http://www.lightsys.org/ News and Updates on Computing in Missions from LightSys Technology Services en-us LSRSS 120 http://www.lightsys.org/favicon.ico https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 'Those He saves - He sends...' What a heart for the Gospel we see through the team at DiscipleMakers! Their student conference starts this Friday. Pray for the students, the speakers, the DiscipleMakers staff, and for the LightSys team as we mobilize computer science students to use their skills in missions.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Summer intern Minsik joined us from Computer Science and Engineering (Taylor University) and proved to be a skillful coder and excellent cook -- providing delightful Korean food for one of our discipleship nights. God provided miraculously for Minsik's internship finances through a church he didn't attend. Through a series of unusual events, the church learned about his financial support opportunity and generously (and unexpectedly!) provided all the finances needed for the summer. Join us in praising God for His provision and in praying for Minsik as he prepares to graduate in December.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Introducing our summer interns: Sean joined us from University of Washington for a summer of software development and missions discipleship. He served on the worship team during ICCM and was always up for group activities. Pray for Sean as he dives into his junior year in Washington.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 The LightSys team will be mobilizing techies for missions at the DiscipleMakers fall student conference in Harrisburg, PA the 18th of October. Pray for the DiscipleMakers team and the LightSys team as they prepare for this captivating event!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 LightSys co-founder Tim Young traveled to ICCM-Africa in May to be the keynote speaker at ICCM-East Africa 2025. Thankful for God's work through Tim and through the collaboration of tech and missions in East Afica!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Are you an East Coast techie? Missionary? Software developer with a heart for missions? Logistics person? Mentor? Our Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions has impacted 450+ young people over the last 13 years -- giving them a vision for using their computer skills to help the nations hear about Christ. We're prayerfully considering the idea of creating a similar event on the East Coast in the coming years. If you might be interested in participating in such an event in some function (mentor, organizer, or coder), drop us a note so we can start exploring ideas together.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000 We just finished Week 1 of Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions 2025 with a great group of students from Cedarville, two professional software developers, and four missions mentors. From a student at the end of the week... 'It wasn't until my senior year that I decided to make time for LightSys, regardless of the time it takes away from academics, to go and see what it was about. I was able to see firsthand the intersection of missions and the CS world. It just seemed to click. The Lord was telling me that I am called to Go. I am not certain of the timing, but I know for certain that setting my posture is important for walking out God's path in His timing.'

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sun, 02 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000 A great morning worshipping with 31 Code-a-thon participants as we kick off Week 1 of the 14th Annual Code-a-thon for Missions. A huge thanks to the Cragmor Christian Reformed Church family for the amazing potluck afterwards.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000 Registration is open! Our 14th Annual Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions will held in March with a different team attending each of the four weeks. Software developer with a passion for missions? Sign up and come join us! www.lightsys.org/code

