Brigada Today
25 of May, 1996
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In this issue....
I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE... AND IT INCLUDES PEOPLE GROUP MAPS
... and
now you can see it too. Point your browser to:
http://www.xc.org/brigada/world/yanadi.gif
and download/view the map of the Yanadi people (the group recently adopted
by the Beavercreek Christian Church in Dayton, Ohio
EricDerry@xc.org.
Look at the way online map-viewing
could work. By the way, this map and
zillions of others like it are available via Global Mapping's "2021" CD.
For more info., send email to
hub@xc.org with only the following line in the
body of the message text:
get brigada 2021
This graphic was prepared for web viewing by MAFxc's tech imagineer,
Jonathan Marsden, and is provided courtesy Global Mapping.
Now for the hard part. We need to do another 1699 of these so that every
people group in the Joshua Project 2000 list will be viewable online like
this - and linked in with AD2000's people group profiles - as well as other
tools (like the new PGC prototype that will someday be available)!
But
first
- pray that all the right credits/permissions would be granted so
that this project could be moved forward without stoppage
- pray for a
volunteer (who either already owns the 2021 CD or is willing to purchase it
for the cause) that would consent to producing GIFs like this for 1699
people groups as a ministry to the entire international community of
harvesters!
- pray for the hard disk space somewhere on the web for
these 1/2 gig of maps.
If you're interested in providing the hard drive
space available on the web for this project or in volunteering your time to
make the conversions (and purchasing the Global Mapping CDs), send your
message to
DLucas@TeamExpansion.org and we'll get you together with the right
people and hopefully see this project take off! And in the meantime, don't
forget to pray that all the permissions/credits would be granted!
FROM THE "I TOLD YOU I WOULDN'T LOSE MY HOUSE PAYMENT" DEPARTMENT
Remember our "PS" to the item on the Nance People Profiles (Brigada Today,
May 3rd issue)? It read, "Now here's the challenge! Will the folks at
AD2000 & Beyond be able to dream up a way to link all 1573 profiles as hot
links to their JP2000 list (accessed at
http://www.ad2000.org/peoples/peoplex.htm) so it'll appear as a jump-link on
the bottom of the AD2000 & Beyond profiles??? Give 'em about 30 days and
I'd lay down next month's house payment that it'll be done!
Well,
guess what! They did it! (... that sigh you heard was from my wife, Penny,
making out next month's house payment check!
) We all owe a big thanks
to Dan Scribner
dan@ad2000.org, of AD2000 & Beyond's International Office
in Colorado Springs. If you stop by the IO there, you'll recognize him
immediately because he'll be the one with tired fingers after creating
worldwide web links manually for the people groups featured in the some
1500+ Nance people profiles!!! The bottom line? Now, when you sift through
the profiles at AD2000 & Beyond, you can bounce instantly to the Caleb
Project "Nance" links for more info.!!! Are you starting to get the idea
that Dan and all the AD2000 & Beyond office staff somehow want all of us to
be able find out more about these people that haven't yet put their faith in
Christ Jesus???
Thanks Dan. Now. Go rest.
INTERTWINED IN THE WEB
Need web pages written by a consultant? Visit
http://www.telalink.net/~adris for just one option. Also see the
"Communications Technologies" page there... with several software options
for using the Internet for telephone or video-phone applications. Want to
learn more about the "World Convention of the Christian Churches and
Churches of Christ? (Campbell-Stone Movement)"??? Visit
http://users.aol.com/worldconv
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Don't forget that some conferences (such as Brigada-Peoples-Uygur mentioned
last week) are "closed" -- so you'll have to go through a
"reference-gathering" process prior to being permitted to take part. We
trust you understand that sensitivity is necessary in certain situations.
DOCTOR, DREAMER, CD-ROM SEAMER
Now here's a dreamer for you. This doc
(Lew Dick, MD
informed@aol.com) wants to find out if there are folks on
the web with the ability to burn CDs... then he wants to find a way to
compile a CD-ROM with tons of travel medicine info. for would-be
missionary-types and missionary doctors. If you have an interest or a tip,
write him
informed@aol.com and get informed!
GLOBAL GLIMPSE FROM NORTH KOREA
North Korea's underground church has
survived because it has Bibles, a missionary to the country said. By
preserving and copying Korean Bibles, the church ensured its existence
after the communist crackdown, he said. One group of Christians showed him
their handwritten Bible. "It had been written in the dark and was
scribbled. It was horrible, but they had one." Last year at least 50,000
Bibles were smuggled into the country.
Source: National and International
Religion Report, May 13, 1996.
Global
Glimpse is compiled each week by Brigada volunteer John Hanna Caleb Project
Littleton, CO.
