Here is Anne Marie’s report from her trip to Taiwan:

Five years ago, Wendy, a teacher in Taiwan, saw a poster advertising a conference that would help her teach better. She went and received curriculum to teach morals and ethics to her class. She became part of a worldwide movement of teachers called the International School Project, a ministry of Cru.

I met Wendy in Taiwan on a short-term missions trip with the International School Project last month. (In this photo, I’m leading a small group during the trip.) They have been hosting trips since 1991 when, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Cru staff members began showing the JESUS film in Moscow.

Today, teachers in 18 countries learn to use the curriculum and consider where they are on their own spiritual journeys.

When one of Wendy’s students stopped turning in his homework and bringing his books to class, found out he was failing eight out of 10 subjects. When Wendy called his parents to them about what had happened, she learned they were getting a divorce.

Quickly turning her attention to her student’s mom, Wendy explained the content from the Love, Sex and Dating lesson. Throughout the summer, the two women talked almost nightly. Eventually Wendy explained how the mom could trust Christ to forgive her sins. The mom and her husband stayed together, and their son, on the brink of being kicked out of school, showed up in Wendy’s classroom the following Fall with a notebook, ready to take notes. Today, he’s a third-year student at one of Taiwan’s universities.

After the conference ended, we met with teachers in their own cities to discuss how they could form movements of teachers at their schools who were growing in faith and explaining that faith to others as they also taught the curriculum.

I am now helping Cru staff members from the International School Project find ways to capture stories that show how God is at work building movements of teachers around the world. Mark and I plan to travel to Colorado Springs for a week to teach their staff members to write about teachers like Wendy.

Thank you so much for the very important role you play in our lives because you pray for us and give so generously to support the work God has called us to do. We’re grateful for your friendship and your generosity. Please let us know how we can pray for you.

Sincerely in Christ,
Anne Marie, for the Winz family