Brigada

I like it. It’s a kind of missiological, mobilizational switchboard. You’re not limited to just one category. A particular link can be listed under several different “lenses” highlighting many possible functions of each particular link. What’s more, it’s free from spam. You can’t just *add* a link. Somebody (maybe GMI’s Mike O’Rear?) is taking the time to vet them. So you won’t see a Russian porn site popping up beside a UK betting site… *anywhere*. By contrast, you’ll see loads of highly-useful, practical, thoroughly-researched sites. Exactly what we’d want to see from something that GMI did for us. Well done, guys.

http://www.mislinks.org/

Brigada participant, Belinda, wrote recently, “I’ve been working in missions for close to 30 years and a man I used to work with (YWAM in Holland) was really gifted with learning languages. I was astounded at how easily he picked up the Dutch language and as far as I know he already spoke French fluently (and flawlessly!).  We took a mission band to give evangelistic concerts in Austria, Switzerland and I forget where else, but this man suddenly would “meld” into the public because he could communicate.  Amazing! David Durham blogs and wrote a book about language learning keys.  He doesn’t just give you easy answers, he expresses the heart of learning the culture of another language – and that is big take-home value even if you never “master” but only enter another language.”

Check it out at:

http://howtostudylanguages.com/

She continued, “You can subscribe to his blog or download a free sample to give you an idea. Those of us who minister in languages other than our own are sure to benefit from his book.  I proof-read the manuscript and felt privileged that he asked because I only speak one other language fluently and am trying to gain some ground in three others. His approach gives you the basic tools and the heart of the mission of learning another language.  You’ll read it, benefit from it and pass it on to your friends.”

I went there and, indeed, the guy looks to be the real deal. Worth the read. Thanks Belinda!!!

Care Port Counseling is an online video counseling ministry to those who work abroad, whether in missions or humanitarian aid. Donations subsidize the counseling, so that fees are minimal for clients. The counseling is done via Skype video, so relatively high speed internet is required for video streaming. Services are provided by a licensed counselor with 25+ years’ experience in Wycliffe Bible Translators as both a translator and counselor.  She is now counseling with Care Port to focus the ministry online and to broaden the availability to others working abroad. For questions or contact info check out -

http://careportcounseling.org/

April 2012 is the centenary of the sinking of Titanic, and has worldwide recognition as arguably the best-known disaster story of all time. It provides a number of starting points for evangelism, as this Internet Evangelism Day article suggests:

http://www.ieday.net/blog/archives/5174

Those that have gone through “Bridges” know how it can help one learn to share one’s faith with a Muslim, but  — is there a “bridges” for Buddhism? A friend of mine is asking where are the resources for learning to share with them? If you have a tip or a resource, please use the Comment box associated with the web version of this item to fill us all in! Thanks in advance for any leads.

After over 7 years coordinating

http://www.easyEnglish.info

for Wycliffe Associates UK and nearly 8 years leading

http://www.easybibles.com

Martin has now set up Stage 3, which involves concentrating on a few languages in depth

http://easybibles.com/www-quality-easybibles-com/

These are the conditions for teams being on this site :

1. trusting God for their income and resources

2. working to help the whole spectrum of readers (please see

http://easybibles.com/spectrum-of-reading-levels/

3. providing a steady flow of materials and having them checked and then field-tested

Martin has started with 4 teams doing French for Africa, Urdu, Spanish and Chinese. Make suggestions or ask questions directly to him at

mlloyd3000gmailcom

The Hub is a free monthly Ezine designed to serve as a gathering place for short-term mission articles, resources, tools and opportunities.  The goal is to equip churches, ministries and individuals to conduct responsible short-term missions that glorify God.  Read the latest issue here:

http://p0.vresp.com/kLhTxS

Submit ideas for content by emailing

thehubdeltaministriescom

Minnesota Renewal Center, Barnabas International and the Greater MN Association of Evangelicals are hosting the sixth annual Midwest Conference on Missionary Care (MC2), to be held in the Twin Cities area on February 24-25, 2012. The event is designed with missionary supporters in the local church in mind.  The aim of the conference is to inform, inspire and educate church leaders and laity – the foundation of missionary care – in providing effective care to their overseas missionaries.  Speakers and workshop leaders include local church leaders, international mission leaders and missionary care professionals.  The theme for this coming February is “A Caregiver’s Guide to the Missionary Heart.” For more information, see the MC2 website at:

http://www.mctwo.org/index.html

No fooling.

http://www.csdw.com/csdw/pur_packet.shtml

Does that not make you thirsty? :-) Does Proctor & Gamble not have this stuff down pat, or *what*???

Minnesota Renewal Center is hosting another Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills (SYIS) workshop, to be held at their facility in St. Paul, MN, October 31 – November 4, 2011. The cost is $315 per person.  For more information and registration, please see their website at…

http://www.minnesotarenewalcenter.org/SYIS.html

We’re grateful to the Mission Network, of Anacortes, WA, which supplied $100 to fuel the fire of Brigada this past week! May God bless them mightily!

Where else can you get the entire world, downloadable in minutes? Operation World is arguably the definitive prayer guide to every nation. It’s now published by Biblica Publishing and is available in multiple electronic formats to support any e-book reader, including iPad, Kindle, Sony, Nook and more. It includes…

*** Updates on church growth, population, people and language statistics

*** Explanations of major currents in economics, politics, and society

*** Challenges for prayer and specific answers to prayer

Mike, the Director of Marketing for Biblica, reminded me recently that until recently, Operation World was only available as a traditional book, CD-ROM, or DVD. Now — suddenly — it’s ready to download immediately, in just about every format imaginable.

The e-book is fully searchable in full color when devices are color-compatible. Its table of contents is hyperlinked and has bookmark features. You can find it at any of these 3 sources:

http://www.BiblicaDirect.com

http://www.gmi.org

http://www.operationworld.com

For more than 40 years, Operation World has been the primary global resource encouraging readers to pray for world missions and evangelism. Since the original edition as printed in 1974, more than 2.5 million copies have been sold in a variety of languages. The book has been translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean, Chinese, Russian, and in part into Indonesian and Italian. It’s my go-to book, the one I open during prayer times (when I’m sure people think at first that I’m checking my email), and the one you’ll go to again and again. No kickbacks, no marketing fees, no fooling — this book is the real deal.

The Akademie für Weltmission in Korntal Germany is hosting the second annual tentmaking business as mission course October 31-November 3 2011. The focus of four intense days is on ministry development and cultural adaptation. All teaching is in English. Space is limited so please register early. For more information and the course outline check out this link

http://www.tent.no/tmcourse/germany

or contact Steinar directly at

steinartentno

(And thanks to Steinar for the gift to Brigada Today!)