Inside EMI 2019 - digital edition

Seventh Edition

TEN MIDDLE EASTERN YEARS

2019 PROJECTS MAP p.8

KIBUYE HOPE HOSPITAL p.26

MEET THE FELLOWS p.36

INSIDE EMI, SEVENTH EDITION 2019 – Ten Middle Eastern Years Engineering Ministries International (EMI) is a non-profit Christian development organization. emiworld.org

VISION People restored by God and the world restored through design.

MISSION To develop people, design structures, and construct facilities which serve communities and the Church.

EDITOR’S NOTE One of the reasons we publish this magazine is to give substance to what we mean by the design, discipleship, and diversity symbol you see above.

It’s one thing to say, ‘we value design’—after all, we’re a group of design professionals. But when EMI Uganda invests in the development of Kibuye Hope Hospital in Burundi (26) for six years running, we see this design value expressed in committed action.

Similarly, we can say, ‘we value discipleship’—as do many Christian ministries. But we get a picture of how EMI wants to grow into this value with the EMI Fellowship (36). This all-new adventure for early-career professionals will push EMI into deeper territories of spiritual and professional discipleship. And the seven fellows of this pilot program are excited to meet the challenge.

Finally, we can say, ‘we value diversity’—a popular term that means different things to different people. By ‘diversity’, we mean purposely building a cross-cultural teamwork across many nationalities—a teamwork that glorifies Christ.

EMI’s ten Middle Eastern years (10) have modeled this diversity while also leading us into new approaches towards our mission.

But underlying it all, I think we see something else: We see the sacrifice, dedication, and perseverance that come from a longing to follow Jesus into service and ministry. We all celebrate EMI’s ten Middle Eastern years; we all long for Jesus to lead us onward.

MJC 27 September 2019 Phnom Penh

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CONTRIBUTORS Editor Matthew J. Coffey, EMI Global Graphic Designer Shalom Lazarus, EMI Global Distribution Support Justin Rolfs, EMI USA Front Cover Photo by Michelle Stein (2012) EMI MENA archive photo “...and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

10 Randy Larsen was the leader of the EMI MENA launch team in 2009. He works remotely with EMI and lives with his family in Washington State, USA. Local Architect B— — has been part of the EMI MENA team since 2014, and serves as Deputy Director.

Originally from the USA, Architect J— — joined EMI MENA with his family in 2012. He was appointed Director in 2017.

26 Jenni Keiter is a part-time photographer and videographer for EMI Global. The Keiters live in Colorado Springs, USA. 36 Staff Structural Engineer Jeff Austin has been instrumental in bringing EMI Fellowships into reality. The Austin family lives in Colorado Springs, USA.

Round 2 Photo Contest Winner Photo by Patrick Cochrane July 2019, Kajjansi Airfield, Uganda

Teamwork—one of the many healthy and ethical workplace practices instilled through EMI’s Survey Practicum in Uganda. Students collaborate over plan details of their survey drawing.

-HOUSE N I 0%RODUCTION 0 1 P INSIDE EMI is produced entirely inside EMI. No Ad-Agency. No Paid Photographers. No Professional Authors.

This magazine is from the people who are living and being EMI around the world.

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Engineering Ministries International 05 From the CEO

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by John Dallmann

FEATURES 10 Ten Middle Eastern Years with EMI MENA leadership

Current and former MENA leaders reflect on 10 years in the Middle-East North-Africa region and the doors opening ahead.

20 How about EMI...

Wondering out loud about two countries of need and opportunity for the growth of ministry...

26 Kibuye Hope Hospital

by Jenni Keiter

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Over the last six years, EMI Uganda has been involved in the revitalisation of a hospital in rural Burundi.

36 Meet the Fellows

by Jeff Austin

Seven young professionals begin a new EMI career-training programme to be equipped for service and ministry.

PROFILES 24 Deputy Director Neth Kong 34 Volunteer Architect Happy Agbaragu 40 Intern Engineer Sydnie McLean

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EMI NEWS

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2019 EMI PROJECTS

Do you recognize the Majority World?

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HOW ABOUT EMI...

MEET THE FELLOWS 44

Australia? Brazil?

China? Lebanon? DR Congo? France? Kenya?

Myanmar? Nepal?

South Korea?

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EMI AROUND THE WORLD

Stats on our 11 staff teams

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GIVE TO THE EMI FUND

Norlan Arteaga, God’s Treasure 3

Round 3 Photo Contest Winner Photo by Madhulika September 2019, Kolkata, India The Pavement Club is a training space for children growing up on the streets of Kolkata. Anandaloy’s ministry has given these children confidence, and it was beautiful to get a glimpse of it.

