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Meaningful metro stations in Athens

Jemina (Finland) joined the Transform team in Athens. Changes in travel plans meant she used the metro system—between stations with very special names.




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Living the crisis in Greece

In an interview with OM Greece’s country leader, Kees den Toom (Netherlands), we learn about the current situation in Greece and OM’s response to it.




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Bread for the hungry

OM Greece partners with the Greek Church to help feed the hungry and share Jesus in their own community.




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Worship event brings churches together

Believers from different nations and denominations gathered to worship God together in Athens, promoting unity amongst the city’s believers.




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Finding refuge

Beyond providing basic relief items, one OM worker spends time with refugees passing through Greece, listening to their stories and hopes.




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Waiting with the weary

OM Greece facilitates food distribution and children’s programmes at an Olympic arena in Athens now housing hundreds of refugees a night.




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Recognising refugees as people

A long-term worker overseeing refugee relief work on Lesbos describes the people he’s met on the island, the chances he’s had to share his faith and how God has shown up during the crisis.




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Being the glue in Greece and beyond

In the midst of the refugee crisis in Greece, OM country leader says OM acts as ‘the glue,’ doing behind-the-scenes work to bond churches and other Christian organisations.




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Leaving Lesvos

Day after day, OM volunteers staffed transit camps meeting and loving refugees on Lesvos. After roughly nine months, the ministry is closing down.




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Amazing hope in Athens

OM Greece's involvement with refugees is always evolving. This summer the team is able to work in more camps and connect with more people.




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Explaining to a child

An OM Greece worker explains, while she is babysitting, how she helps ladies involved in human trafficking and the sex industry.




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Reflecting God's love

OM seeks to love refugees like family members through starting sports ministry and cooking meals in camps.




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Loving the Most Hated People in Europe

Work of OM Romania among the Roma population




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Dental student spends summer caring for Roma community

Catherine, from the UK, joined an OM team in July to host a dental clinic and outreach for the residents of Pădureni.




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Tragic accident brings salvation to village

A Roma man’s cry to God for mercy to spare his son’s life transforms his future and the future of his small town.




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Short-term missions—long-term goals

Europe short-term mission coordinators gather in Sibiu, Romania, to increase vision, gain training and share resources for greater impact in Europe.




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Surviving the white hell

Earlier this year, a severe storm blanketed Romania in snow that left hundreds stranded. A team brought food, wood and hope to victims.




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Feeding hungry hearts

People who dig through landfills during the week to provide for their families find rest along with spiritual and physical nourishment at church on Sundays.




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Being someone's miracle

“What a feeling it is to know you can be someone’s miracle…” shares a short-term worker after outreach with the OM Transit team in Romania.




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Surprising danger, quick reaction, God's protection

Faith is strengthened when OMers learn how the Lord watches over them, not allowing harm to come to the people or the ministry.




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A Blessing to the World

Rafael Nastase is the field leader of OM Romania. He tells his story and describes the current work of OM Romania.




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Gospel in the heart language

OM workers Ed and Kim are learning Kurdish in order to reach out to refugees in their heart language.




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Reading the Bible together

OM worker in the Near East Field has a passion for Muslim women to understand the Word of God.




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Going to extreme lengths for the sake of the gospel

The Mena Travelling Team has their first outreach, travelling throughout the MENA region and doing whatever it takes to share the Gospel with the unreached.




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Prayer: Making way for the gospel to go forward

A community of believers from across the world come together to establish houses of prayer along what has been called the Isaiah 19 Highway.




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Spreading the gospel in Muslim communities

OM MENA Travelling Team (MTT) spent 26 days distributing more than 10,000 gospel tracts and spreading Scripture throughout a Muslim-majority country.




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Marriage changes the way Lydia does ministry

Ten years ago, Lydia* arrived on the field as a single woman. Now married and with two kids, her method of ministry has changed entirely.




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Training leads to transformation

An OM training conference equips a local pastor with tools to transform his Sunday service for Syrian refugees.




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Leaving lasting ideas

Restoration and hope: A Bedouin woman and her son earn new income selling beans after listening to an OM worker share ideas about starting a small business.




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Learning to lead

One worker shares how leading a short-term summer outreach changed her perspective about her country and capabilities.




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Working out at women’s gyms

Two workers in the Middle East talk about friends they’ve made at the women’s gym and why it’s a good place to invest their time.




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Caring for 5,500 orphans

A local partner cares for 5,500 orphans in the Near East, compromising personal health and safety for the children’s sake.




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Praying God’s heart for the nations, Part 1

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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Running at full capacity: Evangelicals serve refugees in Lebanon

Five years of displacement has taken its toll on Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, but many have met Jesus and discovered eternal hope.




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Teaching positive identity through English club

Believers bring a positive identity message to teenage girls living in a remote village.




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Supporting and sharing

Workers with support roles in OM's Near East Field -Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq - find opportunities to engage locals and share truth with friends.




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Sponsoring food distribution in Kurdistan

Amidst ongoing unrest, OM supports IDP communities by sponsoring food distribution through local partners.




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Refocus on church planting

When a small team decides to focus more on church planting, God brings people into their lives in unusual ways.




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Telling stories, throwing seeds

Women in the Near East pray and prepare Bible stories to share with local friends through creative opportunities.




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Changing children’s lives

By paying rent for a small school run by a partner church, OM provides education and biblical input to children of displaced families.




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Hope amidst desperation: How the Syrian War changed OM’s ministry in the Near East

Since the Syrian war began, OM workers have served alongside locals, including Muslim background believers, to spread hope amongst desperate people.




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Dealing with disappointment on the field

Two workers share their motivation to keep going when they encounter disappointments in ministry.




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Crossing the ocean and crossing social protocols

OM workers from Latin America discuss the similarities and differences to Arab culture.




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Equipping Arabs to reach the least reached

OM Near East launches a one-year Arab internship programme to equip local believers for long-term ministry among the least reached.




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Be a game changer!

Sports/English Camp meets community needs and instils biblical values in children and youth in Piedmont, Italy.




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Communicating art whole-heartedly

A team of artists from the OM Arts School of Mission reach out locally to people with special needs in Val Pellice, Italy.




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OM Italy launches anti-trafficking ministry 

The coordinator of OM Italy’s anti-trafficking ministry describes the birth of the ministry through meeting a Nigerian woman forced into prostitution in Rome.




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Transform: Reaching across borders

Tim and Sophie, an Australian couple with OM in Paris, experienced life in North Africa, and its many different needs and difficulties, through Transform 2012.




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Seeing missions in an Italian light

Danish students gain perspective and experience with OM Italy.




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Transform outreach casts vision for trafficking ministry

Participating in a Transform outreach to trafficked women gave OMer Erika Tello the vision of founding the OM Italy anti-trafficking ministry.