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Yes, your eyes are working correctly. That’s Two Thousand Fifty-four dollars. For every $100 gift received for Brigada between now and Dec. 15th, Brigada will receive a matching $100 gift from an international church in the Middle East in celebration of the Missional International Church Network Annual Conference. And by the way, the next annual [...]

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If so, we’d love your feedback. Find Cobian Backup at… http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/index.htm We received the tip about this backup software from long-time Brigada reader, Greg, who is also Team Expansion’s I.T. guy. (Thanks Greg!) It’s totally free, and all but the latest version would be open source. It supports FTP backup (both downloads and uploads), both [...]

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I can’t think of a single reason. If you ever needed a good tutorial on how to make great use of this site, just see this streaming video from Eddie Smith, in which he shamelessly gives an example of how he promotes his latest book through this service… :-) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1467461/ How_To_Promote_Your_Books_With_SendOutCards.wmv (Note: That URL will [...]

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I’m not sure. Because, you see, Bookfinder4u *includes* Amazon in its search, along with about 74 other online stores. Try them at… http://www.bookfinder4u.com/ If we were asking someone to come fix our roof, we’d get 3 bids. Why do I just take Amazon’s price, assuming it’s the best. Maybe it is — but Bookfinder4u will [...]

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Do you speak Pemerhati Utusan as your first language? (Are you from Indonesia?) Maybe you thought no one would provide member care for you if you went to the mission field. Never fear. Member Care is there. Our good friends, Kelly and Michele O’Donnell, shared with us recently, “Member care continues to be developed with [...]

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To serve global Christian community and accommodate the growing demand for digital books, Authentic Books is now offering titles in e-book formats through http://www.authenticpublishing.com/ Their Marketing Dir., Mike, wrote recently, “Our passion is to equip the missional community with great content. With our e-books, people anywhere in the world have the ability to select a [...]

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Chiang Rai International School/Family Learning Center is “Serving the Servants” in the beautiful and tropical Golden Triangle area of N. Thailand. Currently there are numerous opportunities for elementary, middle school and high school teachers.  CRICS also have a growing ESL program and needs additional teachers. Though certified teachers are desired, because CRICS is not yet [...]

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How did the early church spread God’s Word so quickly despite political persecution and cultural resistance? They simply told stories! Now you can spend 5 days in beautiful Orlando, Florida and experience Bible storying as it was used by the early church. After your time in Orlando you’ll be able to train others. This training [...]

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Missionary Ken has allegedly retired and is trying to clean out his supply of unsold books that he has written. Titles include Inside Track, Latin America Through the Eyes of a Missionary Journalist, Proclaiming the Gospel, Guidelines for Local Christian Radio Broadcasting Around the World, and From Rio to the Rio Grande; Challenges and Opportunities [...]

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Today we give a great big ‘thank-you’ to Insurance Services of America, who recently sent $19.19 in recognition of Brigada travelers. When you travel internationally, if you’re like me, you always pick up trip interruption and travel insurance anyway. Shop around — my own experience is that ISA will have the best price anyway, *plus* [...]

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There are only 7 editions remaining in 2009. If you were holding off ’til the end of the year to see how great the need would be, well now you know. First, we’d love to see $2054 come in so that matching grant of $2054 would be fully realized. But the larger picture is — [...]

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[ Here's an item that explains how to upgrade or replace an internal hard drive on a laptop, then draws a lesson & an observation about the determination that the process required.] You know… I was thinking this past week… It really shouldn’t be this hard. I honestly think it’s easier to buy a *house* [...]

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