Brigada

Here’s an amateur ‘Mission and Prayer for the World’ Resources database, maintained by one amateur volunteer since 1999. Find it on the web at… http://www.worldmissionresources.org It contains a fantastic number of links… and the site has almost as much history as Brigada! (Besides — by the way, he even lists Brigada!) It just keeps going [...]

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Interested in the Azerbaijani? Join the North American Azerbaijani Network, a network of churches, agencies, and people in North America whose mission is to raise the awareness in the Church in North America of the strategic need for mission to the 40 million unreached Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and Iran. Learn more at… http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ [...]

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I continue to be high on Clover. (Not the weed, mind you.) Check them out at… http://www.cloversites.com/f/friendsofbrigada They have a *bundle* of new features coming out. Check them out at… http://www.cloversites.com/greenhouse-updates A new media player (that will automatically play your videos), a new calendar, podcasting, font-sizing, linkable pictures, passworded pages, the ability to refer to [...]

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If you’re looking for a place to create and share documents with the team you love, you owe it to yourself to give Feng Office a try. It’s open-source (which means… you might need an I.T. guy to help you set it up on your web hosting machine, but once you get it set up, [...]

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Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? “Peterburgers” is a humorously piled platter that’s culturally insightful and spiritually challenging. Treat yourself to funny adventures in Russia told with culture shock training for missionaries (and their supporters back home) in mind. Order by contacting Bill at: Copies are $8.00 per copy (plus shipping).

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This is one “scam” you’ll want to know about. Next July, Youth With A Mission (YWAM)’s Create International will present the School of Cartooning and Animation for Missions (abbreviated, “scam” :-) ) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It will be a 6-month (5 July – 17 December), 2nd-level school (YWAM Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite). [...]

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“The Great Siberian Rail Adventure” is the hilariously heart-stopping story of a missionary family moving by car, ship, and rail across Russia. Come along and you’ll find a dragon, an axe-wielding conductor, a supersonic clothes washer, and a van with a death wish. Packed with cultural insights, “The Great Siberian Rail Adventure” humorously celebrates a [...]

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The early church spread God’s Word quickly despite political persecution and cultural resistance simply by telling everyone stories from the Bible! Experience 5 days of Bible storying in beautiful Orlando, Florida with Campus Crusade for Christ and then you’ll be able to train others. This trainers’ training is May 10 – 14, 2010 and is [...]

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Wycliffe Associates, on the web at… http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk offers overnight and some holiday accommodation in many parts of the UK free or at minimal cost. They have recently produced a spreadsheet showing more detail about the type of accommodation, location, length of stay.  Each entry has a reference code that can be quoted if you are [...]

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Here’s a four-week intensive TESOL course offered in Northern Thailand 8 March through 2 April 2010.  Learn to teach English among non-English speaking population with the opportunity to live in a foreign culture as well.  CERT IV is offered through Australian Qualifications Framework, but space is limited. There is also an on-site practicum as well [...]

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Visit… http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk With over 320 projects completed, and many in hand, Wycliffe has put into electronic format Scriptures, Bible stories, dictionaries, literacy aids, translation guides, textbooks, and other Christian related materials. Although they only work in Roman script material there is so much that could be revised, reprinted, used for additional translation, if only you [...]

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… For “an anonymous by very appreciative missionary” in Budapest, for his gift of $50. Thank you! … For a Hoosier “True Friend,” who sent $100 this past week, saying “Thanks for Brigada!” … For a new friend from the UK hosting a web page at… http://www.worldmissionresources.org with an amazing number of links on it! [...]

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The gifts described above bring out total 2009 giving to 11,839.38. To reach our goal of 17120, we’re still praying for $5280.62. Last year, one single entity sent a $5000 check. It *floored* us. This is the very last edition of Brigada in 2009. Would you consider making a very large and generous gift to [...]

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