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Believers in Bosnia spread God’s blessing

OM worker Jael shares about believers in North West Bosnia growing in faith and learning the joy of giving.




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The last warm stove

Over the years, God used OM Bosnia’s firewood project tremendously. For the first time since 1999, there will be no wood provision this winter.




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Beautiful Sarajevo

In the Olympic city of Sarajevo, OM connects with the local people through spaghetti nights, sports, 'smoke breaks' and coffee.




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Loving one another

Daniel Ottoson (US), who serves as a site leader at an international congregation in Finland, enjoys seeing Finns and foreigners serving and loving Jesus together.




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Bus4Life begins sixth European tour

Bus4Life begins its sixth year serving churches and OM teams across Central and Eastern Europe.




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Planting dreams in the suburbs

In an area of Tampere, Finland, seemingly shrouded in hopelessness, one teenager and her father reach out to un-churched youth struggling with alcoholism and depression.




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Church planting goes to school

Church planting in Europe takes steps forward in cooperation with Wales Evangelical School of Theology, where OM workers receive proper training for the work.




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Bus4Life travels on grace

As the Bus4Life begins its seventh tour, former driver Tuukka Linkopuu reflects on his two-year ministry while Esa Tuuri prepares to take the wheel.




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Growth on the trampoline

“I am more excited about God now,” says one young Swiss lady after three months working alongside OM Finland to reach youth in Tampere.




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You are beautiful

OM Europe hosts its third annual Youth Factors Conference in Pälkäne, Finland, in April, which offers participants an opportunity for reflection and self-discovery.




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God uses metal

Logos Hope crew member Tom Critchley spent three months in Finland. He shares about contemporary Christian music in Finland, focusing on the metal band Terapia.




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OM Finland celebrates 50 years of mobilisation  

OM's work in Finland began 50 years ago in 1965. Since then, approximately 3,000 Finns have participated in OM’s work.




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More wheels to Europe

After years of dreaming and praying, OM Finland purchases a new vehicle to replace the old Bus4Life, opening more opportunities to reach Eastern Europe.




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‘I want to change my religion’

An Iranian refugee surprises a long-term worker by stating his desire to become a Christian.




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Proclaiming with one’s own profession

Teemu Laitinen (Finland) serves as the Bus4Life driver in Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova and Romania.




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Potholes, pastors and playgrounds

Bus4Life ministers in Central and Eastern Europe, bringing hope and Christian literature to the region's widespread towns and villages. During the spring and early summer of 2018, Bus4Life visited Hungary, Moldova, and Ukraine.




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A super special person

Members of OM El Salvador started offering the 'Life at the crossroads' programme in the community of El Rosario in their country. The team shows students in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grade what norms and values are and that there is a God that cares for them.




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OMers involved in bus accident

A group of 45 OM volunteers from El Salvador are safe after a bus accident in Nicaragua last Saturday.




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OM team brings the Saviour to people in Perquín

A team of 38 from El Salvador and Guatemala visited the Salvadoran city of Perquín to spread the message of the Saviour.




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Sports, games and the gospel

Over 2,000 people in San Salvador experienced Soyafest 2012, an event organised by a local church and OM El Salvador to entertain and share Christ.




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OM El Salvador: A new chapter

2012 marked the end of 30 years of OM under the leadership of Mauricio Hernandez, who has now handed over to Daniel Caballero.




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Challenged to live a healthy life

OM team members in El Salvador reach out to young people in their country, challenging them to live a healthy life.




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Sweet Salvadorian culture

With the vision to promote healthy lives, OM educates people in topics like diabetes to reduce its incidence among members of the community.




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A heart for the Lord

Salvadoran Abigail Quintanilla desires to serve God. But she didn’t always feel this way.




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My heart needs healing

A woman confesses a need for her heart to be healed following a terrible experience.




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5 months in El Salvador

A volunteer from Germany serving with OM El Salvador for 5 months learned that she can do all things through Christ.




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Reaching the unreached in El Salvador

Tony and his son Gabriel are moved by the mission-oriented heart of a local Pastor in El Salvador and decide to lend a hand.




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From meaningless to meaningful

One couple's lives are changed when OM El Salvador visits their community to do medical examinations and share the good news.




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The call to serve

Two children have the desire to serve God just like their father, the pastor of a church in their small village.




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When God calls you

“… If God has called you to China or any other place and you are sure in your own heart, let nothing deter you… remember it is God who has called you and it is the same as when He called Moses or Samuel.” - Gladys Aylward.




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Fighting Bible poverty

No method is infallible when trying to reduce Bible poverty among the least reached, an OM worker discovers as he distributed Bibles.




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Blessed are the peacemakers

In a nation filled with tribal tension, OM works toward reconciliation through youth conferences, relief outreaches and a bookshop filled with Bibles.




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Entering a reindeer herder’s world

In Arctic Russia, reindeer are the Nenets' life. Living among these people, ES longs for the Nenets to know Jesus, the true source of life.




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Refugee Relief - making it all happen!

Jude, project coordinator of OM's Refugee Relief Serbia describes her busy role, and how OM’s service can be a powerful practical witness of the love of Jesus to hundreds of refugees.




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Not an impossible dream

Years of consistent Christ-centred community allow an OM worker to develop friendships with Pakistani women and study the Bible with them.




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A beacon of light for kids and teens

Children's club at the church in Tkvarcheli, which is held by MDT students, impacts lives of local children and gives them hope.




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Mission trip to France, better than Chanel perfume! OM Transform

Transform mission conference one year, outreach team in France the following year, the sisters from Mexico are eager to share the love of Christ, realising the audience was different from what they expected.




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Refugee life, hardships and hope

If God can speak to a national faith believer, and move him to cross continents to share his love for Jesus with other refugees, despite dangers and difficulties, what more might He achieve with more workers prepared to take the same risks for the gospel?




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1,000 Muslim background missionaries

Algeria could transform missions in the Middle East, with a new ministry seeking to send 1,000 Algerian missionaries by 2025.




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Church planting in Tunceli

A short-term creative outreach team helps long-term workers connect with several young men in a least-reached area.




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Believe to receive – sharing the hope of Easter

Small outreach teams will share the life-changing message of the gospel with hundreds of women in brothels and on the street this Easter.




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The Great Commission applies to families

Bahia Blanca, Argentina :: A missionary couple teaches church members about serving God as a family.




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Aliens do exist

Ali Geake, Internal Communications Director, discusses the change living in another culture has had on her life and outlook.




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'I can follow Jesus now'

A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.




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Along the river

People in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe are still recovering from Cyclone Idai. OM is responding to the needs in different communities in these countries.




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A Bible for the Kurds

A Bible app provides access to God's Word for thousands of Kurds.




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Let there be light

Rachel reaches out to Arabs through a mums and toddlers group based in her community in England.




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Losing everything for Christ

The leader said: "This is a secret; if we started to teach about Jesus in our mosques then we might as well open churches."




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When God changes your plans

Ariela left Argentina to serve Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and ended up going on a journey she never could have imagined.




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The story of Lacken House

In 2008, OM Ireland purchased Lacken House to be their headquarters. Ten years and hundreds of people later, the team continues to minister from the heart of Ireland.