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		<title>South Africa Short Term Missions Trips Teams Begin Outreach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The atmosphere of celebration surrounding the preparation for the World Cup in South Africa enhanced the excitement of the team of short term missionaries participating in the Ultimate Goal Challenge, an outreach to share the good news of Christ with locals, visiting athletes and tourists. On Monday, 7 June, participants of all ages arrived in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/06/21/south-africa-short-term-missions-trips-teams-begin-outreach/</link>
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		<title>Christian Artists on Mission with OM Arts International</title>
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OM Arts International is a family of ministries (listed below) that exists to empower artists to engage their creative gifts in exalting God and making His name known among the nations.
 OM Arts is a ministry of Operation Mobilization.

 
    

OM ArtsLink                omartslink.org
OM ArtsLink has a passion to see visual artists get involved in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/06/03/christian-artists-on-mission-with-om-arts-international/</link>
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		<title>How God Grows a House Church in Bosnia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria is a Bosnian woman who has lived in the same place for 30 years. Her children are grown, and she is retired and lives alone. In 2008, a missionary with Operation Mobilization (OM) in her city began a house church that met in Maria’s apartment. It was very small&#8211;only two local women in addition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/05/15/how-god-grows-a-house-church-in-bosnia/</link>
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		<title>OM East - Bringing Hope to Forgotten Peoples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Operation Mobilization&#8217;s work in Eastern Europe continues even though the wall of communism is long gone. For many years, Operation Mobilization (OM), a Christian mission organization whose goal is to reach the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, produced and smuggled Christian literature to nations behind the iron curtain. Below is a picture of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/05/11/om-east-bringing-hope-to-forgotten-peoples/</link>
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		<title>Children, the Arts and Short Term Missions!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube Direktvideo link


For more information about missions trips on board Operation Mobilization&#8217;s ministry ship Logos Hope, go to their web site:  www.omships.org
For information about youth, church, group, and individual short term missions trips all over the world that are affordable and adventurous, contact Operation Mobilization.
United States Residents click here: OMusa
All other nationalities, click here: OM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/05/01/children-the-arts-and-short-term-missions/</link>
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		<title>Buddhist Monks Listening to the Gospel on Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the Buddhist world, Christian radio programs are being broadcast via short wave radio. In addition to the general population, Buddhist monks are also tuning in and hearing the messages of truth that are being proclaimed. For many years, radio has been an effective tool to reach the masses with the Gospel. Along the Thai [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/04/22/buddhist-monks-listening-to-the-gospel-on-radio/</link>
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		<title>Years After Communism, Gospel Still Bears Fruit.</title>
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&#8220;You brought those Bibles into Romania under communism?&#8221; asked Dina who now works with the Christian mission Operation Mobilization (OM) in her home country of Romania.  In the 1980&#8217;s OM smuggled and distributed tens of thousands of Bibles into Romania that was ruled by Ceausescu, the dictator who did his best to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/04/10/years-after-communism-gospel-still-bears-fruit/</link>
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		<title>Arts in Missions: Engaging, Inspiring and Effective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visual, performing and technical arts engage viewers and gives them a way to relate to the subject being presented. Jesus used the arts when he presented the message that the kingdom of God was near. The cross today is used as visual art to remind us of what our Savior did for us by dying, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/03/11/arts-in-missions-engaging-inspiring-and-effective/</link>
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		<title>OM Arts: Helping Indigenous Peoples Create Worship Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an arm of OM Arts, &#8220;Heart Sounds International exists to help ignite culturally relevant and Biblicaly appropriate worship, especially in places where Christ-followers are persecuted, restricted or unknown.&#8221;

