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“The Dwelling” is now available for free to any and all missionaries desiring a relaxing, private getaway and wanting to receive any kind of member care services (i.e..staff retreat, team planning and strategizing session, counseling, or debriefing). The Dwelling is a beautiful, fully-furnished 4-bedroom, 3 bathroom home, plus an office/counseling room. It has A/C in [...]

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The Oshiwambo, of which the Mbalantu are a part, homestead had many traditional practices, many of which are still followed today. One of these involved the setting of a new homestead for a young man and his first wife. The first thing to be done was making a fire at the place where the kraal [...]

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Kelly O’Donnell (that’s *the* Kelly O’Donnell — the one who wrote “Doing Member Care Well”) asked Brigada this past week if any of our Brigada participants might be aware of member care resources written or translated in other languages. Can you help? If so, please do. It would help us look really good if we [...]

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Now you can read regular posts by the author of what is perhaps the best known member care book… http://www.COREmembercare.blogspot.com Don’t miss a single posting.

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Are there any online self-study ‘perspectives’ type courses that takesomeone through the whole mission-challenge situation, and theirpossible place within it? Tony would like to know. If so, just click on “Comment” below.

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For over ten years, Call The World Telecommunications has been providing missionaries all over the world with a cost saving international callback service for making international calls. It is great that many missionaries are able to call for free now with such services as Skype but in a lot of countries with bandwidth problems making [...]

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Thanks to the ESL teacher from Indiana who paved the way for future Brigadas by giving $20 of her hard-earned cash this past week. Joining her (and the first to use our new “non-PayPal” credit card service) was an anonymous New Yorker who wrote, ” Appreciate your insights and advice and try to get all [...]

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We’re serious. We’re now using Google Analytics and, though it’s involved, would you help us test our new software for measuring web visits? While you’re there, check out all the new features Brigada has to offer… and, if God so leads, consider sharing some funding so that Brigada can keep going out. As you know, [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, last Brigada’s question about leadership (and how you find it or forge it) brought out some great guidance. Examine it at: http://www.brigada.org/2008/06/backpage-how-does-one-recognize.html There you can find out how to discern leaders, read white papers, examine leadership paradigms, discover traits leaders need, along with a lot more. Just in time: Monday [...]

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“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we ‘catch up’ with the publishing date.) In this issue…1) How Do You Ship?2) New Christian Holiday And Conference Center Open In Italy3) Breakthrough: The Movie4) Omf [...]

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That’s what David would like to know. We originally reported on this topic in the Nov. 28, 1999 edition of Brigada Today. Uhmmm… So I think it’s time we refreshed it. :-) Please, if you have a moment, click online to the address below and share your favorite shipping recommendation. Whether you’ve got a favorite [...]

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Interested in waking up to the sound of cow bells and the sight of sunlight streaming into the valley from the Italian Alps in a brand new Christian holiday and conference center? OM Italy has just opened “Forterocca” in the location where the Waldensians fled to escape persecution. The center offers quality accommodation for about [...]

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