Washington Business and Technology Institute - Business & Administration (PPAA Forum 21)

For our alumni and friends of Tunghai University, among others --- A message from the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia!
by GSBPA of WBTI*1

The Graduate School of Business and Public Administration (GSBPA) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) is eager to post the golden words from the Bible about wisdom again. On the Proverb 2:3-6 of Bible, it stated that,
"If you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding
and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand that fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.
For the LORD gives wisdom,
and from his mouth come
knowledge and understanding."*2

While the beautiful Christmas card from the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia to Dr. Tony Lei has been designed and posted to the WBTI website last December, we are also pleased to quote some idea of the letter from its Director of Alumni Giving and Communication in order to advance their effort for the higher education in Asia from America.

The letter begun with a warmest Christimas wish to all dear friends of the United Board.
Director of the Department Nan Hawkins wrote that "This season is such a delightful time of anticipation and joy. It's also, of course, a time for reflection, especially about our faith, which forcuses on the realizatiion of the extraordinary promise God made through Babriel to Mary, and to all of us: that with the birth of Jesus, God, fully divine, would become fully human...fully present in our world."*3

The late Dr. Paul T. Lauby, United Board's president emeritus, made the daring decisions that led us to expand our work to new schools and new regions, and he oversaw our return to our original roots in mainland China. He was the prime mover in launching the alumni rpogram, which has become so important to the schools, the United Board, and, of course, to you.

"You, Dr. Lei and all our dear friends, too, are wonderful examples of God's presence in the world, especially in the many ways you demonstrate your loyalty to your alma matters in Asia. We are deeply grateful for your support for those schools and their work, your caring commitment validates and confirms the work of the United Board, which was so much a part of Dr. Lauby's life," wrote Hawkins.

The Director hoped that all our friends would consider making a contibution to the United Board to honor Dr. Lauby's memory, for your schools in Asia, for another aproved project, among others. "We will remit the full amountof your gift to the school you specify, with never a reduction for our overhead costs or any other fees," he added.

"With God's grace, the seeds of understanding, knowledge, and tolerance that Dr. Lauby sought to sow through his ministry in the U. S., Asia, and at the United Board will continue to flourish at this season and in the new year," Nan concluded the letter.*4

As one of the first Class of Tunghai University, Dr. Tony Lei was deeply impressed by and heartily appreciated to the Mission and efforts of the United Board for its great love, contributions, and accomplishments to many of the students, schools, educations, and countries in Asia.

It's our pleasure to reprint the following feature article in order to have some response to the launching of the above announcement by the Director of Alumni Giving and Communication of the United Board for Christian Education in Asia:
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Nevada State and CAAAN welcome and commend TEFA and Tunghai Reunion!
by Tiffany Chang

Starting from July 4th, Independence Day, to 8th of 2001 were a long holiday season for casinos and tourist industries in Las Vegas. Numerious visitors were crowing to here, yet Tunghai University had brought good conference and reunion news for Chinese American academic and educaton community of Nevada.*5

On July 6, gathering to Las Vegas had been the directors and members of Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement (TEFA) and 12 - 13th classes of Tunghai Reunion. VIPs were invited by Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) having champagne dinner at Gee Joon Chinese Restaurant of Horseshoe Casino and Hotel. Gerri Schoder brought the certificates of award by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley to the dinner party. TEFA returned with the best Taiwanese box of tea to Shelley. After the pleasent dinner, all the members of party group were treated to enjoy the famous show "Naked Angeles" by Dr. Tony Lei.

On the 8th of July, a Welcome Tea Party was held by Dr. Tony T. Lei, Chairman of Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN) and Mrs. Judy K. Lei. It was held for the celebrating of the incorperation of TEFA USA and the Global Tunghai Reunion in Las Vegas.

In the conference, Dr. Lei expressed sincere welcome in his short speech to both the Corperation and Reunion. He then introduced Theresa Malone, Member of the Nevada Board of Education, and Denise Brodsky, Las Vegas School Board of Trustees to deliver welcome speeches.

Malone spoke for U.S. Senator Harry Reid's welcome to the Conference and announced Reid's certificates of commendation to TEFA and CAAAN. "Yet, with our differences we have a goal that is the same: to provide many opportunities for our citizens to learn and develop their knowledge, skill, mind, and character by formal scholling," Malone said. "With support of organizations as the Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement, and the Washington Business and Technology Institute, but most importantly You, we will fulfill our goal to promote opportunities for education. On behalf of the Nevada education community, thanks you for sharing your time and goals with us," she added.*6

Brodsky announced in her welcome speech that U. S. Congresswoman Berkley was giving TEFA and CAAAN each a certificate of Congessional commendation. She recognized that the Mayor, WBTI, among others are sharing their same legacy to include building Las Vegas a community where future generations will have even more opportunities and advantages to live a prosperous life.