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JOHN DALLMANN

CEO OF EMI

Jesus said: “You are the light of the world… let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14a,16 (NIV)

By God’s grace, EMI continues to experience an abundance of opportunities to “shine the light” of the gospel through good deeds and design! As engineers, architects, and construction managers, we have the honor of shaping the “ministry space” of hospitals, schools, housing projects, and ministry centers around the world.

EMI’s designs have an impact on the everyday lives of staff and the communities served by these ministries for decades to come. Pray with us that those who see these “good deeds” would glorify God and draw near to Christ.

In this issue of Inside EMI, you’ll read about the amazing privilege we’ve had to be a light in the Middle East for ten years. God’s leading and grace have sustained us and given our team opportunities in this region that traditional missionaries do not have. I thank our MENA staff and interns who allowed God to use them as lights and witnesses of Jesus over these years.

You’ll also get a glimpse at a few of our ideas for new EMI locations.

We continue to seek God’s direction as to where He might be leading us. We’re aware a dozen of possible countries where EMI could serve and have impact—the options are overwhelming! Yet I am excited about all God has in store for EMI in the years to come—I hope you’re excited as well!

I invite you to engage with EMI by giving, going, and praying. We need you to shine with us!

For The Father’s Glory,

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EMI NEWS

TEN MIDDLE EASTERN YEARS Feature on p. 10 Henry and Erika Watts

15 WELL-SERVED YEARS

by Brad Crawford, COO of EMI When Henry Watts was an EMI intern in 1998, EMI had eight full-time staff in a single location—Colorado Springs. Today, as EMI USA Director, Henry oversees nearly 70 full-time USAmobilized staff members to serve in EMI’s 11 worldwide teams amongst our total roster of over 150 full-time staff.

Henry, a structural engineer with construction emphasis, is married to Erika, a landscape architect. For several years after joining staff in 2004, they led trips together and played a part in a number of new staff joining EMI. After spending six months in Amman, Jordan to oversee an EMI construction project in 2008, Henry and Erika 6

returned to the USA and started a family. Erika stepped away from full-time staff and Henry continued to lead trips and help establish EMI’s Construction Management program, most notably in Uganda.

In 2014, the Watts family moved to Kenya for a year while Henry oversaw another large construction project, this time at Tenwek Hospital. Returning to the USA, Henry joined the newly formed EMI Global team as Programs Director before stepping into his current Director role in January 2017.

Henry’s impact on EMI is in an elite category, and his calm and thoughtful approach to his work is appreciated almost as much as his well-timed, dry sense of humor. It is hard to imagine what EMI would look like without Henry, and we’re thankful we don’t have to! Congratulations Henry and Erika on 15 well-served years!

LOOKING BACK AT 2019 EMI USA continues to find great ways to serve client ministries from concept design and early planning through implementation of large, complex projects. We are excited to be part of EMI’s vision of seeing people restored by God and the world restored through design.

In 2019, EMI USA completed two large electrical installation projects with on-site training for local electricians to handle operation and maintenance of a micro grid in Tanzania and new hospital switchgear in Gabon! This year we have also led disaster response and disaster risk reduction work in the Caribbean and Southern Africa. In addition to projects, EMI USA continues to mobilize people and funding to support the work of EMI around the world!

A YEAR AT EMI CANADA EMI Canada kicked off 2019 by welcoming Dan Chong (and wife Li-Ann) to our team, adding another seasoned architect to the mix. We’ve appreciated Dan jumping in to lead three projects and coordinate the EMI Fellowship Program.

With help from seven great interns and volunteers from around the world, EMI Canada undertook project trips to Ethiopia (Bible college), Haiti (school/soccer academy), Romania (ministry camp), Costa Rica (flood/erosion mitigation), and Tanzania (school campus).

Canada through both tried-andtrue and new methods, including new fundraising initiatives. As we invite others into partnership, we’ve been honing how we capture and communicate EMI’s impact.

In addition, our team has been working hard at getting the EMI story out locally and across

See EMI's projects & locations in 2019

CELEBRATING IN SOUTH AFRICA

EMI masterplan trips to detailed design work and construction oversight.

Two years after our launch, EMI South Africa celebrates where God has brought us in just a short season!

We continue to grow and are eager for our first construction management staff and intern coordinator (Jim & Jen Forrest) to join us in 2020. We trust God to fill staffing gaps in other areas as well.

