updates and blog

Jun 20, 2023

GEM FOUNDATION PLAYGROUND PROJECT

One of the really fun projects we are doing right now is The GEM Foundation playground. The GEM Foundation is a home and a safe space...

May 26, 2023

EMI-UGANDA 20-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

The EMI-Uganda office celebrated it's 20th anniversary this May! It is such a huge milestone for the office and we had a blast getting...

May 22, 2023

Misc T1-2023 Pics

May 20, 2023

End of t1-2023

As we wrap up T1-2023 it feels oddly similar to end of T3-2022. I have quite a few large and looming deadlines to finish. There's...

May 13, 2023

UGANDA JUNIOR GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

One weekend in May I was invited to judge the first annual Uganda Junior Championships hosted by the International School of Uganda. My...

May 1, 2023

Empower Progress

I feel like I blinked on the new dorm and classroom blocks for Empower International Academy and we've already started going vertical!...

Apr 23, 2023

ALL THE MISC THINGS

Ants- You just kind of get used to living with ants here. My Ugandan roommate says that here you just co-exist with the ants. In the US...

Apr 21, 2023

Small group study- culture Covenant

The office breaks into small groups on Wednesday mornings for discipleship groups during the first hour of the day. This past few months...

Apr 7, 2023

Kataka Arts

Before I left the US, I had a coaching friend send me an Instagram video about this group called Kataka Arts and told me to look them up...

Mar 29, 2023

Gutu Mission Hospital

A few weeks ago we got a call from the EMI South Africa office that they looking for a civil engineer to join them on a project trip to...

Mar 29, 2023

Gutu - OFF DAY ADVENTURE

Bright and Early We left Gutu around 5:30am and braced for the battle with the pot hole roads. It felt like a completely different road...

Mar 11, 2023

THE CROSSFIT OPEN IS [NOT] FOR EVERYONE

I had always agreed with the statement Crossfit puts out that “The Open is for Everyone”. I truly believe the Open is about the...

Mar 7, 2023

The Equator!

A few weeks ago we took a day trip down to the equator. The town near Kayabwe created a tourist stop along the equator line with a...

Feb 23, 2023

Empower Phase 2 - Ground breaking

We had the ground breaking for the construction of Empower International Academy - Phase 2 in early February. We are extremely grateful...

Feb 12, 2023

MAF FLIGHT

Every term, each of the interns has an opportunity to go on a ride-along with one of the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilots for the...

Jan 21, 2023

EMI PROJECT TRIP- RIFT VALLEY ACADEMY

In January I got the opportunity to go on a project trip with EMI to the Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe Kenya. Rift Valley Academy (RVA)...

Jan 10, 2023

NEW YEARS IN DUBAI

Happy 2023! I got to travel to Dubai to spend some time with my parents and celebrate New Years. My parents and I were supposed to meet...

Dec 27, 2022

Christmas 2022

How is it already Christmas?! Wow! We kicked off the season with a trip to the Friday craft market up by the national mosque. This has...

Dec 24, 2022

Christmas Card 2022

How does one sum up a year that began asleep at 8 pm in bed with Covid and ended watching fireworks through the silhouette of the tallest...

Dec 23, 2022

Tips for future EMI-Uganda interns

After being here about 4 months now, there are some things my fellow interns and I have learned the hard way and if you are thinking...

Dec 21, 2022

Fall 2022-Misc Pics

Dec 20, 2022

HANDSTANDS ON HANDSTANDS

Dec 20, 2022

END OF T3-2022

Aaaand just like that my internship term is now complete! Where did time go?! It's hard to imagine that 4 months ago, after a crazy...

Dec 20, 2022

Ugandan Wedding adventures

We had the great privilege to attend the wedding of one of our coworkers at The Pines in Mukono district this past weekend. Isaac and...