October, 2002

Dear Friends,

An hour ago I arrived in Venezuela. I'll be here for a week teaching an intensive course to first-year students at the Evangelical Seminary. I was a teacher there from 1994-96. It's great to see old friends again, but I don't like leaving my family behind in Costa Rica.

But while I'm here I can continue teaching my other class using the Internet. That course has students in Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. Actually, a Peruvian student is visiting the US right now, but he is continuing his studies as he travels. This is our first full-scale test of this course and now we are about half way through the semester. They received a package in the mail containing a CD with my lectures recorded on it and about 2000 pages of reading to choose from (they don't have to read all of it!). The students can take this course from anywhere in the world but still feel part of the group because they discuss topics together in online forums. While I'm here in Venezuela, I'll be meeting with the Venezuelan students in this course to hear their advice about how it can be improved. These are exciting days, because we are already hearing that this course is working very well for the students and that they are teaching some of the material now in their own churches. The same reports are coming in for our other pilot course, taught by Dr. Jack Lilley.

The family is healthy and doing very well. Sarah has been mostly depression free for several months, Sam's sugar is under control and Juli has no sign of cancer. Her doctor was concerned a couple of months ago, but tests came out negative. Thank you for your prayers!!

Please pray:

1. The family will stay healthy and remember that the Lord is responsible for that.

2. The Internet course would have a great impact not only on these students but also on the churches and organizations they lead.

Thank you so much for your partnership.

Yours,

Ted, for the Kautzmann family