I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Literacy & Evangelism

Annual Report 2013

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: SID RICE

Dear Ministry Partners,

God’s “word is a lamp that gives light wherever

I walk”. Psalm 119:105 (CEV)

Th e mission of Literacy and Evangelism

International, equipping the Church to share

the message of Christ, is also our vision for the

future. Fifty years from now we envision the

Church equipped and sharing the message of

Jesus Christ through the gift of reading.

Th e Word that illuminates the path for all creation is being released

through literacy ministries around the world. Last year, 2012, brought

light, through the creation of a new Russian primer (basic reader), for

the Russian people in Northern Mongolia.

Initial primer construction in the Bhojpuri

language will bring the hope of the Good

News to over a million Bhojpuri speakers

in Northern India. Th is past year, in the

Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, the

path of over 5,000 new readers was illuminated in this life and for

eternity. God is using the worldwide Church to proclaim the message

of the love of Jesus Christ through Bible-based literacy.

Literacy and Evangelism is equipping the Church for its task of

making disciples of all nations. Th e light of God’s Word is being

released. Lives are being transformed. Th e path ahead is illuminated.

As you read this Annual Report, please pray for literacy missionaries

around the globe who are sharing the transforming message of Th e

Word who is the lamp that gives light wherever we walk. May those

walking in darkness see the light of salvation in Jesus Christ.

Your brother in Christ,

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Equipping the Church to share the

message of Jesus Christ through the

gift of reading.

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New Missionaries and New Director of Europe, page 4.

Short-Term Team and Latin America, page 13.

Tulsa Literacy Center, page 13.

Russian Primer, and 5,000 new readers in DR Congo, page 12.

Sierra Leone Literacy Project, page 7.

English Language Materials Update, page 9.

ILTI Impact, page 10-11.

Bhojpuri Primer Construction Update, page 7.

M.K. joins LEI’s team as a national missionary in Northern India. An ILTI 2011 graduate, M.K. is CEO of New Life Ministries. With a passion for Jesus Christ and a heart for the people of India, M.K.’s vision is to start thousands of literacy centers among churches in North India. He was an instrumental part of the Bhojpuri Primer Construction Team that met in Bihar in October. (See page 7).

MRITUNJAY KUMAR BHARTIIndia

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New Missionaries & New Assignments

GEORG ORTDirector of EuropeGeorg ser ved as LEI’s Director of Administration for 15 years. Now he and his wife Martha will be turning their sights on Europe. Georg, born in Germany, and Martha also served as missionaries in Asia. Th is past year they felt the call to focus on literacy missions in Europe full-time. Th ey are reconnecting with current literacy ministry organizations and developing new partnerships throughout Europe.

Larry and Sharon arrived to join the LEI staff just as the International Literacy Training Institute (ILTI) started last June. With a gift of hospitality they

jumped into the action helping the new Tutor Place residents before their own boxes were fully unpacked.

LARRY & SHARON HOPSONTutor Place Managers

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

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www.literacyevangelism.org/resources/materials/primers

Web Resources to the Nations

www.LiteracyEvangelism.org

You can go to our website to read the latest news about the work of

LEI, to order resources, to sign up for training events, to take actual

training, to read our blogs, to send us a message, to discover how you

can serve, and to make a donation.

Psalm 119:11

Women in Kathy and Jerry Manus’ reading class were powerfully moved at meeting Jesus in the Bible - Peru.

ASIABhojpuri India In Final Edit

Dimasa India In Final Edit

Kui India In Final Edit

Russian Mongolia In Final Edit

AFRICA

Ewe Ghana Revision

Tamberma Togo In Final Edit

NORTH AMERICAUsing Everyday English Complete

Passport to the World of English Complete

24 post-primer booklets are now available in English

for translation into other languages.

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PRIMER LANGUAGE UPDATE

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart.

