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By Averil Bennett GO Teams from NZ to Thailand ran for 15 years from 1995. Well-prepared teams of up to 30 15-18 year-olds submitted their final exam, grabbed their sleeping bags, mat and [...]

By Rob McArthur – OMF New Zealand’s South Island Coordinator. Of the approximately 23,000 days I have lived so far, a few have changed my life.  Here are some. 2010 found me sitting at a [...]

By Matt and Cristellle Nicholas Matt and Cristelle recently went on a short-term mission trip, and received confirmation that they should return overseas in a long-term capacity. Here, they share [...]

By Phil Bruce  Sometimes I have wondered what was going thought the minds of Jesus’ followers when Jesus sent them out in pairs with nothing but his word, “Go! I am sending you out like lambs [...]

By Shireen Chua – Missions mobiliser for OMF NZ The word “mission” may conjure up a variety of images for you.  In the context of this Serving Asia magazine, it might have strong [...]

By Simon Johnson Simon and Helen Johnson are in New Zealand on home assignment until the beginning of 2019. In this article, we asked Simon to reflect on the topic of resilience, and to discuss [...]

By Gemma Creasy   The New Arrival As I walk down the streets with crowds of people all around me speaking words unfamiliar to my ears, it all blurs together into background noise. Between those [...]

By Averil Bennett TCK is shorthand for Trans-Cultural Kid, or Third Culture Kid. The word “kid” is an amercanism, but also reminds me that TCK’s can have some goat-like characteristics, shared by [...]

by Sylvia Yuan and Timothy Chen 聽到媽媽說，我可以請假跟她到新加坡好幾周，真的很興奮呢！「海外基督使 團」（OMF）這個名稱我已聽過很多次，早前陪媽媽去上候選宣教士課程時，我就已和鈴木家的三個小朋友交上了朋友，他們的爸爸是日本人、媽媽是中國人。這次因為兩家人都去新加坡參加使團的「迎新課程」，我可以和鈴木家的孩子們在那邊待上一個月！每天見面一起玩，耶！ [...]

By Susan Murray – OMF New Zealand’s TCK Advisor Recently I had the privilege to travel to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia with OMF, as their TCK (Third Culture Kids) advisor for New [...]