Pure Praise concert

Last night the team went to Pure Praise, a worhsip concert to advertise the 'Transform 2010' conference.

Since 'Transform 2010' is in Italy we created an Italian themed stand and made biscotti. The concert was in both Flemish and English and we were able to enjoy it in between talking to people about Transform.

Morning study

During our weekly Core Study we focused on "Living in Submission to the Body of Christ".

It was enjoyable and a helful topic for the team.

Adam has a cold.

He took bitter medicine!

Please pray for him and the teams health.

We found rice crackers, it tastes like Japanese food so this made Tomoko happy! 

Bennet also likes it so we ate alot!

Tienen ministry (day two)

We started to worship through singing in the town center, a local TV crew came and filmed us, they were making a documentary of the town trying to advertise it. 


We shared the gospel with a lot of people.
More than 5 people accepted Jesus as their Savior in this day.
Only God could do that.


Thank you God for using us to share God's word to save people.
Please pray for Tienen.

Training and Practical work

Welcome to our "home"!

Bennet's family visited us!

We were very happy to meet them.

Church visit

We visited a Flemish Church on Sunday morning.

This Church has been supporting OM and its ministry for a long time.

We did a short presentation about an up coming conference in Italy called 'Transform 2010.'

Tomoko also shared how she got into missions.

After service we spoke with some of the young people and encouraged them to get out there and serve God.

Practical work and homeless ministry...

Practical work Guys cleaned outside and girls cleaned inside of building.

We bought a lot of food for homeless people. 

Thank you for your support in our ministry. 

Preparing food for homeless ministry with joy. 

80 sandwiches, 50 bananas, 30 apples, 9 boxes of biscuits, 9 thermos bottles of tea and coffee. 

We are really happy to bless the people. 

Our Doulos friend Daniel (France) joined us. He could talk with the people in their language and listen to them. And he translated for us. Many young men are there. They did drugs and lost everything. They want someone to listen to their story.

Lisa can speak French as well. She met Rebecca who is the only one homeless woman in this area. Lisa was able to help her.

Tomoko met a man from Iran. He Lived in Japan for 7 years so he can speak Japanese very well. He is intelligence but now he is homeless for 10 years in Belgium. He was happy to talk with Tomoko in Japanese. This was a first time he spoke with Japanese in Belgium. After the conversation, she prayed for him. He was happy with it.

Give thanks to God for He brought us to bless the homeless people in Belgium.

Please pray for their salvation.

We hope that we will go there again.

Transit "chocolate" challenge

Lisa's birthday/relaxation

Who said missionaries were always serious??

Our pirate leader on her birthday treasure hunt!

There are actually such things as indoor sparklers, so we lit them... outside!

Kids club

Performing a drama for kids pretending to know and understand the language and getting the action in right timing to the Flemish narration!

The club had a valentine/love theme with the message that Jesus loves us!

Talk with locals

Amy talked with local musicians.

They sang for her.

We met local jugglers in the park.

We played juggling together. Toni tried to play the didgeridoo. Tomoko learned a new skill of poi from them. Adam shared what are we doing in Europe. We enjoyed to spend time with them.

We talked with a lot of people in Brussels. And we found that Belgian is very nice and kind.

Exploration outing to Brussels minus Hannah :(

Traveling to Belgium

I DIDN'T THINK EUROPE WAS A MISSION FIELD

Upon news of the decommissioning of the Doulos, Tomoko was asked whether she wanted to go to Europe with OM. "I didn't think Europe was a mission field," said Tomoko (Japan). "I thought there were many Christians in Europe!"

As Tomoko prayed about it, God spoke to her. One day, while unloading books for Logos Hope, she heard God clearly tell her that she should join the Transit Challenge team. There were only a few days left and six team members had already been accepted. There was only one space left, but within two days, her placement was approved.

"The transition time has been quite challenging," said Tomoko, "but I am look forward to leaving for Belgium this Sunday. I am excited about the ministry we will be involved in over the next few months in Europe."

Pray that God would use the Transit Challenge team to encourage local churches and OM teams in 7 countries over the next 7 months.

International Night in UK

Face painting and magic tricks

We learned face painting and magic tricks.

Adam tried to put  a long nail in his nose. That's amazing!

I'm happy that we can use new skill for the youth ministry.

Kids ministry training