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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A group of 10 students, including a translator, participate in a two months training programme in Panama. The Mission Extreme Outreach has its students work amongst Panamanians and indigenous tribes. Un grupo de 10 estudiantes,incluyendo la traductora, participan durante los dos meses de gira en Panamá. Una vez más Misión Extrema está en acción con los latinos y grupos indígenas.

A local church gets excited about bringing the gospel of Christ to their small community.

OM's International Intensive School of Missions in Panama is getting ready to start in January 2012 to equip Latinos for missions.

OM Panama team members share on a live radio talk show about the upcoming International Intensive School of Missions.

A former student of OM Panama brings the world to her small church in western Panama.

OM Panama launches the new International Intensive School of Missions and hosts a new session of Mission Extreme.

OM Panama team members struggle to continue ministry as the Gnöbe Buglé people protest and bring the country to a halt.

After a week of tensions between government and the indigenous inhabitants, Panamá is on the road to recovery.

Following the recent protests and riots, OM Panama's Mission Extreme group helps clean the Volcán police station.

Students from OM Panama’s International Intensive School of Missions experience a different world inside a mosque in Panama City.

A change of plans for OM Panama volunteers leads to a powerful prayer meeting.

At times it was difficult for him, but in the end Brazilian Leandro left the OM Panama School of Missions with tears in his eyes.

The needs of the world have become real to Luz Ángela Miranda in OM Panama's Intensive School of Missions.

Lighthouse Ministries builds a kitchen to transform a community in Panama.

During his time in OM’s International Intensive School of Missions in Panama, Colombian Juank Giovannetti discovers his calling.

A group of 80 teenagers from Chicago, US, bless the local community in Volcán, Panama.

Volunteers from OM Panama build a roof on a dumping place to be able to minister during raining season.

No challenge is too big for God: “His provision gave me goose bumps,” shared Audrey, from Switzerland, about her journey to OM Panama’s Mission Extreme.

Participants in OM Panama’s after-school ministry for children from underprivileged neighbourhoods get excited about small things – even ice cubes.

A man gives his life to Jesus and is used greatly by God during an international outreach in Panama.

Balboa, Panama :: Logos Hope's volunteers make an uplifting visit to a shelter for migrant men, testing their eyesight and handing out reading glasses.

Balboa, Panama :: Crewmembers teach sewing skills to young mothers from a local tribe and donate sewing machines to the community.

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