Bruce

We know many of you have seen news headlines about an Ebola outbreak in the region and may be wondering about our safety here in Kampala. We want to give you a clear picture of what’s happening and why we…

It’s been an eventful start to the year here in Uganda! In January, the country held presidential elections. We’re grateful to God for the relative peace and calm throughout that season: life continued mostly as normal, apart from the few…

As we celebrate Christmas and look toward the New Year, we find ourselves deeply grateful—for God’s faithfulness, for the work He is doing here in Uganda, and for each of you who prays for, encourages, and supports us. Your partnership…

The past month has been quite the whirlwind! As we discussed in our last newsletter, we were actively raising financial support due to our increased costs and had to meet a target in order to return. We got approval to…

In late June, we returned to the US for a 3-month home assignment. This is meant as a time to connect with our friends and family, share about our ministry with our supporters and churches, and raise any additional support…

In our last update, I wrote about the automated percolation tester and the issues that we were trying to solve. So how did we automate the percolation test? Let me first warn you that this update is going to be…

For the past 2 years, if you’ve asked me what I’m currently working on, I almost certainly started talking to you about the automatic percolation tester (or auto-perc tester). It’s a project that’s been my main focus at EMI over…

The past few months have been a whirlwind of travel across North America, providing us with invaluable opportunities to visit churches, connect with supporters, and share quality time with friends and family. I wanted to give you a glimpse of…

It’s been way too long since we last wrote an update here. I think we have a fairly decent excuse though.. The biggest news that we have is that we welcomed Jamie Esther Arensen into the world on February 22!…

December has been a month of extremes for us. The first 2-3 weeks were extremely busy: wrapping up the year meant a lot of celebrations, goodbyes, and work to get all of our various projects to a good stopping point…