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Overview of Bosnia's past and present and spiritual challenge

An OM worker in Bosnia shares how the enduring faith of two elderly women of God has inspired her to also persevere to the end.

During his years as a heroin addict, Muhamed wrote a song that is now a celebrated worship song in his local church.

Spending the weekend with friends, Mark and Beth quickly learn that their friends’ background does not necessarily mean they follow the practices of that religion.

Thanks to the interest shown in his tattoos, OMer Rafael shares about Jesus during an impromptu soccer game with a few Roma boys in Bosnia.

Seeing that there were few affordable activities for teens in Dobrinja, Bosnia, the OM team launches The House, a comfortable, safe place for young people.

Teens attending TeenStreet Europe in July will raise money for a project to bring reconciliation to the ethnically divided youth of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A family in need receives free firewood and, for the first time, understands that God is bigger than their needs.

Claudia Costa, from Brazil, discusses her personal journey to leadership in Europe and the unity believers share in the body of Christ.

Bosnian teenagers attend TeenStreet Europe for the second time—learning more about God and His plan for their lives.

A scholarship from OM Bosnia gives a young woman from a needy family the chance to go to school.

OM Bosnia supplies firewood to locals and an invitation to the local church for dinner, which opens their hearts to the truth.

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.

Providing disadvantaged children with backpacks brings the gospel into homes in remote Muslim villages of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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

European youth more than ever need good relationships with adults, says OM Europe’s Empowering Kids&Youth team, who focus on positively impacting Europe’s next generation.

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.

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

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.

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

OM strives to give 'church' a whole new meaning in the land of the Finns.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

OM Finland extends love and fellowship to immigrant mothers through friendship groups, open conversation and learning together.

Wanted: an adventure-loving, open-minded driver. Esa was that driver.

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

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

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.

Johanna went to TeenStreet for the first time when she was 14 years old, but the experience impacted her beyond the one-week duration of the event.

Recently, a team of 32 OM volunteers from the UK, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador worked together in an outreach to bring gifts and the Gospel to La Ceiba, Corozal in Honduras. For a week, they ministered in a community with a high percentage of people infected with HIV and a high mortality rate due to the consequences of AIDS. Many families in the area have suffered the loss of a father or mother. OM El Salvador took the initiative to respond to the needs of many kids and share about the love of Jesus in the outreach ´Changing gifts for smiles´.

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

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

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.

A team from Guatemala, El Salvador and the US build a church for a new congregation and share the gospel in San Marcos, Honduras.

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

OM El Salvador sets out to redeem a rough neighbourhood.

A pastor of a small community church was about to resign when God brought new hope through the work of OM El Salvador.

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

The power of unity and the diversity of the body of Christ was enjoyed during an outreach in El Salvador.

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

A team mobilised by OM El Salvador walked for hours to show God’s love to the people of Cabañas. With actions rather than words.

Anna Filion came to El Salvador as a nurse, but learnt that God had bigger plans for her during OM El Salvador’s Samaritan Adventure outreach.

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

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

Various Pastors joined OM El Salvador on an outreach to Honduras, obeying the Lords command to make disciples.