August 21, 2002
Are you one of those people who would like to go on a mission trip but are afraid? If so, read the following words from the missionaries in Durrës.
“English. English. English. So many people here want to learn English. So we advertise that we teach a free English course using the Bible. Their desire to know English opens a great door for the Gospel.
“Potential summer campaigners often email and express concern about teaching an English course. We tell them, ‘Don’t worry about the English.’
The WEI English lessons are well written and actually teach themselves. The students do the English lesson at home. All we do is check their answers when they come to class, and we even have a grading sheet.
“The WEI Bible course teaches itself as well. All religion was illegal for 40 years, so there is very little Bible knowledge. A new student just began yesterday. She is 53, a middle school teacher, and a French language teacher. She had never ever read one sentence from the Bible before that class.
“Even if students do not develop an interest in Christianity, they still learn about the Bible, and they get a very good English course.
Eric Winebarger, 16, teaches classes. Benjamin Smith is 15, and he teaches classes. Patrick Smith II is 12, and he teaches a 12yearold Albanian boy. You can teach too!” As a result of the Durrës campaign, two people were baptized into Christ this summer.
Our granddaughter, Tina Henry, went to Albania this summer feeling very inadequate. She was afraid she wouldn’t know what to say to her students. She prayed for direction, and the Lord answered her prayers. During the six weeks she was there, three of her students were baptized into Christ.
