25 year old Raphael Braun, a native of Gummersbach, Germany, is serving a three-month internship at the OM Ships Partner Ministries office in Florence, South Carolina.

He recently graduated with a Bachelors degree in Theology from Brake Bible College in Lemgo, Germany. After his internship with OM Ships he will attend the Macro Media Academie (Academy of Media) in Germany to begin studying to become an Events Manager. After 12 months of classroom work he will serve an 18 month internship, obtaining hands-on experience with many forms of events from concerts to conventions, including seminars, workshops, and fund-raisers. His goal is to eventually put his skills and education to work with a Christian ministry.

Although Raphael became a Christian at age 10, he traces his serious commitment to Christ to five years ago when he realized God had a definite plan and a purpose for his life. He was introduced to the ministry of OM Ships by his grandfather several years ago, did some personal research on the ships ministry and began investigating the possibility of serving an internship in Florence.

One of his favorite scriptures is one chosen by his seminary graduation class, Philippians 1:6: "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

A favorite quotation is attributed to Winston Churchill, who in addressing a class at his own college during World War II exhorted the students to "Never give in! Never give in! Never give in!" That is still good advice today.