March 8, 2011
Thanks to Steve Merryman, Art Hitt, Justin Speer, and a host of others, the Portland WEI Fundraising Dinner was a success. The venue (Johnson Center at Cascade College) was provided free of charge by Oklahoma Christian University. The catering service reduced the price of its services by 50%. One hundred sixty-five people attended. A total of $6,728.59 was raised above expenses, and eighteen people signed up to be Internet teachers. Several people committed to making monthly contributions. All-in-all, the fundraising dinner was a success.
Art Hitt served as Master of Ceremonies. Tom Langley related ways in which the Lord is using WEI to teach people about Christ in every nation. Dick Ady used bar and pie graphs to give a clear picture of where WEI has been and is going financially. Artan and Rumira Xhaferi, formerly from Tirana, Albania, stole the hearts of the people.
John Dale, the photographer, took dozens of beautiful pictures. The following group picture shows people who have worked with WEI as short-term missionaries, Internet teachers, postal teachers, and in other ways at home and abroad.
God is sending us more students than our present staff of Internet teachers can handle. We need more teachers.
We also need about $4,000 a month in regular contributions to keep this worldwide mission effort going.
Praise God for blessing us with unlimited opportunities to seek and save the lost through WEI.
