real land survey for an upcoming EMI project. EMI also conducted a 2-week Introductory Practicum for 30 Uganda Christian University 3rd year CE students.

PROJECT NO. 10051 4TH SURVEY PRACTICUM JUNE - AUGUST, 2015

TRAINERS Dr. Jackie Chow Patrick Cochrane Benjamin Craig Aileen Kondo Kyle Kondo Iranya Moses

STUDENTS Banyomire Janet Dribareyo Consy Jumanywal Peace Kusasira Nathan Masiko Joshua Muhumuza Victor Nakato Cissy Nkusi Chris Senyonga Job Wereba Samuel Duane Wetmore

+ 2-week Introductory students

1-day Workshop students

UNIVERSITIES Entebbe Institute of Survey and Land Management Kyambogo University Makerere University Ndejje University Uganda Christian University

UGANDA Kampala

Photographer: Ben Craig July 2015, Kampala, Uganda Kusasira Nathan prepares to take a shot from the total station. Each student receives nearly 200 hours of hands-on practice time over the course of the Practicum.

EMI Survey Practicum 2015 Video*

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-i1UbMfcI4&feature=youtu.be

CANADA

EMI MOBILIZES CHRISTIAN DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN CANADA INTO MISSION. EMI CANADA PROJECT TEAMS SUPPORT OTHER EMI OFFICES AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

CANADA

ESTABLISHED 2002

Canadians had been volunteering with Engineering Ministries International long before there was an EMI office in Canada. EMI Canada was born when a Canadian staff member at EMI USA needed to move home in 2002. Reaching out to Canadian design professionals and international ministries with Canadian connections, EMI Canada connects them to the worldwide network that is Engineering Ministries International.

CALGARY, AB, CANADA

STAFF DISCIPLINES

Engineers

Architects

CANADA STAFF

Admin.

Staff Needs

Executive Director : Greg Young, Architect

Bookkeeper: Susan Bernhardt

Staff Architect: Phyllis Tsang°

Staff Engineer: Kevin Wiens

Administrative Assistant: Arlyne Larsen

Strategic Development: Steve Ulrich

Communications: Michele Wiens

Intern Coordinator: Braden Swab

COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2015 Haiti

8 STAFF

Guatemala

Uganda

20 FAMILY MEMBERS

Malawi

40 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS

° = On-Boarding Process

= Part-Time Staff

INTERNS 1-6 months An EMI Internship combines your faith, education, and skills to serve the worldwide body of Christ in a practical way. The vision God gave to EMI in 1981 will be carried into the future and around the world by you. Go to emiworld.org/internjobs.php to see available positions.

PROJECT VOLUNTEERS 10 days A design professional on an EMI trip can affect the development of a Christian ministry for 20-30 years into the future. Project Volunteers put our clients' visions to pen and paper. Check emiworld.org/projects.php for project trip opportunities.

STAFF 1-5 years & LONG-TERM VOLUNTEERS Staff and Long-Term Volunteers are the backbone of EMI. Every office is seeking those that God would call into full-time ministry with EMI. Are you ready to talk with us about it? Write to humanresources@emiworld.org to learn more.

SHOWCASE PHOTO Photographer: Jordan Cox February 2015, Lebamba, Gabon Project leader Andy Engebretson emerges from the dense Gabonese jungle after walking the Bongolo Hospital property.

By Michael Woods / EMI UK / Uganda

PLANNING GOOD STEWARDSHIP BUSINESS PLANNING IN MINISTRY EMI has been privileged to serve ministries around the world. We help them undertake master-planning and building design for projects of all sorts and sizes. However, there is another dimension to our work that goes unnoticed. It lies beyond the design work that helps our clients develop their God-given vision. It is found in taking a step back to look at the context of the work they do and the potential for wider development of the site they own.

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

EMI UK has had the opportunity Business planning is one of the key elements in commercial land to undertake this kind of business planning advice on a number of management. Yet it is often ignored by Christian ministries. I’ve found that projects. Four years ago, for example, it is even somehow classified as a we were asked to assist in the dirty – or ‘worldly’ way for a Christian master-planning for Mission Aviation Fellowship’s Kajjansi Airfield. Though ministry to operate. On the other hand, we took part in the initial design for God is calling us to be good stewards of all He provides. So why would we the new EMI/MAF offices that were to be built there, our not look more closely task was to widen at the business of land management It’s time to realize that the master-planning scope to look at the in missions? Why business planning... whole site. Now the not encourage our path ahead includes clients to more fully isn’t bad spirituality. potential for major utilize the resources redevelopment. that God has given them? Many times the sites EMI works This will not only benefit MAF who own the airfield, but also the wider on have a far greater potential for mission community in Uganda. development than the programme the client ministry has outlined. In Africa Working with international property this is very often true. It follows that developers KnightFrank, EMI UK designed the land has much greater potential for a phased, total site redevelopment supporting the ministry in the long-term. combined with a new business plan This when financial “sustainability” for MAF. In this plan, the ongoing has become a major buzzword among operational costs of MAF across Christian ministries today. Below : The master development plan for the Kajjansi Airfield will benefit MAF and the wider mission community in Uganda.

OFFICE/TERMINAL RESIDENTIAL

GUESTHOUSE/RECREATION

the whole of Uganda would be covered into the foreseeable future. The plan was to provide space for residential and commercial development on land leased from MAF. This would recognize the increased potential of the site due to population growth in and around Kampala. We proposed a use for redundant areas of the site while maintaining and improving the operational and commercial viability of the airfield. These proposals allow for continued airfield operations during every single phase of the construction work. It is time to realize that business planning for good stewardship isn’t bad spirituality. We as EMI have a role to play in this as we interact with the Christian ministries we serve. We pray our ‘sideways’ spiritual view of this will help further God’s kingdom in this world

"This article describes very well how business development & planning is connected with the MAF Stewardship Value: 'We value the wise use of our resources and carefully balance the benefits of investments with the costs involved'" – Henk-Jan Muusse, COO of MAF

UK PROJECT NO. 11008

AIRFIELD ACRES Planned for commercial & residential developments

MILLION (USD) Cost of total site developments

REQUIRING ONLY Capital investment by MAF

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Below: Photo by Ligy Abraham The joint office for EMI & MAF under construction at Kajjansi Airfield. This is one of the initial developments planned as MAF stewards its airfield site.

