Ten years and running! Do you remember what you were doing in May 2004? We do . . .  Literacy Connexus charged from the starting gate, urgently heeding the call to help churches help people with literacy needs.

Thanks to the prayers, support, and encouragement of many of you, a decade later, we are lengthening our stride. We started with an emphasis on adult reading, following the tradition of church-led literacy missions ministry dating back to the 1930s.

In 2006, Literacy Connexus ESL Coordinator Robin Feistel began developing TEX (Teaching English with Excellence), an innovative training program for new ESL teachers. Every year since then, hundreds of volunteers--with no prior teaching experience--have been expertly trained to teach English to adults of all nationalities and native tongues. More than 10,000 internationals learn to speak English each year, thanks to this ministry.

In 2008, we turned our attention to families living in substandard conditions this side of Mexico, in some of the poorest counties in our country. Books for the Border was created as a project for short-term mission trips, to equip churches to address literacy needs along the border. Two years ago, we expanded to Books for the Border and Beyond, continuing to work with churches to provide beginning home libraries to thousands of families on the border--and all over Texas.

Today, we are picking up the pace and running in new directions. We're offering regional literacy conferences, establishing book banks at multiple locations, collaborating with public schools, and joining with hunger ministries. Our goal is to run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Run with us!