We’ve opened our office in Cape Town City Centre and grown to seven full-time and one parttime design staff representing three nationalities. Our team invested in 6 interns from five countries and engaged with over 40 ministries. God has supplied a wide variety of project work from traditional

It’s been an exciting start—we can’t wait to see what God has in store next! Interested in joining the EMI South Africa team? Find out more at: emiworld.org/za/team

WINDS OF CHANGE It’s not easy to tell where the breeze is blowing or where the Spirit will lead, but there is a sense of motion in India. The India team—a majority of Indian nationals—has risen to new challenges in performing small construction projects and taking full design contracts. There’s potential in diving deeper into these and other areas—exciting things are on the horizon. We are praying for an experienced expat architect to join staff and for construction projects that challenge and grow our reach.

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EMI PROJECTS IN 2019* 3

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DISASTER RESPONSE

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MINISTRY CENTERS

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HOSPITALS

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ORPHANAGES & HOUSING

EMI UK

EMI CANADA

EMI GLOBAL, EMI USA

EMI MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA EMI SENEGAL EMI NICARAGUA

EMI UGANDA

EMI SOUTH AFRICA

30 COUNTRIES ANGOLA THE BAHAMAS BELIZE BURUNDI CAMBODIA COSTA RICA 8

EGYPT ETHIOPIA GABON GUATEMALA HAITI INDIA

IRAQ KENYA LEBANON MALAWI MALAYSIA MYANMAR

NEPAL NICARAGUA PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES ROMANIA SENEGAL

SIERRA LEONE SOUTH AFRICA SYRIA TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA

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SCHOOLS

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CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

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SURVEY PRACTICUM

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OTHER

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EMI LOCATIONS

EMI INDIA

EMI CAMBODIA

*DOES YOUR WORLD LOOK UNFAMILIAR? Maps tell us about our world. The first maps told navigators about coastlines. This map was created to tell us about the “majority world.” Each country (or groups of countries, as in the case of Europe) is scaled according to it’s share of the world’s population as of 2009. That is why India and Asia are inflated, Africa is nearly unrecognizable, and North America has shrunk.

The 30 highlighted countries are where EMI was active in 2019.

Map courtesy of:

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Ten Middle Eastern Years EMI’s decade in the Middle East North Africa region

Featuring photos from the EMI MENA archives

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Ten years ago, an EMI staff team stepped through an open door to begin work at a new location. God had given them a heart to go and discover how to be EMI in the Arabic-speaking world, which brought unique challenges and joys, while pushing EMI towards new models for growth.

Planted by a team of three expat families in 2009, EMI MENA has taken root in local soil. We asked a few of our MENA leaders to share about the journey and the open doors they see ahead‌

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Randy Larsen Civil Engineer & Launch team leader EMI MENA 2009-2014

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ollowing the Biblical adage that a ‘cord of three strands is not easily broken,’ a small, yet determined team moved to the Middle East in August of 2009. We dedicated our first year to learning the language and understanding the wildly different culture. Being the first EMI staff in-country meant that getting settled and involved in the local community took extra time and effort. Some of our best, funniest, or most awkward moments happened during these months.

The semblance of an office began taking shape the following year—in a single office rented from a client ministry, where we resumed project work. Then began the bewildering process of forming a domestic legal entity. Just at the moment we thought we were getting somewhere, all the rules changed!

January of 2011 marked the beginning of the ‘Arab Spring’—toppled dictators, anarchy in the streets, 24-hour curfew, and a mass expat exodus! It was our moment of truth. How would our team—now 14 expatriated staff and family members—decide to respond? The country’s internet and mobile phone communication was cut and international news reported only the most dramatic, chaotic, and violent moments. Each day we analyzed the situation and, feeling safe in our communities, our team decided to stick it out.

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Though all project work came to a halt, it was during this time that we built some of our best friendships.

These were the foundation of what would become a very fruitful ministry. Staying through the turmoil and teargas helped us win ‘relationship credibility’ with the people living around us.

Of course, we went from being charmed by cultural celebrations to feeling overwhelmed by a world so vastly different than what we knew. Life for a foreigner in the Middle East is full of fun, colorful adventures as well as frustrating cross-cultural impasses. While we would vent about too many dust storms, horrible traffic, and incomprehensible habits, perhaps the most challenging aspect was getting past my own expectations, biases, and prejudices.

“Staying through the turmoil and teargas helped us win ‘relationship credibility’ with the people living around us.”