MICHAEL WOODS EMI UK DIRECTOR

Michael Woods is a Chartered Architect and has been EMI UK Director since it began in 2008. For 8 years before that, he served both as pilot and Country Director for MAF in Tanzania and Uganda. Mike and his wife Marietta live in Colchester, UK.

EMI MOBILIZES CHRISTIAN DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN THE UK INTO MISSION. EMI UK PROJECT TEAMS SUPPORT OTHER EMI OFFICES AND CHRISTIANMINISTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

UNITED KINGDOM

ESTABLISHED 2008

A chartered architect was flying aeroplanes for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Uganda when he came across some unusual passengers. A team of architects & engineers from EMI Uganda were headed into the bush for a project trip. After finishing his work with MAF, God called him back into mission work to start EMI in the United Kingdom.

OXFORD, ENGLAND, UK

COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2015

Guatemala

Uganda

Tanzania

India

STAFF DISCIPLINES

Engineers

Architect

UK STAFF

Admin.

Architects, Project Leaders

Director : Michael Woods, Architect

Administrator: Edith Brooks

Staff Engineer: David ttttttttttt XXXXX

IT & PR: Michael Day

Accountant: Paul Brooks

Civil Engineer: Suzanne Cox

Civil Engineer: Christa Lash

7 STAFF

5 FAMILY MEM.

35 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS =

Part-Time or Associate Staff

SERVING AMÉRICA LATINA: BELIZE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA

NICARAGUA

ESTABLISHED 2001

RE-LAUNCHING IN 2016... Two EMI volunteers moved to Guatemala to supervise the construction of an EMI project. In 2001, EMI asked them to start an office. Beginning in Guatemala City, the ministry continued from 2009-2014 in Atenas, Costa Rica. This international staff team has been preparing to re-launch EMI in Nicaragua. Formal office operation begins in 2016.

AMÉRICA LATINA ZONE STATS

“ HABLAS ESPAÑOL?”

World Population

América Latina

2.8%

4.6%

12.4%

América Latina

% of people living below $1.25/day (2013)*

Evangelical Christians+

(2014)*

Population

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA

Economics

The EMI Nicaragua team is learning Spanish to work effectively in the region.

Religion**

TEAM DISCIPLINES

Engineers

Architect

Construction Mgmt.

NICARAGUA LAUNCH TEAM

Admin.

Director : Jon Burgi, Civil Engineer

Staff Civil Engineer: Samuel Carrara°

Intern Coordinator: Jenny Pillar

Staff Construction Manager: Brent Ellingson°

Staff Architect: John Pillar

6 STAFF

Staff Needs

Staff Civil Engineer: Jamey Smith°

12 FAMILY MEMBERS

FROM CANADA USA

* The World Bank / 2014 / http://data.worldbank.org/country (Not all countries listed) ** Operation World / www.operationworld.org/country-lists + “Evangelical Christians” as defined by Operation World’s “Evangelical” category / http://www.operationworld.org/glossary

= Part-Time Staff

= On-Boarding Process

By Jon Burgi / EMI Nicaragua / Nicaragua

BEANS & BARRIOS YOUNG LIFE IN NICARAGUA During the EMI team’s visit to the Young Life Camp, La Finca (the Farm), I sat down with one of the leaders, Danny Sharp, to talk about what Young Life’s ministry looks like in Nicaragua. JB: When I think of Young Life in the United States, I think of crazy club meetings, leaders hanging out at the middle school and high school, and summer camps. Are there differences here in Nicaragua? 28

DS: One of the major differences is that our Young Life ministry is ‘barrio-centric’. We don’t really think of going into middle schools or high schools or any of those kinds of settings where people generally do Young Life. Here, a Young Life leader who has grown up in a particular barrio (neighborhood) ministers to the other younger kids growing up in that same barrio. They usually know these kids from birth. So there’s a deeper and longer-lasting relationship between leader and kid. That gives the leader a hearing that you maybe wouldn’t have in a school setting. It means there is an incredible confidence and credibility to that Young Life leader for that kid. In some ways, this approach makes it easier to do Young Life here. JB:

How many clubs do you have in Nicaragua?

DS:

We have about 35.

JB: How do those clubs feed into the camp? And what does the camp add to the clubs? DS: Our leaders connect with kids in the street, in the barrios – that’s what we call contact work. They invite them to a Young Life club, which is a group setting of 25 to 50 people. The clubs are kind of our fishing pool to invite kids to come to camp. We say this 5-day experience is the best week of your life or your money back. Camps run through all of January and a couple weeks in July, and then we have weekend camps throughout the year. Our current capacity at La Finca is about 200 kids. We are making capital improvements aimed at increasing that to 350 kids.

