Brigada

Wow… this puts “Family Ties” and MTV to shame. http://www.livestation.com/channels Lots of UNHCR stuff… BBC, and dozens more stations, totally free — on your laptop computer via the Net. So see? There *is* more on the Internet than pornography. :-)

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New Life Printers will print your book at a good cost savings. For example, two thousand copies of a 100 page book is .88 cents a copy. Shipping is extra but it can still be a good deal. For example, to ship the two thousand copies to the port of New York would add another [...]

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Here’s a case study in how one (very large) mission organization handles unreached people group data and the correcting thereof. The IMB monitors and manages feedback with a goal of listening particularly to field practitioners — those who live and minister on the local level.  Jim, the lead researcher, wrote to Brigada this past week, [...]

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I’ve never been a big fan of backing up on line. My laptop has a 300 Gig drive that’s packed with info. Not only does it take a long time to backup over the Internet, but I also want to get to my info when I want to get to it, not just when the [...]

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Yeah, I’m not making it up. Remember those folks who invented the Spot Messenger? Last year, not sitting on their laurels, they rolled out a Garmin GPS that paired with a smaller, 2nd generation Spot Communicator, which finally allowed the user to type in custom check-in messages. A couple of weeks ago, they announced a [...]

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If so, we’d like to hear how you’re using your new slate. Maybe it’s an iPad and you’re using it to preach from on Sundays? Or maybe you’ve got some other device, using it around the office as you hop from person to person doing monthly reviews. Either way, please use the “Comment” link below [...]

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LeaderLink has been known as the most comprehensive leadership training designed specifically for missions. For over 16 years CrossGlobal Link has been providing this specialized leadership training to field missionaries and home staff. Now, you can join a web workshop from anywhere in the world. These interactive 75-minute workshops are held once every Wednesday over [...]

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Do you have foreign field workers returning home after years of service in the field. Thought about what they need when they get home? They probably will need to set up house again from scratch. Consider blessing them with a shower of slightly used/new household items, appliances, furniture, etc. A quick search of your home [...]

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Compare your practices to the practices of 20 int’l humanitarian aid organizations in this link recommended by Kelly and Michele O’Donnell: http://www.peopleinaid.org/publications/StaffCareInternationalNGOs.aspx Kelly wrote to us recently, “The 60-page report summarizes staff support practices for 20 international humanitarian organizations. These practices include screening, induction, psychological/crisis/peer support, medical checks/debriefing, and staff care resources/evaluation. … The three-page [...]

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I’d learn all I could about how to stage them, then try to replicate what I learned (for all the other projects for which I’m praying and working). Unfortunately, it comes at a time when I can’t attend. Would someone participate in it, then write up a 5-page or so report on how they stage [...]

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I didn’t know Nancy Davis. I wish I could have counted her as a personal friend. She and her husband, Sam, were ambushed by gunmen on a highway in Mexico about 70 miles from the border last Wednesday. Nancy was fatally wounded The gunmen opened fire when Sam refused to stop his pickup truck at [...]

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TRAIN International is offering “Acquire,” language acquisition training in Joplin, MO from April 4-15, 2011. Eric Derry leads this two-week intensive training empowering cross-cultural workers with the best known current strategies and tools based on the the best-known textbooks. At Acquire, you will: Learn proven and effective principles and techniques of language acquisition Understand the [...]

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Just when you thought giving would become easier through our smartphones, here’s a case in which it’s evidently one step harder. http://nyti.ms/gF4lga The only thing I can guess is that they’re trying to prevent shenanigans somehow. (Is that the correct spelling for those? :-) ) (Thanks for noticing the article, Lissa.)

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