Greg & Julie

Greg worked in architecture firms in Vancouver for 14 years, moving to Calgary with his wife Julie and their three children in 2005 to join EMI as full-time staff. He has been the Executive Director of EMI Canada since 2010, and remains active with international projects.

EMI is a service ministry providing engineering and architectural services to other Christian ministries undertaking capital projects where such services are unavailable or otherwise inaccessible. It provides professional services cost-effectively and operates as a charity, supported by a combination of churches, individuals, foundations and private companies. All EMI project-leading professionals have faith-supported salaries, which is why Greg is a Foothills international worker.

EMI USA was established in Colorado Springs in 1982, and EMI Canada in Calgary in 2002. Today there are ten country offices — Canada, USA, UK, Nicaragua, ME/NA, Uganda, Senegal, South Africa, India and Cambodia — along with the Global Office, which acts as the hub of the wheel for all of them.

Of the 80-plus organizations EMI Canada has served since 2002, several include Impact Ministries International, Ratanak International, Place of Rescue, Haiti Arise, SIM, MAF, Food for the Hungry and Samaritan's Purse. For these groups EMI has designed orphanages, schools, ministry centres and air strips, and contributed engineering services for WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and disaster response deployments.