Kids come to camp and something happens where they kind of lose themselves. They stop being preoccupied with what everybody else is thinking about them. At camp they just forget about themselves while having such outrageous fun – clean fun – being around their friends. They forget where they are and who they are and that gives an opportunity for spiritual life to come in the back door, so to speak. Kids begin to open up and see a new reality that they haven’t seen before. Camps are a place where a kid can cross the line from disbelief or preoccupation, or wherever they were, into a full understanding of who Christ is. Once that happens, we develop discipleship relationships with them supported by the Young Life leaders in their own barrios. And we’ve seen crazy transformational moments in kid’s lives – from the worst of the worst to places of beauty and elegance as they move forward in their life with Christ. 29

JB: Part of the beauty at La Finca is the gift of coffee. Could you share about how coffee has become part of the Young Life story in Nicaragua? DS: It is just a God-thing for us – we had no plan for coffee. It just so happens that our camp has great altitude and soil and we noticed there was coffee already planted. Over a period of time we decided that we wanted to “cup” those beans. They produced a great cup of coffee – one of the best coffees in Nicaragua. Over the years we’ve planted more and more and are now a single shipping-container operation. For the first time ever, coffee sales covered our entire cost of sending Nicaraguan kids to camp last year. Right now, a kid pays about 15% of their camp costs and we at Young Life have to fundraise the rest. The way that we do that is through the sale of coffee – if you buy coffee, you are sending a kid to camp. And what we have been doing to develop a sustainable revenue stream here in Nicaragua is something Young Life is considering how to do internationally.

Camps are a place where a kid can cross the line from disbelief... into a full understanding of who Christ is.

I’m also grateful EMI is a part of the Young Life story at La Finca now. We’re excited to see the implications of that in a new pedestrian bridge, a usable pond, and a new camp center Master Plan. The beauty of God’s creation is one of our greatest assets here. We want to be good stewards as we use this place to touch the hearts of kids. So we appreciate the part EMI plays in that

“DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE, SEND A KID TO CAMP.”

NICARAGUA PROJECT NO. 5635 FEB. 2015

PROJECT TEAM Leaders : Jon Burgi & Brad Crawford Brian Bute CK Dohrmann Ian Ebersole Laura Ebersole Alli Lane Colter Lane Janine Nufio Jamey Smith Lesley Smith Jamal Stewart

TEAM DISCIPLINES Engineers

Architects Graphics

Assist.

NICARAGUA Matagalpa

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Taste the award-winning coffee grown at La Finca! Beyondbeanscoffee.com

JON BURGI EMI STAFF

Page 28: Photo by CK Dohrmann Isomara filled the EMI team’s work space with the aroma of roasting coffee. Young Life grows and roasts their own brand of coffee. The sales send Nicaraguan youth to camp!

Left: Photo courtesy of Young Life Nicaragua The bridge designed by the EMI team was ready for use during the July Young Life camps at La Finca.

Jon Burgi spent 12 years as a consulting engineer and 7 years as a full-time youth minister. He joined EMI in 2014 and moved to Nicaragua in August with his wife and three children. He serves as Director of EMI Nicaragua.

ttttttttttt / EMI Global + EMI India / Nepal By Jesse Hoye and Andy XXXXXX

EPICENTER NEPAL

CHINA

8857

DEAD 100,000 INJURED

APRIL 25 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

USD $5 BILLION IN DAMAGES

7.3

25% OF NEPAL GDP

MAY 12 MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK

Gorkha

INDIA

Mt. Everest Kathmandu

NEPAL

IN 175 DAYS COUNTRY

BY EMI RESPONDERS

200 STRUCTURE INSPECTIONS

BY EMI RESPONDERS

1ST RESPONDER JESSE HOYE I distinctly remember the shaking as I sat in EMI’s India office on April 25th. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake had struck 80 km (50 miles) west of Kathmandu. The faint tremors I was feeling in Delhi were taking the lives or the homes of thousands of people in Nepal. Two weeks later, I boarded a flight with EMI’s first Nepal Disaster Response team. Filling out my application for an EMI internship, I had never fathomed doing this. In college I remember studying seismic engineering and structural dynamics. The instructors gave lessons learned from previous earthquakes and showed photos of damaged buildings. At the time I found all this information distant and removed. But then we touched down in Kathmandu. We quickly got to work inspecting houses for damage. Thankfully, most of the homes we visited were not in imminent danger or had only superficial damage. It was hugely rewarding to see the relief and smiles on peoples’ faces each time we told them they could move back into their homes. Until we arrived to carry out these assessments, many of these families had been living outside – under tents. We were in older Kathmandu when the aftershock hit. We headed for an open square with everyone else. This aftershock recalled the feelings of terror and helplessness many felt in the original quake. continued p.35

The April 25th earthquake occurred at mid-day on a Saturday, while school was out of session. Most people were awake and not inside their homes. Thankfully, this meant drastically fewer casualties than the smaller Haiti earthquake in 2010. But casualty statistics mask the scale of the damage. More than 800,000 houses need to be reconstructed. Since the earthquake, 5 Disaster Response teams have assisted EMI ministry partners in Nepal. Jesse Hoye and 11 others volunteered 175 days in Nepal to date. 60 staff houses of the Kathmandu International Study Center were inspected along with many staff houses of other local organizations, giving people confidence to return home. 137 buildings on 32 school campuses in 4 districts were assessed

for World Vision. This enabled them to refine damage estimates and informed their reconstruction plans. 7 other damaged facilities of Christian ministries were inspected and repairs were recommended. Low-cost bamboo chapel and house designs were developed for the National Church Fellowship of Nepal. They support the 1,000 congregations whose church buildings were destroyed. They estimate that 23,000 church members’ homes were damaged. One of EMI’s recent DR teams developed reconstruction details to be used by Tearfund UK. They are preparing to assist in the reconstruction of more than 1,000 homes in the Makwanpur district southwest of Kathmandu.

SHOWCASE PHOTO Photographer: Jason Chandler May 2015, Gorkha District, Nepal Craig Cole and Jesse Hoye view a school reduced to rubble by the earthquake. For World Vision engineer Suk Dimdung (not pictured), this assessment was an emotional one. This was the school he attended as a child.

Photographer: Jason Chandler May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal “Since the day you came to our house, we have slept in peace.” Mary Wesley and her husband run a ministry that reaches out to street kids in Kathmandu, giving them food, shelter, and community. EMI assessed their home as well as their church. Both were approved for occupation.

