A video about what we are going to be doing and why, made by our friend Juila Johnson. Click on the play button in the middle of the screen to watch it.
Stephanie and I have accepted a position with an organization called Engineering Ministries International or eMi for short. On August 2nd We will be on our way to the East Africa office in Kampala Uganda for an eleven month stay.
eMi is a Christian organization that gives free designs to 3rd world Christian ministries in need. It works like this, if there’s a Christian group in a developing nation who own a piece of land and want to use it to build a hospital, orphanage, school, dormitory, Church, Bridge, water pipeline, Dam, Hydro Electric Power Plant, Poultry Factory, ect… they can submit a request to eMi and get plans for a complete site design free of charge. eMi has their world office in Colorado Springs, CO and international offices in: Calgary Canada, Guatemala City Guatemala, Kampala Uganda, and Mussoorie India.
I will join the internship program for two terms. I’m not sure what I will work on since eMi’s projects change rapidly, but I imagine I’ll work on the types of projects listed above and learn all about site design. Stephanie will teach 6th grade at Heritage international School during our stay there.
All eMi staff, including me, are strictly on support, there are no salaries for anyone, and even though Stephanie’s job will be a paid position, the amount of money she will make does not cover both the eMi office expenses and the living expenses of two people in Kampala. So we are doing the standard missionary thing and sending out support letters. If any of you are interested in receiving one, please message me in one of the many ways available in cyber space with your snail mail address. I would prefer an email to: g_osborne@yahoo.com
I have several other things I want to share, like what’s going through my head, but I think I’ll save that for another day since this blog entry is rather long already. So last, here are some eMi related links:
To support us, click here: https://secure.emiusa.org/donate.html. Please put "Greg Osborne" and the account number (2669) in the designation space. To give monthly for the duration of our trip, Email me your snail mail address and I will send you a letter that explains how to set it up.
This is the blog of Greg and Stephanie Osborne who are both lucky enough to serve the Lord in Kampala Uganda for 11 months. We are now back in the USA, working for eMi's world headquarters in Colorado Springs. Check back here for to see what the Lord is doing in our lives.
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