Living in Wonderland

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Eschbach Family

Living in wonderland                  

Looking back – looking forwards – those were the emphases of our Missions Day on 15th September, on which we celebrated both 50 years of OM, and the leadership handover from Frank Hinkelmann to Philipp Eschbach. Dave Babcock, with his rich repertoire of stories from his Bible-smuggling days with the Greater Europe team, and Johan van Dam, OM Austria’s first field leader, kept the audience amused with accounts of former experiences and adventures. Leaders of the Evangelical Alliance and other missions and denominations within Austria paid tribute to the impact OM had had in this country, and warmly welcomed Philipp and his family to their new ‘heimat’.

Much tribute was paid to Frank’s wise leadership over the past 11 years. He may well go down in history as one of the main forces in breaking down distrust between Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal denominations. During his time in leadership in the EA (which will still continue) the Pentecostal denomination joined this union of churches, and today we are enjoying growing unity amongst Christians, and increasing working together in ministry.

That over 150 Christians would give up a Saturday to spend the day with us was a great encouragement. It was Philipp’s first time to meet most of them, and at the end of the day his reaction was: “Having a Missions Day was a terrific idea. Let’s do it again next year!”

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school bag project<br>Bosnia receiving school bags through OM EAST's Relief&Development ministry. "Light in the Darkness" Comic pages<br>A sample page of OM EAST's "Light in the Darkness" Comic. Sharing thoughts<br>Passersby were invited to write their views on God etc. on the stand. This led to many conversations. Children enjoying the face painting<br>The OM team was responsible for the children's activities on the fan mile in Innsbruck Edi at the climbing wall<br>Team members took turns helping participants on the climbing wall Drama group on the fan mile<br>A drama group shares the gospel on the fan mile on Innsbruck

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Job opportunities in Austria

  • Administrative Assistant OM EAST (Austria)
    Do you want to see God glorified in Eurasia, especially former communist countries?

    You will assist our field leader with correspondence, record-keeping, data base management (Petra), and many other similar responsibilities. This job has lots of variety.
  • Humanitarian Aid Worker OM EAST (Austria)
    Our ministry, based near Vienna, Austria, is involved in bringing humanitarian aid to Bosnia and to the Roma/gypsy people in Slovakia and Hungary.
    We are looking for someone to take over our Relief and Development Department
    This person will oversee and manage all of the humanitarian aid that comes in, organize it for shipments to Bosnia, Slovakia and Hungary.
    Resource raising for projects (including funds, materials and special equipment).
    Additional responsibilities will include keeping the warehouse organized, as well as being involved in the transports. This ministry has a lot of potential for someone with a vision to develop it further.
  • Literature and Multi-Media Project Manager OM EAST (Austria)
    1. Raising money for media projects.
    2. Communicating with other missions and publishers regarding literature and multi-media available to publish.
    3. Negotiating copyright contracts with publishers and printing prices with printers.
    4. Able to produce and balance project budgets and production chart
    5. Involvement in distribution.
    6. Reporting back to donors.
  • Publishing Design/Layout OM EAST (Austria)
    HOW CAN THEY BELIEVE IF THEY HAVE NOT HEARD?

    You may be working on the first Christian book in their language, many of our ministry countries only have half a dozen Christian books total. Our Media department publishes material and our main focus is Eurasia, especially former communist countries.

    You work in a team, communicate with the translators and editors layout the book or enter corrections in letters you have never seen before to prepare the document for press.
    Primary responsibilities include graphics and layout of books, Scripture portions, booklets, tracts and Bible study helps
  • Bookkeeper/Accountant OM EAST (Austria)
    Serve the Lord as one of the most important people on the EurAsia Support Team.
    1. Processing of payments made to countries you have probably never heard of, where the total Christian library would fit on one bookshelf.
    2. Dealing with the petty cash to keep the rest of us on the cutting edge of bringing hope to forgotten peoples.
    3. Doing all the rest of the stuff you do in OM accounting; working with Caleb's "girlfriend" Petra (OM Finance software), entering accounting information into the ledger, oversee accounts, payroll matters for staff members and maintain internal controls, prepare quarterly financial information for each department, perform regular reconciliations of bank accounts and other control accounts.

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