Team Expansion – Brigada Today 2017/07/09

http://sltynet.net

Use the contact form there to let them know you’re interested in getting in on the group.

http://www.FundTheMinistry.com

One missionary reported, “Your materials are inspiring me. I have lost so many donors but my hope is to get half of them back.”

http://connectefl.com

This is an exciting development that didn’t exist in this format previously. So glad it’s available now!

http://www.ZumeProject.com

have been at it again. In a remake of their page, they’ve added new capabilities and a ton of improvements for participants. If you haven’t stopped by ZumeProject and you’re wondering what it’s all about, look no further than the entire May/June edition of Mission Frontiers here…

http://www.missionfrontiers.org/pdfs/39-3_Issue_5-6.pdf

In a nutshell, Zume is an online training and coaching service designed to help you become a disciple worth multiplying, help you acquire and implement the skills and life practices to make disciples who make disciples. It’s designed (in this phase) for a North American audience — but future phases will address (first of all) 34 different language groups, then (literally) district-level contexts in all 4000 different zones of the planet. Having watched these Zume groups at work on a personal level, we can now say with a high level of confidence that this system, if implemented as directed, really, really works. If you haven’t tried it, please give it your best and check it out. You’ll need a group of 4 people to get started. You WON’T need your Visa card. Zume is free.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/business/etihad-laptop-ban.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40404923

(Thanks for bubbling this up to us, Caleb!)

https://www.lausanne.org/content/lga/2017-05/finishing-the-remaining-29-of-world-evangelization#post-107503-endnote-3

Kent does a great job bringing people up to date, introducing movements (to those who might have been living on Mars for the past year and haven’t heard about them), bringing in the biblical passages relevant to the whole subject, then applying key principles that each of us ought to be following. Bravo Kent.

https://idisciple.cityteam.org/events/

(Go Caleb Southerland!)

http://www.saudidayofprayer.com/

http://www.prayercast.com/you-reign.html

It set the tone for my entire talk (with 22 new missionary recruits) AND when the evaluation forms were turned in at the end of the day, some of the recruits were STILL gripped by it. Something about knowing that God is still sovereign, in the face of all life’s difficulties and everything that Satan throws our way — something about that gives us strength. Highly recommended. Can’t believe they give away the high res download. Bless them.

http://cherrydalepress.com/

What do YOU use to help YOUR kids fall in love with learning another language?

http://www.rescuednotarrested.org/

And this ministry looks awesome. But we’re trying to dig as deeply as we can. Where can we find great guidance for visiting inmates, helping them transition to the outside world when they’re released, helping them with reentry counseling, helping them find good jobs and great small groups that will facilitate close walks and bold witness for Christ. Got any leads?

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/spains-running-bulls-injured-day-pamplona-48582840

We know that there were six injured today in the sixth running. Why do grown men willingly DO this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj6KQvNQHeo

I have a great friend who participated this week. I’m sooooooo looking forward to getting inside his mind when (if?) he comes back. The great thing is, he’s so given to missions. So maybe it’s an adventure thing. If so, we should have *thousands* of willing workers lining up to do cross-cultural work (because missions is so *HARD*!). If you have a theory about why people take part in the Running of the Bulls… and how we might capture that same sense of adventure in recruiting people for missions, please click comment after the web version of this item. Thanks.

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