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There’s actually just one website you need to know… http://www.isionline.org Click “Resources” at the far right and you’ll find both free and paid materials there. (And thanks to the ISI worker who sent $100 to Brigada this past week!)

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An anonymous worker with OC International has requested special prayer for OC International’s work in leadership training and mission mobilization in Brazil’s Northeast region. Please ask God specifically to raise up Christians of Brazil’s Northeast to engage in cross-cultural missions. Download a four-page prayer guide, “The Challenge of Brazil’s Unreached Peoples,” at… http://www.comibam.org/transpar/ing/tr/rot/The%20Challenge%20of%20Brazil.pdf (Note: If [...]

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On their “Member Caravan” website, Kelly and Michele O’Donnell recently listed 12 organizations (among thousands!) that provide information and perspectives on international events and humanitarian issues. The organizations offer links to their video modules, interviews, photo journals, news reports, etc. on a variety of issues that affect all of us. Have a look and you [...]

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Wycliffe Associates, UK, has a “Scripture Data” preservation project http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk They preserve your computer files of scripture — the data and the intellectual property rights — so that they will be available and readable in the future. For more info, contact

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kHere’s a school in Kathmandu that needs a Grade 5-6 teacher for a loving and energetic class of 22 international third culture, missionary kids. Kathmandu International Study Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal (KISC) is a supportive and innovative learning environment that seeks to transform lives to positively impact our world. Better act fast though: The opportunity [...]

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A local group of leaders will host Care Connexion 2010 on April 16-17, 2010 at Cedar Mill Bible Church in Portland, OR. Care Connexion will focus on equipping and networking leaders to provide relevant and effective care for missionaries.  Those attending will meet partners in the ministry of Missionary Care from churches, missions organizations, schools [...]

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You can now access for free on the web all the materials you need to help a church develop or rethink their missions strategy. This may be especially timely if the church is changing or moving toward becoming more missional or outreach oriented. A Leader’s Guide, Participant Workbook, Strategy Template, PowerPoint Presentation, and 60-minute webinar [...]

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You can participate in a four-week intensive TESOL course offered in Northern Thailand 8 March through 2 April 2010.  You will learn to teach English as a skill in a non-English speaking culture with the opportunity of building relationships within the country as well.  This is an Australian Certificate IV course.  An on-site practicum as [...]

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The the O’Donnells recently featured, in the Culture and Diversity section of their “Member Caravan” website, several new materials that promote understanding, respect, and competency regarding human diversity and multicultural settings. One resource in particular that they recommended to us this past week is “Mental Health in a Changing World: The Impact of Culture and [...]

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Thanks *so* much to the worker who wrote this past week from Philippines, anonymously, to say, “I am greatly blessed by your newsletter and have availed of some services too. I do not intend to promote any project or our business. God has already blessed us richly and by His grace, we move on! I [...]

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With the gifts above, our total for 2009 giving arrives at $12,214.38. This is stupendous… but still $4905.62 short of our goal/need for 2009 (same as for 2008) of $17,120. Keep in mind, we could now finish this if 49 people would step up to the plate during the next 10 days, each sending $100 [...]

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As we begin 2010, what piece of advice would *you* say is most useful to missionaries, missionary recruits, agency staffers, and church missions committee participants? Just click on the comment box below. Here’s a list of sampler items that we might include: *** Consider staging a Kairos encounter at your church or mission: Learn more [...]

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