Brigada Today
15 of August, 1997
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Compiled by Doug Lucas, Louisville, KY
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Wow.
Tons of email traffic
on forwarding services (last week's item "
ANOTHER LOOK AT FORWARDING
SERVICES"). I didn't realize this was such a hot topic. Several have
their favorite service... including...
http://www.four11.com,
http://www.mailexcite.com,
http://www2.cyberspace.com.ph/~mckinney/alias.htm,
http:/ www.bigfoot.com>. But remember, we aren't the source for more
information on these or other email forwarding services. To learn more
about them, contact them, not Brigada.
... because he's compiling a directory! Write
gracew@idmail.com [new address] if you're
involved!
Last week we incorrectly
labeled the US Center for World Mission's journal as
being World Mission Frontiers when in fact
it is Mission Frontiers. Apparently one reason
for this common error is that the Editor's email address is
RickWMF@aol.com (note the "WMF"). But the "W" is for Rick's last name
(Wood), not the world! Sorry Rick!
If ordering materials, check out their new partnership with Churchmart (20% discount on materials to ACMC members) at 1-800-233-0001 in the USA. Email 763771.2066@compuserve.com.
As mentioned in the
last issue of
Brigada Today, Jim Huggins
jhuggins@gmi.edu is compiling a current
list of Brigada participants who are interested in hosting missionaries on
deputation/furlough. In addition, Jim is curious to discover which
organizations out there are looking for hosts for their own missionaries?
(i.e. what groups are out there to whom we could send this list of willing
hosts?) Send your responses directly to Jim; he'll summarize for us all.
Thanks Jim!
Last week, I cut my thumb open royally
while cutting out signboard with a razor knife. The cause was right -- I
was making a VBS mission presentation showing the countries where our
mission, Team Expansion, is laboring. But the tools were wrong -- not
being at home with my thick & heavy aluminum level, I was using a slender
wooden yardstick as my straight edge, and when the knife climbed up the
side on one of my quick slices, . . . well, let's just say that 4 stitches
and a tetanus shot later, I had learned new meaning to the word, "ouch." 
As I think back, I believe our ministries are like that sometimes too. We make noble efforts in the generally right directions, but maybe the wrong tools or less-than-best approaches sabotage what would otherwise be noteworthy results. For example, maybe we try to limp by on what little language we've picked up rather than really tying ourselves into a full-tilt language study program.
At the front end of the cycle, it always looks quicker to just pick up whatever tool is close by. But for the long haul, I'm convinced that good tools not only yield great results, but they also safeguard us from harm's way. In my case, I'm convinced that my thick red level would have prevented a ton of inconveniencing pain and blood. In other cases, maybe one could substitute other kinds of tools or approaches for my red level, such as a great Bible correspondence course, an accountability group, or even a particular strategy (such as using Christian films in the town square).
When I visited the doctor earlier this week to have my stitches removed, I confessed to him that I had smashed my thumb while hammering on hardboard siding for our new shed -- and not just once, but 3 times! He commented, "Hmmmm. I don't think they used those kind of stitches. They were only concerned about keeping out the germs. They didn't know you would need protection from hammer smashes." I laughed, but he was right. Once I figured out how to drill pilot holes through that hardboard siding, the nails just slid into that shed as easy as pie.
So -- bottom line: Production vs. Production capacity. Let's be willing to invest some time in building our ability to produce -- good approaches, solid foundations, right methods. Then let's work our approaches with all the love we can muster, then commit the work to the Lord . . . and He will see that our plans are established! (Proverbs 16:3).
Have a great week out there. . . .and watch out for those razor knives!
Doug 
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