June 19, 2009
Join us in celebrating WEI’s twentieth anniversary. In June 1989, Maudine and I moved from Santa Rosa, California to Gresham, Oregon and launched World English Institute under the oversight of the elders of the Metro Church of Christ. Not one word of the materials had been written at that time. WEI was just a dream.
Today, twenty years later, eighteen books have been written, and God is using them all over the world. The Beginner’s English and Bible courses have been translated into five languages: Albanian, Chinese, French, Romanian, and Spanish. The Lord has blessed us with such rapid growth during these twenty years that WEI is now under the oversight of a board of directors made up of elders, former elders, and former missionaries. In reality, WEI is under the oversight of God.
During these twenty years, we have been joined by outstanding colleagues. Bob Patterson has developed the www.weiady.org communication website and has served as our volunteer webmaster. Jan Towell has launched our e-mail teaching ministry—a ministry that she and her husband, Bob, have developed into a powerful Internet teaching program. Tom and Angela Langley have come aboard in a leadership role, and Tom has done a marvelous job of promoting WEI in the eastern states, training teachers, and overseeing WEI’s short-term mission efforts. More recently, the Towells’ grandson, Jonathan, and his friend Colby, have developed the www.worldenglishinstitute.org teaching website which makes it possible for one person to teach hundreds of students. Praise God for his providential care during these twenty years.
WEI’s expenses have turned upward as the nation’s economy has turned downward, and we are feeling the pinch. If you have not yet contributed to this outreach ministry, please help celebrate our 20th anniversary by sending $20. If your congregation has not had fellowship with WEI, please encourage each member to contribute $20.
To our supporting friends, we say, “Thank you. We are grateful, and we love you.”
—Dick and Maudine Ady
