Exloring Life Eternal

http://www.russianlanguage.org

Studying at the Institute of Strategic Languages and Cultures (ISLC) (formerly Russian Language Ministries) will give you a good head start in learning the needed language and culture. Their experienced staff is called by God to equip you in the Russian language & cross-cultural skills you will need to be effective in ministry. Courses are tailored to your learning needs and offer an intensive and focused experience with, gradual effective immersion in the language, communicative learning methods & flexible duration for all programs. Their U.S. based courses are taught in an encouraging spiritual atmosphere with a focus on future ministry.

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http://www.markharris.us

Dr. Mark Harris has made available a set of seven papers based on the research he did a few years back among Russian young people. In addition, there are four papers to help you understand Russian Baptist churches, and a few other miscellaneous papers on ministry in Russia.

CF: www.brigada.org

LINKING LITERACY AND ORAL COMMUNICATION

Nearly 4 billion people cannot read. But what about the millions who are learning to read but continue to read too poorly to understand? There is a very simple way to help turn poor, struggling readers into good readers. It is the Talking Bible in that reader's own language. The advent of the talking Bible now offers a wonderful new way to help poor readers become good readers. A poor reader with a talking Bible can open the printed Bible and follow the text while listening to the narration of that text in audio. The new solid state, digital Talking Bible will make it easy to select the exact passage in the printed text. Talking Bibles International says it will have its revolutionary, new solid-state, digital Talking Bible available by summer's end. An exciting new era is dawning. For more information visit:
http://www.talkingbibles.org

Contains a quiver of tools to track commercial and private flights.

http://flightaware.com

This site's goal is a "free, complete, up-to-date and reliable guide" to worldwide travel.

http://wikitravel.org

Be the light of the world ... follow Jesus!

Peace,
Mert

MullinsMedia has been providing media support to missions and missionaries since 2001. Recognizing that a well-designed and regularly updated website is the best communication tool available today, they specialize in providing low-cost, easy-edit web spaces to missionaries (hosting, training and maintenance included).

MullinsMedia also travels worldwide to produce documentary-
style DVDs that mission organizations use to tell their story.

Visit http://www.mullinsmedia.com

Click on "links" to see some of the sites they have developed.

Visit Brigada-Today online for more info.

How to pray for Iraq:


Go to:
http://www.opendoorsusa.org/Display.asp?Page=prayIraq

Intercessors are needed to stand in the gap for Saudi Arabia, which was again recently designated as a ‘‘country of particular concern’’ for its ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom by the U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USIRF).

The document, released May 3, 2006, reported that the government of Saudi Arabia continues to enforce vigorously its ban on all forms of public religious expression other than the government’s interpretation of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islam.

Additionally, according to Open Doors International, Saudi Arabia holds the second spot on the list for the fourth year in a row on the 2006 World Watch List of nations where persecution against Christians is most intense.

Religious freedom does not exist in Saudi Arabia where citizens are allowed to adhere to only one religion— the officially recognized Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam. No legal protection is provided for freedom of religion; neither does this protection exist in practice. The legal system is based on Islamic law (Shariah). Apostasy—conversion to another religion—is punishable by death.

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"Mother, wait ‘til you hear the things my teacher told us about Christianity today,” Sameh said, as he walked in the front door. “Christianity!” Her voice was sharp. “What was he doing talking about that? What a disgrace!” His mother’s reaction made Sameh more curious. “But how will I learn about other religions, if not in school?” he asked.

“You do not need to know about those religions,” his mother scolded. “You are a Muslim just as your father is, and your grandfather and great-grandfather were before him. The less you know about those false teachings, the better. In fact, we will make sure you never hear of this in school again!” Sameh didn’t understand why his parents wanted to hide these things. Even the government would not allow libraries to have the holy books of other religions. Some day I will study in Europe, he thought, and I will learn all the things that are now hidden from me.

A young person like Sameh, growing up in the country of Saudi Arabia, doesn’t usually learn about any religion but his own. Recently, a high school chemistry teacher named Muhammad al-Harbi, talked to his students about Christianity and Judaism. He was accused of putting doubtful thoughts into the minds of children about their own religion. He was sentenced to 750 lashes, 50 a week for 15 weeks, and sent to prison for three years.

For the full newsletter (which includes news on Libya and Sudan as well, visit:
http://www.prayersquared.org/WINEmailNews/WINEmailNewsJune2006.swf

Weekly Prayer Points- May 28- June 3, 2006

Somalia - We ask that you, LORD, would protect and defend Somali Christian refugees in Kenya who continue to face attacks and harassment from Muslim refugees.