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:01:00 +0000 We had four fantastic students from Georgia Tech working on a project for SIL during Week 3 of our Annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions. Check out this highlight video they created for their supporters!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 01 Apr 2024 18:01:00 +0000 [link]]]> A special thanks to Cragmor Christian Reformed Church for being our host this year as we reflect on this year's Code-a-Thon! [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:01:00 +0000 Week 2 of Code-a-thon brought us two fantastic teams from LeTourneau University (TX) and Lee University (TN). It was great to see them working on projects for missions information security as well as projects for SIL and Grow2Serve.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:01:00 +0000 Highlights from Week 1 of Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions! This was 40 participants from five universities working on projects for eight different mission organizations.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:01:00 +0000 We've had a great week with coding teams from Cedarville, Covenant, Palm Beach Atlantic, Grove City, and Calvin!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sat, 02 Mar 2024 19:01:00 +0000 Next Need: Strategic Prayer Partners for Coding Teams! This year, we have 17 coding teams (each 3-4 people) that are working on real-world programming projects for missions during our 13th Annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions. We're praying for 17 people to each commit to praying for a coding team in the weeks leading up to the event and during the week of the event. If you want to be one of those people being a strategic prayer partner for a team, drop us a message.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:01:00 +0000 [link]]]> Code-a-Thon 2024: We had the privilege of recruiting at LeTourneau University's GO Week this week. We've got 12+ coders coming from LeTourneau for our Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions in March. Sign up to join them at [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:01:00 +0000 [link] We should celebrate his passion, servant's heart, and impact. At the same time, know that you don't need to be the founder of a large international mission agency to hear those words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant'. Focus humbly on seeking God's kingdom first and on faithful obedience. Love the things God loves. Let Him in His sovereignty do the rest, as He weaves your life into the beautiful fabric of His Kingdom. LightSys is one of dozens of missions agencies today that have roots in Operation Mobilization - we were based out of the OM USA office for our first eight years of ministry.]]> Operation Mobilization founder George Verwer passed into eternity this past Friday. [link] We should celebrate his passion, servant's heart, and impact. At the same time, know that you don't need to be the founder of a large international mission agency to hear those words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant'. Focus humbly on seeking God's kingdom first and on faithful obedience. Love the things God loves. Let Him in His sovereignty do the rest, as He weaves your life into the beautiful fabric of His Kingdom. LightSys is one of dozens of missions agencies today that have roots in Operation Mobilization - we were based out of the OM USA office for our first eight years of ministry.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 05 Oct 2022 18:01:00 +0000 Come use your skills for the Kingdom! Mobilization season is here again. We're preparing the LightSys booth for college visits where we share the need for Geeks in Missions. Our first stop is LeTourneau University's Career Fair on Thursday, October 6th. Pray for God to bring us the right students!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:01:00 +0000 A huge thank you to Dan Williams - our amazing volunteer Scrum master who flies out to Colorado each year for our Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions events. His goal: to help the young coders understand basic project management and keep them on task as they work on programming projects for missions. Dan - you make a huge impact on the students and the projects and in our hearts. Thank you.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:01:00 +0000 Shout out to LightSys volunteers Aisha Terrill and Scott Lewis for their work behind the scenes making code-a-thon happen! Scott took a week off work and joined us in person this past week handling logistics. As one coder wrote in their kudos at week's end: 'Nothing happens without Scott!'

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:01:00 +0000 Shout out to Professor Patrick Dudenhofer of Cedarville University for attending his fourth consecutive Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions. His time and energy in promoting the trip and coordinating the logistics have been a huge part of why we've had a team from Cedarville the last two years. Eleven Cedarville students + two Cedarville faculty are working on projects for three different mission organizations this week.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:01:00 +0000 During this week of Code-a-Thon, we were delighted to have LightSys team member Loren (bottom row, center square) join us remotely from Egypt. He has been there training a team how to map church data and visually pray and understand ministry opportunities. Pray for Loren as he wrap his up training time in Egypt and juggles logistics to return to the US. Pray for the men he has been training to remember and apply well what they have learned.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:01:00 +0000 Today's Code-a-Thon shout out is to Michelle Todd and the Hannibal-LaGrange University team! Dr. Todd and the CS alumni of Hannibal-LaGrange have been involved in multiple ways this year. Almuna Katie and Dr. Todd have been recruiting and coordinating the HLGU Code-a-Thon team. Dr. Todd is hosting Calvin University students as they head back to Michigan at the end of their week. And alumnus Ben Woods is hosting the Cedarville University students on their way to Colorado for their Code-a-Thon week. Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions really is about working together as the Body of Christ.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:01:00 +0000 Session 1 of Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions is officially underway! Today's shout out: members of Cragmor Christian Reformed Church who graciously provided a meal for the Calvin University coders who are here this week. Tonight's meal-makers are Calvin alumni and parents of Calvin grads, so they enjoyed the chance to visit with the team.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:01:00 +0000 Students will be arriving for Week 1 of Code-a-Thon in just 48 hours! Today's shout-out: friends who help host teams as the students drive to and from Colorado. This year, supporters in St. Louis; Fayette, MO; and Minden, NE are hosting teams as they travel to and from Colorado. Thankful for community! (photo: Cedarville University mug given to a host home as a thank you gift by a traveling Code-a-Thon team.)