Heart Sounds seeks to help people around the world create worship music with their own cultural and linguistic distinctions. Volunteer professional recording engineers traveling with their equipment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/02/15/om-arts-helping-indigenous-peoples-create-worship-music/</link>
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		<title>Roma Gypsy Artist Meets Christ through Arts in Missions</title>
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Recently in the Czech Republic, artists who were involved in a short term missions trip with Artslink, a ministry of OM Arts International, were chalk drawing on a main pedestrian street. A gang of intimidating young men, led by Roman, came along. He broke away from the group and asked, “Are you artists?” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/01/15/roma-gypsy-artist-meets-christ-through-arts-in-missions/</link>
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		<title>Algeria: Fastest Growing Church in the Muslim World Today</title>
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A growing church in the Kabyle region of Algeria was to begin meeting in their new building on Saturday, December 26th . This is their usual meeting day, but they were planning to have a special celebration of the birth of Jesus. When the believers started to arrive at their new premises, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2010/01/05/algeria-fastest-growing-church-in-the-muslim-world-today/</link>
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		<title>Arts in Missions: A Creative Way to Spread the Gospel!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The use of visual, performing and technical arts can be an extraordinary way to share the Gospel. Jesus did it through story telling and miracles. Jesus was an artist and God is the greatest artist there is. So, why not use the arts to share the Gospel. People love to be entertained and Christian artists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/12/15/arts-in-missions-a-creative-way-to-spread-the-gospel/</link>
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		<title>$25 feeds an &#8220;untouchable&#8221; Indian child at school for an entire year!</title>
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More than 15,000 of the poorest children in India, from the severely oppressed Dalit people, known as “untouchables,” have hope for the future. Education would normally be out of reach for them, but they are students in Operation Mobilization&#8217;s nearly 100 Dalit schools. The English-based education offers them future job opportunities that would otherwise be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/12/02/25-feeds-an-untouchable-indian-child-at-school-for-1-year/</link>
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		<title>Planning Tips for Missions Trips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  1. Plan your mission trip early.
2. Work with local churches and/or missionaries.
3. Receive orientation from someone experienced before going.
4. Develop realistic expectations.
5. Have a detailed budget and build in a cushion (20%).
6. Be Flexible, Adaptable and Teachable (FAT).
7. Have a strategy to spread the Gospel and for follow-up of people interested.
8. Debrief from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/11/11/tips-for-mission-trips/</link>
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		<title>Purchase Bibles for Iraq!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   
Hassan*, an Iraqi, received a New Testament while in prison in his country. As a conservative Muslim, he would never have accepted it before, but in prison he read it straight through.
Then one night, Hassan dreamed about Jesus. In the dream, Jesus told Hassan, “I will set you free from this prison [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/11/11/bibles-for-iraq/</link>
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		<title>Go just about anywhere with this mission!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
Operation Mobilization has short and long term mission trips to over 100 countries including:
Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/10/26/om-has-a-lot-to-offer/</link>
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		<title>Get Passionate about Jesus! Attend Passion 2010!</title>
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		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/10/13/get-passionate/</link>
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		<title>What is YOUR personal vision statment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.  Spreading the light of Christ where the darkness is greatest.
2.  Making disciples of Christ locally and globally.
3.  Advancing the Gospel message.
4.  Moving with the spirit of God to make Jesus known amongst the nations.
5.  Mobilizing to reach the world with the Gospel.
6.  Spirit filled living for a life time of giving.
7.  Intentionally engaging unreached [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/09/25/shat-is-your-personal-vision-statment/</link>
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		<title>How to Pray for Your Missionaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The supreme question of foreign missions is how to multiply the number of Christians who will individually and collectively exert this force of intercession for the conversion and transformation of men. Every other consideration and plan is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.” &#8211;Andrew Murray
A truth to keep in mind is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/09/23/how-to-pray-for-your-missionaries/</link>
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		<title>Impact the Mediterranean through Transform 2010!</title>
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&#8220;There&#8217;s a big mobilization plan for  the whole Mediterranean area. Pray about getting involved- these are some of the  most unreached nations in the world!&#8221;
                       - George Verwer    Founder, Operation Mobilization 
    450 Million people live in the 21 modern countries around the Mediterranean Sea.
Christianity’s roots lie in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/08/27/impact-the-mediterranean-through-transform-2010/</link>
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		<title>What? Short term missions trips on a ship?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Find out how you can cruise on Logos Hope.&#8221; 
                                       - George Verwer   Founder, Operation Mobilization
Imagine: Short and long term missions trips on board a huge ship! No prior ship experience necessary. More information is available here: OM Missions Ships
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		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/08/21/what-short-term-mission-trips-on-a-ship/</link>
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		<title>Those that give it all (their lives) and gain even more.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
It’s always very sobering when one hears about Christians who die as a result of their faith. The recent killings in Yemen were once again a reminder of the verse in Revelation 6:9 “When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/07/16/those-that-give-it-all-and-gain-even-more/</link>
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		<title>Use your skills on missions trips!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you interested in any of the following types of ministries? Click and research! 
 Go on missions trips short term or long term and use your skills!

