Throughout the last two and a half weeks, each 60th celebration banquet highlighted the everlasting bond OC mission workers and partners have developed over the years. San Jose concluded the journey with a fitting end – OC went home. OC found its home in Northern California for the better part of its existence. Being back in […]
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Adventures in Guatemalan traffic
Please join us as we pray for the safety of mission teams as they travel from place to place in Guatemala. In the US we are so accustomed to our air-conditioned, comfortable cars that we may not even consider praying specifically for safe transportation for our full-time and short-term mission workers. “Reading a Guatemalan newspaper […]
Transforming preschools in South Africa
They didn’t have to go back. 5 years ago Heather and Jenny from the OC Africa team agreed to assist a short-term team from the States with a 3-day preschool educational workshop in an informal settlement far south of Soweto called Finetown. What started out as one of those South African “one and done” kind […]
From the Pastor’s Pen: Mary and the Angel Gabriel
At Christmas time as we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus, our mind turns toward family and friends. So, today, my mind has turned toward you as part of our worldwide OC family. Allow me to share a few thoughts that hopefully will minister to you in these days. As one reads the Biblical […]