Brigada Today
9 of August, 1996
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In this issue....
MORE ON INTERNET PHONING
The jury's still out on Internet Phoning.
One user wrote this past week to say that, from everything he could gather,
there were many dissatisfied users out there. Bottom line: Don't expect new
technologies like Internet Phoning to be a cakewalk! If you live on the
cutting edge, sometimes you're bound to see some blood!
GLOBAL GLIMPSE
Believers in Vietnam continue to win others to Christ,
despite official opposition. In a two-week period, 135 students made
decisions for Christ after a teacher shared his faith. Over three months,
one church group reported 450 public commitments and 200 baptisms. In many
parts of Vietnam Christianity is strictly controlled.
(Source: Advance
Newsletter, August, 1996, Copyright Kainos Press.
For information, contact Mark Kelly at
70420.1057@compuserve.com)
Global Glimpse is compiled each
week by John Hanna Caleb Project Littleton, CO.
GET EVEN SMARTER . . . VIA THE NET
Wheaton College Graduate School is
at it again. In conjunction with the Institute for Chinese Studies,
Wheaton's presenting "CHINESE STUDIES ON THE INTERNET," INTR 682: HISTORY
OF CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA, September 23-November 22, 1996. Instructors are
Samuel Ling and Brent Fulton. This two-credit, graduate level course
combines the convenience of self-study with the benefits of ongoing
interaction made possible through email communication. Taped lectures and
course materials will be mailed in advance. Then students will proceed
through the material and interact with one another and with the instructors
via email. For registration information contact:
Ics@wheaton.edu.
SO NOW THAT WE CAN FAX, HOW DO WE WRITE??
Thanks to
DavidHousholder@xc.org who reminded us of Compuserve's ability to mail out
paper mail via their closest server, just as we asked last week in "How Do
We Write?" However, Ken Daniels
75754.2075@CompuServe.COM, the originator
of the question, had already tried that service and had found it to be a tad
on the pricey side of things. If you know of other options, write Ken directly.
WEB WATCH: SPEED THE NEED OPENS "MISSION TOOLBOX"
Check out Speed the
Need's growing Mission Toolbox at
http://netnet.net/~dhatch/speed/toolbox/menu.html
TAKE AIMS AT "MISSIONSFEST!"
AIMS (Association of International
Missions Services) and CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) present their
tenth annual missions conference, to be held this year, Sept. 16-19, at the
Founders Inn in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on the CBN campus. Morning
general session speakers, including AIMS president Dr. Howard Foltz and key
ministers and pastors, will be followed by specific afternoon workshops.
Workshops covering Strategic Alliances such as Africa, Buddhist Peoples,
China, the former Soviet Union (CIS), Cuba, International Students, Music &
Missions, and Home Schoolers will feature unreached peoples and
church-planting information, alliance-building, and "idea exchanges" with
experienced workshop speakers. CBN's RevivalFest each evening will feature
national speakers such as Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, Bishop T.D. Jakes,
and Carlton Pearson. The cost of the Missions Conference has been reduced
to just $25 and RevivalFest is free!!! For more information on MissionsFest,
contact Pat Foltz with AIMS at (757)579-5850 by phone or (757)579-5851 by
fax or email
aims@cbn.org.
OUR PITCH TO TENTMAKERS
The 2nd TIE World Congress will present
Tentmaking models, strategies, business ideas, training programs,
networking, prayer and inspirational teaching. To be held at the Sheraton
Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, February 4-8. According to Ken Smith, "The
purpose is to learn from each other so that we can better complete the task
of global evangelism and speed the return of our King." The cost will be
from US$370 to US$490 depending upon accommodations. The Theme? "We must do
the work of Him who sent Me as long as it is day" John 9:4. Registration
forms should be available through your country Tentmaking Association or
from
TIE
PO Box 45880
Seattle WA 98145, USA,
tie@gati.wa.com
or
AZTEM
PO BOX 90
Park Orchards, Victoria 3114, Australia.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ROBERT HUSSEIN?
Reinaldo Crantschaninov would like
to know! Fill him in on the latest -- then Reinaldo, please send us a
report, okay? Write Reinaldo, S.B.Campo - SP - BRAZIL, at
reinaldo.crantschaninov@mandic.com.br.
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
Thanks to all those who have been praying this
week for healing from my August 6th surgery -- and to those who didn't know
because we didn't want to overdramatize the situation, I now ask prayer for
healing and quick recovery. The surgeon felt good about the operation (but,
. . . malpractice suits being what they are today, . . . Duhhh. . . what's
he gonna say!???
), and now, some 3 days after the fact, I still have
had very little pain and discomfort.
He laser-zapped and removed the noncancerous growth from my vocal chords
with no problem. For months now, it had kept me from speaking clearly,
rendering me constantly hoarse and frustrated when preaching, teaching or
even coaching soccer. I was given a mandate -- 7 days of complete vocal
rest! I can't talk for another 4 days . . (now that is pain!
), so I
feel like the Invisible Man! (Does my throat still make noise?) We won't
really know if the surgery worked until next Tuesday or Wed., when they
release me to start talking! I start voice therapy shortly after that to
learn how to talk all over again, with my new chords!
I never before had felt such a peace. On the night before the surgery, my
9-year-old (Christopher) asked if I was scared, and I could truly answer
him, "Christopher, with you and all these people praying worldwide, knowing
that I'm in the hands of the same God who created the universe and knowing
that He has promised to work everything in my life out for the good, how
could I be scared???"
So . . . it occurred to me, . . . why do we worry and fret about what's
going to happen tomorrow? At the end of it all, can we not somehow bring
ourselves to accept the fact that the God of all peace, the one who shaped
Mars, Jupiter and the moon, is our own personal God too? Is any problem
too big for Him to handle? And if He permits something, is it not for our
best interest? (Romans 8:28, Hebrews 12)
So again, thanks for the prayers . . and partnership -- and remember the God
who shaped the universe is the one in charge of you!
Your silent friend,
Doug
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Global Glimpses: John Hanna, Caleb Project,
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ADVANCE: Mark A. Kelley, Kainos Press,
70420.1057@compuserve.com- Web Wizard: Bob Mayhew, Brigada Volunteer,
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9 of August, 1996
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