June 26, 2015
WEI Short-term missions are in full swing at the writing of this column. WEI founder Dr. Dick Ady is concluding a mission in Cambodia with a team of teachers, and I am again in Romania doing the same. We both have a great passion and love for sharing the word of God and our faith with students through these WEI short-term mission efforts. It’s in our blood.
We are so blessed to have a great 1st team of very young teachers this summer in Oradea, Romania. I asked Auburn Terry to share her thoughts and feelings of the experience she is having teaching WEI for the first time on a short-term mission. She wrote, “WEI, from the time it was introduced to me at a Sunday night church service when I was a child, has always been a part of the person I am. I chose to teach with WEI as a service and a dedication to not only the program but to God. WEI is a teaching outlet that doesn’t just teach the students. I have learned things in the past two weeks I never knew for eighteen years, and I am fiercely grateful for the guidance WEI and its material gives me. The program teaches me that I did not become a Christian to be still, that I am commanded to go out into the world a spread the Good News. As a first-time, eighteen-year-old teacher, it brings me overwhelming joy to see how students of all ages are impacted by the grammatical and Biblical material. The lessons are so well-crafted that it is abundantly clear that WEI cares for its students and teachers on an impressively personal level.”
Two of Auburn Terry’s students, Mihaela Sarca and Gabriela Dovin also shared their thoughts and feelings about the experience they are having this summer studying WEI. “The WEI program is appealing because it’s composed from a grammar part, and a text part which presents biblical stories that are interesting and simple to understand and to talk about with our teacher. It has a part of speech freedom that gives us the chance to exercise and improve our language, and the homework is good for the same reason. The best portion of the WEI program is that it helped us to understand better what the Bible says.”
The WEI short-term mission is often a life-changing experience for both students and teachers. We are so grateful to all of you who support WEI through your prayers and gifts. We can be sure that God’s word will not return to Him empty. We love you and we thank you,
—Tom and Angie Langley
