Brigada Today
12 of October, 1996
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are we doing for these people." Well Steve Moore went out and did
something. He led that trip and more! Now, I'm confident that you'll want
Kingdom Building Ministries' 10-minute report on the Amdo people of Tibet.
It's filled with the passion of the guy who led the trip! And remember the
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Can't beat the price. Thanks
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contact Darrell Hooker, 513-745-7047,
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cvgdeh@lnc.com. In about 40 years or so, you'll be glad you did!
In Taiwan, the Pepsi company accidentally translated their slogan, "Come
alive with the Pepsi Generation" to "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back
from the dead." Not good in a traditional religions land!
But KFC
didn't do much better. Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan
"finger- lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off." Yikes . And most
Latins will remember that when General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in
South America, it was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go."
Duh. Spanish students learn that verb on their 2nd day of classes! After
the company figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car
in its Spanish markets to the Caribe....
Well it's one thing to be embarrassed... but quite another thing to be
really embarrassed! When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico,
its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass
you." However, the company's mistakenly thought the Spanish word
"embarazar" meant embarrass. NOT. Instead the ads said that "It wont leak
in your pocket and make you pregnant." Now there's a pen we'll all want to
give as gifts! But the Colgate company will probably be "embarrassed" (in
the English sense of the word) for a long time to come. When they
introduced a new toothpaste in France called Cue, they somehow forgot that
this was the name of a notorious porno magazine. Needless to say, you
couldn't see the dazzle of their smiles for quite some time. But that's
not the worst of it. In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water
translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water. Now there's a real tasty
slogan.
Finally, there are the mistakes that can literally cost you your job! Japan's second-largest tourist agency was mystified when it entered English-speaking markets and began receiving requests for unusual sex tours. Upon finding out why, the owners of Kinki Nippon Tourist Company changed its name. Now who wants to hire the guy who translated that job for the company. "But sir, it was only one little phrase..." Unfortunately, in that case, the one little phrase made all the difference!
So... take heart, language learners. (Misery loves company?
) Just
remember, no matter how badly you're doing, there's always someone [like
your neighborhood multi-national corporation] out there that's doing even
more badly!
ADVANCE October 1996
THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE -- Translation project in the heart language of
100 million people; Algerian schools to teach English as main foreign
language; Arabs in Saudi Arabia; language groups in northern India; hungry
Filipino hearts; Taliban rebels capture Kabul.
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH -- Missionary hostages; Chinese believers beaten to death; Iranian pastor murdered; armed mob surrounds mission compound; Syrian believer to stand trial; International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians.
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF DARKNESS -- Ritual killings in Nigeria and Kenya; war between Muslim militants; computer library of child pornography; partial birth abortion veto sustained; first legal assisted suicide in Australia.
REJOICE! -- 22,000 professions of faith in Chad; 4,426 decisions for Christ in Albania; 300,000 Hmong trust Christ; God at work in Israel.
NETWORKING -- Praying for Muslims during Ramadan; Urbana 96; new video portrays believers' trials in Muslim countries; electronic "Operation World"; book and video support Praying Through The Window III; New Tribes Mission magazine; International Christian Concern Web site; new publication for Generation X believers; China's official religion policies at Web site.
FRONT LINES -- Jesus' mission.
Thanks Scott!
Thanks!)
See
http://www.xc.org/brigada/e96/ for more details), have a wife,
two kids, two hamsters, ... the whole thing. We moved our International
Office this past week... I speak on the weekends, coach both of my kids'
soccer teams (wouldn't you know they're too far apart in age to play on the
same team!
), normal stuff.
So my question is... how do you keep your sanity??? Well, as one fellow-struggler to another, here's what's been helping me these past few weeks:
--a) Remember the Word -- When I look in the Bible, I see Jesus talking about seeking first the kingdom of God... and then He'll work out every detail. (Mt. 6:33) I hear Him say that if we can just remember our calling, He'll work out everything for our good. . . and more importantly, for kingdom good. (Ro. 8:28) He probably intended for us to live a "still life" ... so when life take's you and shakes you and wants to throw you down on the ground, maybe it helps to realize that He's the God of peace... peace that goes well beyond our ability to understand it... even when we're in the middle of challenges. (Philippians 4:4-7)
--b) Surround yourself with quality people -- I'm fortunate. My wife's a
tremendous organizer. She can teach Spanish at our local Christian school,
volunteer at the crisis pregnancy center, pack lunches, rearrange rooms,
move furniture, leap tall buildings in a single bound, ... all in a
day's work! And the gang I work with in our mission office... whew! Top
quality people. When we moved this past week, you could really see their
true colors coming out. Our secretary (Susy)! Wow 
... she was right in
there pulling network cable, winding phone lines, hauling boxes, getting
dirty, you name it. The Personnel guy (Chris) sacrificed his very own lower
back (!) , the Strategic Frontiers guy (Eric) kept us all smiling with
his joyful (and ditzy) singing , the Mobilization guy (Mark) reminded me
of those guys that did the "pump you up" thing on TV a few years ago, and
the Strategic Planning guy (Steve) drilled holes until his hands were raw!
... you get the picture. If God blesses you with these kind of folks,
remember to thank Him!!!
--c) Look at just one line at a time -- This is probably the hardest part.
Living successfully in our world today requires the ability to live with
non-closure. I'm convinced of it. With 48 items... (or 200 items!) on our
task lists, we'll never really see completion of our jobs. So that
means we have to learn to be satisfied with not being finished with the
whole list... but rather, rejoice when we finish one item. The "In box"
isn't quite empty. The "to do" file is bulging. But then... we need to go
home... and invest time with the kids. Coach soccer... or whatever it is
in your world. Be with our spouse... be with our kids... be with our
Lord. Let tomorrow take care of itself. What we don't get done, we don't
get done. If we do our best and still get fired from that job, it was
probably the wrong job for us anyway. One line at a time. Focus.
Invest in the right stuff at the right time.
--d) Read Covey -- He's great. Those 7 whatcha-ma-callits??? Great stuff. "Start with the end in mind." "Seek to be understood before you try to talk the other person's leg off." You know them. Now let's do 'em.
--e) Re-write the endings to your dreams -- Last night I woke up with a
start. I dreamed I was presenting at this huge convention... and I looked
down on the program and there beside my name was this title that had
something to do with missions multi-media. All of a sudden, I realized I
had forgotten my computer and the data projector!!! And it said my
message would be filled with visuals!!! Yikes! Right then I woke up in a
cold sweat. Now of course, my dream is just a fulfillment of my fear that
I'll mess up royally at Envision '96.
But all of a sudden I realized,
"Hey... Who says I can't 're-write' it! After all, it is my dream!" So
I laid back down and finished the whole thing!
Thank goodness, my
laptop was out in the car. And the guys running the large screen
magnification had already prepared for computerized visuals! All I had to
do was plug in! During the break before my session, I hooked up and...
bingo! There was a 40 foot high image of my visuals! I was happy. I was
fulfilled. "Success!" See... we can either sit back and be acted upon ...
or we can seize the day and take charge of our own outcomes... circle of
concern versus circle of influence. You can't always change
everything... but change the things you can. You know all that stuff.
Now if we can just live it.
Have a great week.
Doug
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