Tearing down barriers of misunderstanding is challenging but also very rewarding. If I had a false image of the average Arab, an Arab’s image of me— the average ‘infidel’—was just as false. One day as I walked down a street in Amman on my very first visit to the Middle East, a random, nameless Arab man approached. He brushed by me, then quickly turned around and called out in broken English, ‘Are you an American?’

I felt I was about to die. The headlines of another suicide bombing flashed through my head. His oversized beige coat and his long, wiry beard seemed to confirm my fears. ‘Uh-huh,’ was all I could mutter.

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Then he threw his arms around me in a tight embrace and exclaimed, ‘Welcome to Jordan! We love Americans!’ That nameless man blew up my stereotypes and shattered my preconceptions. God humbled my heart and I remembered the truthful encouragement: ‘If you don’t love Muslims, it’s only because you don’t know one.

B—— Architect & Deputy Director EMI MENA 2014-Present

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was in my last year of architecture school when I met an EMI team lead by Randy Larsen. They were designing an expansion for my local church at the time. I was invited to one of the design review meetings in the middle of the project trip. I was amazed with the quality of the design, especially knowing they had only started working on it less than a week earlier. I volunteered with the team through the end of the trip.

I knew that God wants us to use our talents and gifts to serve and glorify Him through our professions— whether in full-time ministry or in a ‘secular job’.

However, I had never thought about how this could be done practically. Witnessing that project trip opened my eyes to the possibilities and the ways design professionals could practically serve God through their skills and training. And I wanted to be a part of that.

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VIZ, short for ‘visualization’, is a specialty of EMI MENA which offers this design support across EMI. Look for this rendering in the Kibuye Hope Hospital feature.

I think the greatest contribution our team can make in this region is planning. As intuitive as this might sound, we realized over the years that the majority of our clients will build without planning for a variety of reasons. As a design professional from the MENA region, I know there’s always a plausible reason. On the other hand, as we walk through their facilities or listen during vision and programming meetings, our clients often complain of experiencing a “chaotic situation” with their current facility. We regularly face the challenge of educating our clients on the value of a well-studied plan for future growth: That there are definite benefits to the multi-layered process of planning & construction—a process that requires time, effort, and financial resources.

Our ‘VIZ’ program is one of the ways we’ve stepped into this gap. Short for ‘visualization’, VIZ services help clients 16

both understand their project plan more completely and share an exciting vision of it with their network. The 3D computer models we create can really bring a project to life—you can see what’s being proposed in realistic detail. VIZ develops our client’s understanding of all the layers and complexities of the plan, and also enables them to resource their plan more effectively.

For EMI MENA, it has been amazing to see God’s provision through VIZ. What started as a way of presenting project designs more effectively quickly developed into a distinct service. We’ve gone from basic Sketchup models to almost photorealistic renderings created with specialized software. Internally, VIZ work is an area of professional development for interns and it builds financial sustainability for our office.

Since its launch in 2014, we have served over 20 ministries with still images and

video animations, receiving encouraging feedback on how these VIZ products helped them communicate their vision.

Now we provide VIZ support to other EMI

teams and their ministry clients around the world. It’s a service we continue growing in but it’s exciting for me to see it all happening from right here in MENA.

“What does it look like for a disciple of Christ to design buildings, run a company, pay taxes, and deal J—— with government Architect & Director EMI MENA 2012-Present authorities?”

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y wife and I interned with EMI Guatemala in 2005. We were recently married and graduated from university. During our internship, God began giving us a vision for serving Christ internationally through EMI. In graduate school, God began to stir our hearts for the Arabic-speaking world and for serving in places with little access to the gospel. After the birth of our first two kids, we followed Jesus and left our home in the USA to join EMI MENA in early 2012. I served as a project leader and staff architect before becoming Director in 2017. Using her experience and degree in counseling, my wife has served as Personnel Care Facilitator throughout our time here.

At EMI MENA today, following Jesus means knowing, pursuing, and resting in Him in such a way that His love and glory is on display in our lives. So we seek genuine relationships, spirit-led service,

and God-centered, grace-enabled work. But we are not serving God out of a religious duty or cultural obligation. Rather, we follow and serve Jesus as a joyful and genuine response to His love and grace towards us. A life lived in this way stands out in contrast from that produced by the majority religion surrounding us.

Not to say that it is easy. There are sacrifices and losses as well. One of the most challenging aspects of raising our family cross-culturally in MENA is being away from extended family. Living so far away from grandparents during our children’s formative years can be difficult.