THANKS FROM LEMMON-AID
Display producer Ralph Lemmon
LaDisplays@aol.com says thanks for a great response to his offer to help
Brigada participants (last week). At last count, he had requests for info.
from well over 50 of us! And one participant suggested that he might order
as many as 20 displays! Maybe we'd better have special prayer for Ralph and
his company! Sounds like they're going to be pretty busy in these next few
weeks!
REQUEST FOR PRAYER AND FASTING TOMORROW (SUNDAY THE 26TH)
Here's a
request from a family living within the former Soviet Union: "This is a
request to all believers everywhere to join in an International period of
prayer and fasting for the upcoming presidential election in Russia. It will
begin on the 26th of May until the election takes place. As you know it is a
very critical time here and religious and other freedoms are at stake.
Christians in Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk and other parts of Russia will
be fasting on the 26th and praying throughout. We ask that you and others
you know join us in this crucial time in lifting our petitions for Russia
before His throne. So much work still needs to be done here. May God be
merciful to us. Our God is able to do more than we ask or think. Praise His
Name! His and Yours, Scott & Carmen." If you're willing to pray and fast
for this cause, send a message to
brigada-prayer-requests@xc.org and,
would someone there please report the results back please?
Write Scott
and Carmen at
103402.427@compuserve.com but please remember that they pay
with cold, hard cash for each byte sent to them... (since they're living in
Siberia)!
INTERESTED IN ANIMATION, ARE WE?? HMMM?????
Several have written for
more information on how our web wizard created the animated fireworks on our
web page mentioned in previous Brigada Today issues. For more info. on
this technology, Bob Mayhew
Mayhew@XC.Org says you can glance at:
http://www.n-vision.com/panda/gifanim/gallery.htm
http://user.aol.com/royalef/royal.htm
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~veakblad/animated/animated.html
ANYONE DOING BIBLE STUDIES ON A MAC?
If so, Brian Avery
brianman@ns.tmx.com.ni would like to know! He's looking for "Bible study
helps, Bibles, concordance, commentaries, etc. for Macintosh computers."
Brian, we'll count on a summary report in two weeks, okay?
(Now here's
the big question: Is anyone out there still using a MAC... [period 
].
And just for clarification, we're talking about the computer 
, not the
hamburger!
)
( MAC
users: Please don't send me email bombs.
I'm only kidding!)
FROM THE "'NO FREE LUNCH' BUT MAYBE A SNACK OR TWO" DEPARTMENT
One
user (wishing to remain anonymous) wrote this past week with a critique of
services like "JUNO"
and Freemark
(1-800-881-1750), which provide internet access
for free. She said, "Both of these services are only for Windows based
operations at this point. They have no access for DOS or Macintosh
platforms at least right now...." She went on to point out that if a local
access number wasn't available, both Juno and Freenet plan to offer
toll-free service in the near future.. which
might be a real plus for
those in rural areas that don't have local access to Compuserve or AOL.
Also, she reminded us that most towns and cities now have one or more
"freenets" that have been developed by community concerns such as libraries,
schools, or nonprofits. To find out about an option for your area, consult
with your largest local computer store or call a computer guru in the
nearest public school or area college. Once again, these freenets might be
overcrowded and probably won't offer travel perks (such as toll-free numbers
or multiples hook-up points around the area), but . . ., hey, what do you
expect for free!
And thanks to the tipster!
MISSING A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF BRIGADA TODAY?
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after completing a couple of thousand operations for
an issue of Brigada Today
(don't you have those kind of days too???
) and jumped out of
the loop before finishing the mailing list of 2600+ Brigada Today
recipients. (Don't worry; we don't think it'll happen again. We've told it
that we'll withhold its midnight snack if it does that again!) So . . . if
you're interested in getting an issue you missed, just jump on the web at
where every single issue (since the very
beginning) is archived (Thanks again for your tireless service, Bob!). No
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May '96", just send another message to
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BRIGADA TODAY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FOLLOWING TEAM OF REGULAR VOLUNTEERS:
Global Glimpses: John Hanna, Caleb Project,
jhanna@cproject.com
ADVANCE: Mark A. Kelley, Kainos Press,
70420.1057@compuserve.com- Web Wizard: Bob Mayhew, Brigada Volunteer,
Mayhew@xc.org
- Web Art: Patti Mayhew,
pmayhew@discover.net
- Technical Development: Jonathan Marsden, MAFxc
jonathan@xc.org
- Brigada Customer Service Manager: Revis Ann Massey,
RevisAnnMassey@xc.org
- Brigada Coordinator: Doug Lucas, Team Expansion & Brigada,
DLucas@TeamExpansion.org
- and many other occasional contributors too numerous to
mention! But thanks for working together! That's the dream of Brigada!
25 of May, 1996
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