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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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A kitchen to transform lives

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




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Loved and not forgotten

Workers of OM Panama remind young boys with a troubled past that God has a purpose for their lives.




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More than just a roof

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




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Hungry for answers

Since OM Panama started visiting the garbage dump, a shy old man attends the programmes faithfully. He is anxiously looking for answers in the Bible.




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Sharing the Bread of Life

Twice a week, 60 to 80 children receive a meal and learn about Jesus, the Bread of Life, through OM Panama’s Pan de Vida programme.




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Compassion in difficult times

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




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Breaking into freedom

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




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God lines up divine appointment for lost team

God turns a frustrating situation into one of hope when a lost OM team meets a girl who asks for prayer.




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Sweden: how sweet it is-and how difficult

OM Sweden hosts its first outreach in 17 years.




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Building bridges to the immigrant 'islands' of Sweden

OM Sweden plans church-planting initiatives in three urban centres.




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Thankful for every day

At 25, Håkan Karlsson was paralysed from the chest down. Ministering to the people of India, his dream, seemed impossible. But God had other plans.




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Getting on top of youth work--Underground!

“This place is so important to us,” says one teen about Underground at the community centre in Råslätt. “We have no other place to go.”




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Second-hand furniture and first-hand love

A local church, with the help of the OM team, starts a café ministry in their second-hand shop in Råslätt, Sweden.




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Hungry for Bibles

Foreigners in Sweden are excited when they see portions of the Bible in their mother tongue at the OM book table.




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'Trillions of joys'

A disillusioned teen finds joy in the Lord and ministry far from home.




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Somali believers meet face to face

In August, 80 Somali believers met outside of Örebro, Sweden, for a week of fellowship, encouragement and teaching. Eight new believers were baptised.




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A picture of transformation

A remarkable story which came to a climax on February 23 this year when OM Ireland took possession of the deeds to Lacken House as their new headquarters and ministry centre.




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Light shines on Irish horse fair

An outreach team learns the value of sharing their personal testimonies and what a little light can do to a community.




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Immersed in ministry life

OM Ireland's Immersion team reflects on their first month as interns in churches around Ireland.




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Donkey teaches Irish children true meaning of Christmas

The Creative Arts team perform their Christmas show for school children all over Ireland in the course of three weeks.




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Golf and the gospel

OM Ireland and FCA Golf hold a four-day golf camp in Co. Westmeath, Ireland, to promote golf and the gospel.




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We ran out of Bibles

OM Ireland journalist Hannah Rueber volunteered for a school programme and witnessed something truly incredible.




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Transformed by love

One Irish family experienced the transforming love of God...one woman at a time.




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It finally made sense

For Irish teens Nicole and Saoirse, interacting with their church’s Immersion student, Bree, led to an understanding of the gospel.




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Prayerful obedience

Sent from OM Ireland, the Fitzgibbon family followed God's call on their lives to Russia and back.




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Pub prayers for revival

“Looking around that pub at the various people enjoying their tea, I started really thinking about what he’d said,” Hannah remembers. “Praying for revival…In a country that many have come to learn is spiritually dark, have we given up on praying for the people? Has the belief in revival died, or are we still trusting that God can move in a mighty way?”




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Woman in Israel finds healing through godly counsel

No matter people’s struggles, the counselling ministry focuses on a right relationship with God as the beginning of the healing process.




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Book that gives life

Two OM workers strike up a friendship with a server in a local café and give him a valuable gift.




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A blessed batch of cookies

Even a simple thing like baking Christmas cookies can lead to an opportunity for sharing the gospel message.




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A breath of fresh air

A weekend camp provides young believers a chance to relax and rededicate themselves to the Lord.




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The Gospel comes to life

Two OM workers introduce friends to the story of redemption through a trip to Jerusalem.




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A different kind of pollution

God gives an OM short term worker the perfect tract to explain the Gospel to an environmental activist.




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The meaning of baptism

A public baptism ceremony at the river becomes an opportunity to teach an onlooker about the true meaning of baptism.




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Lion (of Judah) hearted

The violent turmoil in Israel requires prayer for this people.




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Why do Jews suffer if they are a chosen people?

A Jewish woman asks a pastor why is there suffering, if they are God's chosen people.




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Passover breakfast results in sharing about the Passover Lamb

The Passover season leads to a young Israeli woman asking about the Passover Lamb.




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The gift of the gospel

In Israel, where multiple languages are spoken, tracts are a helpful tool to overcoming language barriers that could inhibit someone from hearing about Jesus.




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Hope of Israel

OM’s Hope of Israel outreach team shares God’s love in Israel by supporting churches, passing out literature, engaging with locals and worshipping in the streets.




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Vibrant communities of Jesus followers in Israel

In a largely unreached nation, where Christians often face persecution, OM comes alongside local churches to see more vibrant communities of Jesus followers established.




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MENAnews: Shared grief opens door to share hope

An unexpected connection on a prayer walk leads to multiple opportunities to share spiritual truth with one Muslim family.




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Strategic Worship Outings create chance for connection

An incorrect GPS coordinate leads a worship team to the end of the road, yet God has another route planned.




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Ray of hope on the street

OM workers minister to drug addicts and women in prostitution on a Tel Aviv street.




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Fear, insecurity and a zeal for Jezreel

A zeal for the Jezreel Valley overcomes fear and insecurity.




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Biblical city receives the Hope of Israel outreach team

The Hope of Israel outreach team visits Yoqneam, a biblical city without a church.




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Flower power

Free flowers are an opportunity to share about God's power and love.




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From web manager to national director

Stephen Brandon takes on the role of national director for OM New Zealand after serving as OM’s International Web Manager for six years.




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Women hike for freedom in New Zealand

On 1 December, 22 women hiked Tongariro Alpine Crossing to raise awareness and funds for women and children trafficked in France and India.




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Off the GRID

OM New Zealand’s new Off The GRID discipleship programme aims to inspire young adults to live for God and to serve others.




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Climbing for freedom in New Zealand

About 110 men, women and children climbed five volcanoes in Auckland in the Freedom Climb New Zealand on Saturday, 16 August.