Brigada

Back in the Sept. 26 edition, we featured an item that was supposed to be a  book about cross-cultural couples. However, the link apparently was garbled in the item. Today we’re publishing two items to make up for it. The first is a chapter from a larger book on marriage. This chapter, “I’m Marrying a [...]

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Hats off to Ron, a Member Care Consultant for Go International, for making his ebook available free and online at… http://www.missionarycare.com/ebooks/Missionary_Marriage_Book.pdf Learn about raising third-culture kids, marrying a national, ministry separation, and much more. And with this price, why wouldn’t we ask *everyone* to read it! :-)

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There doesn’t seem to be much research out there related to interfaith marriages between Muslims or former Muslims and Christians, particularly in regard to those serving in ministry. Know of any? If so, post those that are public domain by clicking “Comment” below. Forward your listings of books, journal articles, theses or dissertations to No [...]

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Intermin.org is completely rebuilt. Its many articles on marriage, parenting, choosing a life partner, and a chronological study of the Life of Jesus are available now in English, Simplified and Traditional Mandarin. The Marriage articles are also available in Spanish. These resources are easy to download and print for free distribution. Check out http://intermin.org/ Contact [...]

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Here’s one worker’s approach to helping “affair-proof” his marriage, shared fresh from North Africa by encrypted email this past week. Apparently he got the idea from input received via Brigada, years ago. He has written himself a letter, republished below (with all personal information removed). He enters an appointment in his calendar to remind himself [...]

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In this issue… WANT HELP DELIVERING TRAINING? CONFLICT IN ISLAM SHOW NOW HAS SOUND RESOURCE TO ENCOURAGE MISSIONARIES SIXTH WORLD CHRISTIAN GATHERING ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE GMAIL NOT SO ENCRYPTED AFTER ALL? FEEDBACK ON GOOGLE EXPERIEMENT N. AM. INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS THEOLOGICAL STUDIES MARRIAGE & SINGLES RETREAT FOR MISSIONARIES IN AFR/MIDDLE EAST CHECK OUT YOUR ANTISPYWARE [...]

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In this issue… THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS URBANA 03 SHARPEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ONLINE VISION CASTING TOOL AVAILABLE TO MISSIONARIES GREAT TEACHING ON MARRIAGE AND PARENTING INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHING OPPORTUNITY LOW COST CROSS CULTURAL MISSIONARY TRAINING WANT TO GIVE A NEW TRAVEL AGENT A TRY? TESOL SCHOOL IN HAWAII WINTER MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL IN [...]

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In this issue… CHECK OUT THE LINKS AT “MISLINKS” TIPS FOR THOSE DOING POWERPOINTS RADIO TRAINING FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS TRAVELING TO A SARS-INFECTED LAND? TRY THIS PURIFIER THINKING OF TEACHING OVERSEAS? CROSS-CULTURAL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RESOURCES ON THE WEB ACCESSIBLE EASYENGLISH – 19 STORIES FROM MARK’S GOSPEL CIU COURSE ON FOLK RELIGION IN BUDAPEST CLOUDBURST [...]

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In this issue…. TESOL IN THE MIDDLE EAST MISSIONS MARRIAGES MISSIONARIES TOUGH IT OUT LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE RECEIVE MISSION NEWS FAST . . . WHEN IT HAPPENS! A DTS FOR SINGLES & FAMILIES TEE RESOURCE CENTRE FIND A [BRIGADA] OPPORTUNITY… LIKE TEACHING IN CHINA MIDDLE EAST CEED SEMINAR ARISE SHINE MOROCCO TRACKIN’ THE TREK [...]

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