The highlight of the tea party at Bellagio was the Congressional Recognition by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley presented through Malone and Brodsky to TEFA and CAAAN. On behalf of the TEFA, Chairman Wu and Dr. Wang President of Tunghai University received the Certificate. Dr. Lei also received the Award for CAAAN from Berkley. Thunders of applause from all the guests and participants brought a climax of this event in the Conference Room of Renoir 2 during the presentation of the awards.

Chairman Wu gave a thanks speech to appreciate Senator Reid, Congresswoman Berkley, and Chairman Dr. Lei. for their hospitable welcome and supports. He was acknowledged with the invitation by Reid to meet the Senator through Dr. Tony Lei. President of WBTI Dr. Tony T. Lei, Chairman of CAN-DO Dr. R. D. Prabhu, among others are going to hold a significant theme party and dinner at August 24, 2001 in Las Vegas for Harry Reid in congratulating his being the U. S. Senator and Majoity Whip of U.S. Senate.

Dr. Kang-pei Wang, President of Tunghai University, was also invited to give a speech. He thanked the nice welcome and supports by the Washington, D.C. Scene, Nevada State, Las Vegas City, and Clark County. Acknowledgement is that this has been one inspired revelation that Dr. Tony Lei's long years of honest and excellent efforts to encourage and promote the academic research and coummunity service in Nevada are significant and fruitful. He said that Tunghai University*7 is a developed university with many departments, graduate schools, and colleges. The diligent attitude of teaching by professors and the concrete research accomplishment of the graduate schools have launching this University to one of the famous educatonal institutions in the wold. He also welcome all Nevadans to have a visit of Taiwan and Tunghai University.

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References

*1. GSBPA of WBTI is the initials of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. New International Version (2000)
"Wisdom,' "God's Words of life for Dads," Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Zondervan Corporation.
*3. Hawkins, Nan. 'Christmas 2003,' "A Letter to our dear friend Dr. Lei,' (December, 2003), New York, N.Y.: United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
*4. Ibid.
*5. Chang, Tiffany. ' Nevada State and CAAAN welcome and commend TEFA and Tunghai Reunion,' "Nevada Examiner," (2001), Las Vegas, Nevada: Nevada Examiner.
*6. Ibid.
*7. Wang, Kang-pei. 'The education and research of Tunghai University,' "Tunghai University Information," (October, 2003), Taichung, Taiwan: Tunghai University.

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*****The SUN is full and red! It's shining brightly in the morning!! About 7 lovely doves are eating and playing under the large tree in our front yard!!!
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A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle!
by Jennifer Kung

If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't!
If you want to win, but think you can't,
It's almost cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of the mind.

Life's battle don't always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

---Walter D. Wintle
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"Remember that a man's name, to him, the sweetest and most important sound in any language." ---Dale Carnegie
***** He does good to himself/herself who does good to his/her friend. ---Erasmus
***** Man/woman lives more by affirmation than by bread. ---Victor Hugo

"Shalom!: Tony & Judy: ��L�ҼҵľW·һֱ�І��}�l��ȥ,��t��, �ҬF��֙n��, ��S��Լ��Ҫ�ϾW�տ�Ո�� www.double-portion.net ��b��n�̵�>��ՌW>��ӛ. Belinda," wrote Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Washington Business and Technology Institute in the morning on October 15, 2006.*21

After reading the section of 'Belinda Liu's Spiritual World", Miss Susan Dai was impressed and wrote us an e-mail of thanks at the night on October 10, 2006 from San Jose, California.*20

"Hello Dr. Lei and Judy, Here are a few pictures from my trip to the Philippines. I enjoyed my travels and fortunately, it did not rain while I was there for 11 days. There was good food to eat and the landscape was marvelous. Cheryl," wrote Cheryl Moss, District Court (Family) Judge of Nevada.*19

The following is an example of Mrs. Belinda M. Liu's Sunday School printouts:

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"It is only with the dedication and commitment of good people like yourself that I will achieve my goal of becoming Governor of this great state. Dema and I can't thank you enough for your assistance and your positive activivities in the community," wrote Dr. Kenny C. Guinn in a letter to President Dr. Tony Tung-tien Lei of Washington Business and Technology Institute. Kenny Guinn is now Governor of Nevada, U. S. A.

