Brigada Today
21 Dec 2001
Compiled by Doug Lucas <DLucas@teamexpansion.org>, Louisville, KY
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Edited by Dr. Kelly O'Donnell, _Doing Member Care Well_ is a compilation of articles and updates on how different organizations are providing member care around the world. Over 60 authors contributed to the book, from all over the world. It is being offered at a greatly reduced price until January 10, 2002. To see the cover, endorsements, contents, and the introduction, visit http://www.membercare.org . For more information contact the editor at 102172.170@compuserve.com .
Check out
http://www.goodsalt.com
The images there are updated frequently to reflect current events. Thanks for your work, Bill!
"BibleKeys" is a dynamic 5-week course for new believers available free on the Internet at http://www.biblekeysonline.com . It works interactively, encouraging students to study and memorize the Scriptures for themselves. Chinese and Hindi are to be added shortly. It's also available in printed form. Find out more by emailing info at biblekeysonline dot com (replace the "at" with @ and the "dot" with "." and remove the spaces).
Every week, we spend *tons* of time reformatting items that well-meaning contributors send us in the wrong format. Some of these contain words that are incorrectly spelled, while others are just different than the normal way we prepare items. Rats. It could be *so* much easier if our contributing friends would simply take the time to work through our submission suggestions. Get a copy for yourself by sending an email to:
<brigada-submissions@brigada.org>. It's that simple. If everybody helped, this job would require tons less time. Thanks for understanding.
Have you been "hit" by the sulfnbk.exe "virus" yet? This thing is sweeping the Internet so fast, we don't even know what's hitting us! Here's the way it works. Someone emails you and says... "Whew... this is serious; check your Windows folder now to see if you've got the dreaded sulfnbk.exe file. Yikes! It's a virus! Erase it immediately." So we go off deleting files on our computers without even verifying the purpose of the file! Yikes. My buddy and I joked that we could send the same message, except tell people to erase "Win.exe" or "Explorer.exe". Can't you hear it? "This Explorer virus automatically begins searching your hard drive for credit card numbers. Once it finds them, it emails them to an anonymous email address in Amsterdam. Dreadful. Erase it now." Gang... when will we learn. Practically *all* the warnings we get -- 99% of them -- are hoaxes. Do yourself a favor and send an email to <opc@brigada.org> to learn how to spot them. And... for those hit by the sulfnbk.exe virus, good luck reading long file names. Because your deletion *is* the virus.
WTO and the 2008 Beijing Olympics have heightened the existing desire of the Chinese people to learn English. Demand will increase over the next several years. Get a head start! Take your TESOL in China and stay to teach or go somewhere else in the world to teach. http://www.tesoltraining.com or email <tesol2001@hotmail.com>.
10) ...OR LEARN TESOL IN PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COUNTRY
:-) This must be annual TESOL week. :-) YWAM, Lebanon, PA is once again offering TESOL May 6 to May 31, 2002. Cost $950USD plus a $35.00 registration fee. This intensive and highly academic course will give you the ability and self confidence to teach the fundamentals of conversational English plus give you a job skill that opens doors to hard to enter countries. For information, call 717-274-9010 or e-mail <davidbbauman@cs.com>.
11) SHORT- AND LONG- TERM OPTIONS AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLES
Mission to Unreached Peoples has short- and long-term opportunities available to Japan, China, India, Russia, Poland and Turkey. The type of work in each country will vary depending on your giftings and the program. You will need to raise support to cover costs for airfare, food and lodging. Cost ranges from $1850-2950. Consider teaching English in China. All it takes is a bachelor’s degree in any field to be qualified to teach English. Those with teaching experience or a MA in TEFL or any English or Education field are especially needed. Many Chinese schools may provide room, board, salary, medical care and vacation allowance depending on your length of commitment. For more information, call Jeff at Mission to Unreached Peoples toll-free or via Net2Phone at 1-888-847-6950 or write to <mupinfo@mup.org> or click on http://www.mup.org .
12) SHARPEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Biblically based, interactive workshops in relationship skills are available for anyone involved in missions. There are still openings in Colorado Springs February 25 to March 1, and in Southern California April 21-26. If you are interested in participating in one of these, or in any of the other SYIS workshops currently open in nine countries, go to the International Training Partners Web site at http://www.RelationshipSkills.com . For questions or to sponsor a workshop for your organization, contact <itpartners@earthlink.net>
13) CORRECTION ON EMERGENCY PLANS GUY
If you tried to reach that emergency plans guy last week and your email bounced back, it's because he inadvertently put an "org" on his email address (instead of .com). Guess he was trying to be more discrete. :-) Anyway.. let's try this again... Brian works with a short-term sending missions agency and is looking for resources or even already written Emergency Response Plans. If you already have one -- or resources for them -- email them to Brian <brians@deltaministries.com>. He has agreed to compile a report and make it available to all Brigada readers in the future, via an autoresponder here on Brigada.
14) TRAIN AS A SHORT-TERM MINISTRY LEADER
There is still time to register for the 5th Annual Short-Term Ministry Leaders Training Seminar conducted by COMMIT Ministries and Gateway Mission Training Center, April 25-27 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is a 3-day intensive interactive training seminar that provides each participant with proven, cutting-edge methods and information; everything needed to implement an effective short-term ministry program or augment existing programs. This seminar covers most all short-term issues including in depth pre-field training, team dynamics, on-site materials, and comprehensive debriefing. The seminar will be held in the Penthouse at the Outrigger Waikiki Surf Hotel; cost is only $199 which includes materials and tuition. Contact Greg or Ray for registration materials or more information <commit@juno.com>.
15) FOR THOSE SHARING THE MESSAGE OF THE MESSIAH TO JEWS
Check out resources at http://www.howardmorganministries.org , especially the evangelism seminar, "Everyone Can Evangelize." It has three 90-minute tapes and an illustrated workbook.
16) RESOURCES FOR SHARING CHRIST DAILY
If you're looking for resources on how to share Christ as a daily part of your Christian life... including ideas that might apply *wherever* you live, check out:
http://www.sharechrist.org or contact Sharing Christ Ministries toll-free or via Net2Phone 1-800-467-0804 Pin #27, or email <scministries02@aol.com>.
17) CROSSROADS DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL
This is scheduled for April 22, 2002, to July 12, 2002, followed by an 8 week outreach to Crimea Ukraine. Specifically designed for families and singles, this course offers men and women the opportunity to seek God's will and be revitalized in their relationship to Him. Contact YWAM <davidbbauman@cs.com>.
18) REACH STREETCHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN NEED
The Rescue and Restore Training Course (Children In Need) will prepare you! This YWAM course is offered in Recife-Brasil, April 7- August 30, 2002. It consists of 3 months theoretical teaching and 2 months practical work. The course will be held in two languages: English and Portuguese. Some of the subjects that will be covered are: Family ministries - Working with adolescences - Planning Projects - Community development - Abortion - Stages of child development - Rehabilitation programs for street children. For more info, write <jocum@nlink.com.br> or visit
http://www.recife.jocum.org.br .
19) CHRISTMAS WISH FROM THE BRIGADA FAMILY
Looking for *just* the right words to wish that special someone a merry Christmas? Well... if he or she speaks one of the following 33 languages, maybe you're in luck! :-) Here's a favorite Brigada feature on how to say "Merry Christmas":
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"BOAS FESTAS"
"JOYEUX NOEL"
"VESELE VANOCE"
"MELE KALIKIMAKA"
"NODLAG SONA DHUIT"
"BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA"
"GOD JUL"
"BUON ANNO"
"FELIZ NATAL"
"FELIZ NAVIDAD"
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"
"KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"VROLIJK KERSTFEEST"
"FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
"BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
"HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
"WESOLYCH SWIAT-SRETAN BOZIC"
"MOADIM LESIMHA-LINKSMU KALEDU"
"HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAID MOUBARK"
"'N PRETTIG KERSTMIS"
"ONNZLLISTA UUTTA VUOTTA"
"Z ROZHDESTYOM KHRYSTOVYM"
"NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
"FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
"S NOVYM GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO"
"GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU OLSUM"
"EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN BOSIC"
"KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU METU"
"SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON ANNO"
"ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE RODI"
"BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE VIANOCE "
"MERRY CHRISTMAS - - HAPPY NEW YEAR"
"ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG TEN"
"FELICES PASUAS-EIN GLUCKICHES NEWJAHR"
"PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS SARBATORI VESLLE"
"BONNE ANNEBLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDADRFELIZ NATAL"
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