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:01:00 +0000 Preparations for Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions are underway! Today's prayer request: Pray for wise project preparation for the 36+ participants who will be coming through our doors during the next three weeks. Project preparation ahead of time can make-or-break the success of a project.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:01:00 +0000 Can't. Wait. In-person LightSys Code-a-Thon for Missions is happening in Colorado Springs May 16-21. Student? Professional? As long as you've got some coding skills, you're welcome to come! Stop by www.lightsys.org/code for information and registration link! (photo: throwback to Code-a-Thon 2018)

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:01:00 +0000 Thanks to all who joined us for our LightSys Code-a-Thon Ideation Weekend event! We had participants from three countries and four US time zones working on missions computing projects. Can't wait for our in-person weeklong event May 17-21!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:01:00 +0000 With many colleges eliminating spring breaks, we're innovating! Announcing our virtual LightSys Code-a-Thon Ideation Weekend event! This is a time where students and professionals can join our staff and volunteers as we do project analysis, ideation, brainstorming, and prototyping on real-world missions projects. Are you a technologist interested in joining us from a Friday evening to Saturday evening in March to work on projects for missions? Stop by www.lightsys.org/code to find more information and the interest form. We'll be planning which weekends soon, so get your availability registered by February 8th!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:01:00 +0000 Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions 2020 is coming - we've just prayerfully finished Round One of project and team assignments! So far, we have 66 participants registered from thirteen universities, plus many more LightSys volunteers. Seventeen teams will be receiving their project assignments in the next few days, among a total of 22 project options for Code-a-Thon 2020. Our Session One teams will be arriving in just six weeks!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sat, 23 Nov 2019 19:01:00 +0000 [link]]]> Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions 2020 Is Coming! Interested in joining us in Colorado for a week of worshiping God, fellowship, learning together, and developing software for missions? [link]

]]> http://LAN.LightSys.org/blogs/?id=6275&one LightSys Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:07:26 +0000 If Jesus can provide a tax payment in a fish's mouth, then surely... Today's anecdote is a testament to God's faithfulness from long long ago in the ancient history of LightSys. That is, back in the ancient days of May 2000. You probably know that LightSys is a "tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit". But, what does all of that gobbledygook mean? To you it means that your gifts are tax-deductible and provides you the assurance that we're not essentially a for-profit corporation in disguise... but to us it meant a lot of work and a real faith-building endeavor! God Provides Finances Just for some context, LightSys has always sought to be a financially efficient organization, and our early days were no exception (in fact, those days were almost too much of a non-exception!). We had a total of $1,400 in donations during our first year (1999), setting the stage for being in a position to need a miracle. May 31st of 2000 was for all practical purposes our deadline for filing for 501(c)(3) status. Unfortunately, by May of 2000 we only had $433.50 in our bank account -- not enough for the $500 filing fee. Not only so, but we lacked the knowledge to fill out the form (and we definitely lacked the finances to pay someone else to do it!). The form was a real bear, too, at 10 pages long, not to mention requiring dozens of pages of exhibits and attachments. We were praying for the finances and expertise, as well as for a fair and understanding person at the IRS to review our case (we had heard horror stories of poorly handled cases). Then, in mid-May, we received a $100 check from a generous donor - we finally had the funds (with a whole $33.50 to spare)! Excitedly we continued to research the IRS form and continued to pray for the knowledge and confidence to fill it out. God Provides Knowledge About five days prior to the May 31st deadline, we received a surprise email from a guy from Texas who had just visited our website, saw a note that we were in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) status, and wanted to send us a copy of his (computer related) ministry's 501(c)(3) application, if it would help us file ours (i.e., so we could use his successful application as a model for ours)! He even mailed it overnight to us and wouldn't let us pay him for the shipping! Encouraged, we got our application package (all 50 pages of it) in the mail to the IRS, on time. More Divine Provision But this was not to be the only set of miracles related to becoming a nonprofit. In mid-August of 2000, the IRS had a concern about one aspect of our application, and our case reviewer brought up the issue with us. After kindly explaining the issue and the recent IRS ruling applying to it, she gave us several options we could pursue in order to resolve the issue and obtain our exempt status. The IRS needed our answer within a few days, and our "answer" legally required that LightSys co-founders Greg Beeley and Tim Young hold an official business meeting. Unfortunately, while Greg was discussing this with the IRS, Tim was meandering around among random mission groups between San Francisco and Seattle, and he did not plan to "surface" for another week. A week would be too long! Not knowing where else to turn to locate this exceedingly itinerant Tim Young, Greg called Tim's parents. In order to appreciate how much of a long shot this was, you need to understand that members of the Young family rarely kept each other up-to-date regarding such detailed goings-on. Predictably, Tim's father did not know where Tim was. However, he did happen to know someone who did! While meandering through Oregon, Tim had providentially come across an old friend of his father; that friend had then promptly called Tim's father in Arizona to catch up. Greg then called Tim's dad's friend, who also did not know where Tim was, but he knew someone who did. After yet a third phone call, Tim and Greg were finally in touch, had completed their required business meeting, and Greg faxed the appropriate documents to the IRS. Less than a week later, in late August of 2000, we received our official "tax exempt" recognition from the IRS, allowing us to confidently issue "tax deductible" gift receipts! Not only so, but the IRS issued us a firmer decision than we had expected, meaning we did not have to do as much work to justify our 501(c)(3) status in the years to come.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:01:00 +0000 [link]&one]]> What a couple of decades! At LightSys, we're celebrating our 20-year anniversary this month! Over the next few weeks, we'd like to share with you some stories of God's glory and provision over the years. This first one dates back to the early days. :) [link]&one