There were tears in frightened eyes – some were lucky enough to be holding onto their loved ones, others frantically worked their mobile phones. The impact these earthquakes had is not just on the buildings of Nepal, but on the psyche & hearts of the Nepali people. Many thousands feel anxious and insecure. It was a full two weeks in Nepal – rewarding, eye-opening, and unforgettable. I realized that an engineer can offer people a desirable but temporary peace of mind. We did that by informing them about the safety and stability of their homes, hospitals and schools. But as a believer, there is a deeper peace to offer. We can point others to the only one who cannot be moved or shaken. Jesus alone provides permanent peace and rest, calling the weary and heavy-laden to come to Him (Matthew 11:28).

Photographer: Jesse Hoye June 2015, Makwanpur, Nepal This small village in Makwanpur was almost completely destroyed by the earthquakes. This photo is a testament to the villagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; resilience: They are salvaging materials of their destroyed home to construct a shelter to get through the monsoon.

RECONSTRUCTION 2016 EMI’s commitment to assisting Regional and International partners in Nepal continues in 2016. Unlike many of our previous Disaster Response locations, this earthquake and response presents a unique opportunity: Its location is very accessible (1-hour flight) from an EMI office. This proximity gives EMI the opportunity to remain involved with our partners as they contribute to the reconstruction of Nepal over the next several years. International Partners EMI’s 4th DR team to Nepal developed a handbook for Tearfund UK. This illustrates details on how to safely reconstruct the stone masonry housing that is found all over Nepal. In past responses we have developed similar reconstruction content but were not able to remain involved during the implementation stages. EMI will continue to assist Tearfund with their reconstruction activities. These include training masons, homeowner education programs, and the improvement of sanitation infrastructure. Regional Partners EMI India has worked on many hospital projects in India with the Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA). After the April 25th earthquake, EHA was the first Indian NGO to receive permission to spend funds raised domestically in Nepal. EMI is providing architectural and engineering planning to EHA as they facilitate the construction of multi-hazard-resistant homes. EMI will also be involved in EHA’s disaster risk-reduction training for partner medical providers across Nepal. The reconstruction and recovery required in Nepal is staggering. The goal is for EMI to remain committed to empowering the church in Nepal. It has a vital role to play in 2016 and beyond Andy ttttttttttt XXXXX, EMI India Director | South Asia DR Coordinator

Photographer: Lise van Overbeeke July 2015, Tistung, Nepal Rubble and laundry. How life goes on after a disaster.

INDIA PROJECT NO. 5656 MAY 2015 - PRESENT (In cooperation with EMI Global)

RESPONDERS Steven Adema Jason Chandler tttttttttt Matthew XXXXXX Craig Cole Tommy Dew Jesse Hoye Dan Kane Andy tttttttttt XXXXX Eric Lehmkuhl Howard Lehwald Lise van Overbeeke tttttttt Surajeet XXXX

TEAM DISCIPLINES Engineers

Architects

NEPAL Gorkha Kathmandu

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JESSE HOYE EMI INTERN

Jesse Hoye graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a degree in Architectural Engineering. Beginning with EMI USA in the fall of 2014, Jesse continued his Structural Engineering and Disaster Response internship with EMI India.

SERVING SOUTH ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA

INDIA

ESTABLISHED 1998

Sixteen years into EMI’s ministry from the USA, God gave a vision to ‘go there and be EMI’. EMI India started as an experiment in a quiet hill station called Mussoorie in 1998. Over the years EMI’s ministry in India became the new normal, leading the way for EMI’s international growth. In 2012, the office was repositioned to New Delhi to allow for easier access to project sites and to better engage Indian professionals & students.

“

SOUTH ASIA ZONE STATS World Population

South Asia

20.8%

24.5%

2.0%

South Asia

% of people living below $1.25/day (2013)*

Evangelical Christians+

(2014)*

Population

NEW DELHI, INDIA

Economics

Religion**

?” The EMI India team needs to speak Hindi to work effectively in the region

TEAM DISCIPLINES

Engineers

Architects Architect, Civil Engineer

Business Admin.

Construction Mgmt.

INDIA STAFF Intern Coordinator: tttttt XXXXXXX tttttttttttttt XXX Staff Architect: ttttttttt tt tttttttttt XXXXXX XXXXX Staff Architect: tttttt XX-XXXXX tttt ttttttttt XXX

11 STAFF

Graphic Designer

ttttttttt Structural Engineer Director : tttttt XXX XXXXX, Editor of Inside EMI & Senior Project Leader: ttttttttttt XXXXX tttttttttt XXXXX Director Designate EMI Cambodia: tttttt XXXX tttttttt XXX Graphic Designer: tttttttt XXXXX tttttttttt XXXX

13 FAMILY MEMBERS

Field Engineer: tttttttttt XXXX tttttttt XXXXX Administrator: ttttttttttttt XXXX tttttttt XXXXXX Staff Architect: XXX XXXXXX° tttttt ttttttttttttt Associate Architect: ttttt tttt XX tttt XX tttt XXXX tttttttt XXXXX

35 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS

Part-Time or Associate Staff

° = On-Boarding Process

By Madhulika ttttttttttt XXXXXX / EMI India / India

Photos by Matthew J. Coffey

MEASURING OUR IMPACT EMI INDIA IMPACT ASSESSMENT, PHASE 1 In the 17 years EMI has been in India, God has blessed us with many ministry partners and projects. He has in turn blessed these ministries through our technical work. We decided to do a study to gain feedback from these partners to see what kind of impact EMI’s work has had in India. Besides finding out the status of the design projects EMI has undertaken over the years, we aim to better understand our strengths & weaknesses. The study will help us make the right changes to better serve God’s people in India. EMI India has been involved with 250+ design projects to date. This project history

mid-1980s

Early Years 30 +/- Projects, EMI USA, Construction Plans

1999

has been segmented into five-year batches. In the early years, before EMI had an office in India, these projects were taken up by EMI USA with short-term teams. The project reports were very detailed and construction documents were usually issued. When the India office started operating in Mussoorie in 1999, the project output was similar to this model. After a less comprehensive impact study in 2004, the project approach was changed. Instead of construction documents, an intermediate stage called ‘Concept Design’ was introduced. This reduced work in the office, and allowed EMI to be more effective in making design revisions.