Life in a crowded city brings with it the difficulty of finding outdoor space for them to play and explore. The lack of green and quiet spaces also begins to wear us out and saying goodbye to close friends and teammates hurts.

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But as we follow Christ, we invite others to join us in the journey. As we walk together, we ask: What does it look like for a disciple of Christ to go to work, raise a family, and keep a budget? What does it look like for a disciple of Christ to design buildings, run a company, pay taxes, and deal with government authorities? How do disciples of Christ study the Scriptures, serve in a church, create worshipful music, pursue friendships, or share with unbelievers?

Practically, this means building rhythms into our personal and communal office life. We read and reflect on Scriptures each day and bring prayer into our business and project planning meetings.

We have times praying for each other, sharing, and singing as families. It means encouraging each other to engage with the Orthodox, or Muslim, or refugee communities around us. We ask God to help us model what it looks like to rest, celebrate, grieve, suffer, and rejoice in a way that He is glorified. And our neighbors in MENA need to see Jesus in us, and need to see other disciples of Jesus model these things.

Dahuk, Iraq Photo by Randy Larsen In July, an EMI team was invited to visit Iraq to serve Yazidi refugees devastated by ISIS. EMI created sustainable farming designs for an entire community of Yazidi—a number of whom have come to a new faith in Jesus.

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The team that started EMI MENA ten years ago shared a passion to declare the Glory of God in places least reached by the gospel. In the next ten years, inshallah (God willing), we will continue sharing and living into this passion. We long for God to use EMI MENA to take the gospel to countries, regions, and communities where there is no existing church. We long to see a broader network of Kingdom-focused design professionals across the MENA region. We long for Arabic-speaking professionals to be part of taking the gospel to the unreached, and to the wartorn regions where suffering abounds.

In countries like Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and others devastated by conflict, the doors are wide open to build the church and multiply disciples in the design industry. May God call more of His disciples to follow Him to MENA. May God call us farther in designing and disciple-making.

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How about EMI...

Australia Brazil China DR Congo France

Lebanon How will EMI respond to the need for restoration in war-torn areas of the Middle East?

EMI MENA has established relationships of trust with Lebanese ministries serving in powerful ways.

Beirut

Lebanon has been at the front line for receiving refugees from conflict and war in Syria and Iraq.

Lebanon has many skilled and qualified design professionals eager to serve.

So how about an EMI Lebanon, supported by EMI MENA’s experience of ten Middle Eastern years?

Does this excite you? Can you help build this future EMI team? Contact EMI Regional Director Chad Gamble (chad.gamble@emiworld.org).

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Kenya Myanmar Nepal South Korea Syria

Mexico How will EMI respond to the design demands of thousands of ministries in Latin America?

After years of learning and serving in Latin America, EMI Nicaragua is aware of the great field of work in Mexico.

Mexico is one of the largest and most diverse countries in Latin America.

Mexico City

Many Mexican design professionals are passionate for the work God is doing through EMI.

So how about an EMI Mexico, supported by EMI Nicaragua’s presence in Latin America?

Does this excite you? Can you help build this future EMI team? Contact EMI Regional Director Brad Crawford (brad.crawford@emiworld.org).

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STAFF TEAMS

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CEO of EMI

YEARS INVESTED

BY CURRENT STAFF

GLOBAL |

John Dallmann

1500+

TOTAL DESIGN PROJECTS COMPLETED SINCE 1981

EST. 2013

Brad Crawford: COO Global Directors: John Breitenstein Matthew Coffey Graham Frank ^ Jason Reinhardt

UNITED STATES |

Brittany Coulbert Molly Harris Jenni Keiter ^ Shalom Lazarus Lesley Smith

EST. 1982

Henry Watts: Executive Director Danielle Adams Nick Hardman † Dirk Anderson Jesse Hoye Jeff Austin Dan Kane Ben Banta Kevin Keiter Rex Barber Will Kirchner †^ Jason Chandler Randy Larsen Leandie Dillavou Jennifer Laybourn † Patrick Donohoe ^ Gary MacPhee Andy Engebretson Diana McGahan Graham Frank ^ Brittany Meloni Andrew Harding ° Bill Miller

NICARAGUA | Bill Tatom: Director Jorge Aguero Jon Burgi Samuel Carrara Roger Duarte

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Josh Neal Hannah Peterson †^ Terry Podmore †^ Justin Rolfs Jeff Rollins Mariah Sanders † Serina Swanson Frank Thaxter Natalie Thompson † Laura Trimble ^

