Food Drive for Kids

November 24, 2011

About a week ago a few families in our neighborhood organized a food collection for Central Florida Children’s Home. It was a great pre-Thanksgiving way to share food before we feast!  And it was a great way for our kids to catch a vision for serving other kids with kindness and love.  Kindness and love [...]

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Thai Staff Need Your Help to Help Others

November 10, 2011

Help2 video on Vimeo shows flood relief work. Have you heard about the flooding in Thailand? Since early October … Over 400 people killed 760,000 homes damaged Over 2.3 million people affected $5.1 billion in damages nationwide This is the worst flooding Thailand has seen in 60 years! Check out the video above to see [...]

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MinistryNet Conference

October 30, 2011

This is the conference I am heading to in Bangkok.  I had an unplanned 24 hour delay in Detroit, but Lord willing I will still get there just a few hours before some of the pre-conference seminars begin. Click the photo above or visit the conference web site:  http://MinistryNetconference.com You may even be able to [...]

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Delayed in Detroit

October 30, 2011

“Flight Cancelled.”  When you are a long ways from home and getting ready to board an international flight, these are not the words you want to hear. Yesterday I departed Orlando en route to an exciting conference in Thailand which my team is helping sponsor.  About 200 Internet strategy leaders from CCC all around the [...]

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Cows Roam the Streets

August 21, 2011

What a week in Bangalore, India! We arrived late Tuesday night (or early Wednesday morning) and will be returning home Monday. Thanks for praying for the training.  It went very well.  We actually covered more ground than I thought we’d be able to. How can I describe the people, the sights, the total experience here?  [...]

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Home and Away (to India)

August 15, 2011

After returning home from our U.S. staff training conference and being at home for a couple of weeks, I’m on the road (and the air) again for a week or so.   This time it’s a trip to Bangalore, India with 3 of my teammates to conduct a training for several of our tech leader staff [...]

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Watch Videos from our Staff Conference

August 15, 2011

We returned from Colorado where our all U.S. staff training conference is held every two years.  The whole Hand clan really enjoyed the time.  The kids participated in a Christ-focused kids camp during the week and Shannon and I attended seminars and gathered with our teammates during the day. Some of this years speakers included: [...]

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Heavy Emphasis On Mobile

July 26, 2011

This video says it all.  Yet, it’s probably nothing you didn’t already know. Why and how is mobile technology important to ministry today? It’s so important that we’ve spent over a year helping a seminary in Kenya offer a Bible class to student pastors via mobile phone.  Others in our ministry have created iPhone Apps [...]

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Look Ma, I’m on Your Phone

July 25, 2011

As you know, it’s not just a cell phone anymore. More and more people are using their mobile phone to “do” email, catch up on facebook and read articles on the web.  We even have a mobile friendly version of your favorite web site: HandsHeadlines.com If you have a web enabled mobile device – such [...]

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Quiet Place

July 15, 2011

Recently I finished a time of sabbatical.  It was about giving my soul a quiet place.  Being still. Reading the Word. Listening. Every four years, missionaries with Campus Crusade are allowed 30 days to step away for spiritual renewal.  Although I knew I had this rare privilege, this is the first time in 18 years [...]

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