Audio video and Multimedia
Business as mission
Children’s Ministry
Church Planting
Church Mobilization
Communications
Community Development
Computers
Construction/Technical
Creative Arts
Discipleship
Education
Evangelism
Finance 
HIV/AIDS Ministry
Humanitarian Aid &#38; Relief
Indigenous Worship Development
Literature Production &#38; Distribution
Marine
Medical Ministries
Micro-business
Muslim Ministry
National Believers Leadership Training
Prison Ministry
Publishing
Radio Programming
Sports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/07/01/use-your-skills-on-mission-trips/</link>
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		<title>OM Officially Launches Huge Missions Ship!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Operation Mobilization has officially launched their newest and largest ship Logos Hope for world missions!

Grand celebrations were held in London on board the ship! Christian volunteers of any age are needed to work on the ship short term and long term.  No prior experience necessary! What a great short term mission trip or long term [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/30/om-officially-launches-huge-mission-ship/</link>
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		<title>George Verwer from OM on board mission ship in London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube Direktvideo link


Get more information on mission trips with OM ships.
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		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/26/george-verwer-from-om-on-board-mission-ship-in-london/</link>
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		<title>Missions Trips on Ships!</title>
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Check this out! You can go on a short term mission trip (or long term) on a ship! These ships go around the world spreading the knowledge of Jesus Christ. How cool is that? Live on board with a Christian international community, travel and visit different ports around the world, and be involved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/25/mission-trips-on-ships/</link>
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		<title>This story will inspire you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
&#8220;It&#8217;s just me.&#8221; 
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Ruby was a typical middle school student in the Midwest. During one of her summers, she attended a Christian conference, returning home with a renewed vision for prayer. She wanted to start a prayer club at her school. At the beginning of the school year, she found the required faculty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/24/for-those-who-are-involved-in-school-ministry-let-this-fantastic-story-inspire-you/</link>
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		<title>What a short term missions trip did to a pastor!</title>
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A senior pastor recently went on a short term missions trip with OM to the Middle East. Here is what he wrote about the transformation he experienced in his life and ministry when he returned:
1. My preaching has changed. I have a greater zeal to see the church become the mobilized body of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/22/what-a-short-term-missions-trip-did-to-a-pastor/</link>
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		<title>Refugees in Pakistan need your help!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  There are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Pakistan who have fled fighting in their country. Can you imagine being one of those people? Talk about disrupting your life and your routine. Kids aren’t in school, parents not at their jobs, lost contact with relatives, fear about the future, etc.  Operation Mobilization is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/16/refugees-in-pakistan-need-help/</link>
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		<title>Long term missions opportunities</title>
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We have found that there are all kinds of things you can do in missions both short term and long term. Here is a list of just some of the ministry activities you can be involved in with the organization Operation Mobilization
Children’s Ministries
Church Planting
Communications
Community Development
Computers/IT
Construction
Creative Arts
Discipleship
Evangelism
HIV/AIDS Ministry
Humanitarian Aid &#38; Relief
Indigenous Worship Development
Literature Production [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missiontrips.missionblogger.com/2009/06/16/hello-world/</link>
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