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Getting Bibles in print and on phones

The Bible in the local Arabic dialect is shared via smartphone app in North Africa.




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‘This could be my place’

Short-term participant uses Transform trip to confirm God’s call for long-term work in North Africa.




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Interpreting traditions

Long-term workers tell local friends the meaning of ancient traditions, sharing the Bible stories behind their rituals.




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God provides miracle visas

OM workers share how God answered prayers for visas to stay in North Africa.




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Making broken pieces beautiful

By offering a creative class for women, an OM worker finds ways to transform broken tiles into art and make relationships where she can share God’s truth.




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Praying God’s heart for the nations, Part 2

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.




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Exporting local products, importing love

Workers find business opportunities using local products and model a lifestyle of integrity and love.




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Studying English through the Bible

A long-term OM worker in North Africa has the opportunity to study the Bible with local friends.




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Being both spontaneous and intentional

A long term worker in North Africa is discovering that being ready for opportunities when they arise is a key element in sharing the truth.




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Easter: first taste of church

When a worker apologises for a loud in-home worship gathering, her neighbour responds with the desire to attend church.




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The Day in between

An English teacher, who has lived in North Africa for many years, has the opportunity to share with students about Easter and what it means.




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Praying in the city

Prayer walking in a North African city brings some encouraging insights for a long term worker and her daughter




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Sharing Jesus, seeing fruit

Two North Africans first experience OM on short-term outreaches; now they lead others to do the same.




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Reaching students and seekers

An OM evangelist follows God to North Africa and pioneers ministry among students and seekers in a new city.




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The joy and pain of church planting, Part 1 (2-part series)

God uses a Latino-American couple to gather and train local believers, who form a small church in North Africa.




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The joy and pain of church planting, Part 2 (2-part series)

God uses a Latino-American couple to gather and train local believers, who form a small church in North Africa.




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Amazing race: Outreach edition

10 challenges, 3 people, 0 phones and 1 awesome God.




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Movies and ministry

A worker bonds with a North African friend over movies and finds opportunity for deeper discussions about faith.




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A day at an islamic university

An OM worker visits an islamic university while trying to build a deeper relationship with a religious friend.




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Treasure in the souk

A 12-year friendship gains spiritual traction when a North African woman buys a devotional book at the local market.




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Sharing stories in English class

Worker shares how OM’s storytelling course revitalised her English classes and friendships.




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Fresh start for church planters in Sudan

A new generation of Sudanese church planters, trained by an Arab OMer in North Africa, revive OM’s ministry in north Sudan.




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Serving the Servants

A team in Hong Kong reach out to Indonesian domestic workers with Christ's love




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Mothers of different cultures find commonality

A local Chinese mother teaches Cantonese to three Pakistani mothers before they all watch the film 'Magdalena: Released from Shame' together.




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Sharing Christmas with Pakistani neighbours

OM Hong Kong hosts a Christmas party on 23 December 2011 for Pakistani women and children.




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Understanding both worlds

Fiona* never dreamt that God would one day restore her cultural identity by bringing her to OM Hong Kong to serve.




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Timothy Trek invests into a new generation of leaders

Lincoln and Manna from Hong Kong are two of the four candidates to participate in OM EAP’s first Timothy Trek training programme this year.




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Moon gazing together

OM Hong Kong celebrates the annual Mid-Autumn Festival with South Asian friend and meets other families to learn about their needs.




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Behind the gold and glitter

Life is not a movie, says one worker who shares her life and Christ with the many broken women in Hong Kong’s brothels.




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Trapped in difficult circumstances

Behind the glow of city lights, a group of people easily go unnoticed—lost sheep in desperate need of the hope of the gospel.




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Companion Ministry brings Christ's mercy

OM attempts to bring Christ’s love to the darkest corners of Sham Shui Po, and to walk with those neglected by society.




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The challenge of sharing

OM Hong Kong has reached out to South Asian immigrants for more than a year now. One worker shares about the challenges they face.




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Seeds of faith

A local volunteer provides regular tutorial classes to Pakistani children and is encouraged by a recent visit.




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Visible, yet unseen

Although immigrants in Hong Kong often find work in service industries, they are often ignored by the local majority. OM finds ways to respond.




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Reflections on 19 years of leadership

As OM Hong Kong celebrates 25 years, leader Cheuk-chung Lau reflects on the past 19 years and wonders who the next “Joshua” will be.




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Angels in Hong Kong

OM Hong Kong’s Companion Ministry helps come alongside sex workers to journey with them into freedom.




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Not just ‘Friday' friends

Every Friday, OM Hong Kong meets Pakistani women and children in neighbourhood parks, in an effort to demonstrate the love of God.




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There is no return

OM Hong Kong’s Companion Ministry comes alongside sex workers to journey with them towards freedom.




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Praying for a woman in prostitution

An OM team in Hong Kong listens to the story of a woman in prostitution and offer her comfort and prayers.




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Local volunteers on board Logos Hope make a difference

Logos Hope's Visitor Experience deck creatively engages people with the gospel as local volunteers make the language and cultural barriers obsolete.




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God will show us the way

OM’s new Director in Hong Kong, Sonia Yip, shares why she’s passionate about seeing young people find their place in God’s kingdom.




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Cross-cultural pioneers

OM team in Hong Kong breaks cross-cultural ground, learning how to reach out to the ethnic minority, largely ignored by the Chinese population.




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Training Sowers

Lima, Peru- In June four members from OM Peru led a day-long training seminar in Lima. The seminars were attended by over 50 believers from five different churches.




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A walking cane and a wooden cross

OM Peru completed their summer medical outreach in Trujillo, Peru. They saw over 350 patients and 60 people commit to the Lord.




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Heartfelt reunion

OM Peru recently completed their second medical outreach this year. Mayelo Gensollen, OM Peru's leader, shared his impressions from the experience.




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Many reached during medical clinic in Chincha

A team of volunteers and doctors attended to over 300 people in a town almost destroyed by an earthquake in 2007.




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A special two weeks

At the end of July, OM Peru helped build a church, share God's love with the surrounding community and speak in a missions conference.




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Saying thank you with eggs

After preaching in a church and serving the community, team members each receive an egg as a gift from a local woman.




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Doctors and therapists point to Jesus

On a recent outreach to several towns in the Amazon jungle, OM Peru worked with the Presbyterian Church of Moyabamba and its annexes.




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Hope for life in Peruvian villages

With a team of 6 people, OM Peru recently went on an outreach to an area called Alto Piura.