“We believe that the Gospel of Jesus can be preached without saying any words,” said OM worker Fredson. “But by doing, by showing love, by taking care of the old and by just being available to people.”
Stories
Tabitha Initiative in Kabwe, Zambia, gives business training and small loans to vulnerable women, empowering them to start sustainable businesses in their communities.
The students of OM Malawi’s two schools are receiving something more than a Christ-centred education; a way to pay for future schooling.
The people of Chisopi never imagined a school would be established in their village. Today, their children are receiving an education.
Water was not to be found when the OM team drilled in Chisopi, Malawi - until they drilled in front of the church.
September 2014 OM Lake Tanganyika started a farm with two pigs, today they have 78.
Kagiso shares how he came to be in Zanzibar, and what he has learnt living on the island.
There is a belief that street kids are evil and cannot be helped. OM worker Christine Jones in Zambia believes differently.
After the glamour and glitz of moving wears off and the hype and excitement of living in a new country dies down, the realization of the magnitude of what just happened hits like a ton of bricks. In order to move forward, you have to acknowledge things are different than they once were. Life is different now, and you have to adjust accordingly. But that's hard.
It finally happened. After living in Africa for nearly two years I, RJ, am sick of the sun. Sitting in the sunshine, I've complied a list of things this Canadian girl misses about that wonderful, incredible, often-dreamt-of, wistfully-thought-of season: winter.