March 21, 2009
Have you wondered how many Internet teachers there are, where they live, what they do?
Currently, there are 68 active teachers. They live in 18 states and two foreign countries. The youngest is 14, the oldest is 86. Occupations vary: housewives, accountants, teachers, painter, computer professionals, secretaries, businessmen and women, a realtor, future mechanical engineer, lawyer, physicist, retired librarian, retired farmer, retired professors, and chemical, electrical, and civil engineers. A few are preachers, elders, deacons, and some serve on missions committees. Several have participated in short-term campaigns. Two are missionaries still on the field. Five are missionaries now back in the U.S.
All are missionaries at their computers. They believe the Great Commission was for all of us for all time till the Lord returns.
During the last quarter, several changes have been made to the www.worldenglishinstitute.org teaching website. Students may now LISTEN to the reading assignment while reading it on the screen. The first of WEI’s three Evidence books has been added. The website was moved to a bigger server, capable of handling many more students. Changes in the way we use Google ads have resulted in registrations from 190 of the 195 nations in the world.
Do we need more teachers? YES! Our GREATEST need is for more active teachers. The website can gather more students than there are presently teachers for them. The more teachers we have, the more students we can recruit. We will increase the number of Google ads when we have enough teachers to teach the additional students.
Messages like the following keep us encouraged: “WEI is one of the best web sites which offer online English courses. It teaches not only English but also morality. Although I’m not a Christian, I’ve learned a lot from the Bible.”
Website teachers are enthusiastic about the improvement over using e-mail servers. A tutorial and all the hands-on guidance needed are provided for new teachers. Please read Matthew 9:37-38 and consider joining us in this work.
—Bob and Jan Towell
