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Brigada Today
04 Apr 2008

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In this issue...

  1. MISSION TRIP THIS SPRING OR SUMMER? GOT INSURANCE?
  2. ONE WEEK TO FIND SOMEONE TO RUN AN ENGLISH CENTER IN KABUL
  3. EASYBIBLES ARE BEING USED IN KIBERA SLUM, NIAROBI, KENYA
  4. GOING TO CHINA? GO PREPARED
  5. 'EASY BIBLES' MINISTRY IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY
  6. COULD THIS BE THE FREE VPN FOR WHICH YOU'VE BEEN WAITING?
  7. PERSPECTIVES INTENSIVE CLASS IN VANCOUVER
  8. PROACTIVELY DEFEAT SPAM, PHISHING AND FAKE APPEALS
  9. WANT TO TEACH IN CHINA?
  10. LEARN A PRACTICAL SKILL FOR MISSIONS
  11. LEARN MORE, REAL-TIME, ABOUT THE MYANMAR CYCLONE
  12. THANKS TO THOSE WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE
  13. THE BACKPAGE: WHO WILL WAVE THE FLAG LIKE "THE PATRIOT?"
  14. CLOSING STUFF
  1. MISSION TRIP THIS SPRING OR SUMMER? GOT INSURANCE? - The Day Tripper is an international medical and medical evacuation plan for short-term teams. With rates as low as 63 cents per day you can't go wrong with this plan! PLUS when you purchase this plan from Insurance Services of America on their web site

    http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada.htm 

    you will be helping to support Brigada! In addition to this plan, coverage is available for any international need - short-term trips, career missionaries, trip cancellation, short-term teams and term life insurance. For coverage details, rates and the online applications of the Brigada sponsored plans, go to

    http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada.htm 

    Insurance Services of America has agreed to help support Brigada from sales that are made on this link, so when you purchase on this site you will be helping to support Brigada and you will be protecting yourself and your ministry from financial loss!
  2. ONE WEEK TO FIND SOMEONE TO RUN AN ENGLISH CENTER IN KABUL -- Yikes. One organization I know suddenly finds itself in a bit of a bind. We have just one week to find a pair of guys or gals -- or a married couple -- to run a first-rate English center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Can you help? If so, drop me an email with subject: "TESL Kabul" at:

    info(at)

    TeamExpansion(dot)org [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address onto one line.] Note: This is a faith job. In other words, the center cannot afford to pay salaries.

    Hellllllllpppppppppppppp! :-)
  3. EASYBIBLES ARE BEING USED IN KIBERA SLUM, NIAROBI, KENYA -- Pray for EasyBibles,

    http://www.EASYBIBLES.com 

    as they long to be utilized in peacemaking in Kenya. Ask the Lord to bring reconciliation to the violence there. Pray that EasyBibles can help. (Maybe EasyBibles could help where you are ministering?)
  4. GOING TO CHINA? GO PREPARED -- The China Games and Beyond Equipping Kit is a collection of key tools to help prepare teams to serve China during the 2008 Summer Games. The Equipping Kit includes two manuals, CD, DVD, 65 page handbook and more. Teams will learn about strategies for effective ministry, avoiding mistakes, the church in China, needs and opportunities, practical trip essentials, and security issues. For more information about serving China, visit

    http://www.servingchina.com 

    or email information(at)

    servingchina(dot)com [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address onto one line.]
  5. 'EASY BIBLES' MINISTRY IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY -- This month easyUrdu, easyRussian and easyIndonesian have been added to a developing list of 35 'easy' and 'veryeasy' language Bible projects now online at

    http://www.easyBibles.com 

    EasyPolish and easyPunjabi are also starting soon. Please pray for this unfolding ministry. More information is available from Martin at mlloyd3000(at)

    gmail(dot)com [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address onto one line.]
  6. COULD THIS BE THE FREE VPN FOR WHICH YOU'VE BEEN WAITING? -- I'm trying to contact the author of this project:

    http://psiphon.civisec.org/ 

    It *looks* like a free VPN. Could this be the vpn for which you've been waiting? Check it out. Let us know if you see a hole in it. Thanks. Just to clarify, a "VPN" (virtual private network) establishes a virtual "tunnel" between your computer and a relay unit. That way, it looks like you are merely involved in encrypted communication with the relay unit. It massively reduces the likelihood that your internet communication would be or could be monitored, and it really doesn't raise your profile because lots of computers have encrypted streams going every which way - -- like, every time you log onto your bank account web page.
  7. PERSPECTIVES INTENSIVE CLASS IN VANCOUVER -- If you've been wanting to take the course but haven't been able to fit it into life, maybe this option will work: May 26 - June 2 (Sunday off) 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Carey Theological College & William Carey Institute 5920 Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada. There's a one-day Perspectives Coordinator Training, June 3, following the Intensive for those who want to launch the program in their area. Just browse to

