STORIES
Understanding and Awareness
BY: Lori McFall | February 13, 2025
Just outside of Kampala, Uganda, Justine lived in extreme poverty, with few options for the future. One day, a man came to her...
Engaging in Human Trafficking Prevention
BY: Lori McFall, OMS Missionary | July 24, 2023
OMS is committed to trafficking prevention, education, and Gospel sharing. How you can get involved in helping!
Prevent Trafficking Together
BY: Imogen Cook | August 31, 2021
This verse from Isaiah is the heart behind the human trafficking prevention ministry of HOPE61. And what a privilege it was to bring...
The Power of the Gospel
BY: Tonya Overton | February 04, 2021
In the midst of the pandemic lockdowns and quarantines, Pastor Emma could not hold church services or lead HOPE61 trainings. But he...
The Impact of One
BY: Tonya Overton | October 29, 2020
As restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic began to ease in rural Uganda in August, HOPE61 trainers there began to schedule and...
How Churches Can Better Help Families
BY: Imogen Cook | October 21, 2020
Parenting is a massive responsibility. This is the understatement of the year. Parenting is a responsibility so huge that people who have...
God at Work Behind the Scenes: Part 2
BY: S | May 28, 2020
We arrived on the field for our first term in 2015, and I led my first HOPE61 training in June 2017. It happened quite by accident. In...
God at Work Behind the Scenes: Part 1
BY: K | May 21, 2020
It was 2013 in Seattle. Somewhere between my girl’s toddler tantrums, my boy’s preschool pick-ups, and trying to keep up with the forever...
Causes of Vulnerability: Financial Instability
BY: Tonya Overton | May 03, 2020
Stability, as I stated in yesterday’s blog, is a core common desire of all humans. When things become uncertain and unstable in our...
Causes of Vulnerability: Political Instability
BY: Tonya Overton | May 02, 2020
As human beings, we all thrive on stability. When events occur around us that affect that stability, things can start to spin out of...
