I have a story to tell… Each week, people send us emails and letters, make phone calls or show up at a GoodSeed office. They come for the same reason—they have stories to share. Some are about life battles, others are about spiritual journeys. All are about how the gospel has transformed lives—how people have understood the good news and placed their trust in Jesus Christ for salvation. These testimonies share a common element: along the journey, an ordinary believer gave away a GoodSeed resource, or a friend took a GoodSeed tool and used it to explain the gospel. Fieldnotes is a collection of these touching stories from around the world. They tell of God’s grace reaching into the lives of people, and of how ordinary believers were faithful ambassadors for Christ. Read these stories and praise God for what He has done.

Thirteen distinguished anthropologists describe how they create and use the unique forms of writing they produce in the field. They also discuss the fieldnotes of seminal figures—Frank Cushing, Franz Boas, W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Margaret Mead—and analyze field writings in relation to other types of texts, especially ethnographies. Unique in conception, this volume contributes importantly to current debates on writing, texts, and reflexivity in anthropology.

COVID wrought havoc on the world’s economic systems. Higher education did not escape the ravages brought on by the pandemic as institutions of higher education around the world faced major upheavals in their educational delivery systems. Some institutions were prepared for the required transition to online learning. Most were not. Whether prepared or not, educators rose to the challenge. The innovativeness of educators met the challenges as digital learning replaced the face-to-face environment. In fact, some of the distance models proved so engaging that many students no longer desire a return to the face-to-face model. As with all transitions, some things were lost while others were gained. This book examines practice in the field as institutions struggled to face the worst global pandemic in the last century. The book is organized into four sections on 'The Perspectives of Higher Education”, 'COVID as a Catalyst for Change”, 'Embracing Online Learning as a Response to COVID”, and 'Post Covid: The Way Forward”. It presents various perspectives from educators around the world to illustrate the struggles and triumphs of those facing new challenges and implementing new ideas to empower the educational process. These discussions shed light on the impact of the pandemic and the future of higher education post-COVID. Higher education has been forever changed, and higher education as it once was may never return. While many questions arise, the achievements in meeting and overcoming the pandemic illustrate the creativity and innovativeness of educators around the world who inspired future generations of learners to reach new heights of accomplishment even in the face of the pandemic.

Other contributions include a study of the fortifications that are now submerged in the ancient harbor, a study of the city mint, and a report on an engineering study to establish the elevations at the site.

The SCP Rookie Handbook is written in a straightforward and easy-to-understand style, with a focus on providing practical advice and actionable steps that new agents can take to succeed in their work. The handbook is considered to be an essential resource for all new Foundation agents, and is often used as a training tool in Foundation academies and other training programs. This handbook covers a wide range of topics, including basic training, containment procedures, identification of anomalous objects and entities, and the various types of threats that agents may face in the field. It also provides detailed instructions on how to document and report any anomalies that are discovered, as well as guidelines for interacting with other Foundation personnel and the public.