]]> http://LAN.LightSys.org/blogs/?id=6265&one LightSys Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:57:26 +0000 A collection of short stories of God's faithfulness to His children serving in missions. This blog is dedicated to God's glory and to your encouragement. We deeply desire that you would be set free to place your full trust in God, not primarily because of our stories, but because you choose to trust Him. But, our hope is that these stories will help you envision walking in a place where your faith can't be shaken by circumstances. Many years ago, pastor Jimmy Seibert of Antioch Community Church said, "Many of us want to see God do a miracle in our lives, but we don't want to be in a position to need one." So, God has to force us into those situations, for His glory and for our joy. Count it all joy, my friends!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:01:00 +0000 Just 28 hours left to sign up for the 2019 Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sun, 13 Jan 2019 19:01:00 +0000 [link] Sign up by Tuesday, February 5th 2019!]]> University students (and others): Interested in using your programming and design skills in missions? Come and join us for our eighth annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions this March! [link] Sign up by Tuesday, February 5th 2019!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sun, 30 Dec 2018 19:01:00 +0000 Hi friends! We trust you had a great Christmas! For those of you who want to give an end-of-year donation: just a reminder that, to be counted in 2018 for tax reasons, your mailed-in check needs to be postmarked by tomorrow (Dec 31), or your online gift needs to have a transaction date no later than Dec 31. For online gifts, we recommend (at the latest) giving today (Dec 30) or early in the day tomorrow Dec 31, to ensure you can select the transaction date you want. Happy New Year!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:01:00 +0000 Come visit the Mission Infobank and find some great maps, images, and more, to help you strategically pray for the nations, plan missionary endeavors, and present the work of the Great Commission to others!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:00:00 +0000 [link] to browse tens of thousands of Great Commission maps, charts, photos, research documents, and useful internet links (create an account to download high-res images). #missions]]> A Mission Infobank major update! Visit [link] to browse tens of thousands of Great Commission maps, charts, photos, research documents, and useful internet links (create an account to download high-res images). #missions

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000 [link] and search for the missionary's support fund. 2) When our team and volunteers visit universities to talk to students and raise awareness of the need for skilled technology professionals in missions, there are some costs involved - for display and printed materials, for shipping, for travel, and more. You can assist with these costs via: [link] 3) Help with our needs for technology equipment, including software, computers, and other hardware! [link] 4) Not sure where to give, but you want to help the ministry of LightSys? Give to LightSys 'where most needed': [link]]]> Hi friends! Today is Giving Tuesday, and if the Lord is leading you to support the ministry of LightSys financially, here are a few opportunities to bless our team: 1) If you regularly or annually give to LightSys to support a specific missionary or missionary family, making a donation to the support fund for that missionary is a wonderful way to help, and is very much needed. Visit [link] and search for the missionary's support fund. 2) When our team and volunteers visit universities to talk to students and raise awareness of the need for skilled technology professionals in missions, there are some costs involved - for display and printed materials, for shipping, for travel, and more. You can assist with these costs via: [link] 3) Help with our needs for technology equipment, including software, computers, and other hardware! [link] 4) Not sure where to give, but you want to help the ministry of LightSys? Give to LightSys 'where most needed': [link]

