On The Rhoads

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“Americans, to be sure, have a reputation for being generous people. Among all Americans, Christians are known for being even more big-hearted with their dollars. And among those who are known as Christians, we evangelicals have regularly supposed that we top the list in our giving for world missions. Well, all that is true—and it’s still embarrassing…”

Read the rest of this article from World Magazine.

I normally use Moody’s “Today In The Word” for my devotions. It’s available in print or online; I use the online version of course. Today’s devotion was on giving, so I thought I share part of it here:

Randy Alcorn wrote about what he calls The Treasure Principle: “You can’t take it with you—but you can send it on ahead. . . . If we give instead of keep, if we invest in the eternal instead of in the temporal, we store up treasures in heaven that will never stop paying dividends. Whatever treasures we store up on earth will be left behind when we leave. Whatever treasures we store up in heaven will be waiting for us when we arrive.” This is the secret that can unlock a lifetime of joyful giving…

You can read the rest of the devotion here.

Countries of Service: 52 (includes Learning Technologies)

1 *****

2 Angola

3 Australia: Arnhem Land

4 Bangladesh

5 Brazil (affiliate)

6 Burundi

7 Cambodia

8 Central African Republic

9 Chad

10 China: Mongolia & Learning Technologies

11 Costa Rica (Learning Technologies exclusively)

12 DRC

13 East Timor

14 Ecuador

15 Ethiopia (affiliate)

16 Guatemala (affiliate)

17 Haiti

18 Indonesia: Kalimantan, Papua, Sumatra

19 ******

20 Kenya

21 *******

22 Laos

23 Lesotho

24 Madagascar

25 Malawi

26 Mali (well digging only)

26 *****

27-29 Middle East — 3 countries (Learning Technologies exclusively)

30 ****

31 Namibia

32 North Africa (Learning Technologies exclusively)

33 Papua New Guinea

34 Mexico (affiliate)

35 Mozambique

36 Romania (Learning Technologies exclusively)

37 Russia (Learning Technologies exclusively)

38 Rwanda

39 *****

40 Somalia

41 South Africa

42 Sudan

43 Suriname (affiliate)

44 Swaziland

45 Tanzania

46 Thailand

47 Tajikistan (Learning Technologies, in research & development)

48 Uganda (Learning Technologies exclusively)

49 Ukraine (Learning Technologies exclusively)

50 USA (Learning Technologies & logistics)

51 Zambia

52 Zimbabwe

Update: Removed closed access countries from the list.

We’ve reached 8% of our monthly goal of $57,00. It would only take 1 person investing $114 (2%)/month or 2 people investing $57/month  to get us to 10%.

You can invest online at http://www.maf.org/rhoads.

MAF Learning Technology is excited to announce the release of DEScribe Editor, beta version. DEScribe is a desktop editor that makes e-learning course creation easy. Courses written in DEScribe can be exported and run on a variety of e-learning platforms. This beta version initially exports to MAFLT DEViewer and, soon after, Moodle. Other platform targets will be available in the production, gold version.

Features include simple creation of a course TOC (table of contents), uncomplicated image and style importing, a straightforward plug-in toolbox, and painless project workspace sharing with teammates. These features, along with a customizable GUI work environment (available in several languages) enables subject matter experts to create courses directly. If they know how to use a word processor, they already know how to use DEScribe. This streamlining of required operator skills dramatically lowers the overhead of e-learning curriculum development.

The DEScribe beta release will be tested by a select group of users before release to the public in order to ensure the highest quality product.

I was interviewed on the Life Spring Podcast.

Our September 2007 prayer letter has been posted.

Read our bio at www.maf.org/rhoads.