A Faithful WEI Teacher Goes Home
Ida Partlow, faithful follower of Jesus, WEI teacher for more than thirty years, short-term missionary in in Tirana, Albania and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, aggressive evangelist by nature, beloved by family, friends, and WEI students around the world, has gone home to be with her Lord whom she has served throughout her adult life. Ida Partlow…
God Never Ceases to Amaze Us
Lee Allen Our awesome God never ceases to amaze us. In 2022, WEI exploded with a record number of 170,851individuals registering on our website. We read and studied the Bible with 66,259 students. In 2021, we had studied with 48,504 students. God blessed us with an increase of 17,755 students. We were so excited! In…
Report From the Philippines
Edwin Vicente, Director of the WEI Learning Center in Tuguegarap City in northeastern Luzon Island reports that he is now teaching twenty-four WEI students and has received permission from parents to baptize two of them. Edwin With Six of His Twenty-Four Students
Paula Taylor’s Testimonial
“Although introducing English students to the gospel is the number one priority of a WEI short-term ministry, there are other incredibly important benefits that result from these efforts. “First, Encouragement from the WEI teachers to the local congregation. Meeting and growing to love brothers and sisters from other countries reminds them that they are part…
Tom Langley Reports from Romania
WEI short-term missions in Romania began in mid-June and continue through mid-February. Eleven teachers traveled to Romania to teach in the cities of Oradea, Arad, and Cluj. Canadian WEI teachers, Eno and Nadine Damo taught for two weeks in Cluj and very much enjoyed their time teaching students and working with Romanian evangelists, Dragos and…
New Birth in Cameroon
June Anderson has thousands of WEI students in her files, and she keeps claiming more. She says, “I truly care about my students, and I think they know it. I tell them that I not only want to teach them English; I also want them to know God and what he wants of us. “My…
WEI in Papua New Guinea
Arthur Tatara had planned to make a mission trip into interior Papua New Guinea in June, but there was so much political unrest there that he had to postpone his trip until peace is restored. In the city of Lae, however, Arthur continues his outreach ministry at a public high school and at Melanesian Bible…
Tips for Teachers
Approximately one-third of the people who enroll in WEI live in Islamic nations. Unfortunately, most drop out before they finish the course. Why? One of the biggest roadblocks to their learning is their Islamic concept of Jesus. They have been taught that Jesus was a prophet of God but not the Son of God. The…
Three New Christians in Ethiopia
Becky Rose, an enthusiastic Internet teacher at the Metro congregation in Gresham, Oregon, is ecstatic over the baptism of three students in Ethiopia. Becky Rose Becky says, “I started studying with Eyob Tena Beanyam in September of 2023. He started telling his friends about WEI, and they joined in to study (Samson Getachew, Nardos Yilma,…
Using Football to Save Souls
With a stroke of genius, Aniefiok used the popularity of football (soccer) to draw young people to Christ. Last year, he and his staff organized a football tournament on the RCA campus and invited preteens in the area to participate. Boys and girls from RCA and thirteen surrounding villages formed four teams that competed for…
Fishers of Men Workshop
The theme of their Fishers of Men Workshop March 31 was, “Making Disciples Who Make Disciples.” Aniefiok writes, “Since then, our campus church has recorded 14 baptisms and two restorations.” “We have adopted three evangelistic tools for our gospel campaign within and outside of the Uruk Otong community. The tools are (1) Rhema Christian Academy,…
God Comes to the Rescue
Fortunately, God had other plans for saving the high school. Aniefiok wrote, “The fight to keep our high school and sustain our mission work in Uruk Otong has started. In a recent wire from the Bethlehem church [Aniefiok’s sponsoring church in Watertown, Tennessee], two families, James and Janice Kelley and Lola Crouch, made a huge…
A Battle for Survival
Two decades ago, God formed an amazing, productive, and inspiring relationship between WEI and Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. A brilliant young preacher by the name of Aniefiok Akpan had just purchased land that had belonged to his great grandfather, a tribal chief who wore the title of “His Royal Highness” and who…
In Loving Memory of Bob Towell
In the words of the brochure printed for Bob Towell’s graveside service, Robert Henry Towell, Sr., entered into life, February 19, 1931, in Weiser, Idaho, and he entered into eternal life March 12, 2024 in Round Rock, Texas. Our Beloved Bob and Jan Towell Bob met Jan, the love of his life, when both were…
Another Baptism in Knoxville, TN
We received an email from Jim Fox, a longtime member of the WEI Board of Directors and a repeat short-term missionary in Albania. Jim wrote, “Using WEI materials, I was honored to be able to baptize Belinda Moran at the Garden Valley Church of Christ in Knoxville, TN. Belinda, a longtime friend, had suffered through…
A New Afghan Brother
Katheryn H. writes, “We welcomed a new brother-in-Christ in Afghanistan this morning. He is an Afghan law student at the University of Iran. Coincidentally [?], he is friends with another of our secret Christians-–in the same home town—and they did not know about the other reading the Bible. “We are continuing to have one…
WEI Learning Center in Philippines
In our last newsletter, we showed you a picture of the new WEI Learning Center in Tuguegarap City in northeastern Luzon Island. In that picture, the chairs were empty. Since then, Edwin E. Vicente has gathered twelve WEI students who study with him at various times through the week. These are baby steps in the…
WEI Goes to School in Lae, PNG
In Lae, Papua New Guinea, public high schools allow preachers from different churches to conduct Bible classes. Consequently, Arthur Tatara has been teaching the WEI Intermediate Bible Course to students in a local high school each Thursday for several years. Arthur writes, “I have the opportunity to share the gospel with students for 40 minutes. …
Five New Baptisms in India
Prabhu Kumar, the Director of WEI-India, reports that Bro. Babu and his son-in-law in Morusumili baptized three of their WEI students into Christ, and Bro. K. Payani baptized two people in a recently constructed “baptismal tub.” One of 5 WEI Students Baptized in India W.E.I. THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR YOURCONTINUED SUPPORT! The contributions and…
Exciting Development in Kenya
WEI teacher, Linda Banks, a member of the Metro Church of Christ in Gresham, Oregon, reports that one of her Intermediate students, Jacinta Sarah, was recently baptized in Nairobi, Kenya. Jacinta’s spiritual journey began when she was “baptized” by sprinkling into the Anglican church. Linda writes, “Jacinta’s WEI lessons include many examples of people who…
