Watch God Work in Nigeria
In December 2024, a breath-taking flurry of activity swirled through the campus of Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. All of the activity was motivated by the Great Commission. With a stroke of genius, Aniefiok and Etang Akpan and their fellow-workers came up with a plan a year ago to use football (soccer) to…
Tragedies In Papua New Guinea
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” (Robert Burns). These words accurately describe the plans Arthur Tatara had made for serving God in PNG in December 2024. Arthur had planned to return to Waria Valley to direct another area-wide youth camp that draws about 1,000 young people and results in dozens of baptisms. …
A Joy Worth Sharing by Justin Speer
Justin Speer Jesus said, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” (Matthew 13;44). Jesus is jolting us to attention about the kingdom. Stop chasing after the wind. Stop…
2024 – A Record-breaking Year by Lee Allen
Our awesome God never ceases to amaze us. In 2024, He blessed us with an incredible record-breaking year, using WEI to teach precious souls about Jesus all around the world. WEI advertises by running Google ads daily in every nation on earth offering free English courses and using the Bible to illustrate English grammar and to…
Tips for Teachers by Darrell Wallace
Asking Students to Redo a Lesson There was a time when we would ask a student to redo a lesson if they scored less than 70 % on their lessons. A few years ago, it was decided that this requirement should be discontinued because we were losing too many students. However, there are times when it is…
Words from Teachers by Suzie Winham
Suzie Winham My husband, Steve, and I were introduced to the WEI curriculum in 1995 by a minister in Henderson Nevada. We were intrigued by the Bible courses that were so succinct and easily taught, and WEI students were also being exposed to English grammar. At that time, only “snail mail” was being used, and…
Four Typhoons Strike Philippines
Edwin E. Vicente, Director of the WEI Learning Center in Tuguegsrao City, Luzon Island, reports that four consecutive Typhoons swept through Luzon Island during the last quarter of 2024 ruining his new laptop computer and bringing his WEI teaching ministry to a screeching halt. Now Edwin is reactivating the twenty-four students he was teaching prior to…
Success in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Partnering with the Church of Christ Plants ministry and the Mekanisa Church of Christ in Addis Ababa, we hosted a reception for WEI students October 8th. Eighty WEI Students Showed up for the Reception. We sent invitations to our best WEI students from 2023 and 2024. Eighty WEI online students attended the reception, and over…
Tips for Teachers
Darrell Wallace What to do when Muslim students refer to God as Allah. El, Allah, and Theos mean “God” in ancient Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek. How these words are defined affects their meaning, which can be correct or incorrect. The Canaanites worshiped Baal as El. The Israelites, chosen people of God, worshiped Elohim as the God of…
Another Jail break in Afghanistan
We named him Adam. Dr. Abraham took a chance and told his friend he was a Christian. Adam wanted to be a Christian too, but Muslims know about as much about Christianity as Christians know about Islam. So I fast-tracked him through the Intermediate course to pull him away from Satan’s grip. Yesterday, Adam worked…
God Is at Work in the Philippines
Ten months ago, Edwin E. Vicente moved to Tuguegarao City, Luzon Island, hoping to find a job, to start a new WEI Learning Center, and to plant a church. His job didn’t work out, but he found fertile soil for a WEI Learning Center and good prospects for planting a church. Living on subsistence…
Greetings from Papua New Guinea
Arthur Tatara, a WEI teacher in Papua New Guinea, writes, “Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am excited to bring you the latest updates from our World English Institute PNG programs. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to this vital ministry. “This year was a good year for me as I…
Football for Christ at Rhema
The most ingenious and effective outreach ministry sponsored by RCA and the Campus Church of Christ is the annual football (soccer) tournament. Last year, young people (up to thirteen years of age) from thirteen villages around Uruk Otong formed four football teams and competed for the trophy. All players enrolled in WEI and studied the…
Graduation Is a Big Event at RCA
Aniefiok says, “This year’s Rhema Graduation Ceremony was held on Thursday 25th July. The event featured prayers and presentation of gifts to the primary school graduating class, street rally to campaign for new intakes, miming and drama presentation, cultural dance, and the end of school year.” The graduation ceremony at RCA was conducted in the…
God’s Amazing Work in Nigeria
About twenty years ago, we ran an article in the WEI newsletter stating that the most exciting work that WEI was involved in was in partnership with Aniefiok Akpan at Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. Aniefiok was using WEI materials to teach English and the Bible at RCA, and he was baptizing high school…
WEI Co-Sponsors Workshop by Tom Langley
WEI again partnered with Sunset International Bible Institute, Partners in Progress, and Healing Hands International to sponsor the European Vision Workshop. Missionaries and Evangelists from many countries met in Albania to spend three days together. There were two full days of classes, powerful lessons, singing, praying, and reports. Tom Langley Speaks at European Vision Workshop…
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…
