A volunteer and an IMB missionary teach English to a group of young people in Oaxaca, Mexico. In this picture, they are illustrating what patting your back means in an interactive game. The volunteer has a doctorate in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and was part of a church missions team who came to serve for a week with the IMB missionaries. A local pastor and his wife who serve in Iglesia Cristiana Bíblica Álamos hosted the training as part of their vision for the church to use ESL as an outreach ministry.

A volunteer leads a class in singing “Head and Shoulders.” The volunteer taught at an afternoon English as a Second Language (ESL) class at a high school in the town of Lagarto in Ecuador.

A volunteer, who is a creative art director, assesses the English comprehension level of a student at a high school in Lagarto, Ecuador. Volunteers from a church led English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at the high school as part of a visiting group of pastors and laypeople. The need in the community for enhanced English instruction has opened doors for IMB missionaries to lead classes and invite groups from U.S. churches to partner with them.

A young Ecuadorian English teacher, right, who lives with IMB missionaries assists a volunteer in teaching an English as a Second Language (ESL) class in Lagarto, Ecuador.