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Juggling builds community

At a recent event to build relationships, OMer Chris guides participants through the process of making juggling balls before teaching them how to juggle.




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Santa and 'Manga Mission'

"Are all my elves ready? OK, off we go!" A group of Santa and his elves head out into Karuizawa, Japan, to share God’s love.




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Connecting over waffles

Despite freezing temperatures and snow, ministry with Café Hope has been both challenging and exciting for Michelle from Singapore.




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New way to worship

Over 50 people attended OM Japan’s first Worship Here service held in Kanazawa, Japan, on 4 March.




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Starting from nothing

A pastor and OM couple start a new church in Tonami, Japan, a rural town of 50,000.




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Free from guilt

A Japanese girl once weighed down by the guilt of sin accepts Jesus’ complete forgiveness and is baptised. She now exudes “radiant joy”.




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Not for the numbers

Nagasaki, Japan :: Crewmembers serve with a local group of volunteers who provide food for the few homeless in Nagasaki.




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Santa Claus shows kindness

Leung Wai, from Hong Kong, is burned to pray for Japan after dressing as Santa Claus and being warmly greeted by passers-by last December.




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Word-of-mouth and prayer

A couple launches a monthly class for children and their parents despite low numbers. Through prayer and free advertising, more begin to come.




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Juggling turns to ministry

OMer Chris Griffioen was asked to perform a juggling show at an elderly care facility, and has since been invited to visit regularly.




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Taking Christmas to the people

In Japan, the birth and life of Jesus Christ is hardly known. For this reason, Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to point people to Him.




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Restoring true joy to tsunami victims

Responding to God’s call to reach out to survivors of the 2011 tsunami in the Tohoko region, OM Japan starts a ministry called 4 Friends Network.




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Prayer walks lead to answered prayers

Matto Christ Church in Ishikawa prefecture experienced many answers to prayer since they were introduced to prayer walking by an OMer.




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A visit to the Kumamoto earthquake disaster area

Two OMers were asked to help a church network deliver relief supplies to churches in Kumamoto after two large earthquakes had struck the area.




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The agony of Angola

In a country wasted by conflict, OM brings healing to Angola’s people by strengthening local churches, training leaders and caring for children at risk.




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Someone to whom special grace was shown

Like many in Angola, Tchipangu did not have the financial means for an education. But this changed when a company decided to invest in her.




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A new deal

OM Angola's leader reaches out to a group of young people to offer them a new deal on life.




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Training up a nation

OM Angola helps a war-ravaged society heal itself.




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Ask me

Children’s honesty about forgiveness inspires one worker to have a heart like a child to care for the people in Angola.




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A new generation of leaders

OM Angola sets out to change the future of the country’s youth.




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Roughing it with the Bushmen

A weeklong outreach gives missions training students in Angola practical experience.




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Calling all children

One OMer’s obedience to God’s plan results in a multiplying and tireless ministry.




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Ministry made of relationships

For OMers working in Angola, the key to successful ministry has been time investing in relationships.




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Bulgarians attend TeenStreet Europe

A group of Bulgarian teenagers and leaders took part in this year’s TeenStreet Europe for the first time and experienced God in new ways.




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The Adventurers

Embarking on an outreach in another country with people you don't know. Adventurers share about their experiences in Bulgaria.




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Bulgarian outreach impacts young lives

This year at the sports and English camp in Bulgaria, the team noticed the fruit of building on relationships over time.




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'It is true - we can be cleansed!'

An annual outreach attracts not only children but also two women, who listen attentively and respond to the message.




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Fighting Bible poverty

No method is infallible when trying to reduce Bible poverty among the least reached, an OM worker discovers as he distributed Bibles.




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Prayer Hub

Prayer Hub is a newer ministry that exists to help develop and nurture a culture of prayer in OM. The founders, Boyd and Ribka Williams, have made prayer their ministry.




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Refugee life, hardships and hope

If God can speak to a national faith believer, and move him to cross continents to share his love for Jesus with other refugees, despite dangers and difficulties, what more might He achieve with more workers prepared to take the same risks for the gospel?




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Switching on the floodlights

The Transform outreach team in Durres witnesses God's light over the city.




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From Oz to Albania

Aussie teens make a life-changing visit.




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Hope for a New Generation

Although poverty has forced many villagers to the city or even abroad, co-leaders Besmir, Aniger and Hope are bringing hope to the youth in Albanian villages.




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Big Results from a Small Invite

Rebekka explains to her friend, Ana how she can be one with Jesus too. Ana and her father come to know the living God and experience His care...




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A ten-year adventure with God in Albania

Erna from Paraguay is a long-term OMer serving in Albania, who celebrated ten years there in Autumn 2010. In an interview she describes her various roles serving in a local church, and amongst women, who face many disadvantages in Albanian society. Erna also recalls how God called her to Albania, and reflects on being a Latin American serving God in Europe.




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Celebrating Women's Day in Lushnje

A rare treat for Roma women.




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God answers prayer

God heals a patient's infected surgical wound at the Këneta Clinic in Durrës.




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New skills, changed hearts

Two women give their lives to Jesus after God miraculously resolves a conflict in one of their lives.




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Sharing Hope in Durres

In partnership with the Hope Centre in Durrës, food and supplies were handed out to widows, divorced women and poor families on Women's Day.




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The OM team in Polican is encouraged!

Since the rebirth of the OM Poliçan team in September 2010, much has been happening in and through Nicole, Liliana, Helio and Lynnette in this small, rural town in Albania.




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Poliçan impact

The OM Albania team based in Poliçan come from a variety of racial and national backgrounds. Here they discuss how this affects their local community.




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Albanian woman finds true freedom

Liria, whose name means freedom, accepts Christ and finds true freedom after learning about sin and forgiveness.




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Evening fun in Durrës

OM team blesses kids and parents with an evening outreach, games and fun at the football stadium in Durrës, Albania.




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A bag of flour just in time

A mother who cannot feed her children plans to commit suicide, but God leads OM Albania’s Gramsh team to bring food just in time.




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Church building in Poliçan completed!

A short-term team from the Netherlands helps the OM Albania team add the finishing touches to their new church building in Poliçan.




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Selvi finds her place

A Transform 2011 team plants a seed in an Albanian woman’s heart. A month later she becomes a follower of Christ.




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Blessing the Roma at Christmas

OM Albania partners in the Emmanuel Centre ministry to Roma street kids and their mothers during the holiday season.




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Different languages, same Father God

Whether praying in Cantonese or Albanian, believers are one in heart.




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A is for antelope, Z is for zebra

OMers teaching Roma street kids how to read and write reward them for their hard work with a day at the zoo.




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Will anyone come?

After working hard to build relationships with people in the Roma community, OMers and a Transform 2012 team see God soften hearts in Lushnje.