Hats *way* off to the member of an International Church in the Middle East. He just wrote, “Five years ago our new pastor was reading Brigada and learned about the Missional International Church Network (MICN.org) and went to their first conference. He’s been to each annual conference since then. MICN has given him ideas and encouragement and likeminded friends. Brigada has impacted our pastor and many members of our multicultural congregation. Keep up the Kingdom work!” This gentleman made big history in the Brigada world this past week, when, with hopes of encouraging Brigada onward, he sent a gift of $1,000!!!!!!! Do you realize? … That’s like… incredible. So thanks to all those who labor and encourage. And by the way, you’ll recall that once we make our financial goal for the year, we’re done. With this gift, the total jumps way up, and with the two donations we also rec’d this past week (one for $20 from Oklahoma and another for $25 Colorado), the total for 2008 is now $2097.29. Do you realize… if just 15 other individuals or churches could step up in the same way, on behalf of the 10,000 participants in Brigada, we’d be *done* for all of 2008!!! Whoa.