Last month our Cambodia office director, Chad and EMI CEO John and their families traveled to Cambodia to make the final city selection. After meeting with over 25 missionaries and ex-patriots living in Cambodia, it became abundantly clear that Phnom Penh was the best choice.
With only 8 short months left in the US, the EMI Cambodia launch team is busy with final preparations before we move in January of 2017. Here is a short time-line of our year to come:
Summer 2016 – Team members and families continue to support raise, and begin selling homes to prepare for the move ahead.
August 2016 – EMI World Staff Conference. EMI staff and families from around the world will travel to Colorado to join in a time of fellowship and training.
October 2016 – The EMI Cambodia launch team will attend cross-cultural training to prepare our hearts and minds for the transition to a new culture.
December 2016 – The team will spend the holidays with friends and families and make their fairwells.
January 2017 – The team will transition to Cambodia, finding apartments, beginning to make relationships, and starting to learn Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
Our biggest prayer request right now is for an Architect to join the team. We have three very qualified civil engineers in addition to our support staff, but an architect would really fill out our team.
