Why Non-Medical Team Support Matters
by Beatrice Vandervelde I have now been on two medical missions to Vietnam. Since I don’t have medical training, I come as team support. What would my role be? [...]
In Response to an Urgent Need
The healthcare situation in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals is in dire straits, the recent doctors’ strike is in part due to the frustrations of the under- resourced conditions healthcare givers [...]
Haiti Trip 2019 Cancellation
TRIP CANCELLATION NOTICE To protect our volunteers and in keeping with our policies, EMAS has had to cancel the Hand-In-Hand-with-Haiti 2019 mission due to a travel advisory. The EMAS [...]
Farewell and Thanks from EMAS Board
Dr. Garth Slysz, MD. has resigned from the EMAS Board effective February 5th 2019. He will be taking on more responsibility with the Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism, Canada [...]
Compassion Leads Us to Action
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matthew 9:36) Jesus responded to the needs of [...]
Teaching and Equipping For the Future
Empowering Local Leaders The inaugural Université Lumière Interprofessional Student Elective initiative kicked off in February 2018 during the fourteenth EMAS Canada (Hand in Hand with Haiti) trip to Haiti. [...]
When God Has A Plan
A SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE to help raise two recently orphaned children Before leaving Canada for Haiti, in February 2018, a Christian lady approached my wife, Appoline and asked her [...]
Our Plan to Build a Second Medical Mission’s Base
Early this year, the Lord renewed our mission: “Go show mercy and proclaim Christ’s Jubilee among the lost, the least, and the last in the dark.” He has shown us [...]
News from The Office – May 2018
We have the pleasure of welcoming our new EMAS Board members. Three New EMAS Board Members: Dr. Slysz has practiced family and hospitalist medicine for 28 years. During that [...]
EMAS 70th Anniversary Celebration in Toronto
There is a special kind of joy that wells up when believers gather to celebrate God’s faithfulness. In April, 2018 EMAS Canada Board, Team Leaders, friends, family and supporters gathered in Toronto to do just that.
Thank you from the India Bihar Team
In November, 2017 a brand new exploratory Medical/Dental team went to Bihar, India. The local people are largely agricultural or factory workers. In partnership with GEMS, The objective of [...]
Blessings Through Serving
by Janet Greidanus Ana arrived at the clinic lying in the back of a SUV, she could not walk. She had fallen a month before our mission team arrived in [...]
Farewell and Thanks – EMAS Board
Christine Malmberg is a hospital pharmacist who joined the EMAS Canada Board in 2008. Her term ended at the 2018 AGM after excellent service as secretary to the board. Married [...]
A Canadian Dentist On the Mission Field
by Ajit Vargis ALL GLORY TO GOD The dental team is an unique opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus. For us, our opportunity lies in Zimbabwe. We [...]
The Power of Teamwork felt by the EMAS China East Child and Youth Team
by Cecilia Yeung The short-term missions trip in 2017 was my fifteenth year of missions with China East, one filled with the fruit of God’s lessons and blessings. Joining the team [...]
EMASSARY- December 2017
The December 2017 EMASSARY is now out. What a wonderful time to reflect on what God has done in 2017. Thank you for sustaining our mission, we average 350 [...]
Driver Now Being Driven by Christ
Meet Paulin Lindor a 33 year-old Haitian man, the youngest of a family of three sisters and two brothers. He was born and raised in a village at the [...]
Thank You to Retiring Director of China Projects
Dr. Walter Woo, Dentist, retired from EMAS Canada on October 31st. He has served as the Director of China Projects for 14 years. During this time, he faithfully attended [...]
A Letter from Past Chair, Henk Visser
Dear EMAS Family, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve EMAS Canada as Board Chair for these last number of years. From my early years in [...]
Providing Surgical, Spiritual and Dental Care to Zimbabweans
There is nothing quite like watching the sun rise and set over the African landscape. In May 2017, our team of 11 volunteers witnessed God's sunrise and sunset artwork as we worked at Karanda Mission Hospital. Karanda Hospital, established in 1961 is situated in northern Zimbabwe, within the Zambezi River Valley; 200 kilometres from the capital, Harare.
His Ways Are Not Our Ways
In Canada, when you have a problem with your teeth, a toothache or a cavity, you call your dental office, make an appointment, and are sometimes able to see the dentist the same day. For the rural Burmese people, this is not an option.
India North Team Energized in Spirit
Dr. Sharon Reece, Dr. Lindsay Bowman, and Mr. Josh Matthews spent 1 week in Herbertpur, India at the Herbertpur Christian Hospital serving patients of all faiths and walks of life alongside the local doctors and nurses.
Making A Difference One Person at a Time in Vietnam
In February 2017, Bette and I spent two precious weeks in the beautiful Vietnam delta area, with Father Tien Tran, Dr. David Neima, and a full medical, dental, ophthalmology team.
Nurse Julie Sparkes of McGill University Shares Her Story On Changing Lives
Julie Sparkes, a nurse from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec shared her story in the McGill University Health Care magazine. In the September 2016 issue of, En Bref Magazine, Julie was [...]
Thomas Greidanus M.S.C. received a Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada
It was a grand occasion at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton on December 8, 2016. The Royal Canadian Artillery Band played as family members and other guests entered the room. You could feel the excitement and anticipation in the air.