PRIMER CONSTRUCTION

The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.Psalm 19:8

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SIERRA LEONE LITERACY PROJECT

BHOJPURI PRIMER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

T h e Bh o j p u r i N e w Testament was inaugurated and circulated in 2005. Th is year, LEI consultants Tedd Lodes, M.K. Bharti, Chrystella Wälchli, and Gyan Mochary (leader) gathered with a team of local believers to develop a Bhojpuri literacy primer

so the people of Bihar could learn to read the Bibles that were translated into their language eight years earlier. “Only about 20% of the believers in our network of house churches can read and write,” remarks LEI missionary M.K. Bharti. Th ese people cannot enjoy the blessing that we enjoy of reading God’s word for themselves. Pastor Bharti says, “We will use literacy as a tool to reach those villages that are resistant to the Gospel, and we will use it among all of our house churches so that the believers can read the Bible and grow in their faith.”

With the Mende and Th emne primers complete, preparations are underway to take the next step of the Sierra Leone Literacy Project -- Krio Primer Construction. Th e population of Krio speakers in Sierra Leone (1993 statistics) numbers 473,000 according to Ethnologue.com*. Krio is used “more in provincial towns than villages, and for inter-ethnic communication.” It is the “formal language for those who do not speak English.”* Th e New Testament was fi rst published in 1986. Th is past year, an indigenous fi ve-member Board of Trustees was established for LEI-Sierra Leone. Fifty-three national teachers have been trained to start classes with the primers already created.

ONLY ABOUT 20% OF THE BELIEVERS in our network of house churches can read and write

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LEI and our Strategic Partners were directly involvedin training tutors in 19 countries.

DR Congo

Ghana

Kenya

Malawi

Mozambique

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

India

Indonesia

Malaysia

Mongolia

Philippines

South Korea

Vietnam

Brazil

Canada

Guatemala

Peru

United States

AFRICA ASIAAMERICAS

Africa

Americas

Europe

Total

166

51

34

251

Tutor Training Workshops

English Language Ministry Workshops

teachers trained

teachers trained

teachers trained

teachers trained

467teachers trained

408teachers trained

312teachers trained

Total = 1,187 Teachers Trained

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Digital Bible Society included LEI’s Mandarin Chinese Primer digitally on 23,300 CD’s.

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Dr. Nancy Sue Laminack and Rev. Don Edic, English Language Ministry (ELM) Curriculum Development Director, have worked on LEI’s English Language Materials to make them even more eff ective.

Nancy Sue completed a revision of Passport to the World of English (PWE), Books 1-3 and the teacher’s guides. An audio recording for the new Book 1 is also available. We celebrate this revision of PWE and all Nancy Sue has done to enhance our English Language Ministry.

Don completed a new English language curriculum, entitled Using Everyday English (UEE). Following the same format as Passport to the World of English (PWE), UEE is a simple English-as-a-Second-Language curriculum, but is designed for those learning to speak English in a non-English-speaking culture. Books 1, 2, and 3 focus on the present, past, and future tenses of verbs, respectively.

English Language Ministry

Training Videos

Firm Foundations, and Using Everyday English digital trainings are now available. Visit

https://www.literacyevangelism.org/resources/training

Psalm 119:16

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International Literacy Training Institutes

People from around the world gather each summer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the annual International Literacy Training Institute (ILTI). Directed by Tedd Lodes, this fi ve-week intensive training program off ers the best in literacy and ESL methods and materials. Th is past year, participants studied a number of subjects including Evangelism, Primer Construction and Use, and Management/Leadership. Th irteen pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders from eight diff erent nations completed the training. You can view the digital Online Training at <https://literacyevangelism.org/resources/training>.

Training Institutes

Tania working in Bulgarian Harold working in Spanish

You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.

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Helena returned to Ghana, her home country (with an illiteracy rate of more than 60%), and used the Firm Foundations curriculum to lead eight events in which 146 tutors were trained to develop literacy programs in 59 churches and community centers. With hopes of providing literacy classes for 880 more children, 600 students have already begun instruction.

ILTI Impact

Our ILTI students go into the world and share the Gospel and the literacy tools they have received. Here is a sample of the students’ impact in the last fi ve months since they completed their training.

ASIA AND AFRICA

Helena TTW West Africa

2 Samuel 22:29

RICA Ted and Erin, serving with Bible League International,

have led Teacher Training

Workshops with Firm Foundations

in Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, and Ghana.

