Brigada Today
3 of April, 1998
Now with 10,000 participants! (Okay so it's a late April Fools joke)
[actually 7058]
News and Notes about Brigada, Your Gateway to Missions Networking!
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Compiled by Doug Lucas <DLucas@teamexpansion.org>, Louisville, KY
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Wycliffe Bible Translators is pleased to present Bright Ideas! Notebook 3 for Preschoolers, ages 2-5 years
old. Ten active lessons teach the rock-bottom basics of missions. Unlike other
resources, you won’t teach a lesson and then put it on the shelf. Most are
reusable on a weekly basis to teach and re-teach God's heart for the world.
Like Notebooks 1 for Teens, and Notebook 2 for Grades 1-6, lessons not only
emphasize how and why missions are done, but also that kids can do missions
right now. Learning is fun with 'redeemed nursery rhymes,' coloring pages,
obstacle courses, treasure hunts, finger plays, matching games and tightrope
walking. Send $14 check or money order to 
Sharon Hindle offers these three virus tips to live by:
Looking for a good way to keep your church body aware of your missions efforts? With some 53
missionaries and 3,000 family units in their church, one church had a hard
time keeping track of everybody. So they burned their own CD with a great deal of
information from their missions database, including photographs,
testimonies of salvation and calling to the field, addresses, e-mail links, prayer requests
from the last year, and information about the country they serve. They even
threw in 40 minutes of video on the CD. Some was "home movie" quality -
footage taken by folks on trips they have gone on. Others were professional
quality productions that they have developed and used to keep their body aware
of some of the partnerships we've formed. They give copies of the CD to the
missionaries they support for use in promotion among other churches and
individuals. Get a copy as a case study . . . by writing to drfletcher@nwbiblechurch.org (remember not to send credit card info. over
the open Internet). (To off-set production and shipping and handling, they're
asking $10 for the CD.) 
A ton of people wrote in to
say "don't bother." Apparently it's a very BASIC translation package, still
requiring lots of effort from the user. One guy said that out of 300 words, he
only got back 25 useful ones in Romanian! Another was quite displeased with
the Portuguese output. However, the latter recommended Globalink as a translator.
How 'bout that, gang? Any thoughts and feelings on it? 
More than 6,000 Bibles in more than 20 languages were sold and 3,000 people enrolled in a Bible correspondence
course during a book fair -- the largest in southern Asia -- in a limited-access
country. One man, who saw a newspaper ad for the book fair, rode a bus and
train for 20 hours to get a copy of the Bible. A Hindu holy man took
copies of the Bible in 20 languages, explaining that people came to his ashram from all
over the country and that he did not want even one person to miss the opportunity of reading the Bible in their own heart language. Television news crews broadcast images of the former president of the country visiting the booth and accepting a copy of the "Jesus" video. Hey -- if you'd like an upgrade on that Deputation Organizer, see BKCLONCH@aol.com. He's handling it directly now. Brigada probably should stay out of the "direct" software distribution business. 
Check out web site specifically designed for those needing
travel/medical attention (vaccinations, check-ups, etc.) from a care center in
Oklahoma City that has missions at the center of its heart. Great links page
with more information all over the web. Thanks to them for their work!!! http://www.saintafpr.com/travel This is one to bookmark! If you're still
trying to call Audio-Forum (20 of March issue of Brigada Today,
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