A community at risk
Reflections on my recent visit to South Sudanese friends living as refugees in Ofua 3 settlement, Rhino Refugee Camp, Northern Uganda. After an absence of two years, I was filled…
Walking with Wounded Children Training in Uganda
This morning we received news from the South Sudanese Facilitators we trained from 2017-2020 in the refugee camp in Uganda. Samuel Malish and Emmanuel Khemis are facilitating a 5 day…
In Pursuit of our Calling
Meandering through the stories of our lives You can now read all our stories in one place: Our book has been published and is available at the link above for…
Another unpleasant surprise
It was almost 6 weeks after our application for a residence and worked permit was submitted. During that time the Georgian government came under severe pressure from the European Union…
Back to Basics
We were keen to settle as soon as possible and to begin to formulate a Vision, Mission and Strategy for the Caucasus region. After the closure of the Operation Mercy…
Tbilisi here we come!
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Tbilisi was founded in…
Decision Time
It was time to get everyone together and to take some decisions. Despite our best efforts, we could not substantially raise more funds for the projects of Operation Mercy. When…
Important Gatherings
During 2013 we were involved in two important gatherings. The first one was the bi-annual meeting of Operation Mobilization Field Leaders. The meeting was in Bangkok in Thailand, and it…
An unexpected twist
Towards the end of the summer of 2013 three of the Operation Mobilization team members in Sheki decided to permanently return to their home countries. The American couple and Korean…
Snake Tales
Operation Mobilization works closely with the local church, and we decided as a team to organize a retreat for Pastors of the Azerbaijani Evangelical Churches. In our meetings with these…