Jordan – Pray that the leaders of the Christian communities will respond to their enemies with forgiveness and love.

Eritrea - We pray for the 1700 Christians in prison. LORD, help them to know your presence with is them. We pray that they would have the freedom to worship you.

Syria - Pray for the government as it considers its response to continuing external pressure concerning armed groups in Lebanon and the Palestinian areas.

West Bank & Gaza Strip – Pray for an end to a spate of violent attacks on Christian churches, schools, and other ministries.

Mauritania - Pray for good use of the opportunities afforded to Christian aid workers in the country.

Sudan - LORD God, we pray for Reverend Elia Kumundan who was charged with kidnapping following the disappearance of a young woman who recently converted to Christianity. We ask, LORD, that following the reappearance of this woman, these false charges would be repealed and that both she and Reverend Kumundan would be protected from further harm.

Kuwait – Pray that work on the construction of two additional churches for the many expatriate Christians will not raise tensions.

These & Other prayer requests:
http://www.prayersquared.org/WeeklyPrayerPoints/wpp052806.swf

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phone: (719) 522-1040
web: http://www.win1040.com

http://solarpoweredbible.com/

Here is a small bible that fits in the palm of your hand and
now speaks all the books of the Bible, old and new Testament, in a real human voice. You can jump from book to book, and chapter to chapter with the press of a button. You can also jump ahead or back in 15 second intervals. It's easy to use and the batteries are built into the unit. It can be powered by the sun or a light bulb or charged from a 9 volt DC adapter (not included). Fully charged batteries will allow the unit to play for approximately 10 hours. You can listen to the human voice reading the Bible through the Bible's excellent speaker, or through ear phones (included). The unit measures 4 1/4 by 2 1/2 by 7/8 inch.

This would be great for the visually impaired or for your next
road trip. In spite of costs as high as $110 at other sites, Ken found it at:
http://www.kingdom.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=SOLBIB
for just $40 with accessories at
http://www.kingdom.com/category.aspx?categoryID=602

Check out the Visualized Bible Series. Bible Visuals International prints picture-based Bible lessons that cover the entire Bible, highlighting major doctrines, in over 85 languages. They even give rights for national churches to print materials in their language in their country. Contact them to receive a resource catalogue or more information on our overseas printing efforts.

GO TO:
http://www.biblevisuals.org
Or Write for: info (at) biblevisuals(dot)org
Call: (Intl. Prefix) + 1-717-859-1131 .

Institute of Strategic Languages and Cultures (ISLC)
(formerly Russian Language Ministries)

Study @ the ISLC will give you a good head start in learning the needed language and culture. Their experienced staff is called by God to equip you with the language & cross-cultural skills you will need to be effective in ministry to Russian. Courses are tailored to your learning needs and offer an intensive and focused experience with, gradual effective immersion in the language, communicative learning methods & flexible duration for all programs. Their U.S. based courses are taught in an encouraging spiritual atmosphere with a focus on future ministry. Classes now forming for an 8 week summer course (June 5 - July 28) & a 16 week fall course (Aug. 28- Dec. 15).

GO TO:
http://www.strategiclanguages.org
Call toll-FREE in the USA: 1-800-799-7976
Outside the USA: 1-803-333-9119
Or Write to the: R L M office (at) juno(dot)com .

"Global Missiology"
http://www.GlobalMissiology.org

A free quarterly professional on-line missiological journal that
features contributions from a host of today's top thinkers and
practitioners. The April English edition is now available featuring
articles on "Pentecost and Missions" among other topics. The journal
also features complete archives of previously published editions.

There is also a Chinese edition that contains original articles from Chinese missiologists in simplified and full scripts.

Global Missiology is launching a French edition and is accepting original articles for that version by queries.
You may write to the: editor (at) globalmissiology(dot)org .

From the April issue on, readers of the English edition of GM can start receiving free downloads of out-of-print book titles by well known missiologists (e.g. Dr. Yamamori - Executive Director of Lausanne Congress of World Evangelism). To begin receiving an e-mail notice with a link to Global Missiology when new issues appear, send an e-mail message to the editor (see above) & write "subscribe" in the subject heading. The GM editor will reply to your message with an acknowledgment of your request.

Patterson's interactive novel, "Come, Let Us Disciple the Nations", is now available as a free download. It tracks your learning in 20 skill areas while you choose options for a congregation that reproduces in its own community, in a nearby culture, in a distant land and in a hostile one.

The .zip file contains 25 MB = programme, text, pictures, sounds.

GO TO:
http://www.paul-timothy.net/dn/

Or write to:
G Patterson (at) cvi2(dot)org .

