Hello;
I am not low-teach, but I am far from hi-tech (is there a medium-tech?)....
So, I have a few needs to help the missionary work to which God has called me.
Also, I value your advice about good and bad missionary communication practices.
FIRST:
I use hotmail to send out my email prayer letters. I have a 100 per day limit to prevent spam abuse.
So, I send it out over 3 days and usually make it into a pdf attachment.
If you were a missionary needing to send out several hundreds email updates, how would you do it? What format? How do I manage the never-ending address changes, additions and removals from my list, etc?
I pride myself on being an avid communicator, but this is a large chore - especially with many, many needs here.
SECOND:
I use Prayerletters.us to send out my snail mail prayer letters. Sometimes people change their addresses as well and this results in a regular cost of mailing letters that get returned to me (about 3-5% every time I send out snail mail letters...my mailing list runs about 250). I need to keep sending snail mail letters too it seems because some of the older supporters are not yet email saavy.
THIRD:
I need to write and publish some booklets for the national church here. What is a good program to do the formatting and layout myself so that I can merely send it to a printer in this country with a thumb drive. I need all booklets to have attractive layout and pictures (many people here are only semi-literate).
FOURTH
I need to print out large quantities of brochures about my own work and also about the work on the field here. One for my personal furlough needs, and the other becuase I will be representing my mission at Urbana 09 in St Louis this year (Dec 27th-31st).
But Kinkos will break the bank for me!!!
What is the best way to mass produce these materials? Any churches have printing presses or facilities to help me do this?
FIFTH:
What are some general advice and warnings about good and bad missionary commmunication practices. How can I make things easier for me and bring glory to God in my efforts to communicate needs.
Sixth:
Oh yeah, I forgot....
How can I post PDF prayer letters securely online so that supporters can come to a website and see my prayer letters, but others cannot? Remember: I have had info security problems in the past. I would love to post moreinfo on Facebook, but can this be done securely?..especially if I am posting info on the Religion of Peace, etc?
I am not low-teach, but I am far from hi-tech (is there a medium-tech?)....
So, I have a few needs to help the missionary work to which God has called me.
Also, I value your advice about good and bad missionary communication practices.
FIRST:
I use hotmail to send out my email prayer letters. I have a 100 per day limit to prevent spam abuse.
So, I send it out over 3 days and usually make it into a pdf attachment.
If you were a missionary needing to send out several hundreds email updates, how would you do it? What format? How do I manage the never-ending address changes, additions and removals from my list, etc?
I pride myself on being an avid communicator, but this is a large chore - especially with many, many needs here.
SECOND:
I use Prayerletters.us to send out my snail mail prayer letters. Sometimes people change their addresses as well and this results in a regular cost of mailing letters that get returned to me (about 3-5% every time I send out snail mail letters...my mailing list runs about 250). I need to keep sending snail mail letters too it seems because some of the older supporters are not yet email saavy.
THIRD:
I need to write and publish some booklets for the national church here. What is a good program to do the formatting and layout myself so that I can merely send it to a printer in this country with a thumb drive. I need all booklets to have attractive layout and pictures (many people here are only semi-literate).
FOURTH
I need to print out large quantities of brochures about my own work and also about the work on the field here. One for my personal furlough needs, and the other becuase I will be representing my mission at Urbana 09 in St Louis this year (Dec 27th-31st).
But Kinkos will break the bank for me!!!
What is the best way to mass produce these materials? Any churches have printing presses or facilities to help me do this?
FIFTH:
What are some general advice and warnings about good and bad missionary commmunication practices. How can I make things easier for me and bring glory to God in my efforts to communicate needs.
Sixth:
Oh yeah, I forgot....
How can I post PDF prayer letters securely online so that supporters can come to a website and see my prayer letters, but others cannot? Remember: I have had info security problems in the past. I would love to post moreinfo on Facebook, but can this be done securely?..especially if I am posting info on the Religion of Peace, etc?