MOLDOVA INTERNET CAFE

by Courtney

Horse BuggyTrudging through the mud filled streets, a horse drawn cart splashes by as you enter through a black gate simply labeled “Internet”. You make your way through the courtyard kicking the mud from your shoes then enter the whitewashed building. Next you enter a room where people are actively sitting in front of monitors, clicking on the keyboards. Some are researching school projects, others are emailing and IM’ing with loved ones who have moved away, while others are producing marketing signage f ... Read More



NEW EDOT WEBSITE

by Laura

You might be wondering “how much work went into this website?”  About 175 hours by one person, not to mention the countless hours spent by others who contributed in multiple ways including GEMStone Media (also a ministry of Greater Europe Mission) who created the design for this website.  This truly was a team effort.

The next question might be “what makes it tick?”  The easy answer is Wordpress with a LOT of plugins.  There’s also a slew of custom code to make things like the menu interactive (based on code from Andrew Sellick), allow the use of special fonts (sIFR), and create the cool country map (February 2009 Issue of .NET Magazine).  We also had to customize many of the Wordpress plugins to fi ... Read More



SMS

by Courtney

FrontlineSMS LogoYou feel the familiar vibration of your cell phone ringing in your pocket.  You pull it out to read the newly received SMS/Text message saying that your fellow church member’s biopsy results show that she is clear of cancer.  You breath a sigh of relief as you have been praying for the results to come in quickly.  You regularly receive updates via SMS fr ... Read More