Uganda Newsletter, December
Acting on faith in God's restoration
As we approach the end of another year, I find myself reflecting on the impact of our mission. At EMI, we believe in a people restored by God, and a world restored through design.
We stake our whole mission on this firm belief in restoration. Are we believers only, or practitioners?
Perhaps you, like us, have experienced personal restoration in your relationship with God. Do you regularly reflect on God’s restorative work in and through you? You probably observe, as we do, the need for restoration in the context of brokenness all around us.
The Apostle Paul tell us that the whole creation is groaning in pain (Romans 8), eagerly anticipating it's liberation from bondage to decay.
Our only hope is in the Great Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who is putting the world to rights – even here among us at EMI Uganda.
This year has been marked by many examples of God’s restorative handiwork, both through EMI Uganda and our partners, and within us as well; today I’ll share two.
Through
Four construction labourers on the Onialeku Primary School site heard and received the gospel as a result of EMI’s belief and practice of the restorative work of God!
Through the faithful ministry of EMI’s Stephen Mwesigye, who facilitates patterns of daily and weekly discipleship on the construction site, these men made their own decision to surrender their lives to God’s restoration and walk in newness of life with Him!
Within
In the intentionally diverse garden of EMI Uganda, we are all called to put our hands to the restorative work of design – sustainable, affordable, and transformational. Where this happens best is in the multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary design and construction teams of EMI.
As we put our belief in restoration into practice, we see the body of Christ in action – disparate parts working in harmony and unity with one other.
The scene pictured here is typical – four professional disciplines and three distinct cultural groups represented – all contributing out of their strengths to the design of a clinic for The Amazima School.
We thank you for your faithful prayers and support of our work, and pray God’s rich and restorative work in and through YOU!
In Hope,
Phil Greene
Executive Director
