Transform team provides children’s programme, conducts English classes and learns how to love Bedouin people in the desert village.

Joe, a long-term OM worker and ministry leader, shares a glimpse into the work of God inside the war-torn Syria.

OM worker in the Near East Field has a passion for Muslim women to understand the Word of God.

Local man suddenly decides to become a believer, long after workers had given up on his spiritual interest.

OM workers explain, their home has become a mix of Latin American and Middle Eastern cultures.

The Mena Travelling Team has their first outreach, travelling throughout the MENA region and doing whatever it takes to share the Gospel with the unreached.

Three women experience God’s faithfulness as they reach out to a new city, sharing with Muslims, discipling new believers and baptising a close friend.

A community of believers from across the world come together to establish houses of prayer along what has been called the Isaiah 19 Highway.

OM MENA Travelling Team (MTT) spent 26 days distributing more than 10,000 gospel tracts and spreading Scripture throughout a Muslim-majority country.

Ten years ago, Lydia* arrived on the field as a single woman. Now married and with two kids, her method of ministry has changed entirely.

OM short-term team shares highlights and lessons from a two-week Transform summer outreach to the Near East.

An OM training conference equips a local pastor with tools to transform his Sunday service for Syrian refugees.

A local man shares his testimony, endures persecution and encourages others in the Near East to stand firm.

Restoration and hope: A Bedouin woman and her son earn new income selling beans after listening to an OM worker share ideas about starting a small business.

One worker shares how leading a short-term summer outreach changed her perspective about her country and capabilities.

Two workers in the Middle East talk about friends they’ve made at the women’s gym and why it’s a good place to invest their time.

A local partner cares for 5,500 orphans in the Near East, compromising personal health and safety for the children’s sake.

Workers from the Middle East North Africa Area share how they use strategic prayer to prepare the way for God to move across the region.

Five years of displacement has taken its toll on Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, but many have met Jesus and discovered eternal hope.

Believers bring a positive identity message to teenage girls living in a remote village.

Workers with support roles in OM's Near East Field -Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq - find opportunities to engage locals and share truth with friends.

Amidst ongoing unrest, OM supports IDP communities by sponsoring food distribution through local partners.

Local OM worker plants a church in a conservative Muslim village and sees fruit after ten years of prayer.

The OM Near East Field church planting school prepares students to cross cultural and religious boundaries.

One missionary speaks about the challenges of taking someone with a different background into your home.

When a small team decides to focus more on church planting, God brings people into their lives in unusual ways.

Eighty Arab believers attend training to learn how to share the Bible with their Muslim neighbours.

Global crises provide unprecedented opportunities for OM workers to share truth with least-reached people from Syria, Somalia and Sudan.

Women in the Near East pray and prepare Bible stories to share with local friends through creative opportunities.

Driven apart by the Syrian civil war, an extended family experiences miraculous healing and dreams and believes in Jesus.

By paying rent for a small school run by a partner church, OM provides education and biblical input to children of displaced families.

Since the Syrian war began, OM workers have served alongside locals, including Muslim background believers, to spread hope amongst desperate people.

Two workers share their motivation to keep going when they encounter disappointments in ministry.

One couple talks about how God has answered 50-year old prayers for the Middle East North Africa region.

Children with disabilities blossom through a community-based rehabilitation programme and teach the women who work with them about unconditional love.

OM workers from Latin America discuss the similarities and differences to Arab culture.

As prayer ministries grow in the Near East, one worker speaks into the challenges of leading a regional ministry of prayer.

A children’s music programme helps Syrian mothers identify their skills and how to use them for Christ, even before they become believers.

An OM worker shares the gospel with a Syrian in northern Iraq, surprisingly reconnecting with the man months later at his baptism in Sweden.

"Although the Kurds feel they are one of the forgotten peoples of the world, they aren’t forgotten by God," an OM worker explains.

OM Near East Field's internship school trains Arab Christians and others called to reach the Muslims of Iraq.

OM teams in the Near East Field share ministry updates from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

OM workers share the Bible with Muslims in the Near East.

Syrian Kurdish refugee families profess faith in Jesus Christ.

Workers in the OM Near East Field structure a new team around church planting principles.

OM Near East launches a one-year Arab internship programme to equip local believers for long-term ministry among the least reached.

A Bible app provides access to God's Word for thousands of Kurds.

HE has created elegant fine-dining dishes in some of the most reputable restaurants in Scotland, but chef Paul Tamburrini he is now facing his harshest critics – his family.

A call has gone out for help to identify thousands of mystery Scottish scenes, finds Sandra Dick.

Source: ftw.usatoday.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
Justin Gaethje put on a show in front of zero fans Saturday night at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Fla., winning the interim lightweight belt with a fifth-round TKO victory over the legendary Tony Ferguson after referee Herb Dean called the fight with just over a minute to go. But when it was time to get the belt from UFC boss Dana White, Gaethje wanted nothing to do with the impressive hardware as he quickly tossed it aside before talking to Joe Rogan in the Octagon. Why would he do that? Because interim belts in the UFC are pretty silly and Gaethje doesn’t want to waste his time celebrating an accomplishment that now sets him up to fight for the real lightweight belt against Khabib Nurmagomedov who still owns the belt and is one of the greatest fighters of all time. Look at how Gaethje treated his belt: Justin Gaethje tossed aside the interim lightweight title belt he won at #UFC249 "I'll wait for the real one." pic.twitter.com/GBxD1RUemj — ESPN (@espn) May 10, 2020 Seriously, he wanted nothing to do with that thing. He evenly let his coach leave Octagon with it: . @Justin_Gaethje truly wants no part of that interim belt. His head coach Trevor Wittman had to carry it out of the octagon. #UFC249 | More: https://t.co/N8mXceTwxO pic.twitter.com/MBDvMIHG1h — MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) May 10, 2020 Now that is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in the fight game for quite some time. Sure, we haven’t seen fighting in quite some time, eithe