CANADA |

EST. 2016

Lester Espinoza Phil Iekel † Jan Martinez Jorge Rosales

CIVIL ENGINEERS

Greg Young: Executive Director Dan Chong Pam Meyers Rachel Su †

UNITED KINGDOM | David Lambert: Director Edith Brooks ^ Paul Brooks ^

= On-Boarding Process

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ELECTRICAL, STRUCTURAL, & OTHER ENGINEERS

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Braden Swab Steve Ulrich Ruth Yesmanski ^

EST. 2008

Suzanne Day ^ Jaz Lambert ^

FELLOWS

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GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

2

SURVEYORS

*THE FULLER PROJECTION MAP DESIGN IS A TRADEMARK OF THE BUCKMINSTER FULLER INSTITUTE. ©1938, 1967 & 1992.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, WWW.BFI.ORG.

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STAFF MEMBERS

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STAFF FAMILY MEMBERS

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VOLUNTEERS INVESTED OVER 1600 DAYS

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THE FIGURES ABOVE ARE APPROXIMATE, NOT FINAL 2019 TOTALS

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CAMBODIA | Chad Gamble: Director Richard Arbon † Reatrey Chan Vannlydeth Chen Ian Ebersole Laura Ebersole ^ Chris Hardrick

INDIA |

UGANDA |

Aditya † Terry Rajat Keziah Kevin † Preeti ^

Surajeet Ken Jonathan Caleb † Austin

Mathieu Lembelembe Claire Lugaajju Semei Makumbi Maggie McNeil ^ Clarke Means Larry Moos Julius Mugonde Jonah Mwanje Pauline Nanyombi Matthew Ngango Brett Nicholson Cossy Olupot Allan Omuut

SOUTH AFRICA |

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ARCHITECTS

MENA |

Moses Clark Andrew Jensen ° Darl Powell †^

Kerstin Fourie Brad Hansen Kendra Hansen Matthew Moeckel Andre Olwagen

EST. 2009

J — — : Director B — — : Deputy Director N—— ^ M——

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Daniel Propst Benjamin Rukundo Valerie Rubombora + Andy Scheer Yusuf Segawa Jaimee Sekanjako Willy Ssemujju Edison Talemwa Richard Tatyabala Harriet Tumusiime Hannah Van Gorkom ^ Jesse Van Gorkom Matt Zimmerman

LAUNCHED 2018

Gerhard van der Merwe: Director Ant Cave ^ Farai Chapisa Jim Forrest ° Jen Forrest °

David Wright: Director John Agee Kelly Carlton °

Neth Kong Vicky Mah Sereyuth Nuon Anna Seeley Kathleen Wassenaar Sopheak Yeng Rathana Yun

EST. 2003

John Sauder: Director Philip Greene: Deputy Director Hope Aparo Hedina Angom † Henry Buyinza Patrick Cochrane † Adam Gordon Thomas Gruen Steve Hoyt Jim Jose Hypolito Kajooga Patience Kulume Matt Lammers

EST. 2016

LAUNCHED 2017

EST. 1998

Andy : Director Dan : Interim Director Madhulika David Rajesh Tanisha

SENEGAL |

INTERNS INVESTED OVER 270 MONTHS

M——† M——† D—— † Y—— ^

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

M—— M—— T—— K——°

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ADMIN, FINANCE, IT, & HR SUPPORT

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Neth Kong EMI Cambodia Deputy Director

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“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:26 (NIV)

Birthplace: Prey Veng Province, Cambodia Profession: Admin, HR & IT Joined EMI: 2017

I have a bachelor’s degree in IT and years of experience in social work, translation, and accounting with different organizations and businesses. In early 2017, I felt my relationship with God struggling and I started to ask why. I realized my work was impacting my faith, and God showed me clearly that I could resign. I did so the next day.

I didn’t know what life would bring after that, but this verse came to mind: ‘seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.’ Though I was without a job for seven months, God faithfully provided for my family. I started work with EMI right after this.

Here I’ve seen young professionals and interns growing every day, and I’ve heard good testimonies of how we’ve been able to bless our clients. I hope our team will build a reputation of godliness, professionalism, and integrity that will help Cambodia be a better place.

PRAY Pray that God would call design professionals into the full-time ministry of EMI. This is our greatest need.

