2008/09/28 — Brigada Today
“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we...
Read MoreMonth: September 2008
1) Journals, Made By Hand, Like Indiana Jones Would Use
You’ve *got* to see these to appreciate them…http://www.sparrowtracks.etsy.com/Here’s an artist (“Shawn”) who has the coolest moonlighting hobby. Shawn hunts down one-of-a-kind aged books, removes...
Read More2) Is Cell Phone Security Even Worse Than We Thought?
Here’s a question from a field worker who writes, “Our mission team is located in a ‘police state.’ We know the police listen to our phone calls regularly. We also know they can use triangulation to...
Read More3) Critical Agency-Missionary Issues That Influence Success
Here’s a worker who has to give a talk on “5 critical agency-missionary issues that will heavily influence your success as a missionary.” It’s an interesting query. Would you be willing to give your...
Read More4) Evangelistic English Freeware
The extremely popular websitehttp://www.freeenglishnow.com/is currently downloading at the rate of 900G per month. You can add a free version of this English course to your own website to increase both your website traffic and...
Read More5) Missions Info Just for Kids
You can have current missions info for your children’s missions groups, AWANAS, home school support group, etc. with BGR to GO for Kids. Read about how human needs are being met around the world as well as how KIDS can get...
Read More6) Training Program For Literacy Evangelism
Literacy and Evangelism International is hosting a five-week International Literacy Training Institute from June 14 to July 18, 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Topics include Basic Literacy, developing Bible-content literacy materials...
Read More7) Attend A "Vulnerable Christian Mission" Conference
Seehttp://www.vulnerablemission.com/for details of regional conferences in the USA in January 2009. ‘Vulnerable Christian Mission’ is that practiced by western missionaries reaching non-westerners using the resources...
Read More8) Skip Skype?
We continue to follow the stories about the alleged compromise of Skype as a secure means of communication. See, for example,http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/02/surveillance-of-skyp.htmlNote that if one were to use a Virtual...
Read More9) Pray For The Mbalantu Of Namibia
Excitement is the only word to describe what is about to happen in northwest Namibia. In April and May you prayed for an association leader from Texas as he visited this part of Namibia to investigate the possibility of his...
Read More10) We’re Thankful!
Thanks to the friend from Tulsa who gave $50 to Brigada recently. And hats off to the Brigada participants from way up in Wisconsin and Alaska who each shared $100 respectively. We noted that the donor from Wisconsin had a...
Read More11) Might You Offer A Gift In The Name Of Doug’s Music?
Hey… I’ll try just about anything. :-) Check out:http://www.myspace.com/douglucasmusicNote that you need not register at MySpace to listen or download music there. Note that Doug arranged and recorded each piece,...
Read More12) The Backpage: Do You Worry Much About The Economy?
I’ve heard it both ways. Some say the economy squeezes charitable giving. See for example, the article in the Ohio University Post athttp://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Culture/2008/10/06/25728/Also see the very fine...
Read More13) Closing Stuff
DISCLAIMER — We can’t screen ’em all. Please forgive us if aparticular site contains offensive information — or no information at all! We try to visit them in advance, but often write “on the...
Read More2008/09/21 — Brigada Today
“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we...
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