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 Today is our final day of #CodeAThon for #Missions 2018! Two teams from @TaylorCSE are wrapping up their work on a pair of missions #GIS and research projects. Thank you @tayloru for sending these talented folks!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Two teams this week at Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions are working on this important #AI aspect of #Infosec! [link]

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 This week, we're blessed to have participants from @LeTourneauUniv, @WestmontNews, and @ACUedu here at Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions, working on a series of three #Infosec projects.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 Does #AI have applications in missions? It does this month! Two weeks in a row, teams at the #LightSys Spring Break #CodeAThon have employed genetic algorithms to solve #missions tech problems. #LightSys #Hackathon

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:00:00 +0000 The #CodeAThon teams are busy! Less than a day and a half into the event, and lots of stuff is getting done. We're encouraged! #Missions #Hackathon

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000 The first 2018 Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions teams begin arriving in three days! We're looking forward to seeing you, participants from @CovenantCollege, @cedarville, and @Baylor!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:00:00 +0000 All of the #CodeAThon project selection and team formation submissions are in, and now it's time to figure out who works on what. It's a little like solving a sudoku puzzle. #missions #hackathon #optimizationproblem

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:00:00 +0000 Now *this* is the team name to beat: func word() { return !void; } #LightSys #Missions #CodeAThon

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 07 Feb 2018 20:00:00 +0000 Well I think we have a new record! @BaasBoson selected his team's #CodeAThon project preferences exactly 3.00 minutes after we opened the form. #cheetah

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000 Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions 2018 is just a few weeks away! At this moment, 43 participants from 7 universities are busily forming teams and selecting from 16 projects proposed by 8 missions organizations. #Hackathon

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000 [link] Tomorrow, Tuesday February 6th, is the last day to sign up; Wednesday and Thursday this week will be when teams form and select what projects are most interesting to them.]]> We're excited about Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions next month! We have over 30 people registered so far for this year's event and sixteen projects from the missions community to choose from; want to come join us? [link] Tomorrow, Tuesday February 6th, is the last day to sign up; Wednesday and Thursday this week will be when teams form and select what projects are most interesting to them.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000 LeTourneau University coders - Want to use your computer skills in missions over Spring Break? Spread the word and we'll see you Friday afternoon! (Not at LeTourneau and want to learn more? Stop by www.lightsys.org/code to get involved!)

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000 [link] Sign up by February 6th, 2018!]]> University students (and others): interested in working on web and mobile apps (and other types of programming & design) for missions over your spring break? Come join us at our seventh annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions! [link] Sign up by February 6th, 2018!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Dear LightSys community, We're sharing this note to let you know that we've lost (here on this earth) one of our own. LightSys team member Bill Dickson was killed in a car accident on Wednesday (Aug 2nd). Bill had recently accepted a promotion to Director of Strategic Technology at LightSys in the wake of GMI's closure and LightSys' continuation of a couple of GMI's ministries. Please pray for Bill's family and the LightSys team as we all grieve the loss of a cherished friend, co-laborer, and family member. [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:00:00 +0000 Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ at Global Mapping International (GMI) as they navigate the coming two months. After 33 years of serving the body of Christ, GMI is closing at the end of June. The GMI team is well-loved in the missions community, and they've been a LightSys client since our first year of ministry 18 years ago. We're also blessed to have Bill and Linda Dickson, a former GMI family, on staff at LightSys now, so this news hits close to our heart here at LightSys. Also pray for the missionaries and organizations around the world who strategically depend on the knowledge that GMI provides to the missions community.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:00:00 +0000 [link] -- to quote Timothy Smith, 'Even if you’re not a missionary, you need to be involved somehow.']]> A big 'Thank you!' to all who participated in Code-a-Thon this year! Teams from Cedarville University, Baylor University, LeTourneau University, Abilene Christian University, and Calvin College joined us, for 50+ participants altogether. Here's the story coming out of Cedarville: [link] -- to quote Timothy Smith, 'Even if you’re not a missionary, you need to be involved somehow.'

