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Cricket in Ukraine

Through a new cricket league and sports field approved by the local government, OM Ukraine can minister to hundreds of local families.




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Visiting orphans

The OM team in Odessa, Ukraine, regularly visits orphanages in the province, bringing love and the good news to children.




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Can you find meaning in failure?

A Christian football coach experiences what he says is the best gift from God, something “so much more than winning”.




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Looking after orphans

OM Ukraine's team in Odessa heads up the annual All-Ukrainian Day of Prayer for Orphans in the Odessa province.




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War, winter and witnesses in the Ukraine

Ministering in a country at war is not fun – but a privilege. Ukraine is going through intense emotions and people are open to Kingdom conversations.




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‘Now is the time for the Church to shine’

An OM Ukraine leader reports that amidst ongoing conflict, deep changes are taking place that OM Ukraine expects will lead to spiritual harvest.




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Making a difference during war

As war continues in the east of Ukraine, refugees flood Odessa. OM cannot turn a blind eye to its new neighbours.




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Hope for children with autism

OM Ukraine Odessa invites children with autism and their families to a two-day summer camp.




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OM lending a hand to start the healing

OM supported the Ukrainian Military Ministry in order to print trauma counselling books




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Church planting within the conflict zone

A report of results: OM has been supporting church planting efforts and training local missionary teams to plant churches nearby and within the conflict area.




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OM making an impact: A personal account of a refugee

A 29 year old recounts how his family fled the war zone and came to stay at OM Odessa centre




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Anya's story (stories from Ukrainian refugees)

A 17 year old high school student shares about how she fled from the war zone and came to stay at OM Odessa's centre.




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New Soccer and sports ministry in Odessa, Ukraine

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




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Failing business man finds hope and purpose

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




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A Seminar-retreat for pastors from the conflict zone in Ukraine

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




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Repairing smiles in the Odessa province

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




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Easter puppet outreach in Vinnitsa province

In the weeks around Easter, the OM team in Vinnitsa reached out with a gospel puppet show to more than 1,500 people.




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Short-termers bring new life to churches in Ukraine

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




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Odessa orphans: his heart's home

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




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Bus4Life brings literature and life to Europe

Bus4Life is OM’s mobile missions centre to the unreached people of Central and Eastern Europe, bringing books and also participating in summer programmes, as it did in summer 2017.




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A new day in Ukraine

Churches in Ukraine are busier than ever as Christians gain a vision for mission and reach out to others.




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Reaching the next generation

Sunday School isn't just for Sundays anymore - it can be on any given day of the week in Ukraine.




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Visitors from far away

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




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Cricket in...Ukraine?

"The door for ministry is wide open to use our gifts," explains OM Ukraine Field Leader Wayne. "In my case, God is using my love for cricket to create relationships and influence people who have never heard the gospel...”




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As long as it is Day

A volunteer from Hong Kong shares about her experience on a short-term trip, visiting orphans and elderly Jewish people.




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Building sustainable businesses for transformation

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.




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Unexpected impact

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




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Over 60 villages and only four churches

OM Ukraine team gets excited about church planting in a northern Odessa province after participating in a Bus4Life outreach in the area.




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Others need to know and get involved

After a trip to repair war damaged churches in the east, construction workers share their experience in order to inspire others to go.




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Taking the gospel to remote places

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.




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Laying it all on the altar

God is using the Mission Extreme programme in Panama to shape lives, starting with the participants and extending out to the local pastors they meet.




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Panamanians reach Panamanians

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




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OM Panama re-starts training school

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




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Live! On Air in Panama

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




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Burkas and saris in western Panama

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




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A big weekend for OM Panama

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




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Indigenous protests cause serious problems for OM Panama

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




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Panama begins the process of recovery

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




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OM Panama helps clean up after recent riots

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




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Class is in session

The OM Panama International Intensive School of Missions re-opens!




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God is in control

A woman recommits her life to God as a result of His provision through the team and a visit they hadn’t even planned to do.




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Protection and forgiveness

A man goes from being sought by gangsters to being sought by God.




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Familiar to foreign

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




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Small group, big prayer

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




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Three eye-opening months

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




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A kitchen to transform lives

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




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'That somebody is me!'

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




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Laughter is a language everybody speaks

Participants from around the world learnt to speak the language of love and laughter during an outreach to the indigenous tribes in Panama.




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Impacting Panama

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




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‘I still have goose bumps’

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.