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Life and death on the lake

An English nurse embraces the challenge of a lifetime on Lake Tanganyika.




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Reaching across the continent by reaching across the street

A Zambian worker reaches out with love to the people of Somalia living in his country.




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Marriage, fish and taboos

In Tongwa village husbands and wives don't know how to love each other. A young couple is working to change that.




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Treating physical and spiritual needs

Meet one woman who serves God as the only community health worker for over 2,000 people in six remote villages of Zambia.




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Discipleship leads to change

One young Zambian man’s life is transformed when he encounters Christ through an OM football team and a coach’s patient effort.




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Fishers of men

Working and living in fishing communities on Lake Tanganyika in Southern Africa, OM workers disciple locals in the ways of Christ.




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Transformation through football

It started with one ball and grew to become a garden.




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Showing God's love is like pulling teeth

Twice a week Lourie Ferreira heads out into rural Zambian communities to show God's love through dentistry.




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Jesus likes the cinema too

“Seeing how these boys lived…put my own life into perspective,” said Anne Davidson, after spending time with youth living on the streets of Lusaka.




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Cheering for Jesus

OM Lake Tanganyika is using cheerleading as a way to reach out to African young women and girls.




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The headman's story

Dimas, the headman of a small village along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, shares about the challenges of being a headman and Christian.




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Going the distance

OM Zambia participates in Run4TheWorld for the fourth year, offering 35-km and 65-km cycling routes, in addition to the 10-km run.




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Just one ball

It's more than just a sport. OM is using football at Lake Tanganyika to train and empower young boys.




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Developing 'Tabithas'

OM Zambia develops women through skills training in sewing, cooking, embroidery and more to bring change to communities.




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Planting a church? Start with sports

Mwando village along the shores of Lake Tanganyika didn't have a church, but they did have an interest in sports.




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Ega and the house

Ega and her family receive a new house through OM Lake Tanganyika.




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Overcoming spiritual foes on the lake

OM Lake Tanganyika faces battles of faith vs. witchcraft.




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Hope on the streets for children

There is a belief that street kids are evil and cannot be helped. OM worker Christine Jones in Zambia believes differently.




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Taking the initiative

Tabitha Initiative in Kabwe, Zambia, gives business training and small loans to vulnerable women, empowering them to start sustainable businesses in their communities.




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Learning to walk with the Lord

Yande learns to walk with the aid of crutches and splints provided by Bethesda Mercy Ministries.




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Mapalo to mapalo - blessing to blessing

A young man with a disability finds help at Mercy House and his grandmother finds a way to serve.




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Honest Boys: boys no longer

Five years ago, seven boys were chosen to be discipled as Honest Boys in Mpulungu, Zambia. They carry the values proudly in their adult lives.




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'They now have hope'

Cecilia dreamt of being able to provide a safe place for at-risk girls. In January 2016 that dream was realised in Hope House.




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Compost and dreams

AIDSLink is opening a new care centre in Zambia to teach people living with HIV and AIDS to care for themselves and others.




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Milestones and called off engagements

The Good News II School in Mpulungu, Zambia, has grown from 20 students to over 180. Students have grown from the values they learnt.




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Farming with God is changing lives in Zambia

Foundations for Farming is changing lives in Zambia by reaching out with God's truth and practical training.




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Bursting with life

God's vision is unfolding in Mkushi, Zambia as he makes his plans clear to a worker named Mary and blesses the work of the team.




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Discipled, equipped and transformed

A young woman's life is transformed by the love of Jesus shared and displayed through Tabitha Skills Training in Zambia.




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Answers for Kapembwa

With the fishing season going poorly in Kapembwa, Zambia, the people want to know why, and to find the answers, they’ve called in a witch doctor. 




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Food for the body and soul

For the past five years OM Lake Tanganyika has visited the local police station providing for the physical and spiritual needs of those awaiting trial.




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No longer vulnerable

From trying to survive each day to leading their community in bringing development, the members of a Self Help Group are being transformed drastically.




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My neighbour, my brother

An act of compassion opens the door for a Zambian worker to share the Gospel with Somalis.




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Hope shining through the darkness

“I love to be around the children. Through education, I want to see them have a good future and have the ability to support others,” said Mercy Mutale.




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'I have been there'

How God changed the lives of each team member of OM in Kasama to bring hope to the vulnerable children.




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'Don’t give up on me'

It’s common for the OMers in Kapembwa to have people associated with witchcraft coming for deliverance, but Wilson wanted more than that.




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Building more than muscles

“I have always wanted to do more than coach specific sport skills,” Joseph said. “This approach touches all areas of fitness: physical, emotional and spiritual–all aspects of a human being.”




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Planting hope

The OM team in Kasama receives land from an area chief to start a farm that will provide food and financial stability for local ministries.




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Building on

From doing their lessons on the ground to learning at desks in classrooms, the students at Makwati Community School have come a long way.




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We are not a travel agency

“…to many host ministries, short-term outreaches can be a blessing or a curse,” shares OMer Ivy. “Here I would like to share some tips that help me feel less like a tour guide and more like I’m helping facilitate an exposure trip for the Kingdom.”




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Serving where God wants

Even though she didn’t want to go to Africa in the beginning, Abbie believes God prepared her for it and reflects on her experiences.




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'I can follow Jesus now'

A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.




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Crocodile Island

Realising the need for biblical role models, OM partnered with a local church to send a couple, Kelvin and Florence, to Crocodile Island as missionaries.




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Labouring in love

Mabel from Hong Kong learns that missions is more than sharing about God – it’s also learning to love and cooperate with team members.




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God moves during TiM outreach in Southampton

God moves mightily using a teen girl and a team of people to reach a needy area of Southampton, UK.




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Sister in Christ

An OM team in Coventry, UK, meets an 80-year-old woman who becomes an acquaintance, then a friend and then a sister in Christ.




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Young missionaries bless congregation

A small Black Country, UK, church were blessed by the efforts of five young missionaries from different parts of the world.




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Free henna! Free henna!

An OM Lifehope team member discovers a new way of reaching out to people on the street through henna designs.




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Training for Life

People from 14 nations participate in OM Lifehopes’ Toolkit, an intensive training programme that equips workers for ministry, particularly in the UK.




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Understanding needs in the UK

English Language Community Outreach students from OM Lifehope lend a hand to volunteers at the Black Country Food Bank near Birmingham, UK.




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Open doors

Members of Christ Church in Lye and OM’s local team visit neighbourhoods to invite residents to church, hand out tracts or hear prayer requests.