March 12, 2013
This is an exciting time of the year! Our 2013 summer short-term mission efforts are all shaping up nicely. It’s always a special joy for me to introduce new teachers to WEI short-term missions. It truly is a life changing experience and tremendous catalyst for spiritual growth, for both the students and teachers. This year we have more new teachers than I can ever remember. Praise be to God!
Late last fall we launched a fund raising campaign called Internet 40 for $300, or ”I-40 for $300.” Our ambitious goal is to increase the number of new Bible studies we start from 1000 to 10,000 per month within five years. We need 40 churches or Individuals to commit $300 per month. The primary purpose for this campaign is to raise enough money on a consistent basis to significantly expand our Internet correspondence ministry by hiring a full time staff, build an Internet website large enough to handle much greater volume, recruit more Internet teachers, and increase our Google advertising budget.
We are very pleased to announce that by the end of 2012 we had received commitments from churches and individuals totaling about 25% of our goal. This is very encouraging given the fact that we only had 3 months to promote this campaign. We will continue promoting this effort through the end of this year and possibly into 2014. Please keep this in your prayers as we are now screening candidates to become our Internet specialist and begin the second phase of this expansion.
I’m including in this column our I-40 for $300 logo and providing an opportunity for you to consider partnering with us.
We are grateful to God for all of you who contribute to this Great Commission ministry. We love you, and we thank you! —Tom and Angela
