OMS Outreach May-August 2014 | Page 20

goods to the hardest hit areas. This work continues today in this area where life has not yet returned to normal. Among a people characterized by little openness to the Gospel, many watch to see what is being done, and some have started to attend church and study the Bible to learn why. The same results are happening in Haiti and the Philippines after recent natural disasters and OMS’ relief efforts. OMS partners with the Jesus Well Project in South Asia, which provides clean water where disease has been rampant and shares about Jesus’ life-giving water. In the past three years, more than 118,000 people have come to know Christ through this ministry. Starfish Kids, an OMS ministry to Haitian children, provides the opportunity to attend school, receive a free breakfast, and hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Short-term medical teams extend compassionate outreach in Ecuador. The teams share medical treatment and the Gospel in rural areas. Many walk miles for help, never dreaming their souls will be touched, as well as their bodies. Korean refugees A truck full of supplies for Koreans Preaching By Barb Sandoz, Communications Department, One Mission Society OMS missionaries extend mercy to the homeless and minister to Mexico