REJOICING! GRADUATION PRAISES!

How is it possible to grow so in love with strangers in only one week?

God's people from many nations bring to us the fragrance of eternity...a hint of the richness of fellowship in the Spirit we will experience over eons.

We share passion for serving the Lord, growing more deeply in Him and touching people with His transforming grace and truth. And we have fun!
Following are their praises and prayer requests. We invite you to join us in lifting them up to the God who is able to make their vision for changing nations a reality.

Geoff Gle - GHANA [front left]: Director of Co-Impact Inc., Accra.
Goal: Facilitating short term missions & training + promote public health + assist rural communities with educational facilities & library projects.
"My wife and I return to Africa [this month] to serve and lead in ministry. The church in Africa is growing, but we need solid teaching so we can be effective. The Lord gave me a greater insight into empathic listening and how to meet people at their level of need. I've learned that conflicts are healthy, but must be resolved in a biblical way."
PRAY: for effective Christian witness + impacting lives for God's glory.

Nok Prukpitikul - THAILAND : counselor to international students, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.
Goal: Return to Thailand in less than 5 years with her husband to teach and minister.
"SOS shed a new light of the work & power of God. I became much more open to the Holy Spirit's guidance. I'm so encouraged by the way God revealed many great things to me. I felt detoxed in my soul."
PRAYER: Continual freedom from bondage of fear & worry about the future, clarity on our ministry as a couple in Thailand, a miracle for a family business, and salvation for family.


Bong Barredo - PHILIPPINES: director Asian Youth & Children Ministries, Bacolod City.
Goal: evangelize & disciple children through schools and camps.
"I've been looking for this kind of training opportunity--this is an answer to many prayers! It's great how the teaching is very personalized and the skills are so practical and doable! I am a better person, servant and child of God after my SOS experiences."
PRAY: that I use what I've learned , that I can send more staff to SOS, that the Lord makes it possible for me to be a certified EMI teacher, and for my team to be faithful and diligent in doing God's work with warmth, respect and empathy for all kinds of people!"


Ye Hwa Soon & Cristabel Seow - MALAYSIA [back left]: currently completing doctorate in Tacoma, WA. Setting up e-training in Malaysia.
Goal: Bring transforming experience of God to chinese churches in USA, Malaysia and the world.
"I have never experienced such a wonderful gift from God than this free transformational training. I experience true love from God through peple who hosted, served and taught us. EMI teaching is really powerful & would make a great impact in the lives of many people."
PRAY: Seeking wisdom in initial plans to train a team an begin walking out an equipping plan; also need living expenses while completing degree--not allowed to work under student visa.


Ren-Song Tsay and FuHwa Li - TAIWAN [back middle] Founders/teachers of Wonderful Life Ministry focusing on EMI training
Goal: change Taiwan culture through EMI training
"Your wonderful ministry fills us with love, equips us with skills to equip others. Seeing many volunteers serve unconditionally out from their hearts, I think I am touching the essence of the true teaching."
PRAY: Wisdom and health as we continue to meet demands for training in Taiwan that are filling several weekends monthly; that the Lord is revealed & known in a way that changes nations.


Dan & Tricia Sandoval - PHILIPPINES / USA [back right]: pastors with The Church on the Hill, Redlands, CA
Goal: Share vision with EMI to sponsor training and resources for international pastors in LA area. . .to overcome isolation and grow in knowing and serving Christ.
PRAY: for openness of pastors to networking and sharing ideas and resources. For the Lord's anointing on our October conference to begin this process. Pray for my family to find a suitable home."

SOS Graduates - March 2009

Professor Josiah Shindi ~ Nigeria
Many, many thanks for being practical Christians, demonstrating the Word in action. Your labour of love in giving will certainly have multiplying effects as I pass on the lessons learned from the Seminar to the generation following ours.
The biggest lesson I have learned is that there are some of you who are willing and able to open your hearts and homes to others like me without reservations.
The teaching has gone a very long way to enhance my Christian growth and widened my Christian outlook. May God bless you abundantly, from the bottom of my heart.


Paul Ndahigwa ~ Rwanda
I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your generosity in funding my stay here in Ohio and the cost of my training in EMI. EMI has been a passion of mine since I heard about it 4 years ago. Your contribution allowed me to get the opportunity to experience different things in unparalleled environment. Everyone I have met has been eager to help me learn and share their experiences. Through this training I will be able to work with some of the best minds in my country. I have learned valuable things that I would never have been taught if it wasn’t for this training. I’m truly grateful. EMI has sat on a high pedestal in my mind all this time. To have the opportunity to learn and experience the entirety of the school is a gift that will not soon be forgotten. EMI links different people world-wide and opens its doors to all who wish to increase their knowledge. I feel truly privileged to have been one of the trainees and being trained by the selected staff who dedicate their lives to the advancement of lessons educating people. Thank you.

Randy Richards ~ Princeton Pike Church of God Mission Board, Cincinnati
Words cannot express my gratitude for your support of the International School of Service. My life has been changed and I hope to share the skills I have learned with other people around me. I can share it with my family, church, co-workers, mission board, and others I meet in the mission field. No one can calculate the change your support will make in the world !!




Luisa Moce ~ Fiji
So grateful to God for your generosity and love for God and others like me to come taste and see that God is good!
I found out that evangelism is so simple but I’ve complicated it for too long. Thanks to EMI for uncomplicating it for me – how it’s easier and understandable to reach lives everywhere at every level with the great love of a loving God that never ceases to pursue us with His loving kindness.
I want to express how grateful I am to you for making it possible for me to make the sacrifice to come to EMI and realize it’s worth it all. I came in a huge way to take and marry the materials with what I already have, but God is never boring. He’s always full of surprises and in a bigger way He met me at an unexpected place where I can personally swim deeper with him. That’s revolutionizing. So is EMI!


Sisa Vukialau ~ Fiji
Thank you for all the transformation blessing that you have demonstrated to me with all your hospitality, generosity and kindness. I have experienced a lot of breakthrough in my inner being. Thank you so very much for kindness, warmth, respect in believing in the call of God upon my life. My life is not the same in the way I think and listen. With all the teaching that I have gone through it has made a great impact in me.
I’m amazed with the puzzle that God has put together in place. I’m transformed with God’s amazing love and grace.


Proverbs 18:16: A gift opens a way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of great men.