Batch 1

2004

63 Proj., EMI India, Construction Plans

Batch 2

2008

81 Proj., EMI India, Concept Design

Batch 3

2013

76 Proj., EMI India, Concept Design

True Light Ministries Lighthouse Church Seating Capacity: 300 Designed: 2008 Completed: 2013 Constructed as Designed Area: 5756 S.F. Cost: US$ 140,000 Location: Sunabeda, Odisha

Presbyterian Theological Seminary Married Student Housing Family Units: 17 Designed: 2004 Completed: 2009 Major Design Changes Area: 9900 S.F. Cost: US$ 180,000 Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Missionary Upholders Trust Seminar & Dining Hall Seating Capacity: 120 Designed: 2006 Completed: 2012 Minor Design Changes Area: 4560 S.F. Cost: Did not report Location: Oddanchatram, Tamil Nadu

Moravian Institute Girls' Dormitory Bed Capacity: 60 Designed: 2005 Completed: 2011 Constructed as Designed Area: 8400 S.F. Cost: US$ 232,000 Location: Rajpur, Uttarakhand

For the first phase of the impact assessment, we have selected the second batch of projects in order to review the ‘Concept Design’ work strategy. This series has had good lead time for project fund-raising while still being a fairly recent contact, knowledgeable to our present team. 81 design projects were completed during this period, 56 of which were measurable under this study. The other 25 were either feasibility studies, water projects, or disaster response jobs. The first step was to research each We hope that former staff, project for any helpful volunteers, and interns will information. This was done through EMI be encouraged to see the project leaders, web searches, Google Earth, results of their work. social media, etc. For the next step, an online survey form was developed. We ask questions on the status of construction, time and cost details, and what part of the design was implemented or not implemented and why. We ask how EMI’s assistance helped advance the vision and mission of the ministry and what aspects of our technical services were helpful. Ministry partners are invited to give suggestions on how EMI can improve. We follow up the survey with phone calls and, in certain cases, site visits. The goal is to get a response from a majority of the contacts in this second batch before moving on to Phase 2 with the third batch. One of the reasons EMI moved from Mussoorie to Delhi was to be more available for client ministries. That need is apparent in the survey responses so far. Several completed projects that reported in are shown here. From time to time, our website will be updated with survey results, client feedback, construction status and photos. We hope that former staff, volunteers, and interns will be encouraged to see the results of their work

INDIA IMPACT ASSESSMENT PHASE 1 APRIL - OCTOBER 2015

ASSESSMENT RESULTS

PROJECTS reported in to date

report construction

COMPLETED

report all EMI design

FOLLOWED

report EMI can improve with more

FOLLOW UP

NEPAL

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New Delhi

INDIA

MADHULIKA

EMI STAFF ARCHITECT

BATCH 2 PROJECT LOCATIONS

SRI LANKA

Madhulika is from Jharkhand, India and has been working as an architect since 2007. She moved to Delhi in 2008 and has worked on a variety of projects since joining EMI India in 2014.

By Susanne Hoffman / EMI Senegal / France

SUSANNE’S LETTER THE HOFFMAN’S ROAD TO SENEGAL To be honest with you, I’m struggling to decide what to write. There are three veins of thought about our family and all seem applicable. Here is the first one: Through our experience with our special needs son, we realized we are entirely unequipped to handle our life without daily dependence on the Lord. Yet it was the practice of going to Him and seeing Him provide the strength each day to live this difficult life with Ryan that gave us faith to go to Senegal. And there are other thoughts about our decision to move to Senegal unfolding as I write. These are a bit trickier to unpack. It’s hard to know how far back in our history to go. You see, previous to Ryan’s accident, Craig and I were very performance driven. We both had high aspirations for our careers and our children. We felt a constant pressure to prove ourselves to our families, to each other, and ultimately to the Lord. We felt so much pressure,the idea of serving overseas with EMI was like a huge mountain to climb. I just didn’t feel we could accomplish it. Perhaps more than Craig, I lacked the faith to believe the Lord would provide if I surrendered all I have to him.

On October 13th, 2010, when Ryan was nearly two, he was in a terrible accident. It left him paralyzed from the neck down with no hope for recovery. He had a brain injury caused by nearly drowning in a pool at a friend’s house. There is no medicine to treat this paralysis and there is no cure. Each day I feed, bathe, dress, and carry my son. But when our son was stripped of his abilities, we experienced a love for him that was deeper than we had ever felt before. Through prayer together, we realized that the Lord loves us like that. We don’t have to perform to earn His love. As we release control and let Him take over, He will carry our burdens. We also realized that just as we will always take care of our son, the Lord will always take care of us. He will provide for our deepest needs, and the rest – the worldly comforts we might lose living overseas – don’t really matter anyway.

C onsider it pure joy, my br ot hers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know t hat t he testing of your fait h pr oduces perseverance. Let perseverance f inish its wor k so t hat you may be mature and complete, not lacking anyt hing. - James 1:2-4 (N IV )

The Hoffman Family: Hallie (13), Craig, Ryan (7), Susanne, Ben (11), Trent (3) 2015, Albertville, France Craig Hoffman has been on staff with EMI in the USA since 1997 and will serve as Director of EMI Senegal. In preparation for their journey to Senegal, the Hoffmans moved to France for language school.

