Hi, everyone....







Well, it's been some time since I entered a note about what God is preparing for the English Language Ministry (ELM).


On September 1st I will leave for Accra Ghana for a 2-week training institute. The first week will be in Abokobi, just northeast of Accra at the Presbyterian Women's Center retreat center. There may be as many as 35 to 40 attendees. Then the second week I will be in Takradi, the southwest port city at a Ghana mission ministry. Here there will be upwards of 100 teachers being trained using my new curriculum, USING EVERYDAY ENGLISH.


Assisting me will be Lori Martin, from LEI-Canada (Toronto area), Michael Tetteh, our English representative in Ghana who is hosting this institute, and Charles Udoh, from the Ivory Coast. Charles will be bringing 5 trainees with him so this ministry can advance more rapidly in that country.

All three books are completed; now, all that is needed is the audio for books 2 & 3 and a training video for the internet. All this should be completed by March of next year...Lord willing and by His grace!!

Returning from Ghana, I will rendezvous with Leona in London and meet with some missionaries who now live in northern England and are wanting to reach out to the immigrant communities that live in their neighborhood. We'll be joined with Georg and Martha Ort, our LEI workers in Tulsa who know these missionaries from their work in Nepal years ago.

We'll keep you posted to this progress. God bless...and thanks for all your prayers regarding this exciting ministry. God's blessings.

USING EVERYDAY ENGLISH in Brazil!



Alex Lowchinoscy is beginning an English language outreach in Brazil and asked permission to use the new curriculum, Using Everyday English, book 1-"Today!" I had no idea how large his class was, but it looks as if he is well on his way in promoting English through his church outreach ministry.



Book 3, "Tomorrow!" is completed and in field test mode, or "proof reading copy" mode for any of you who are wanting to use it and help us field-test it.

The appendix and addendem list all the verb forms and a list of all the games we enjoy playing. Included are the music lyrics and scores so if people from other countries are not familiar with our music, such as, "He has the whole world in His hands" or "the Hokey Pokey", they will have the written scores to be able to play it. Also, I intend to have all the music added onto the internet for downloading so anyone can listen to it.



I am grateful to our Lord for accomplishing all this enthusiasm. I want you to celebrate God's goodness, too. There's still more to do -- training video and special speech reproduction video for sound reproduction for those having difficulty with so many English sounds.

Fresno Training for Punjabi speakers

Last weekend in January, I led a 11 hour tutor-training workshop in Fresno, California at NorthPointe Church. There were 6 trainees and 4 Punjabi Sikhs who attended. Again we used the first book of Using Everyday English, "TODAY!" Don Fisher, Kim Gratson were great hosts and even though the clouds covered the San Joaquin Valley, there was plenty of "sun" inside our training room! God is slowly...making His message known in this resistent language group. They, like so many other ethnic groups, have difficulty assimilating into American culture. It's hard to let go of the old country. So, our best hope is the second or third generation as they have no experience of being in India. God is showing His love and grace through faithful loving Christians who have embraced these folks.

The picture to the right are the ladies pronouncing explosive letter sounds like 't' and 'p'. Always a good laugh and lots of fun.

I have said in the past the enormous importance of Clap the Stress

drills that help English learners (students) sense the music of our

language...probably even more important than grammar points or word placement.