News - 2011

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 2011

Olive 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 2011

Extract 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 2011

In 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 2011

In 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-present

Imagine 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-present

On 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-present

An 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

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