I would also say that our decision to go to West Africa to serve the Lord – despite having a child with a significant handicap and unusual medical needs – was affected by a hard realization. This took a few years of struggle to surface. After Ryan’s accident, we poured our time and resources into every potential treatment and possible cure for his disabilities. Slowly we began to face the reality: No matter how many vitamins we feed him or therapies we take him to, Ryan will never regain what he has lost on this side of heaven.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. - Psalm 34:18 (NIV ) The biggest difference we made in his life, and in the lives of our whole family, was not through the constant therapies and doctor visits. These actually became very tedious and wasteful. The most effective and empowering time we had for Ryan and our family was through prayer. We actually felt the Holy Spirit with us, comforting us in our sorrow and giving us grace. Grace to live in very hard circumstances joyfully, and with praise and thanksgiving to God. Ryan was the greatest example of this. He smiled and laughed his way through each day despite a body that would not obey his commands. The only thing that seemed to upset him was when he saw fighting or anger. It seemed we had to find a way to avoid this at all cost. To see him cry over our sin broke our hearts.

C oncerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” - 2 C orinthians 12:8-9 (NASB) We could spend our lives trying to attain an impossible cure for his handicap. Or, we could accept this new reality and just ask the Lord daily how we can know Him more. Know Him despite ourselves. Know Him despite our circumstances and even through them. So, when the next opportunity came to surrender our lives to Him completely, we gladly took it. Pursuing His presence had become the most fruitful calling in our lives. As we prayed about Senegal, we felt confirmation that the Lord will provide all we really need for Ryan and for our family. And above all else, we need God's love and hope... along with joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are the things we strive for now and pray for in all our children. And we are confident that the Lord – the Lord alone – will provide. So there are three veins of thought here: One is our inability. One is the world’s inability to help us. And one is the immeasurable power of the love of the Lord in our lives – our only true source. We are realizing each of these truths more and more on a daily basis. A summary of all three would certainly be the most honest assessment of our road to Senegal. God bless you,

Susanne 19 - August - 2015 Albertville, France

SERVING WEST AFRICA: BENIN, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CONGO REPUBLIC, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON, GAMBIA, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA - BISSAU, LIBERIA, MALI, MAURITANIA, NIGER, NIGERIA, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, TOGO

SENEGAL

LAUNCHING 2016

LAUNCHING IN 2016... DAKAR, SENEGAL

For years EMI has been investing in ministries in West Africa, completing over 70 design projects in the region. Now a team of EMI staff are preparing to move near Dakar, Senegal to invest their lives more fully in Francophone West Africa.

WEST AFRICA ZONE STATS

“PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS?”

World Population

West Africa

5.4%

41.1%

4.9%

West Africa

% of people living below $1.25/day (2013)*

Evangelical Christians+

(2014)*

Population

Economics

Religion**

The EMI Senegal team is learning French to work effectively in the region.

(Excluding Nigeria)

STAFF DISCIPLINES

Civil Engineers

Structural Engineer

Architects, Electrical Engineer IN REGION

SENEGAL LAUNCH TEAM Staff Civil Engineer: John Agee

4 STAFF

Director : Craig Hoffman, Civil Engineer Staff Civil Engineer: Greg Perry

12 FAMILY MEMBERS

Staff Structural Engineer: David Wright

FROM THE

USA

HIS KINGDOM Pray that God would be glorified through EMI, and that the work we do would be used to advance His Kingdom in this world. Pray for the right partnerships with ministries who are serving Jesus and making Him known.

CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES Pray that God would use EMI to strengthen and encourage the ministries we serve. They often work under very challenging – even threatening circumstances. Pray that EMI teams will refresh their spirits.

EMI’S PEOPLE Pray that God would sustain our staff as they serve the Lord through EMI. There is an incredible amount of travel involved in the worldwide ministry of EMI. Pray that God would continue to protect EMI’s people.

BEST STORY PHOTO Photographer: Anna Seeley April 2015, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia In 2002, EMI designed the New Development Center â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an aftercare facility for sex-trafficked women. Seab has worked here for 14 years. Her daughter, Seandy, has grown up at this center. Though she is sad when girls grow up and leave, she feels blessed to be part of a ministry that helps so many young women.

By EMI Uganda / Uganda

A NEW HOME EMIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEW OFFICE IN UGANDA Nearly five years from conception to completion, EMI celebrates the opening of joint office facilities in partnership with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) at Kajjansi Airfield in Uganda. This is the first time EMI has designed & built its own office in its 33-year history. Thank you from the EMI Uganda team to the individuals and partners whose contributions have helped to establish EMIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in East Africa

Photographer: Erin Means September 2015, Kajjansi Airfield, Uganda The EMI Uganda team at the entrance to their new home.

MONTHS of construction

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS were employed from the surrounding region

EMI STAFF MEMBERS committed to manage and assist the project

CHAPEL SERVICES led on-site by EMI staff and volunteers

Round 2 Photo Contest Winner Construction of the new office moves along quickly. Occupancy was scheduled for August. Steve and Richard stop a moment to discuss and make sure every detail is done well. Ligy Abraham

May, 2015

Kajjansi Airfield, Uganda

EMIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEW HOME IN UGANDA

brings significant opportunities for growth:

INCREASING OFFICE FLOOR AREA FROM

SQM

INCREASING NUMBER OF WORKSTATIONS FROM INCREASING CAPACITY FROM

PERSONNEL

MORE SHARED AREAS FOR MEETING AND TRAINING Help us reach the finish line with a gift towards outfitting the interior furniture, fixtures and equipment at:

emiea.org/buildafricatogether.shtm

Photographer: Jenni Keiter September 2015, EMI Uganda office The EMI office is on the upper floor of the building, which features an atrium space in the center (Top). The entire office space is flooded with natural light (Bottom).

