Our Updates
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The Little Things
Sometimes it takes baby steps. Today’s Goals: 1.) Get internet at the house 2.) Learn Japanese so I can do my laundry
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St. 364
I’ve had a lot of different addresses over the last few years, but only a few homes. From rural New Zealand, to the suburbs of Colorado, to this: a dirt road somewhere in the middle of the 1.5 million metropolis of Phnom Penh. As the days go by and landmarks and faces become more familiar, I’m waiting…
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Rooftops
One thing I enjoy about Cambodia are the flat rooftops. Most buildings have access to the top, and the first thing I do anywhere I stay is visit the top. This also usually becomes my solitude spot for devotions and prayer. This is the view from my current residence. In the distance I can see…
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2016 in Rear-view
It seem like I’ve spent a lot of time in the car these last few months. Trips to Texas and Canada for training. Trips home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. And a few vacation trips as well. As January 11 quickly approaches, I’ve spent the last few weeks looking back over my season in Colorado. As…
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August Update
At 9,000ft surrounded by the crisp clean Rocky Mountain air, for the first time ever, five staff* and their families sat down at the same table to have a meal together. There was a sense of unity and commencement as the Cambodia team made small talk and just began to get to know one another.…
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June Update
Only 6 more months to go before I board an airplane headed for Phnom Penh. While I contemplate the idea of finishing my time here in Colorado Springs well, I have begun focusing my time on the relationships and community I have built here over the last two years. School Out-reach and VBS Over the…
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Moving to Phnom Penh
Last month our Cambodia office director, Chad and EMI CEO John and their families traveled to Cambodia to make the final city selection. After meeting with over 25 missionaries and ex-patriots living in Cambodia, it became abundantly clear that Phnom Penh was the best choice. With only 8 short months left in the US, the…
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October Update
It is my pleasure to be able to bring to you exciting updates from the EMI Southeast Asia office launch. The biggest announcement is that EMI leadership has officially named Cambodia as the country. From now on our office will be known as EMI Cambodia. EMI has also named Chad Gamble as the future office…
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August Update
It was a whirl-wind summer. We have officially said good-bye to the summer interns, and welcomed in the fall. It was hard to bid farewell but I am looking forward to the fall. The most exciting news for the end of this summer is the opportunity I had to be a part of a Term 3…
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Nigeria Project Trip
Originally established in 1962 as a prayer group first named Calvary Fellowship, Church of God Mission International Incorporated was divinely born by the urge of the Holy Spirit with specific instructions of the Lord to Archbishop B.A. Idahosa as stated: “Raise up an army for me, to go with the gospel to all Nations. Gather together…