The story consists of actual events known to the author that occurred in various church-planting efforts around the globe.

http://www.worldmapper.org

Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where [national/country] territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject [data-set] of interest. Maps will be added, and information modified during 2006.

Currently, the 56 online maps feature a diverse range of data-sets, which uses UN data (same basic info as the CIA apparently) include:
Land
Demographics (birth, age, etc.)
Population (various years)
International Refugees / Migration (various)
Tourism $ (various aspects of)
Transportation (various modes)
Communication (various modes)
Imports / Exports (various commodoties)

As more data is entered, more maps will be added.
Each map is accompanied by a printable pdf, an Excel data file with or without the map, and an Opendoc datafile in standard format.

The Univ. of Michigan has a role in the project:
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/credits.html

They are copyrighted & are not mass reproduceable. Though other single maps have used one or two sets of data, this is perhaps the most extensive set of maps.

TO PASTE A GRAPHIC INTO YOUR PRESENTATION:
Right-click on the map.
Choose "Save Picture as..."
Save the PNG file on your drive.

In the presentation software, (such as MSPowerpoint):
Select "insert|picture file".
Paste it where you want it.
Done.

COPYRIGHT ISSUES:
If you're using the material to teach a class, "fair use" might be all you need to use that graphic. If you're using the material for any other reason... say... a profit motive, write to
info(at)worldmapper(dot)org
and see what you can negotiate. Again, the authors promise in advance
that non-profit use will usually be granted.

The poster is nice enough to use as a -placemat- at your next missions banquet. Write for permission, then find some generous
businessman with a color printer and a laminator.

If you are interested in writing short stories that have a Christian spiritual message, or are simply morally & ethically sound, you may want to check out:

http://www.abc111.net/cgi-bin/goTEAM.cgi?l=E&db=TEAM&go=TWRadio63

CONSULTATION ABSTRACTS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM) is offering an amazing palette of choices at its July 11-15 event. Registrants will select from over 50 seminars, panels, plenary sessions, and media presentations. Experienced leaders from more than 20 organizations will present seminars within the following tracks: Foundations, Media and Related Arts, Contextualization and Case Studies, Methodology, and Overcoming Obstacles. Break-out sessions by geography and interest for networking.

Speaker info & seminar abstracts available online:
http://www.gcommhome.org

A website about household colors.

They have a color game that is supposed to help find the colors you
like ... today. Tomorrow it may change.

http://www.voiceofcolor.com/en/index.asp

If you know Russian and you have one of these mobile devices (PALMs, Pocket PCs and Web-enabled phones), you're welcome to try out a new interface here:
www.agape-biblia.org/mobile/

If you don't have a mobile device, but you want to see how it will work on one, go to:
www.agape-biblia.org/AgapbibE.htm

with an ordinary PC and click on the "A-B mobile" button.

Nearly everything available on the full-size Agape-Biblia, almost 5 gigabytes, is also available on the mobile version:

Menu
* God's Plan for your life
* Agape Rehab Society
* Commentaries of Chrysostom
* School of Mission
* Practical Ministries
* Russian songs
* Russian sermons

Visit the "Missions Catalyst" events calendar -http://www.calebproject.org/main.php/calendar

www.asiaharvest.org
Asia Harvest

From Headhunters to Church Planters:
An Amazing Spiritual Awakening in Nagaland
By Paul Hattaway

Surely one of the greatest spiritual revivals in history happened
in a remote corner of northeast India from the 1950s to 1970s,
when more than one million Naga people came to Christ. For centuries
the Nagas were head-hunters and lived bound by dark demonic powers.
Paul Hattaway, the author of “The Heavenly Man” and “Back to
Jerusalem,” is a frequent visitor to Nagaland. He has interviewed
numerous eyewitnesses to the revivals, documenting how it came
about, the opposition and brutal persecution that followed, and
the astonishing miracles that accompanied it.

“Today, almost one million Christians live joyful lives in Nagaland.
We have been conquered by God’s overwhelming grace and love ...
I recommend ‘From Head-hunters to Church Planters’ as an accurate
and incisive account of what God has done among the Nagas. May
God be glorified thorugh this book, and may your own heart be
revived as you read the wonderful things that God has done in
Nagaland!” - Naga Pastor Gwayhunlo Khing

Waynesboro, GA: Authentic, 2006, 144 pages.
Available from Asia Harvest
On the Web: http://www.asiaharvest.org
Price US$13 (including postage anywhere in the world)
with discounts for bulk orders.

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MERT: Having read some of the accounts, I can honestly say that they have helped prepare me for where I am today & that they equipped me with greater ability to discern danger & do God's work with faith & joy.