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:00:00 +0000 One week 'til the 6th annual Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions! Pray for travel safety & for the filling of the Spirit.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:01:00 +0000 We're excited to have 56 confirmed participants (and 14 projects from six missions organizations) for this year's Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions! In addition to Baylor University, LeTourneau University, Cedarville University, and Calvin College, (all of which have had students come to Code-a-Thon before), we're also welcoming students from Abilene Christian University for the first time this year. Thank you all for your dedication to the Lord and to His great commission.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions is coming! 56 participants, 14 projects, 6 missions, and T-26 days. #hackathon

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:00:00 +0000 We're excited to have confirmed Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions groups from four places so far: Baylor University, LeTourneau University, Cedarville University, and Calvin College. If you're interested in coming, be sure to sign up! Deadline to sign up by is February 7th.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:00:00 +0000 LeTourneau University friends - we're at GO Week (in the student center) this week -- stop by and pay us a visit!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Students (and anyone else!): Interested in using your programming (and related) skills over Spring Break to help missions? Pray about joining us for our 6th Annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions this coming March! [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 26 Dec 2016 01:00:00 +0000 Merry Christmas from us here at LightSys! We trust you've had a great Christmas this weekend, and we look forward to the coming new year, trusting the Lord for His provision and the leading of His Spirit. Many thanks to you all for your encouragement, support, and partnership.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 02 Dec 2016 21:50:00 +0000 We're excited to give a warm welcome to our newest team members, Bill and Linda Dickson! Bill and Linda have been affiliated with another ministry here in Colorado Springs, and are just now beginning their service with LightSys. Be praying for them in their current life transitions and as they begin ministry through LightSys.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 25 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000 We're extending a warm welcome to our two LightSys summer interns, Judah and Christina. Huge thanks to you both for your great work so far this summer on projects for a Pioneers missionary and on mobile (smartphone/tablet) apps for the Kardia & Centrallix software suite. And... apparently it was unintentional dress-the-same-color day today at the LightSys office! (Tim and Patrica Young are also here this week working on a variety of things for LightSys and for ICCM)

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 10 May 2016 16:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Just one more week and a half to sign up for the International Conference on Computing and Mission (ICCM) 2016! There are great sessions on tap for ICCM 2016, with plenty for developers, for those who manage IT infrastructure, and for IT leaders in missions. All of that in a setting of fellowship and spiritual refreshment. Sign up online by May 19th: [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:00:00 +0000 ICCM 2016 is coming! See you there?

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:00:00 +0000 Here are photos of our two groups for Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions 2016! Code-a-Thon wraps up today, with an exciting finish to a pre-evangelistic app focused on a nomadic people group with a heart language that is in danger of no longer being spoken in a generation. The previous week (March 7-11), we had ten different projects going on, including a data security project, a few different Android apps for missions, and more.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:00:00 +0000 [link] .]]> ICCM Americas 2016 registration is now open! The International Conference on Computing and Mission is an annual gathering of missions-minded tech people who desire to see Christ's kingdom advanced around the world, and includes teaching, worship, many many technical and tech leadership sessions, prayer, fellowship, and more. If you're interested in computers and in missions, consider attending this event in Lancaster, PA, June 10th-14th. For more information (including registration info), see [link] .

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0000 #CodeAThon group at Garden of the Gods for an afternoon outing.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0000 #CodeAThon teams hard at work on a Christian Education project and a missions mobilization CRM app.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 04 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0000 The Fifth Annual Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions begins on Monday! Looking forward to it!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:00:00 +0000 Taking the Perspectives course is a great opportunity for any of you who were at Urbana15 this past December! If you're interested in missions, let this help you see your role in God's kingdom in context, and let it remind you of how the Lord may be leading you.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:00:00 +0000 #CodeAThon project selection has begun... just 10 minutes after opening it, 6 teams have already chosen projects! #hackathon #sooners

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000 Techies! Want to use your coding skills for missions? Join Spring Break Code-a-thon for Missions and write software for missions in beautiful Colorado. www.lightsys.org/code Cedarville University students: Join the info meeting Wed PM after the Tech&Missions Seminar at SSC 245.

