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Participants share about refugee outreach in Austria

Thirteen participants from all over the world spent a week getting to know and supporting the refugee work in Linz. Six share about their experiences.




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"I have come from a faraway country"

Thirteen participants in a weeklong outreach recently interacted with refugees, supporting OM’s refugee work in Linz.




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Building bridges with "Building Bridges"

Short-termer Elizabeth from the USA shares some of her experiences working with the Building Bridges Team in Linz, Austria for a month.




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Calm in the storm

Crisis turns into blessing as a local church reaches out to refugees arriving in Europe.




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From Africa to Austria

Leon and Santjie Potgieter arrive in Austria to work with a church in Linz and help with church planting.




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The sound of Easter

Thirteen musicians and singers arrived in Vienna from all over the world, to take part in the musical outreach, ‘The Sound of Easter.’




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Austrian summer outreach

Stories from ReachAUT, an outreach in Austria organised by the Liebenzeller Mission in cooperation with other Christian organisations, including OM.




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'Finally we have found a place'

“It is wonderful and we are very grateful to God that we can live here,” Javid said. “Finally we have found a place where we can live our faith in Jesus in peace."




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International with lots of charm

"The Lord gave me a verse out of Isaiah 50:5...I started to understand that I had a lot to give, and that God’s ways for me might lead me differently than I had thought," said OMer Evelyn.




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The woman in Las Tablas

Relationships formed between women in the impoverished neighbourhood of Las Tablas and the women of OM Costa Rica are leading to changed lives.




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OM reaches out to victims landslide Costa Rica

Over twenty people have been killed in a landslide in Costa Rica, due to heavy rainfall in the Central American country. The disaster caused huge damage in both in the Pacific coast and in a suburb of the capital San José. Together with local churches, OM Costa Rica is organising help for families who lost their homes.




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Being a Channel of Hope

For the first time, the training "Churches, Channels of Hope" on HIV and AIDS was given in Spanish, 2-8 of May, 2011 in Costa Rica.




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Loving the women of Las Tablas

The OM Costa Rica team is starting a holistic ministry for women in the underprivileged community of Las Tablas in the country's capital San José.




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One of a kind

George Wiens, an extraordinary man and long-term OMer, shares about his many years in missions in Latin America.




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Not just a great experience

A group from the U.S. demonstrated God’s love during OM Costa Rica’s city outreach, which focused primarily on working within the slums of San José.




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Costa Ricans encourage local church in Talamanca

A group of Costa Ricans visit a local church in an indigenous region of the country and bring encouragement by serving.




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Compassion in action

Members of OM Costa Rica help a 90-year-old woman get to her doctor appointment at a hospital six hours away from her home.




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Joy during the Festival of Smiles 2011

More than 800 children were impacted by the Festival of Smiles 2011 that took place in the indigenous community of Talamanca, Costa Rica.




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Celebrating Jesus on Cinco de Mayo 

OM Costa Rica holds a children's celebration dedicated not to the Mexican war victory but to the victory of Jesus.




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Families receive medical aid and Jesus' love

OM Costa Rica has been hoping to initiate a sponsorship programme in the indigenous reservation of Talamanca. Now, they’re finally starting to see it happen.




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First steps to new life for the women in Las Tablas

The Lord opens doors for women in Las Tablas, a slum near San José, to learn how to sew and make mosaics.




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A hope-filled desert town

Valverde Vega Sarchí is filled with sadness after suffering a 7.9 earthquake in September, but even amidst the sadness are a few smiles.




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Springs of joy

Through the OM Costa Rica team and volunteers, God provides water to an indigenous community in Talamanca.




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'Where next, Lord?'

Brian Poole in Latin America shares how God has woven together his twin passions for business and missions.




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Healed to help others

The experiences of Costa Rican OMer Yamileth Morales have given her God's heart for people isolated by HIV and AIDS.




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Forgotten no longer

Costa Rica's indigenous people, hidden to the world, have found a new window of hope.




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Celebrating Emmanuel, God with us

OM Costa Rica team members celebrated Emmanuel with their friends in a home for patients suffering from HIV and AIDS.




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Festival of Smiles: a fountain of gladness

OM Costa Rica team members and volunteers share in the joy of giving more than 1,000 indigenous children a dream Christmas.




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In from the cold

Widowed, with two sons in wheelchairs, Doña Angela struggled to care for her 10 children, until the Lord brought OM Costa Rica into her life.




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OM brings love to indigenous communities

OM Costa Rica brings the Festival of Smiles to the Cabécares and Bribri communities in Talamanca, Limón, to give gifts and God’s love to the children.




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Impacto Global

Over 180 people of all ages unite in Costa Rica for the annual international outreach of OM Central America.




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Expanding horizons in Costa Rica

OM Costa Rica is excited to celebrate a growing ministry. This year the team opened a second OM location in Perez Zeledon, an office responsible for the southern end of Costa Rica and local church partnerships in this region.




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Steps of obedience

One couple takes a step of obedience to get married, after living together for 15 years.




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Hope is growing in Talamanca

People in Talamanca, an indigenous reserve of Costa Rica with a history of witchcraft, share their problems with OM workers and receive hope in Christ.




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Small groups impact communities

Participants of OM Costa Rica's Pearl Process programme start their own small groups to impact more women in high-risk communities.




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Let me wash your feet

During an outreach in the indigenous region of Costa Rica, a participant blesses a local believer by washing his feet and praying for his family.




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Fruits of the harvest

Meet Linda Villanueva, the first missionary sent out from the rural area of Talamanca, Costa Rica.




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A walk to see the witch doctor

A team from OM Costa Rica hikes three days in the jungle of Talamanca to meet a witch doctor.




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From dancer to trash collector to evangelist

An OM Arts student shares how picking up trash led to sharing the gospel in Israel.




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Short-term trips lead to long-term passion

Olger Morales shares his testimony of how he came to work in OM full-time after participating in numerous short-term outreaches.




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Deeper into the mountain

An OM worker and local team of believers visit indigenous Cabecar communities in the mountains of Talamanca, Costa Rica.




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Talamanca: a land of opportunity

Puntarenas, Costa Rica :: A group of indigenous people from the Talamanca region have a horizon-expanding visit to Logos Hope.




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A decent home

Puntarenas, Costa Rica :: Logos Hope's maintenance team refurbishes the roof and water supply of a tired house after hearing about the conditions the resident was living in.




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Easter celebration brings joy to the poor

Mercy Teams International and a local church in Phnom Penh bring an Easter celebration to parents and children living in the slum.




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Equipping national leaders for ministry

Mercy Teams International (MTI) strives to see local workers in each ministry field trained and equipped as leaders. MTI Cambodia is one example.




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Road to recovery

When Mom, from Cambodia, reassures a sexually-abused girl that God cares, her words are like a healing salve applied to an open wound.




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Caring for Cambodia

A Dutch couple quit their jobs and change the lives of youth on the other side of the world.




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Getting the job done

Mercy Teams International's Vocational Training Centre, Project Freedom and kindergarten in Cambodia continue to develop amidst changes locally.




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Called to serve

Koem Vannak, joining Logos Hope this month with his family, is the second OMer sent out from Cambodia since the work started there in 2006.




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Bringing people to God

OM’s Mercy Teams International and an Out of the Comfort Zone outreach team partner to practically demonstrate God’s love in Kampong Speu.