Melvin & Sharon Kelly from Northern Ireland are OMS missionaries in Mozambique.
Sharon, originally from Kilrea, Co. Londonderry grew up in a Christian home and committed her life to Christ at the age of six. Since she was a teenager, she has had an active involvement in outreach at home and short term mission overseas. She taught Geography at Ballymena Academy until she felt God's call to work for the Wash Basin, a Christian community centre in Ahoghill. She was involved in a variety of discipleship, pastoral and outreach ministries, which included leading a GAP year programme, an English ministry to ethnic minorities and woman’s evangelistic outreach. It was through the Wash Basin that Sharon first came into contact with OMS International. During her ministry there she organized and led four teams to Mexico City.
Melvin, from Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone was also brought up in Christian home. At the age of eleven, he became a follower of Jesus. He matured in his walk with God and developed a passion for mission while at university, where he was actively involved in the Christian Union. After graduation, Melvin worked for the Belfast based company, Farrans Construction until God called him to use his construction training and experience to serve Him in Mozambique. He joined the Mozambique OMS team in April 2004, where he spent almost three years overseeing construction projects, including the Maputo Bible Seminary.
Melvin and Sharon got married in August 2007, and since then they have sought God's will for the future. As a couple, they spent three and a half months in Mozambique from August to December 2008. Then on returning to Northern Ireland they felt God's prompting to intiate a project which would give people an opportunity to give items they no longer have use for in order to generate funds for projects in Mozambique while also being a centre for outreach and evangelism. Girassol Charity shop was opened on the 2nd May 2009 in Antrim, N. Ireland. December 2009 then saw Melvin and Sharon blessed by the arrival of twins Abigail and Joshua and the whole family returned to Mozambique in September 2010, as Melvin & Sharon felt God leading them to return to train and empower the Mozambican Churches as they establish strategic sustainable ministries, reaching out into their communities with the transforming power of the Gospel.
Sharon, originally from Kilrea, Co. Londonderry grew up in a Christian home and committed her life to Christ at the age of six. Since she was a teenager, she has had an active involvement in outreach at home and short term mission overseas. She taught Geography at Ballymena Academy until she felt God's call to work for the Wash Basin, a Christian community centre in Ahoghill. She was involved in a variety of discipleship, pastoral and outreach ministries, which included leading a GAP year programme, an English ministry to ethnic minorities and woman’s evangelistic outreach. It was through the Wash Basin that Sharon first came into contact with OMS International. During her ministry there she organized and led four teams to Mexico City.
Melvin, from Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone was also brought up in Christian home. At the age of eleven, he became a follower of Jesus. He matured in his walk with God and developed a passion for mission while at university, where he was actively involved in the Christian Union. After graduation, Melvin worked for the Belfast based company, Farrans Construction until God called him to use his construction training and experience to serve Him in Mozambique. He joined the Mozambique OMS team in April 2004, where he spent almost three years overseeing construction projects, including the Maputo Bible Seminary.
Melvin and Sharon got married in August 2007, and since then they have sought God's will for the future. As a couple, they spent three and a half months in Mozambique from August to December 2008. Then on returning to Northern Ireland they felt God's prompting to intiate a project which would give people an opportunity to give items they no longer have use for in order to generate funds for projects in Mozambique while also being a centre for outreach and evangelism. Girassol Charity shop was opened on the 2nd May 2009 in Antrim, N. Ireland. December 2009 then saw Melvin and Sharon blessed by the arrival of twins Abigail and Joshua and the whole family returned to Mozambique in September 2010, as Melvin & Sharon felt God leading them to return to train and empower the Mozambican Churches as they establish strategic sustainable ministries, reaching out into their communities with the transforming power of the Gospel.