Brigada

The CODAR workshop trains member care and personnel professionals serving cross-cultural workers returning to their country of origin. CODAR has helped to shape the model of personal debriefing of many mission agencies. CODAR deepens and expands the understanding of the member care personnel caring for missionaries during their transition from over overseas assignments to their [...]

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I keep forgetting about the really sharp resources at http://www.missionarycare.com/ebook.htm#shortterm I just passed this link on to the members of a short-term missions team that I’ll be accompanying to Haiti soon. They loved the site. Thanks to whoever is making it such a success, .. and thanks to one of Team Expansion’s Member Care Specialists, [...]

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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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There are four retreats in 2011: March 21-25; May 30-June 3; August 1-5; October 17-21 in Joplin, MO. The cost is $395/adult (contact TRAIN for kids’ rates).  If you have returned permanently from overseas service or are on home service, you will benefit from this retreat which gives you tools to process your experiences and [...]

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Come home to this Reentry and Renewal Retreat by TRAIN International, November 8-15, 2010 in Joplin, MO. The cost is $395/adult (contact TRAIN for kids’ rates). This retreat is led by Donna Cole, who has been a pastoral care consultant for over 16 years. If you have returned permanently from overseas service or on home [...]

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Come home to this Reentry and Renewal Retreat by TRAIN International, August 2-6, 2010 in Joplin, MO, $395/adult (contact us for kids’ rates). This retreat is led by Donna Cole, who has been a pastoral care consultant for over 16 years. If you have returned permanently from overseas service or on home service, you will [...]

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Thanks to a Brigada responder writing on one of those comment links… we learned recently about “Set a New Direction”: http://www.setanewdirection.com/returning_missionaries.html It specifically focuses on the Career needs of returning workers. Brad is a former missionary who now helps others to objectively translate / reinterpret their unique skills, overseas experience and International IQ to the [...]

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Missionary Recourses Connection is committed to providing care for missionaries and their families. Based in the Columbia, South Carolina area, they also became a “True Fan” of Brigada this past week! (Thank you!) The care they provide extends to the whole person — including spiritual, mental, and physical health, along with community resources, networking, personal [...]

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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about homecomings. With my son’s arrival just 72 hours away (he’s returning home following a medical discharge from the army), I’ve been trying to play it all through my mind. Should we have a big banner? But what if he’d prefer something less public, less showy? Will he want [...]

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Are you a missionary transitioning to a new career in your passport country? Brad, a former missionary in Africa has been there. He found that generic, government provided resources did not factor in the unique and difficult reality of missionary reentry. Nor did it factor in the missionary’s critical need to find meaningful work rather [...]

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In this issue… EMMAUS ROAD PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER THE UNREACHED: THE CHURCH MAY BE SMALLER THAN YOU THINK VIDEOS IN 900 LANGUAGES MISSIONARY TRAINING CAMP NEW VOICE OVER IP SERVICE: TRY IT, LIKE IT? SHARPEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN CONFERENCES IN THE WORKS (CRAF) NEW CHURCH-PLANTING RESOURCE WILL YOU HELP “SEND” BRIGADA? THE BACKPAGE: HOW [...]

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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… 1. GREAT RESOURCE FOR INTERNATIONAL CALLS VIA CELL PHONES 2. THE BIBLE AND MISSIONS 3. AUDIO SCRIPTURES AND ADOPT-A-VILLAGE MERGE 4. X-ERS & BOOMERS IN MID-AMERICA MAY 6-7 5. FINISHING WELL IN COOL COLORADO JUNE 10-11 6. MIM SEEKS DENTISTS, HIGIENISTS, ASSISTANTS 7. LEARN MORE ABOUT MARTYRS 8. WANT TO LEARN ABOUT [...]

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