World's Most Persecuted
Some call them the most persecuted people group in the world. Beneath India’s oppressive caste system are the Dalit (pronounced dah-LEET) people. Dalit literally means “untouchable”. One of the more poignant symbols of their position in India is the clay cup. Dalits must drink only from…
Forgiving the Enemy
“It’s been a struggle,” says Pilar Castro, leader of OM Guatemala, “But a blessing at the same time.” Castro and her team completed a medical outreach in an area where most of the locals are returnees: people who fled to Mexico during the peak of Guatemala’s civil war and…
Disabled Day
On the first ever Disabled Day, 55 people were expected and over 200 showed. Today, an hour before the second event, people are already arriving: some on crutches, some blind and led by others, and some in wheelchairs. Many have walked or been pushed two hours…
Forced to Move
A group from Mercy Teams International, an OM partner ministry, trekked through a mountainous province in northern Laos. The focus of the trek was to cry out to the Lord for those they encountered and to "loosen the hard soil and plant seeds". The villages in this province are remote and have never…
The Roma
Gypsies, known internationally as Roma people, are believed to come from India, Pakistan or Iran. Spread throughout the world, the size of the Roma population is unknown. Each tribe practices a different trade, passed down from generation to generation: circus performers, skilled handcraft laborers…
Persecution
We still live in a world that can be shaken. Until the Lord returns, people groups will continue being persecuted for their faith, their class, their skin color. You can stand with them against oppression, bringing hope and good news, “so that what cannot be shaken may remain.” (Hebrews 12:27)
