Brigada Today
9 of May, 1997
"Happy Mother's Day!"
"Happy Mother's Day!"
If you want to take home a diskette chalked full of info. on how to adopt an
unreached people group, and you're wanting a simple step-by-step approach
to promote the project in your congregation, come to Pit-Stop Louisville,
May 30-31, and learn all about PACE -- the simple, effective approach to
pulling off a church/agency partnership for unreached peoples! For a free
brochure, write Bill Reynolds at:
76152.2375@compuserve.com or see
http://www.brigada.org/pace and keep checking back as more sites are
added later this year for Minnesota, North Carolina, and Tulsa.
with
However, one of the rubs is security. Nobody wants to expose on-field
workers to risk. Fine. So let's don't. Now what else is holding us up?
Well, there's also the ticklish situation of people getting a barrage of
"please send money for such-and-such" appeals. I mentioned this to a buddy
in Colorado two weeks ago and his answer was, "I don't buy it. People can
always just say no. You know what I say when people ask me for money and I
can't give? I say, "No." So I don't buy it." (Way to go Steve Moore!
) So what else is holding up a true clearinghouse of mobilizers for the
same people group? I'm not sure. It's surely not technology. Goodness
knows we have plenty of that floating around a group of 5500 Internet types
and missionaries. And certainly it's not passion. My goodness no. So....
my only conclusion is that everybody's business becomes nobody's business.
We've talked and planned and prayed and brainstormed and plotted and ...
where are we today??? Only a hair farther along than we were in January
'95 when we first asked the very same question!!! So... I'm recommending
we shut down the whole Brigada family of networks. It'll save me a ton of
time and probably you too!
What's that? You'll miss the great humor?
Yeah right.
Don't get me wrong. I'm happy for the friendships and all
that stuff.
But in the end, how do we form networks? Here's my
suggestion. (Okay -- so I was kidding about shutting down Brigada.
)
Let's make a commitment now to have this whole thing finalized by the time
we do BriagdaFest '98, Dec. 26-31, '98. By then, with just two years left
in the whole AD2000 & Beyond push "a church for every people by Dec. 31,
2000," we'd better have a way to
actually measure whether or not that's
happening!
So -- for now, best bet I know of is to contact AD2000 &
Beyond
Lauri@ad2000.org or call (719) 576-2000 and ask them. If you can
prove who you are (so you're not a security risk) they're likely to give
you some kind of lead. And thanks to AD2000 & Beyond for filling this
incredibly helpful role for now. Yikes.
What would we have done without you!!!
with only these
words in the text:
You'll soon receive an emailed reply with pointers to web pages and
generally helpful pgp shell applications, tips, and tricks, as well as
cautions about false senses of security. If you get the file and want to
improve on it, send your suggestions/contributions to
DLucas@TeamExpansion.org with
subject line
PGP HELP
-- note that messages which do not include this
phrase in the subject line will not be added to the file. (I'm awash in
email and I've got to work smart.
This method automates the process.)
Well, maybe it's too late to actually get the map by lunch today, but you
could get her a card and tell her what you're ordering for her! "To my
darling mother: I've ordered a map from the US Center for World Mission,
from my good friend Gerry
gerry.dueck@wciu.edu there. This is the now
world-famous map of the least reached peoples around the world, beautiful
full color... and might I add that by waiting 'til this Mother's Day (and
not buying last year), I was able to get this map for just $1.95 each (in
quantities of 3 or more)! So I've ordered you 3 of them, one for your
kitchen, your car, and the basement laundry room, so you can study
unreached peoples while you fold clothes for me!!!!" By the way, if your
mother is from the city, maybe you'd like the also pick up an extra map of
the 100 Gateway Cities, from the 1995 prayer thrust??? Well Gerry's ready
for you there, too! $3.95 in quantities of 3 or more! So contact Gerry
for all the details... and ... good luck with your Mother's Day shopping!
Oh! Almost forgot, if you've got a really BIG mother, maybe you'll
want to order the really big map from IMB Customer Services,
1-800-866-3621 in the USA or
Customer.Services@IMB.Org from wherever, . . . 36"x64" for $4.95!!!
Now there's a steal of a deal for a really large
mama... [or for the vestibule of you church, too!]. They've also got the
24"x36" size for $2.95, in a mailer tube or folded, postage paid to USA
addresses (please specify which version you'd like). As for those outside
the USA, well... do other countries celebrate Mother's Day? Maybe you can
order a map for yourself???
So... order now... for your banquet, . . . or for your 100 fathers! Write
PTTW@gmi.org and don't delay... your Dad
might never forgive you!
Because Mission 2000 III is this fall, September 4 - 7 1997 in Bispingen, Germany. This
conference is all about practical ways to fulfill the Great Commission in
our generation, about the initiatives "adopt an unreached people group" and
"Praying Through the Window III." Great speaker lineup... John Robb, George
Otis jr., Betsy Neuenschwander, Bill and Amy Stearns, Jan Schlegel, and
Kerstin Hack. Contact
100330.2724@Compuserve.com or
100711.2622@Compuserve.com for more details.
with the body of the message reading:
If you'd like the German version, just make that
subscribe hindu-30days-de
It isn't too late to order the hard-copy guide too. Check out the information on http://www.ywam.org/prayer
For specific questions on the English or German E-mail versions, write to RonKernahan@XC.Org. Thanks Ron!
Thanks to those who have emailed alerts . . . and to
Jonathan for interpreting the possible scenarios. Basically, it's an
attempt to deal with the use of crypto in drug trafficking etc, but it
might backfire. See
http://www.crypto.com/safe_bill/safe_letter.shtml for one interpretation.
And by the way, if you're interested in seeing a summary of international
encryption law, check out
http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm (Thanks Rod!).
Retail price is U.S.
$14.95, but by mentioning this note in Brigada, you can get it from them
for $11.95 plus postage (they can invoice you, and they also accept visa
and MasterCard). Order it by sending an email to
wcn@xc.org but don't
send your credit card number through unencrypted email. Either get their
fax, or ask them to begin accepting PGP-encrypted messages. Also, if you
have not yet gotten info about the Hindu World Prayer Focus starting on
Pentecost Sunday, you can ask Paul at
wcn@xc.org, or check out
http://www.ywam.org/prayer/hindu.html.
But the 55
member travel agents who are trying to answer the requests ask that you
please make sure to include "where you are traveling from, where you are
going to, what date you will depart, what date you will return, and how
many people will be traveling." That'll help them streamline their
responses -- and they're getting daily requests for quotes on the
system... so please be courteous. Lots of people are using it... and
only one travel agent "gets the bid,"
so it must be frustrating for
some of them (if they lose everytime!
). Course,
the ones that do
get the bid are the ones with the lowest price . . . and if that's what
you're after, then try it! You might like it!
So... if you've been banking on finding her on the
web, maybe now you can? Sorry for the inconvenience. Someone said, "Let's
hope her scans are better than her URLs!"
Ouch!
), call 1-800-965-7262
or check them out at
http://www.imall.com/stores/lviv. They also hand
deliver American currency in a most confidential way. Thanks to Paul, Andy
and Chris for this great tip!
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