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Ministry restarts, sees fruit

OM Pakistan restarted ministry in one province to reach the least reached by forming small discipleship groups and training local believers to be disciples of Christ.




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Sport & discipleship - Igor's story

Sport creates a platform for evangelism and discipleship in Ukraine.




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Extreme Leadership Training Creates Unity

Extreme Leadership Training camps create unity in Ukraine.




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A Sporting Infusion for Ukrainian Summer Camps

OM Ukraine's sports team equips and trains churches in using non-traditional sports in their summer camps.




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Kids kneel to accept Christ at camp

After having some difficulty with the campers and teen leaders, OMer Stephen explains the significance of the cross and following Jesus—many respond positively.




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Hope mushrooms in a dead-end town

Church planting and Business 4 Transformation go hand-in-hand in Ukraine.




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Teaching spiritual and physical fitness

An OM Ukraine sports team member helps young Ukrainian women gain a healthier understanding and appreciation of the bodies God gave them.




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Biodiesel plant fuels relief efforts in Ukraine

A Ukrainian pastor responds to nearly 100 per cent unemployment in his village by starting biofuel and cash crop business enterprises.




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Cricket in Ukraine

Through a new cricket league and sports field approved by the local government, OM Ukraine can minister to hundreds of local families.




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Visiting orphans

The OM team in Odessa, Ukraine, regularly visits orphanages in the province, bringing love and the good news to children.




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Can you find meaning in failure?

A Christian football coach experiences what he says is the best gift from God, something “so much more than winning”.




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Looking after orphans

OM Ukraine's team in Odessa heads up the annual All-Ukrainian Day of Prayer for Orphans in the Odessa province.




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War, winter and witnesses in the Ukraine

Ministering in a country at war is not fun – but a privilege. Ukraine is going through intense emotions and people are open to Kingdom conversations.




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‘Now is the time for the Church to shine’

An OM Ukraine leader reports that amidst ongoing conflict, deep changes are taking place that OM Ukraine expects will lead to spiritual harvest.




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Making a difference during war

As war continues in the east of Ukraine, refugees flood Odessa. OM cannot turn a blind eye to its new neighbours.




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Hope for children with autism

OM Ukraine Odessa invites children with autism and their families to a two-day summer camp.




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OM lending a hand to start the healing

OM supported the Ukrainian Military Ministry in order to print trauma counselling books




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Church planting within the conflict zone

A report of results: OM has been supporting church planting efforts and training local missionary teams to plant churches nearby and within the conflict area.




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OM making an impact: A personal account of a refugee

A 29 year old recounts how his family fled the war zone and came to stay at OM Odessa centre




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Anya's story (stories from Ukrainian refugees)

A 17 year old high school student shares about how she fled from the war zone and came to stay at OM Odessa's centre.




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New Soccer and sports ministry in Odessa, Ukraine

Through the "Lighthouse" soccer team, Maksim Shlikov is reaching out to young orphanage graduates looking for meaning and hope.




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Failing business man finds hope and purpose

A welder's life is renewed in Kaharlyk, Ukraine through a new business opportunity with OM.




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A Seminar-retreat for pastors from the conflict zone in Ukraine

OM Ukraine and experts in crisis management held a seminar for pastors serving on both sides of the conflict line in Eastern Ukraine.




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Repairing smiles in the Odessa province

A team of dentists and volunteers recently visited an orphanage in the Odessa province to fix 75 young smiles.




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Easter puppet outreach in Vinnitsa province

In the weeks around Easter, the OM team in Vinnitsa reached out with a gospel puppet show to more than 1,500 people.




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Short-termers bring new life to churches in Ukraine

Short Term Mission participants bring inspiration to Ukraine's churches for ministry amongst the aged and internally displaced people.




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Odessa orphans: his heart's home

Long-term follower of Jesus, Nikolay, stepped out in faith to help orphans in Ukraine, and partners with OM in this ministry to children.




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Bus4Life brings literature and life to Europe

Bus4Life is OM’s mobile missions centre to the unreached people of Central and Eastern Europe, bringing books and also participating in summer programmes, as it did in summer 2017.




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A new day in Ukraine

Churches in Ukraine are busier than ever as Christians gain a vision for mission and reach out to others.




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Reaching the next generation

Sunday School isn't just for Sundays anymore - it can be on any given day of the week in Ukraine.




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Visitors from far away

International short-term volunteers reach out to an elderly Jewish couple and share comfort from God's Word.




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Cricket in...Ukraine?

"The door for ministry is wide open to use our gifts," explains OM Ukraine Field Leader Wayne. "In my case, God is using my love for cricket to create relationships and influence people who have never heard the gospel...”




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As long as it is Day

A volunteer from Hong Kong shares about her experience on a short-term trip, visiting orphans and elderly Jewish people.




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Building sustainable businesses for transformation

Turning organic waste into bio-fuel and French-fry oil into bio-diesel; all these are innovative ways of building sustainable income for the church in Kaharlyk.




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Unexpected impact

God uses theatrical evangelism camps to impact children from vulnerable populations as well as the short-term volunteers who serve.




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Over 60 villages and only four churches

OM Ukraine team gets excited about church planting in a northern Odessa province after participating in a Bus4Life outreach in the area.




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Others need to know and get involved

After a trip to repair war damaged churches in the east, construction workers share their experience in order to inspire others to go.




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Strengthening God's underground church

Moner, a third generation believer from Syria, worked as a Christian worker under the protection of a Muslim ambassador from Syria in communist Poland.




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A new life without alcohol

Alcoholism in both men and woman is a huge problem in Poland. One young woman decides she’s had enough and turns to Christ.




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I can forgive because I was forgiven

God sets a young Polish man free from drugs and enables him to forgive his father who abandoned him.




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Dealing with addiction

Zosia and Monika couldn’t find an addiction therapist within a 60 kilometre radius of their town, so they became therapists themselves.




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ZOOM+ 2017: God wants us to write His story

At the end of April, the second ZOOM national mission conference, with 300 participants from over 80 cities and towns, was held in Warsaw, Poland.




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A new identity in Christ

Nothing, not even life-long injuries sustained from a car crash, deterred Kamil from his search for God.




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A thousand years is as a day

After hearing about God as a child, Ania reconnected with OM ten years later to learn more and share the truth with her family.




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Latin lights in India

Thirteen young people from Latin America, including several OMers, spent their summer working in India. Eight of them are from Mexico, five from Costa Rica. They were on an exposure programme with India por Herencia, a partner organisation of OM Latin America.




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Born to be beautiful

A group of fourteen OM volunteers recently started organising meetings for ten- to thirteen-year-olds in Mexico: the ‘Butterfly Club’. It´s a weekly gathering of thirty young girls in Hermosillo, Mexico. They come from a vulnerable environment with broken families that lack many basic resources.




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Planting seeds in Mexico

During an outreach in the community of Chiapas, the OM Mexico team could see fruit from seeds Pastor Alonso had planted.




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A courageous decision

A 20-year-old man, who suffered from addictions and domestic violence, accepted Christ into his life during the OM Mexico July outreach in Huatulco, Oaxaca.




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Worth it all

Participants suffered from heat, accidents, bug bites and infections throughout OM Mexico’s outreach—but it was worth it to see even one come to Christ.




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Godly provision

A lady visits a women's conference during the OM Mexico July outreach and finds the doctor she needs.