OBI International Women's Ministry Grows
OBI has a strong and vibrant relationship with the country of Ukraine, especially with their military families. Like all relationships, this one has grown through time and shared trust. OBI representatives first met with Ukrainian military women in 1995. ...more
OBI at 2011 Ukrainian English Camp
July 2011Olive Branch International volunteers again returned to Ukraine for the tenth annual English Camp for Ukrainian military teens. Since 2002, OBI has partnered with the Ukrainian Military Christian Fellowship (UMCF) to support in its week-long English camp in Chernigov. The OBI team, led by Bruce Kittleson, OBI President, taught conversational English and daily Bible lessons with life application. ...more
Sierra Leone Chaplain Praises OBI War-Widows Project
June 2011Extract of Remarks by Reverend Chaplain (Major) Moses E.A. Kargbo, Forces Chief Chaplain, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, and OBI Project Coordinator in Sierra Leone, West Africa ...more
OBI Joins in May 2011 Liberian Chaplains' Training
May 2011In May 2011, Michael Weiss, OBI Director of Chaplain and Chaplain Assistant Training joined an International Association of Evangelical Chaplains (IAEC) team ...more
Sierra Leone March 2011: OBI Helps in "Training the Trainers"
March 2011In March 2011, Michael Weiss, OBI Director of Chaplain and Chaplain Assistant Training; and Mark Benz, International Association of Evangelical Chaplains (IAEC), escorted by host, Chaplain (Major) Moses Kargbo, Senior Chaplain for the Sierra Leone Uniformed Services, visited Sierra Leone, in a visit "to train the trainers." ...more
OBI Eager for March 2011 Return to Sierra Leone
Jan 2011-presentImagine the joy and excitement of the Sierra Leone Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants as they heard their name called and moved forward to receive their OBI completion-of-training certificate. They could not get to the front of the room fast enough. ...more
Meeting with Ministers and Training in Sierra Leone
From Oct 2010 20-presentOn the morning of Monday, October 11, 2010, a five-man OBI contingent met with the senior military and governmental leadership of Sierra Leone to share our commitment to render humanitarian service to that nation in need. ...more
OBI Meets War Widows
From Oct 2010 20-presentAn OBI team visited roughly four dozen war widows undergoing Olive Branch's second phase of seamstress training at our training sites in the towns of Lungi and Bo in Sierra Leone. ...more