SERVING EAST AFRICA: BURUNDI, DR CONGO, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, RWANDA, SOUTH SUDAN, TANZANIA, UGANDA

UGANDA

ESTABLISHED 2003

In mid-2003 a small team of EMI staff left the USA, moving their families to Kampala, Uganda. Starting an office in East Africa has positioned EMI to not only design but oversee many projects under construction in the area. This year saw the completion of a new office for EMI outside Kampala. Many staff have relocated to new neighborhoods & communities outside the city.

EAST AFRICA ZONE STATS

“DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?”

World Population

East Africa

4.6%

46.8%

25.8%

East Africa

% of people living below $1.25/day (2013)*

Evangelical Christians+

(2014)*

Economics

Population

KAMPALA, UGANDA

Religion**

The EMI Uganda team can work effectively in the region using English.

STAFF DISCIPLINES

Architects

Engineers

Surveyors Graphic Designer

Construction Management

OFFICE STAFF

UGANDA STAFF Human Resource Assistant: Hope Aparo Structural Engineer: Jeff Austin Civil Technologist: Ben Badke

C.M. TEAM

EMI HR Director: John Breitenstein

Operations Manager: Structural Engineer: Brittany Coulbert Matt Lammers

Graphic Designer: Erin Means

Surveyor: Ben Craig

Research & Dev.: Daniel Propst°

Financial Admin.: Semei Makumbi

Engineering Manager: Int’l Housing Coord.: Philip Greene Maggie McNeill Facilities Manager: Stephen Kambasu Architect: David Lambert

Senior Project Manager: Steve Hoyt

CM Administrator: Cossy Olupot

31 STAFF

Office Admin.

Director: John Sauder, Architect

Survey Instructor: Patrick Cochrane

Project Manager: Daniel Iya

Architects, CE, EE, Surveyor

Foreman: Yusuf Segawa

EMI Finance & Admin. Director: Jason Reinhardt

Civil Engineer: Anna Rose McPherson Graduate Architect: Harriet Tumusiime Business Dev. Architect: Specialist: Scott Vanderford Clarke Means Construction Program Foreman: Manager: Richard Tatyabala Carey Steckler Project Manager: Project Manager: Jay Whisnand Tony Sykes

66 FAMILY MEMBERS

Customer Service Specialist: Cyndee Vanderford Project Manager: Matt Zimmerman°

24 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS =

Part-Time or Associate Staff

° = On-Boarding Process

By Frank Gorman / EMI MENA / Morocco

Hand Rendered by Frank Gorman

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST THE CHURCH ALIVE IN A CEMETERY In 1864 the Royalty of Morocco granted the United Kingdom a burial plot for British Christians on the outskirts of Casablanca. In 1906, St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church was built and English-speaking services began. Today the site is in the city centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where the beautifully styled English chapel has been untouched by remodeling.

It is built using Moroccan materials of taupecolored stone, cream-colored stucco, and green clay tiles for the roof. The cemetery surrounding the building is a pleasant garden of date palm trees, flowering vines, and deciduous trees. By God’s providence, I had previously attended St. John’s for two years. In 1969, I was a US Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Casablanca. I was working for a Moroccan government office, designing low-cost housing. At that time the seating capacity of the chapel was 70 and the service was a formal and liturgical “high church.” There was talk that the church was dying. In those days an attendance of 30 was a “good” Sunday. Today, a dynamic new pastor from Egypt leads the congregation in significant growth. Morocco is an Islamic country where Christian evangelism is prohibited by law. St. John’s attendees are all expatriates, drawn to the English-speaking Christian service from over a dozen countries. The global perspective and influx of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa has revitalized the church. Average attendance (now in two services) has risen to 150. The worship, fellowship, and educational needs have

increased to the point of requiring more building area. In May I joined an EMI team to visit St. John’s again – this time to give professional assistance as an architect. I evaluated the architectural needs in order to suggest design alternatives to the current congregation. The proposed design concept includes an addition to the church worship space which retains the historical portions. It provides up to 200 seats with the addition of a mezzanine and foyer space for interaction and fellowship. We are also expanding a former on-site parsonage which was previously converted into an educational space. Fundraising for the project has already begun. After approvals and permits are received, a Moroccan architect/builder will begin construction. St. John’s is a little chapel in the heart of Casablanca – but what a remarkable work of God: That God should take a Christian burial ground in an Islamic country and plant a church body there. That God should bring leadership from different countries to give direction and energy to that body. That God should nurture that church body through many decades and now bring it to the point

The proposed expansion at St. John’s (left end) will increase the total seating to 200. St. John’s attendees come from Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, India, China, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal, and others.

MENA of expansion. That God would call engineers and architects from different countries to assist that body as it grows. Many things have changed around that cemetery since 1864 – people, governments, and wars have come and gone. But the Lord’s love for His church lasts forever

As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wildflower; then the wind blows on it, and it is gone- no one sees it again. But for those who honor the Lord, His love lasts forever…

PROJECT NO. 12048 MAY 2015

PROJECT TEAM ttttttttttttttttttttttttt XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Leader : Daughter Volunteer ttttttttttttt XXXXXXX Co-Leader : Engineer Brian Beaird Herbert Bimpong Nic Birt Frank Gorman John Michael La Salle David Lutz Krystal McIlveene Jacob Mitzel Peter Rieck

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Psalm 103:15-17 (GNT) Engineers

Architects

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MOROCCO Casablanca

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

FRANK GORMAN EMI LTV

Frank Gorman has 50 years of architectural experience and has worked in 40 countries. He and his very supportive wife have three children and four grandchildren. Now retired, Frank is committed to the work of EMI as a long term volunteer.

SERVING THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: ALGERIA, EGYPT, IRAQ, JORDAN, LEBANON, LIBYA, MOROCCO, OMAN, PALESTINE, SUDAN, SYRIA, TUNISIA, WESTERN SAHARA, YEMEN

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ESTABLISHED 2009

It has been six years since a team of EMI staff moved to MENA. Adapting themselves and the mission of EMI to the language and surroundings has not been easy, but they have found new partners in the local design professionals who have joined the team. In a year of major transitions, God opened new opportunities to be Owner’s Representative on two important hospital projects.

