Estonia
OMS missionary Mark Nelson shares, “When you live in remote villages on the Arctic
Circle, prayer can easily become a serious issue. Last winter, we had to drive on the
frozen river for about 200 kilometers to the nearest town. Halfway there, the car broke
down. We were stuck. But I encouraged the people with me (most of whom were not
Christians) to pray with me. A few minutes after we finished praying, another vehicle
came by. It was a miracle! We could have waited days before anyone came. God sent the car at
just the right time to save our lives and be a great testimony to the people I was with.”
Australia
Colombia
In October, as a Men for Missions evangelism team shared Christ in Medellín,
Colombia, 392 people made decisions for
Christ. Several groups, each consisting of a local
church member, a translator, and an American short
termer, participated in door-to-door evangelism,
using the EvangeCube. The MFM team helped four
local churches reach their community
with the hope of Jesus Christ. It’s
harvest time in Colombia!
Haiti
Recently at Bethesda Medical
Clinic, a young woman was taken
to Dr. Rodney. After being told she was
pregnant, she stated she was going to get an abortion. The
woman already had five children, ages 5 and under. The kids
were hungry. Dr. Rodney counseled her and convinced her not to have an abortion, saying that her
suffering would be greater long term than the hunger now. As it turned out, she was a pastor’s
wife and was not going to tell her husband. Thankfully, the Lord worked through Dr. Rodney, and
he enrolled her into several benefit programs available through the clinic to help with her needs.
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India
Rev. Moses Gnansekaran, an
Indian pastor in the Evangelical
Church of India’s Chennai
diocese, recently attended an
OMS Hope61 training. He shares,
“I did not know much about human
trafficking. One Sunday after the
church service, a poor uneducated woman asked me
to pray for her as she was planning to go abroad to
work in a house as a maid. Since I had attended the
training, I immediately asked her if she knew anyone
working there. Who was the agent hiring her? I then
prayed for her, explaining the ways that people are
trafficked, including through these types of work
opportunities. The Hope61 seminar opened my eyes
to see the potential dangers of human trafficking. I
thank God that I, too, can play a significant role in the
prevention of human trafficking in India.”
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A young couple from a closed country,
residing in Australia, hosted his parents for
a visit. The young man was afraid to tell
his Muslim father about his new faith, so
he stopped attending the Bible studies for
a short time. The group leader encouraged
him to bring his parents to a meeting. The
young man told his father, “I am lonely
here in Australia, so I have joined a group.
They are
Christians, but
they are very
nice to me.
Would you
come with
me?” The
father attended.
Afterward, he
told the leader, “If everything you say is
true, I have been walking in the wrong
direction all my life.” He gave his life to
Christ. He has now returned to his home
country and started a group, leading several of his family members to Christ.