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I had the pleasure of visiting an online class taught by two of our newly-trained teachers, Lorna and Sari,. They serve Eritrean refugee women who have fled the war on the Ethiopian border and are now adjusting to life in Toronto. One student told me that she enjoys learning English, but as a new Christian, […]

We have recently completed editing more of the High-Beginning A2 level of LOTW materials. They are available in PowerPoint, video, and PDF formats.  We trust they will be useful to you and your students. We look forward to hearing how you like them. Please let us know if you have any questions about using them. 

Tanya is David’s teacher. She lives in California in the USA. She is currently teaching three ESL students and a literacy student. She likes to tutor because “I enjoy getting to know, inspire, encourage, and equip people on their journey.” She would like prayers for doors to open for more people to come to know

Students of all ages are eager to learn English and to hear the Good News. If you would like to share your talent for teaching, training, curriculum writing, graphic design or desktop publishing, please let us know. Contact Info@LOTWL.org to learn more. You are also warmly invited to join our monthly ESL Teachers’ Webinars on

Cilseia (pictured with her husband) is from the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Cilseia was one of the first persons to join the online Light of the World ESL class taught by a teacher in Asia and is persevering to complete the course. She is very cheerful and enthusiastic. “I’m grateful to the Lord

Slava (top right) and his wife, Tanya (top center) are pictured here with their daughter and grandchildren. They have moved from Ukraine to Oklahoma, USA and are learning English with the Light of the World materials. Slava and Tanya’s journey in English studies has been challenging and joyous. They are working with their teacher online

Silvia was not planning to start an ESL program when she walked into a Hispanic grocery store in her town in Virginia.  She was just looking for some of the foods she missed from her homeland of Colombia. But as the store owner spoke with her about the needs of immigrants in the community to

Kathy resides in the U.S. and teaches immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Central America. She shares, “We have recently added a morning class that meets two times per week, and our evening class continues once per week. The excellent teacher guides have made our volunteers feel comfortable helping the students even with no prior teaching

We trained 15 enthusiastic new ESL teachers at 9th Presbyterian Church in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They were so excited to learn. One of the participants took three buses each morning to get to the class. People showed up from many backgrounds including missionaries, pastors, teachers and students. Some shared their dream of teaching English in

This photo shows children wearing the traditional Burmese sunscreen made from ground bark called thanaka. More than 90,000 refugees who have fled the war in Myanmar (formerly Burma) live in camps along the Thai border. Although the situation there is painful, I received  this encouraging email a few weeks ago from a teacher working with