New Board Member!

This past Saturday, the Lahash board met with Emmanuel Sitaki , and voted to confirm him as our newest board member! Emmanuel is from Rwanda, and founded a ministry called ERM that is serving his home country and the vulnerable people that live there.

Emmanuel lives with his family in Portland, Oregon. ERM is a ministry that serves widows, orphans, and pastors in his home country. Emmanuel is a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide, and was called by God to serve the vulnerable people that were suffering from the violence that devastated the country in 1994.

"We are so pleased to have the expertise and presence of Emmanuel on our board. It is critical to Lahash to be guided by the voices and experiences of East Africans, not just in East Africa, but on our Portland team as well. Emmanuel brings a wealth of passion and compassion and understands our desire for holistic ministry. His model of pairing widows and orphans in his home country into new family units is something that Lahash is eager to learn from." -- Dan Holcomb, Executive Director, Lahash International

For more information about ERM, visit Emmanuel's website:
http://www.ermrwanda.org/about-erm