GIVE Many EMI staff find it challenging to stay at full financial support year after year. Help an EMI staff member stay fully-funded with a new or upgraded gift at: emiworld.org/give

GO Explore joining EMI fulltime for 1-5 years. View staff opportunities online at: emiworld.org/careers 25

By Jenni Keiter | EMI Global | Burundi

Kibuye Hope Hospital

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Over the last six years, EMI Uganda has been involved in the revitalisation of Kibuye Hope Hospital in rural Burundi. Multiple EMI teams have collaborated with Kibuye leadership to create campus development plans to reach 10-, 20-, and 30-year hospital growth targets. Here, workers prepare the foundation of the new pediatrics building designed by EMI.

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Starting as a health center under the Methodist mission in the 1940s, Kibuye Hope Hospital struggled through periods of understaffing and years of war and crisis in Burundi. Supported by the students of the Hope Africa University medical school and a team of missionary doctors, Kibuye is growing again.

Now at 200-beds, the hospital is served by 20 doctors as well as nursing and hospital staff.

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Dr. Alliance Niyukuri with his wife, Cynthia Alliance fled with his family during the civil war in Burundi. Living as a refugee in Kenya, he learned of an opportunity to study medicine at Hope Africa University. So Alliance returned to Burundi for medical studies, completing his internship at Kibuye Hope Hospital. After his residency at Bongolo Hospital in Gabon, Dr. Alliance came back to Kibuye in 2018 to serve as a general surgeon.

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Over 40,000 patients per year visit Kibuye Hope Hospital from rural Burundi and surrounding countries. In a country with one medical doctor for every 20,000 people, Kibuye is also the main teaching hospital for the Hope Africa University medical school. Over 150 doctors have been trained and graduated through this partnership—doctors now working in Burundi or are doing residencies in East, South, and West Africa.

Completed in 2018, the EMI-designed surgery building contains four large operating theaters and 40 patient beds.

Construction on the 3-storey, 100-bed pediatrics building designed by EMI began in 2019.

Designed by EMI in 2019, the new eye facility will greatly expand Kibuye’s capacity for eye care.

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Inside the patient ward in Kibuye’s new surgery building.

Government health clinics are usually the first, closest stop for treatment for Burundians.

Kibuye Hope Hospital is the official reference for twelve such clinics. Each patient must have a garde de malade, which is a relative or friend who acts as their liaison with hospital staff, fetching medicine from the pharmacy, paying bills, or washing laundry.

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Gaudeliesa and daughter Klaria Last year 10-year-old Klaria had an injury to her leg that developed a bone infection. Her mother brought her to Kibuye Hospital because she knew there were specialist doctors for operations. Klaria was in the hospital for six months recovering from the surgery. Though the doctors were not sure she would walk again, she can now run.

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Happy Agbaragu EMI Senegal Project Volunteer

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IBLE D E R INC CATION DEDI “I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”

Psalms 9:1 (NIV) Birthplace: Lagos, Nigeria Profession: Architecture EMI Trips: 2

After my first trip with EMI to Edo State, Nigeria, I had a clearer calling and understanding of what it means to serve God through architecture. The sense of fulfilment was so overwhelming—I could not stop talking about it.

This year I had a little financial setback before my EMI trip in Senegal, so I couldn’t go by flight. I decided to go by road. I set out from Lagos, Nigeria on the 3,200 Km (~2,000 mile) bus trip on Friday, 1-February. I reached Mbour, Senegal seven days later. I still remember the joy and relief as I hugged EMI Project Leader David Wright in Mbour...

It was a daring adventure, a test of endurance and patience on never-ending night and day bus rides.

Though I don’t speak French, I traveled through four Francophone West African countries and 16 immigration and security checkpoints, with limited food and water and mobile network. So many ‘what ifs’ ran through my mind, but I had a sense of peace and assurance. I give God all the glory.

Note: After the Senegal project trip, Happy boarded the bus for another 3,200 Km trip back to Lagos!

PRAY Pray that God would call professionals from all over the world to share their time and talents to serve His people.

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GO Even though EMI mobilizes hundreds of professionals into strategic short-term mission each year, many teams go shorthanded. Be a part of the solution. Commit to a project team today! emiworld.org/trips 35

By Jeff Austin | EMI USA

Meet the Fellows Introducing Professional Fellowship at EMI

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“I believe that I will be more equipped and spiritually mature after this Fellowship. I will be able to entrust this knowledge to faithful men and women so they can teach others also…”

– Hedina Angom, Civil Engineering Fellow at EMI Uganda 37

“I didn’t realize I was praying for an EMI Fellowship until it materialized.”

– Rachel Su, Civil Engineering Fellow, EMI Canada

“As a young professional, spiritual and professional mentoring in the context of engineering as mission is preparing me to serve the Lord.”

