Who will teach them?

This is the greatest concern of permanent missionaries.  Lack of follow up is one of the aspects of short term teaching missions that give rise to justifiable criticism.  Normally, it is physically impossible for missionaries to follow up on every student that studies with the short-term mission.  They will, of course, continue to study with those who show the brightest potential to obey the gospel. 

Correspondence Teaching

WEI is designed to be, and is a very effective Bible teaching correspondence course.  Follow up can be accomplished by each teacher continuing the advanced lessons by way of correspondence.  Teachers will have already developed a personal relationship with their students, thus giving added incentive to continue communication.

The Lord Gives the Increase

Teachers continue to enjoy the spiritually thrilling and rewarding experiences of sharing their faith even after leaving the mission field.  Students don’t feel the sudden abandonment of someone they have grown to respect and love.  Many students in the past have come to the Lord through post short-term mission correspondence.  There is no greater joy than to hear through email or letter that a former student has obeyed the gospel. 

 WEI short-term mission approach

For this reason, we believe the WEI short-term mission approach to be the most responsible approach to short-term missions.   The mission does not end when teachers return to America.  Teachers must make a commitment to their students to continue the WEI advanced Bible lessons before they leave the mission field.