    http://www.cwmbc.org 

    for online registration or more information perspectives(at)

    cwmbc (dot) org for more information. [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address onto one line.]
  8. PROACTIVELY DEFEAT SPAM, PHISHING AND FAKE APPEALS -- Is your personal or ministry email the target of spam, phishing, or fake appeals? I've just heard about MERCMAIL's Email Validation Service (EVS Mail), which reportedly protects you from all of it, and more. I'm looking forward to someone trying it out. EVS Mail uses simple yes/no tests and rejects over 99% (current stat appears on MERCMAIL's homepage) of spammer connections before the message is even sent! The most you will pay is $0.14/day (invoiced yearly), and there are volume discounts starting with just 10 accounts, for 20% off. Visit

    http://www.mercmail.net 

    for more details. Email information(at)

    mercmail.net or call toll-free phone/fax 1-866-243-6812 [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address back onto one line.]

    Let us know if you're willing to try this service out. Just go to:

    http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=69 

    and click on "Comment" below the item.
  9. WANT TO TEACH IN CHINA? -- Just browse to

    http://www.TeachWithISC.com 

    Last I heard, this group had 56 opportunities wide open.
  10. LEARN A PRACTICAL SKILL FOR MISSIONS -- Simplified dental care can open doors to evangelism and relationship building. No drills, injections, electricity, or sophisticated equipment are involved - only hand instruments, a compassionate heart, and about two weeks of your time. Now you can bring greatly needed dental care to your community. Courses offered monthly in Texas.

    http://www.dentaltrainingformissions.com  or email dentaltrainingformissions

    (at)yahoo(dot)com
  11. LEARN MORE, REAL-TIME, ABOUT THE MYANMAR CYCLONE -- And, find out what has been the faith-based response. Just browse to...

    http://www.missionmanual.com/wiki/Cyclone_Nargis_2008 

    where Justin has made a page for us to do just that.
  12. THANKS TO THOSE WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE -- Hats off to the new friend from WEC Int'l (in Pennsylvania) for pitching in $150 toward Brigada's 2008 financial needs. We're very grateful. Please pray for Brigada, then pass it on to a friend, and suggest to your staff & team members that they subscribe. Want to become a strategic partner? ... to undergird Brigada and its future? Just click on the "Sponsor/Donate" link in the menu above.


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  13. THE BACKPAGE: WHO WILL WAVE THE FLAG LIKE "THE PATRIOT?" -- This past week, a friend recommended I watch "The Patriot." At the same time, I started a discipleship group with a few of the guys on the soccer team that I coach. We're using "Wild at Heart" as the core of our discovery times together and, lo and behold, Eldredge too recommended "The Patriot." So a couple of nights ago, I sat down to digest it. Yikes -- there were some bloody parts (but then, it's set in a bloody war time). And I can't say I agree with every last value that it advances. But the scene that stands out to me the most was that well-known snippet where Benjamin Martin, the hero of the story, runs "upstream" against the tide of retreating forces, finally grabbing the flag from a scared soldier. Martin tries to turn back the tide, eventually by standing up on some high steps and waving the flag in a figure-eight pattern, all-the-while yelling "Attack! Don't give up!" Eventually, the troops pick up the cry and, before you know it, they actually *charge* toward the enemy. Without giving away the end, I'll just say, Mel Gibson's character is fairly persuasive.

    Which brings me to my point: Who will pick up the flag and wave it today, helping us advance all the more against the kingdom of darkness. During the 90s, one might make a case for Luis Bush being such a flag- waver. Through his efforts and those working alongside him, perhaps *hundreds* of people groups were engaged in evangelism and church- planting. Never mind that we didn't quite accomplish his lofty goals. The truth is, we made progress.

    But today is 2008. Who will pick up the torch today. Who will run upstream against retreating forces of "global economic slowdown," "tolerance of diversity," and growing legends of universality? Who will help by waving the flag to draw toward the unreached? Those are the questions that must haunt our souls as we face continued overwhelming odds in the battle.

    Want to offer a suggestion? Point us to a resource? Just click "Comment" at the link below. We're eager to read along with you. (Be sure to guard the security of anyone working in a sensitive "limited-access location. )

    http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=70 

    Thank you!!! Doug
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