– Natalie Thompson, Civil Engineering Fellow, EMI USA

“As a structural engineer, I want to use my skills for the betterment of people in need. I believe an EMI Fellowship will equip me for doing so.”

– Aditya D., Structural Engineering Fellow, EMI India 38

EMI is excited to begin a two- to three-year early career development programme for young design professionals.

We’re calling it the EMI Fellowship. Through the Fellowship, EMI will disciple and develop young engineers and architects in a deeper and more comprehensive way than internships allow.

This is our vision for the young men and women of the EMI Fellowship: To raise them up as the next generation of Christian design professionals to be professionally competent and spiritually mature that they may be influencers in the Church and in the design profession worldwide.

This first cohort of EMI fellows have begun a journey of spiritual formation that will grow them as lifelong followers of Jesus. At the same time, they’re gaining

significant professional experience and training to advance them toward their professional goals.

Each fellow will serve in at least two EMI locations, allowing them to gain valuable cross-cultural experience and bring their own diversity of ideas across EMI’s worldwide teams.

The Fellowship fills in a number of gaps within the program and ministry of EMI all while promoting our core values of Design, Discipleship, and Diversity.

The Fellowship also deepens EMI’s spiritual impact by launching spiritually mature kingdom & mission-minded young professionals into the design industry.

So, welcome Hedina, Rachel, Natalie, Aditya, Caleb, Jennifer, and Valerie! May God shape you through the Fellowship at EMI!

“I look forward to the opportunity to grow as an architect and also be mentored spiritually over the next two years.”

– Caleb Tenzin, Architecture Fellow, EMI India

“Following my internship at EMI MENA in 2018, I knew God was leading me to continue using my engineering skills to serve Him.” – Jennifer Laybourn, Civil Engineering Fellow, EMI USA

“I’m excited to work again in a dynamic, interdisciplinary team where fellowship and God is as important as work.”

– Valerie Rubombora, Architecture Fellow, EMI Uganda 39

Sydnie McLean EMI Intern

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“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)

Birthplace: Banff, Alberta, Canada Profession: Civil Engineering Intern At: EMI Canada

At EMI, I got to see all sides of the project. The amount of work we got done in that week on the project trip was crazy. It was amazing to have everybody—all the professional disciplines together under one roof. I realized I learned quite a bit when I went for a job interview and they essentially told me, ‘Wow, you got a wide variety of experience in this internship. That’s exactly what this position is.’

I’ve kind of struggled with trusting in God. I need to be in control sometimes. Being at EMI when we were praying, or in devotions, or in things that happened on my project trip, or at work and in conversations—it has helped me to trust in God. So trust—I’ve grown in that department.

The best thing about the internship? The diversity of experience, the spiritual growth, and just being in a work environment with Christ-centered people. It’s so cool—all of it. I highly recommend it—sign up now!

PRAY Pray that God would call students from every nation to apply their technical education in His Kingdom.

GIVE An EMI internship sets the stage in a young professional’s life for a generous, Kingdom-focused career. Help make it possible with a gift to the EMI Fund. emiworld.org/give

GO Be an EMI Intern in one of our worldwide offices. We’ll show you how to use your gifts to design a world of hope—apply today! emiworld.org/internships 41

Round 1 Photo Contest Winner Photo by Jenni Keiter February 2019, Kibuye, Burundi Kibuye Hope School Education is free in Burundi but classrooms are very crowded, often with 60 kids for every teacher. The children at this school at Kibuye Hope Hospital were eager to practice their English or French with us. On this day, they were learning a Bible song in English.

(Continued from page 44) Horseback therapy is a key service—and the original service—offered by Tesoros de Dios (God’s Treasures) at their center in Managua, Nicaragua. Tesoros provides physical, occupational, educational, and speech therapy services—they currently have over 130 children like Norlan enrolled in their six specialized education programs.

These children present a wide range of physical, mental, and learning disabilities.

EMI Nicaragua has been involved in the development of the Tesoros center 42

for several years. Building capacity for hippotherapy—the use of horseback riding as a therapeutic or rehabilitative treatment— was a key aspect of the master plan. Beyond design, EMI managed the construction of the horse stables and riding arena. This space is important to Tesoros because it allows the ministry to extend their equine therapy services throughout the sevenmonth rainy season. Work on the arena was completed in January.

– Samuel & Melissa Carrara, EMI Nicaragua

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Norlan Arteaga, God’s Treasure Enjoying an equine therapy session in the EMI-designed riding arena, (Continued on page 42)

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