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Ega and the house

Ega and her family receive a new house through OM Lake Tanganyika.




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Overcoming spiritual foes on the lake

OM Lake Tanganyika faces battles of faith vs. witchcraft.




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Hope on the streets for children

There is a belief that street kids are evil and cannot be helped. OM worker Christine Jones in Zambia believes differently.




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Taking the initiative

Tabitha Initiative in Kabwe, Zambia, gives business training and small loans to vulnerable women, empowering them to start sustainable businesses in their communities.




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Why me?

How one man who is affected but not infected by HIV is helping his community.




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Learning to walk with the Lord

Yande learns to walk with the aid of crutches and splints provided by Bethesda Mercy Ministries.




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Mapalo to mapalo - blessing to blessing

A young man with a disability finds help at Mercy House and his grandmother finds a way to serve.




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Honest Boys: boys no longer

Five years ago, seven boys were chosen to be discipled as Honest Boys in Mpulungu, Zambia. They carry the values proudly in their adult lives.




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'They now have hope'

Cecilia dreamt of being able to provide a safe place for at-risk girls. In January 2016 that dream was realised in Hope House.




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Compost and dreams

AIDSLink is opening a new care centre in Zambia to teach people living with HIV and AIDS to care for themselves and others.




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Milestones and called off engagements

The Good News II School in Mpulungu, Zambia, has grown from 20 students to over 180. Students have grown from the values they learnt.




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Farming with God is changing lives in Zambia

Foundations for Farming is changing lives in Zambia by reaching out with God's truth and practical training.




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From the classroom to the field

God can accomplish much when learning moves outside the classroom and a mission student serves in Namibia.




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Bursting with life

God's vision is unfolding in Mkushi, Zambia as he makes his plans clear to a worker named Mary and blesses the work of the team.




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Discipled, equipped and transformed

A young woman's life is transformed by the love of Jesus shared and displayed through Tabitha Skills Training in Zambia.




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Answers for Kapembwa

With the fishing season going poorly in Kapembwa, Zambia, the people want to know why, and to find the answers, they’ve called in a witch doctor. 




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Food for the body and soul

For the past five years OM Lake Tanganyika has visited the local police station providing for the physical and spiritual needs of those awaiting trial.




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No longer vulnerable

From trying to survive each day to leading their community in bringing development, the members of a Self Help Group are being transformed drastically.




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My neighbour, my brother

An act of compassion opens the door for a Zambian worker to share the Gospel with Somalis.




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Hope shining through the darkness

“I love to be around the children. Through education, I want to see them have a good future and have the ability to support others,” said Mercy Mutale.




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'I have been there'

How God changed the lives of each team member of OM in Kasama to bring hope to the vulnerable children.




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'Don’t give up on me'

It’s common for the OMers in Kapembwa to have people associated with witchcraft coming for deliverance, but Wilson wanted more than that.




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It takes a village

OM parters with local church volunteers in Kasama to reach out to hundreds of vulnerable children.




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'Ba Coach'

Kasama is known for sports and vulnerable kids; two subjects that OMer Noel is passionate about.




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Building more than muscles

“I have always wanted to do more than coach specific sport skills,” Joseph said. “This approach touches all areas of fitness: physical, emotional and spiritual–all aspects of a human being.”




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Planting hope

The OM team in Kasama receives land from an area chief to start a farm that will provide food and financial stability for local ministries.




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Home of Hope

Construction has begun on the first Home of Hope building, a place for vulnerable children in Kasama.




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Building on

From doing their lessons on the ground to learning at desks in classrooms, the students at Makwati Community School have come a long way.




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We are not a travel agency

“…to many host ministries, short-term outreaches can be a blessing or a curse,” shares OMer Ivy. “Here I would like to share some tips that help me feel less like a tour guide and more like I’m helping facilitate an exposure trip for the Kingdom.”




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The miracle of sight

Rachel's personal transformation through Jesus inspires her to serve the women in her community.




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Serving where God wants

Even though she didn’t want to go to Africa in the beginning, Abbie believes God prepared her for it and reflects on her experiences.




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A special baptism

OM worker rejoices her friend's baptism in Greece.




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Couples in crisis

Many Albanian couples are in crisis in their marriages and life situations in Greece. Prayer is really appreciated for these couples as well as for the people who try to help these couples in their struggles!




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Highlights of Greek Easter Program 2007

Greek Easter program 2007 was organized in co-operation with a local church and included youth work, painting and helping in the church. The program was very rewarding in many ways, here are some highlights.




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A BIBLE CAN CHANGE A LIFE – a testimony of a Greek woman

Testimony of a Greek woman.




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A day with refugees

A story about a day in a refugee center in Athens.




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Children of Immigrants

A story about 2 Albanian boys who live in Greece as immigrants with their families.




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Healing clinics

A local church group's visit to a clinic in central Greece.




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A divine appointment

A story how an Asian sister found her way to a local church service in Greece.




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Who cares?

OM in Greece with other organizations and locals are trying to do something to help the gypsies.




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Searching for jobs

History of how Albanian gypsies came to Greece and their life today.




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Blessing young Albanians from the streets of Athens

In 2008, the Greek Evangelical Church in Athens opened a community centre, in a suburb where many Albanians live. OM worker Martha describes how she and other staff are reaching out with God's love to local young people.




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Entering God's Kingdom 'slowly-slowly'!

Rosie from OM Greece helps at a project for homeless people run by local believers in Athens. She describes how one regular 'guest' is progressing towards faith in God.




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The unseen crisis in Greece

Beneath the scenes of turmoil in Greece, one OMer sees a different crisis altogether – and for the same reason, an opportunity for the gospel.




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The Great Recycler

OM Team Leader Theo picks up litter during a Transform outreach and thinks about how God deals with the sinful rubbish in our lives.




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Meaningful metro stations in Athens

Jemina (Finland) joined the Transform team in Athens. Changes in travel plans meant she used the metro system—between stations with very special names.




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Albanians find Jesus in Greece

Instead of the two families they had hoped for, seven families from Katerini attend the Christian camp for Albanians in Greece.




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Living the crisis in Greece

In an interview with OM Greece’s country leader, Kees den Toom (Netherlands), we learn about the current situation in Greece and OM’s response to it.




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Greece in crisis

OM's Gabby Markus shares how his team is working with a local church to help people facing economic crisis.




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Never too late

Instead of staying with OM Greece’s leaders for the holidays as planned, a visitor stays in a local church, which changes his life.