In this issue…

1) SO WHAT’S UP WITH JOSHUA PROJECT II?
2) INEXPENSIVE PER-DAY HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SHORT-TERM TEAMS
3) PERSONAL SUPPORT RAISING TRAINING “BOOT CAMP”
4) RADIO PROGRAMMING FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
5) CIU GRAD COURSE IN BUDAPESTZ
6) TEACH ENGLISH OVER THE INTERNET
7) WOMEN’S SUMMIT ON THE 10/40 WINDOW
8) HEADED TO KYRGYZSTAN? YOU NEED THIS
9) MORE EASY ENGLISH HELPS
10) CLOSING STUFF

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1) SO WHAT’S UP WITH JOSHUA PROJECT II? — Remember AD2000’s thrust to list the world’s least reached peoples, the Joshua Project 2000 list of unreached peoples? Remember how the JP2000 list spun out into its own under the banner of “Joshua Project II”? Well recently, their lease ran out, so to speak, and their future was, for a while, a bit uncertain. But thanks goes to World Help for adopting the people with the adoption list! World Help, an international ministry based in Forest, Virginia, has taken Joshua Project II into its fold. Joshua Project II is a continuation and expansion of the original Joshua Project initiative created by the AD2000 & Beyond Movement. It is an effort to “highlight least-reached peoples through information sharing and networking.” World Help is actively involved in facilitating church-planting movements, leadership training and Bible distribution among the least-reached peoples. Three cheers for their vision, insight, and courage to take risks for the sake of the lost! World Help and Joshua Project II will soon release a comprehensive unreached / least-reached ethno-cultural list of all people groups, regardless of size. This list, planned for release in the spring of 2002, will help provide a Great Commission blueprint or roadmap, revealing the extent of the unfinished task of world evangelism.

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2) INEXPENSIVE PER-DAY HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SHORT-TERM TEAMS — For as little as $1.08 per day per team member you can have: $50,000 of health insurance coverage, medical evacuation, repatriation, $5,000 trip cancellation, $25,000 AD&D plus coverage for ambulance, emergency reunion, lost luggage, emergency dental etc. For information packet contact: or call 480/813-9100; Toll free in USA: 866/636-9100. Check out http://www.gninsurance.com and http://www.missionaryinsurance.org .</jeff@gninsurance.com>

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3) PERSONAL SUPPORT RAISING TRAINING “BOOT CAMP” — On August 14th and 15th ACMC and the Finishers Project are sponsoring a Personal Support Raising Boot Camp preceding their annual national conference at the downtown Atlanta Sheraton for any missionary or missions related personnel. If you or someone in your ministry or church: 1) Needs to raise their support, 2) Is trying to get to 100% budget or, 3) Has never been properly trained in support raising – this seminar is for you. The 24 hours of required pre-seminar preparation combined with the two days of intense in class training gives you the essential tools to get to your assignment quickly- and fully funded! This Boot Camp will be led by Steve Shadrach, founder of Student Mobilization and President of The BodyBuilders. He has been training Christian workers in support raising for the last 17 years. The first 40 to register will be guaranteed a spot. For more information and registration go to:

http://www.thebodybuilders.net. This seminar is recommended by: John Kyle-VP of EFMA, Scott Morton-VP of The Navigators, Ellis Goldstein of Campus Crusade, and Jim Killgore- President of ACMC. Contact person: <brian@thebodybuilders.net></brian@thebodybuilders.net>

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4) RADIO PROGRAMMING FOR HEALTH PROMOTION — Check out this training course in the use of radio programming for health promotion and social development in Perth, Western Australia, June 2002. Organizers will equip participants to use radio programming as a communication medium in health and social development. They’ve designed the course for anyone currently involved (or intending to be involved) in social development, health education and the allied health professions. The course will run from 5-28 June 2002, as organized by Health Communication Resources (HCR) and the School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia. HCR coordinates health and community development training and radio programming for the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC). For information and registration go to

http://www.h-c-r.org or email <info@h-c-r.org>.</info@h-c-r.org>

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5) CIU GRAD COURSE IN BUDAPEST — If you are interested in earning a Masters degree in Europe or in supplementing your study and professional development with grad level courses, Columbia International University is offering a degree program that may be completed by attending 2-week intensive courses in Budapest and Germany. The next course, “Biblical Theology of Missions” is scheduled for May 6-17, 2002, in Budapest. Write for more information.</ciubudapest@hotmail.com>

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6) TEACH ENGLISH OVER THE INTERNET — If I understand it correctly, the opportunity to do ESL (English as a Second Language) ministry via the Net is kind of unique, with both local and global implications. Check it out at…

http://www.CyberESL.org/messages/cybereslltr.html or send a blank email to <initial_inquiry@cyberesl.org> and receive an auto responder within minutes. Sojourners Ministries, Inc. is the sponsor.</initial_inquiry@cyberesl.org>

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7) WOMEN’S SUMMIT ON THE 10/40 WINDOW — Organizers of the fourth annual Women’s Summit On The 10/40 Window are gearing up for their conference for missions-minded women in leadership from the US and around the world, May 13 – May 17, 2002 at the Billy Graham Training Center’s The Cove conference center in Asheville, North Carolina USA. This conference will challenge you to pray for, encourage and connect with women working and living in the 10/40 Window. They’ll feature strategies on prayer and biblical worldview, evangelism and discipleship, microbusiness, education, medical outreach, and persecution and relief efforts. Call Cynthia Johnson, WIN conference project manager, for information on this conference at 719-522-1040 or register online at http://www.win1040.com .

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8) HEADED TO KYRGYZSTAN? YOU NEED THIS — If you’re headed to Kyrgyzstan… or somewhere close by, check out this new autoresponder to learn about cultural differences there. Or use this as a template to write about the differences in your own culture. To see it, just click to this location:

https://brigada.org/today/articles/kyrgyzstan.pdf

You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the document. Get it for free at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Thanks to Ian Kirby for raising the bar on sharing this kind of information!

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9) MORE EASY ENGLISH HELPS — Have you seen the resources at…

http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk/ee/tee.htm

Incredible. One of our own workers in mainland China recently discovered the page and later remarked to me what a treasure trove it is. Thanks to Wycliffe for making this material available online. We’ve heard rumors that if you are unable to access the web, you can write Martin & Jenny Lloyd <mlloyd3000@aol.com> and obtain information by email or CD. Great stuff. Thanks Martin. And thanks to the mainland China worker who brought it to our attention. What a great friend he’s been to me down through the past 13 years or so!</mlloyd3000@aol.com>