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A big weekend for OM Panama

OM Panama launches the new International Intensive School of Missions and hosts a new session of Mission Extreme.




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Indigenous protests cause serious problems for OM Panama

OM Panama team members struggle to continue ministry as the Gnöbe Buglé people protest and bring the country to a halt.




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Panama begins the process of recovery

After a week of tensions between government and the indigenous inhabitants, Panamá is on the road to recovery.




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Small group, big prayer

A change of plans for OM Panama volunteers leads to a powerful prayer meeting.




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'That somebody is me!'

During his time in OM’s International Intensive School of Missions in Panama, Colombian Juank Giovannetti discovers his calling.




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Laughter is a language everybody speaks

Participants from around the world learnt to speak the language of love and laughter during an outreach to the indigenous tribes in Panama.




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‘I still have goose bumps’

No challenge is too big for God: “His provision gave me goose bumps,” shared Audrey, from Switzerland, about her journey to OM Panama’s Mission Extreme.




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Excitement about ice cubes

Participants in OM Panama’s after-school ministry for children from underprivileged neighbourhoods get excited about small things – even ice cubes.




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Sharing the Bread of Life

Twice a week, 60 to 80 children receive a meal and learn about Jesus, the Bread of Life, through OM Panama’s Pan de Vida programme.




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Sharing with gang members

A man gives his life to Jesus and is used greatly by God during an international outreach in Panama.




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Reaching the tribe

Balboa, Panama :: Logos Hope's volunteers visit a Panamanian tribe on an isolated island which is being reached by the gospel.




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Breaking into freedom

Balboa, Panama :: Crewmembers teach sewing skills to young mothers from a local tribe and donate sewing machines to the community.




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Building bridges to the immigrant 'islands' of Sweden

OM Sweden plans church-planting initiatives in three urban centres.




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Hungry for Bibles

Foreigners in Sweden are excited when they see portions of the Bible in their mother tongue at the OM book table.




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Somali believers meet face to face

In August, 80 Somali believers met outside of Örebro, Sweden, for a week of fellowship, encouragement and teaching. Eight new believers were baptised.




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A Bypass to the heart

Hanna has been working with OM Sweden since 2011, sharing the love of God with those involved in New Age and alternative spirituality.




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Bold, Somali believers

Young Somali believers take bold risks in sharing their faith with their families and community.




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The Big Red Bus in Ballina

OM Ireland's Big Red Bus visited a housing estate in the town of Ballina in County Mayo.




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By the Spirit

Short-term participants from around the world joined OM for the Impact Ireland outreach to share Jesus with the people of Ireland.




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Big Red Bus school tour reaches over 400 youth

OM Ireland's Creative Arts Team and a group from the US lead a week-long tour into schools and a kids’ club in a housing estate.




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Participants have a plan but rely on God to act

OM Ireland's biggest outreach of the year teaches participants to commit their ways to Him and trust Him to act.




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Labourers together

Various OM ministries partner with the Irish Evangelistic Band to share the good news at Ireland's National Ploughing Championship.




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Continuing to be a legacy

When OM Ireland's journalist, Hannah Rueber, went to interview a former secretary of George Verwer, she left with a different story than she'd expected.




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We ran out of Bibles

OM Ireland journalist Hannah Rueber volunteered for a school programme and witnessed something truly incredible.




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Transformed by love

One Irish family experienced the transforming love of God...one woman at a time.




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Prayerful obedience

Sent from OM Ireland, the Fitzgibbon family followed God's call on their lives to Russia and back.




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Pub prayers for revival

“Looking around that pub at the various people enjoying their tea, I started really thinking about what he’d said,” Hannah remembers. “Praying for revival…In a country that many have come to learn is spiritually dark, have we given up on praying for the people? Has the belief in revival died, or are we still trusting that God can move in a mighty way?”




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Ploughing with the Big Red Bus

After years of the team dreaming, the Big Red Bus finally joins the National Ploughing Championships during a windstorm.




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Book that gives life

Two OM workers strike up a friendship with a server in a local café and give him a valuable gift.




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A blessed batch of cookies

Even a simple thing like baking Christmas cookies can lead to an opportunity for sharing the gospel message.




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‘Will you teach me the Bible?’

A friendship naturally leads to a Bible study.




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A breath of fresh air

A weekend camp provides young believers a chance to relax and rededicate themselves to the Lord.




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Good neighbours and good news

An OM worker in Israel has an opportunity to share the gospel with his neighbours.




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Boldness to share with Muslims in Israel

A team of OM workers and local believers share New Testaments and relief packs of food in a Muslim village in Israel.




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Visits with a rabbi

Worker Ronaldo visits with a rabbi in Israel and discusses prophecies about the Messiah.




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The meaning of baptism

A public baptism ceremony at the river becomes an opportunity to teach an onlooker about the true meaning of baptism.




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Is peace possible?

A search for a friend leads to a conversation about peace in Israel.




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Atheist encourages Christians to tell others about Jesus

After listening to the Gospel a self-proclaimed atheist encouraged Christians to go tell others this Good News.




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Passover breakfast results in sharing about the Passover Lamb

The Passover season leads to a young Israeli woman asking about the Passover Lamb.




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Vibrant communities of Jesus followers in Israel

In a largely unreached nation, where Christians often face persecution, OM comes alongside local churches to see more vibrant communities of Jesus followers established.




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Biblical city receives the Hope of Israel outreach team

The Hope of Israel outreach team visits Yoqneam, a biblical city without a church.




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Stumbling along the way

By utilising short-term teams and partnering with local churches, OM Israel realigns its field focus.




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From web manager to national director

Stephen Brandon takes on the role of national director for OM New Zealand after serving as OM’s International Web Manager for six years.




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Climbing for freedom in New Zealand

About 110 men, women and children climbed five volcanoes in Auckland in the Freedom Climb New Zealand on Saturday, 16 August.




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Going Off The GRID to learn about God

A French couple attended the Off The GRID discipleship programme in New Zealand, where they learned about missions and God.




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Hope in bars and garbage dumps

170 volunteers from various countries in Central America shared the gospel and saw many lives changed during Easter in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.




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The blessings of sports ministry in Central America

OM SportsLink in Latin America takes part in a training for workers in sports ministry in Honduras and an outreach in Guatemala.




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No evil befall you

An OM volunteer team confronts spiritual warfare in a Guatemalan town.




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Blessed to be a blessing

A team from Freedom Climb visits a project of OM Guatemala and is a huge blessing to the team and the families involved.




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The right to be counted

OM workers in a small town in Guatemala help five unregistered children obtain official papers and be able to go to school.