Brigada

The majority of home-assigned missionaries struggle on low support. One recently confessed to Jerry at Kingdom Come Training, “I’m 54 and scared of getting older. We don’t have insurance, no retirement fund and we both have to work second jobs in order to survive.” The half-dozen or so mid-career, home assigned missionaries that have found [...]

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There’s no doubt about it: I detest emailed trojans, viruses and phishing. There’s the one from Facebook asking you to log on to set your security preferences, or the similar message from PayPal. Then there’s the DHL message, “We couldn’t deliver your package.” And don’t forget the person in UK that has to send $1.7 [...]

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OK… I’m joking in the title, but this iPhone app does look interesting. Here’s an app featured at lifehacker.com that snaps a picture, then does a translation. WinMobile won’t be far behind, I bet. My winMobile phone already scans business cards, imports the picture into a OCR program, scans and lets you make any corrections [...]

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Hats off to our I.T. guy, Greg, for asking me if I had tried http://www.livemocha.com/ It’s a new one to me. Any experience with it? Did it work? Looks like  an online version of a Starbucks, with a language-learning specialization. If you have experience there, please drop us a comment below the online version of [...]

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The J316 soccer ball is being used by all different groups throughout the world with great effect to the glory of God. The J316 soccer ball comes in three sizes and is available in the USA and soon will be available in South Africa as well. This creative ministry tool is a great way to [...]

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Look no more. Check out PeaZip at… http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ It’s open source . . . and free as can be… and lets you create and unwrap files in formats with lots of initials, including 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP, ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and about 80 others. [...]

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Learn from pioneers and practitioners of gospel-centered missional community, Feb. 4-6, 2010 in Austin, TX. This meeting is for pastors, church-planters, and those interested in the redemption and renewal of their community and city. Verge offers tools to build gospel movements in any environment. Speakers include Francis Chan, Hugh Halter, Alan Hirsch, David Garrison, Dave [...]

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I’m curious about KingdomBook… at http://www.kingdombook.com It’s apparently a Christian social networking site that has built in multi-lingual translation tools (50 languages), training materials (they tout 500 resources), videos, and more. They ask us to sign up for two weeks, but they don’t tell us how much it’ll cost us after that. Can anyone save [...]

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We’re thankful in a major way to Kingdom Come Training, who recently gave $25 to help pull Brigada through 2009. Thanks Kingdom Come! Learn more about the help they provide (in support-raising skills) at… http://www.kingdomcometraining.com We’re also grateful for the anonymous donor who gave $125 toward Brigada this past week! We appreciate you! May God [...]

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We’re so grateful that already during 2009, our friends and partners have given $4,537.19 to fuel the Brigada fire. These funds go directly toward the cause of helping us get the word out about unreached people. They propel Brigada out the door and onto your screen. And in addition, this year, they enable us to [...]

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Lately, I’ve been thinking about how cool it is to give credit to others. First, it’s the ultimate chance to practice humility (which we all need to do, by the way). Second, it encourages the other guy. And third, it lets everybody else know the truth about where we acquired the cool resource or truth [...]

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