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Participant registration is now open for our fifth annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions! If you'd like to use your programming and design skills for Jesus' kingdom, pray about joining us this March! For more information: [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 04 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000 A big 'Thank You' to all of you who prayed for and/or financially supported our time at #Urbana15! We got to talk to many many wonderful people, with around 200 people to follow-up with, mostly students, but some career tech professionals, missionaries, and mission leaders, too. Dorinda, Greg, and Antoine were kept busy talking to people at the exhibit booth and being involved over at the #hack4missions. We also got a mention in the Urbana Today daily conference newspaper (below). We're very thankful for the Urbana Student Missions Conference's intentionality this year in raising the awareness of missions tech, and we believe that will open the door to a lot of fruitfulness in the missions tech realm. Thank you, INTERVARSITY USA leadership and staff, for a job well done.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 01 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0000 Bringing in #2016 by praying through #Urbana15 attendee prayer requests. #privilege @ARJWright @rivergreg

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0000 @LightSysTech and #hack4missions made the #Urbana15 newspaper! @ARJWright @ThinkOnIt_ @rivergreg #missionstech

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:38:00 +0000 Lots of 10/40 Window prayer maps that we giving out at #Urbana15. Stop by the LightSys booth and pick one up!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0000 Remember the stories last night? Stop by @LightSysTech booth to grab your free prayer map. #Urbana15 #onewiththem

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 30 Dec 2015 06:24:00 +0000 We've talked to over 100 #Urbana15 attendees in two days about using their tech skills in missions. #missionstech #missioncritical

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:09:00 +0000 The 2015 Urbana Student Missions Conference is in full swing today! Dorinda, Greg, and Antoine are busy chatting with some gifted students (and grads) who have interests in using their technology skills in missions. If you're at Urbana, we'd love to see you -- stop by our exhibit hall booth for a visit!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> Interested in coming to our Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions in March 2016, as a participant, as a helper or mentor, or as a project proposal submitter? [link]

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:00:00 +0000 We're registered to be at the Urbana Student Missions Conference this coming December as an exhibiting mission! Come see us there!

]]> https://www.facebook.com/LightSys LightSys Wed, 08 Jul 2015 06:00:00 +0000 [link]]]> For those of you who are following the Kardia CRM project -- here's a sample screen shot from the Kardia CRM. Data on the screen of course is scrambled to protect the innocent. :) The main profile interface features a timeline display (showing the most recent activity for the person), with a tunable highlights bar showing what's likely most important. For more screenshots, see [link]

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:00:00 +0000 #CodeAThon team: we're glad you're not in MO / IL / IN tonight. This traffic map is telling! #snow

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:00:00 +0000 Our first 2015 LightSys #CodeAThon for #Missions team is on their way! Looking forward to seeing y'all, @cedarville group!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:00:00 +0000 The #CodeAThon for #Missions team from @CalvinCollege at a lunch outing at Garden of the Gods Park today:

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Mon, 24 Mar 2014 06:00:00 +0000 The @CalvinCollege Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions has begun! A team of 3 is working on an Android app for @brigadatoday.

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Sat, 22 Mar 2014 06:00:00 +0000 #LightSys Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions continues this coming week, with a group from @CalvinCollege arriving tomorrow!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:00:00 +0000 The @LeTourneauUniv #CodeAThon for #Missions team on an outing at Garden of the Gods on Sunday. Talented group!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 07 Mar 2014 07:00:00 +0000 3rd Annual Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions begins this weekend! A @LeTourneauUniv group of 11 arrives tomorrow. #Hackathon

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000 The prayers of all of us at @iccm 2013 are with those affected by the Black Forest fire. #iccmus #blackforestfire

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:33:44 +0000 The 2013 @iccm conference begins in just two days! We're looking forward to seeing many of you there. #iccmus

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:31:54 +0000 Looking for a CRM/ERP software vendor? Find a vendor willing to immerse itself into knowing your organization. #DontEpicFail

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:37:50 +0000 [link]]]> Last day of Spring Break #CodeAThon for #Missions 2013! The @CalvinCollege group leaves tomorrow... we'll miss them! [link]

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:33:48 +0000 A shout out to @SClemenger @NargothBond... encouraged to see the baton-passing collaboration on the @globalrec #CodeAThon project!

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:42:02 +0000 #CodeAThon for #Missions project spotlight: one Calvin College team working on charting features for #Centrallix / #Kardia reports

]]> https://twitter.com/LightSysTech LightSys Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:08:36 +0000 The #CodeAThon group from @CalvinCollege is here and working on three projects for #missions! Pray for the next 2½ days of coding.

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