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The MENA team needs to speak Arabic to work effectively in the region

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Staff Needs: Architects

XXXXXXXX ttttttttttttttttt Director: Trois Lorem , Structural Engineer

Staff Civil Engineer: XXXXXXXXXXX tttttttttttttttttttttttt Rauhoul Farshini

Staff Civil Engineer: XXXXXXXX ttttttttttttttttt Sidoun Kosi

Office Manager: XXXXXXX ttttttttttttttt Euwin Lsin

Staff Architect: XXXXXXXXX tttttttttttttttttttt Stoien Foibse

Staff Architect: XXXXXXXXX tttttttttttttttttttt Ali Shazaban

Accountant: XXXXXXX ttttttttttttttt Uynig slid

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18 FAMILY MEMBERS

Architect: XXXXXXXXXXX ttttttttttttttt tttttttt Madhulika Baron

39 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS

= Associate Staff

EMI MOBILIZES CHRISTIAN DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES INTO MISSION. EMI USA PROJECT TEAMS SUPPORT OTHER EMI OFFICES AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

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ESTABLISHED 1982

In 1981, a structural engineer chaperoned a youth group mission trip to Saipan. A typhoon had recently hit the island and he was able to help the missionaries by designing repairs to their damaged school. On the flight home, God gave a vision for mission that included design professionals and “EMI” was born. Bending the short-term mission model to suit architects & engineers was the seed idea which became EMI’s global ministry.

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Engineers

Architects Project Leaders, Structural Engineer

Agriculture Specialist

Drafter

Designer

USA STAFF

Surveyor

Director : Matt Hood, Architect

Staff Designer: Danielle Adams°

Associate Staff: CK Dohrmann

Staff Engineer: Justin Rolfs

Staff Architect: Dirk Anderson

Staff Engineer: Andy Engebretson

Staff Surveyor: Bob Smith

Staff Architect: Rex Barber

Staff Engineer: Kevin Keiter

Drafter/CAD Manager: Laura Wendling

Associate Staff: Jordan Cox

Associate Staff: Terry Podmore

COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2015

Honduras

Nicaragua

Uganda

Benin

Gabon Kenya

Equatorial Guinea

Nigeria Dem. Republic of the Congo

Haiti Ukraine

India

Indonesia

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26 FAMILY MEMBERS

68 INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS ° = On-Boarding Process

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By Rex Barber / EMI USA / Ukraine

Photos by Rex Barber

STEPHEN’S HOME A BOYS' HOME WITH A BOMB SHELTER Alys West ministers to young people like Artome. He is confined to a government institution in Kherson, Ukraine because his legs are shriveled beneath him. For over 150 physically and mentally handicapped children, it is the only home they know. Stephen’s Home is a new sort of boys' home in Ukraine. It was designed by EMI to be 100% wheelchair accessible. Named after the Stephen in Acts 6, it will house seven teenage boys plus a caretaker family. It is the outcome of many hours of care that both Alys and Rex as architect put into the design effort. Rex shares more about Stephen’s home and his visit to Ukraine:

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USA This will be a fun home to live in. It’s got a vaulted ceiling with a Nerf basketball goal on one end – a room they can just move around and have fun in. The kitchen space allows them to be involved in cooking & cleanup. There’s also a sunroom in the house – essential when you’re confined to a wheelchair in a cold place like Ukraine. Then, in the basement, we have a bomb shelter that I hope they never have to use. In most places I’ve been to, including North Korea, you can easily engage people with a smile even if you don’t know the language. But it wasn’t that way in Ukraine. People just seemed downcast. I suppose that facing such an unknown future and the threat from Russia would put a damper on any country. It’s a difficult environment for Alys as a single lady. She knows the language and she has some good friends, so she has help. But these kids have become her kids. She is putting love into that depressing government home. She embraces these guys – they just light up when I think projects she hugs them, when she like this one really talks with them. Most people including myself would have a live up to our EMI very hard time doing that. But for seven years she really has tagline, ‘designing been as Christ is to these kids: a world of hope’. She is going beyond what I think normal love is. Not all of the kids have severe mental handicaps. Some are just slow learners. But their parents farmed them out into the system and now they’re trapped. That was really hard to see – that there’s not an escape plan. There are probably places like this all over the world that people just don’t see. Other places that keep the angry boys fenced away from the rest... I’m glad we can help a few with Stephen’s Home, but it was overwhelming. There is so much need there – I try not to dwell on it. I’ve been working with EMI for nearly 15 years. This one was very hard for me. But that is the great thing about EMI. We really try to work with the poor. These kids are “the outcaste.” And if it wasn’t for the State, they would be the poorest of the poor. I think projects like this one and people serving Christ like Alys really live up to our EMI tagline, ‘designing a world of hope.’ Stephen’s Home will make a huge difference to these kids. It really will be built out of love

PROJECT NO. 5640 MARCH 2015

PROJECT TEAM Rex Barber CK Dohrmann

TEAM DISCIPLINES Architect

Drafter

UKRAINE Kherson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

REX BARBER EMI STAFF

Rex Barber worked as an architect in commercial and residential design for 20 years. He joined EMI in 2001 and has traveled to over thirty countries with project teams. He lives in Colorado Springs, USA with his wife and two daughters.

Left: At the State home in Kherson. Stephen’s Home is planned to be fully handicappedaccessible according to the American Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.

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SHOWCASE PHOTO Photographer: Graham Frank April 2015, Maharashtra, India Chandriya stands in the church building construction site. This small band of believers is excited to have a new place to worship and invite others into relationship with Christ.

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