WEST AFRICA

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5,000 New readers: Africa

Primer construction: Asia

Dr. Nam Hyeon Kim, Southeast

Asia Director, and his associates constructed the Russian primer which continues through the editing and fi eld-testing process.

India: Chrystella Wälchli created the Kui primer (Book 1); Gyan Mochary developed the Dimasa primer (Book 1); and both Chrystella and Gyan, along with MK Bharti and Tedd Lodes, developed the Bhojpuri primer for

Pastor Nzongo Sila-Ndunda reports that literacy continues to light up DR Congo with over 5,000 new readers. North Angola reports 157 new readers as well. Th is is an example of how those making use of Bible-based literacy and the Word of God shed light in needed places.

Sila focused on Bandundu where the largest concentration of Pygmies lives. A Pygmy evangelist and literacy trainer has taken over the training of teachers and church planting. He is assisted by two Bantu trainers from the north of Bandundu. A total of 103 teachers has been trained and 32 literacy classes started. Th ere are 64 classes in both South Equateru and North Bandundu. Nine of these literacy centers receive people for prayer on Sunday evenings, and are on their way to becoming churches. Th ese will be added to the many churches already planted in those provinces through Sila’s literacy programs.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

MK, Tedd, Chrystella, and Gyan

northern India.

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short-term missions: Latin America

Tutor Training: North America

Partnership continues with LAMP - Guatemala (Lámpara A Mis Pies) as nationals share the message of Jesus through the gift of literacy with the Mayan people.

A Tutor Training Workshop at Kirk of the Hills Church, Tulsa, brings literacy to light as tutors are trained then paired with students to begin the instruction process.

Joan and Janice explore a lesson in Firm Foundations, as the tutor models and the student follows her lead.

S h o r t - T e r m Teams Coordinator, Jacinda Melson, led students from Purdue University Campus House to Dominican

Republic. Team hosts were LEI missionaries Ivan and Claire Rosalia, pictured at the far left.

LAMP Literacy 2012

Psalm 119:130

2012 Financial Report*

INCOME

EXPENSES

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$170,088$614,904$99,589$25,235$19,933$8,841

$938,590

Missionary SupportMission Mobilization & MinistryManagement & General Communication & Publicity

Total

$536,836$206,047$64,842$34,470

$842,195

Unrestricted Gifts Missionary Support Project SupportTuition & Materials OtherFrom Escrow/Reserves

Total

Other 2.1%

Unrestricted Gifts 18.1%

Missionary Support 65.5%

Project Support 10.6%

Tuition & Materials 2.7%

Missionary Support 63.7%

Mission Mobilization & Ministry 24.5%

Management & General 7.7%

Communication & Publicity 4.1%

Escrow/Reserves 1%

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Daniel Bair

Ford Brett, Vice-Chair

Gary Dundee

Jacqueline Lane

Mateen Elass

Ruth Fagin-Brower, Secretary

William Hester, Chair

Julie Hughes

James Kigamwa

Robert Perugino

Kathryn Pile

Stanley Vermeer

Sid Rice, Ex Offi cio Member

Gregory Bangura, West Africa Director

Robert Biederman, North America Director

Donald Edic, ELM Curriculum Development Director

Kenyon Gerbrandt, Media Director

Carey Jo Johnston, LEI-Canada Managing Director

Gamaliel Kim, Central Asia Director

Nam-Hyeon Kim, Southeast Asia Director

Tedd Lodes, Latin America Director

Robert Mulloy, Philippines/Refugees Director

Georg Ort, Europe Director

Roland Rice, Chief Financial Offi cer

Sid Rice, President and CEO

Philip Truesdale, Pastoral Care Director

Ministry Directors

Literacy & EvangelismI N T E R N AT I O N A L

Board of Trustees 2013

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Editor: Christa Rice Graphic Design: Emily LodesCover Design: Emily LodesFront Cover Scripture is from the New Living Translation.Scripture, unless stated otherwise, is from the New International Version. Literacy & Evangelism International

Russian Primer: Asia

Tamberma Primer: Africa

Kui Primer: Asia

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