Equipping Others

Orientation just wrapped up last week at Engineering Ministries International! (EMI)  Every 4 months a new group of interns arrive to serve on project trips around the globe with EMI. This is a packed week of training and personal development as new staff and interns participate in team building and attend classes on topics such as culture training, the history and current work of EMI, & what is good vs. harmful/ineffective mission, etc.

This past week we had a total of 14 interns from the U.S. & Canada participate at orientation in Colorado Springs. Six of these interns will remain in the U.S. office and travel abroad with a project team for 2 weeks on various master plan and design projects.  The other eight interns were sent off to EMI's other offices around the world in Cambodia, India, Uganda, Nicaragua, & Canada.  

Facilitating Intern Orientation at the Hideaway retreat center (Photo credit: Toby Wong)

In my role as the US Intern Coordinator I get to help teach and equip as well as foster a sense of community among the interns during this busy week. For now, I am simply assisting in these activities as I continue the on-boarding process to staff while continuing to work at my previous job. Next year, however, the current Intern Coordinator will be passing me the baton in regards to both orientation week as well as general recruitment, mentoring, and mobilization of U.S. based interns around the world. Part of my role will include traveling with one project team each year to practice and grow in my own design skills as a Staff Engineer!

Over the next 4 months I will continue to spend each Wednesday at EMI; facilitating the U.S. intern discipleship class and involved in mentoring as I continue the on-boarding process to joining full time next year! I'm looking forward to future orientation weeks at EMI when I will be able to fully engage in this ministry of equipping others to seek restoration and design a world of hope.