How Isaan People Meet Jesus

Somjit had a hard time forming words due to an accident years ago which left him mostly paralyzed and unable to speak, yet he was keen to share his testimony:

Name: Neil and Wannee Thompson (pictured above with their children, Kevin and Nathan) Roles at OMF (U.S.): Wannee: Serve Asia Program Coordinator and Assistant to International Facilitator for [...]

 “You are what do you!” Is that true? For missionaries, it can sometimes feel that way. Wendy Marshall, an OMF Australia worker in Japan, continues our series on missionary identity by looking at [...]

Roughly 22 million people live in Isaan, the northeast region of Thailand. Throughout the rural Isaan area, there are few churches or Christians to be found in each sub-district.

For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. -1 Timothy 4:4 PRAY FOR ISAAN. This month, join us in praying for the Isaan people of [...]

Lauren was born in the U.S. but moved to Japan with her OMF missionary parents at one-and-a-half years old. Despite being a U.S. passport holder, she feels most comfortable in Japan—the country [...]

A few years ago, I had a memorable encounter with a missionary mother. I could tell that the mother was not happy, and she soon told me why. Her teenage daughter, let’s call her Kayla, had [...]

We have a new rule in our house: No Japanese at meal times. Our two oldest are in Japanese school and kindergarten, so most of their playtime in the week is spent in a Japanese environment and [...]

Simple questions like “where are you from?” or even “what do you do?” can be difficult for missionaries to answer. When you have lived overseas for several years, that can feel like “home.”

Third-culture kids (TCKs or missionary kids) are a unique and valuable part of our OMF fellowship. Even though their parents are the designated “missionaries,” TCKs play an equally important role [...]