[[[Announcement: Mrs. Belinda M. Liu's current Sunday School booklet (printouts) is published at the second flier from the bottom (page 2) of this Section today.]]]

"Brilliant! I found my own name and my Section's name ("Belinda Liu wbti" and "Belinda Liu's Spiritual World") in the first line of their first page on Google.com, Google.cn, Aol.com, and among others! Since my computer was in a small operating difficulty, I'll e-mail you with an attachment of this week's Sunday School printout as soon as possible," said Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei in the morning on October 8, 2006 at the Sunday School of River Life Christian Church.*18

"Dear Dr. Lei, Thanks for your helping. I saw the information showing on your website. The other links also are so great. It would be much help for people to get some information from the website. Thank you so much. God bless, Prudy," wrote Miss Prudy Yu to Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).

U. S. Senator-elect John Ensign's great-grandfather first came to Nevada almost a hundred years ago as a miner and labored in its towns. This respectable man worked hard to provide for his family and taught his children the value of hard work, integrity, and independence. "The significance of life is to inspire and educate the continuous lives of the universe," said Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI). People came to America to seek the American dream. Even though not all of them can realize their American dream, eventually they could teach and help their children accomplish their contributions to our country.*17

As a born-again Christian, people have been inspired by his sincererity, humbleness, and credibility much more than just his wealthy and handsome appearance now. On October 15, John attended the worship service of the Liberty Baptist Church. He offered a short speech of testifmony. He said that he was very frustrated with his first taste of political failure, when he lost by a mere 428 votes to U. S. Senator Harry Reid. However, he believes God and has surrendered his fate to God. John's faith in God helped him to overcome his frustration and disappointment and enabled him to continue to strive to succeed. The Bible says that, "...though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed (1 Peter 1:6-7)". If a window was closed, God might re-open the window or even open a different door for those who are eager to utilize his or her knowledge and expertise to serve. As all Christians acknowledge - with God, anything is possible.

As a famous U. S. Senator of Nevada, John Ensign has been Advisor and vice Chairman of the Advisory Board of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) since 2000.

�� 2006/10/1��Belinda Liu [belindamliu@gmail.com] ׫�� Shalom! Tony & Judy: �ҬF��ՌW��v�x��,�@��ÿ�Lһ�ε�,��֪��ھW��Ƿ��m?�x�x�ゃÿ�εķ��g! Belinda*1

The above e-mail was a response from Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to wbti's message that, "Good afternoon, Dear Church Sisters and Brothers, The sky is beautiful! How are you today? This Sunday's feature article has been published. Any modification or comment that may extend from you to WBTI will highly be appreciated. Added to the grand opening are three more articles for the Section of "Belinda Liu's Spiritual World". Enthusiasm is one of our valuable assets! "A man/woman finds joy in giving an apt reply --- and how good is a timely word!" --- Proverbs 15 : 23 of the Bible."

"Great job Dad! I'm very impressed, especially with the photos. God has gifted you with many years of experience to do this good work. Praise the Lord! I pray He will continue to bless you with strength, wisdom, and humility to do this service. May He receive all the glory and honor through your good work!" Wrote Mr. Mike Lei from Dallas, Texas to his parents in Santa Clara, California after he viewed the opening section of "Belinda Liu's Spiritual World" and the section of "River of Life Christian Church".*2 To view her Section, you may just click on "Belinda Liu's Spiritual World" in the top left box at http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
To view the section of "River of Life Christian Church", you may just click on the above address in the 7th small line of Home Page.

The Sunday School held by Mrs. Belinda M. Liu on October 15, 2006 was impressive. We had many sisters and brothers including Miss Ying-Min Huang, Mr. Yang Shao, Mrs. Judy Lei, Miss Vanessa Li, Mr. John Lei, Miss Angel Lo, Dr. Tony Lei, and among others.

"Thank you for sharing your pictures of your missions trip to Africa. We are so happy looking those wonderful faces of African people,their smiles shows the great joy that they have in the Lord. Truly, God's love is for everybody and that every tribes and every nations will praise the name of the Lord. We rejoice and greatly encourage of God's wonderful works in Africa. We are going to show this picture to our brethren here in Cambodia to let them know we are one big family in the Lord all over the world. Thanks and God Bless. Leofe," forwarded to Washington Business and Technology Institute by John Lei from the e-mail of Leofe, a missionary supported by Seattle's Bread of Life Christian Church. The Missionary is in Cambodia, Asia.*3

"Thanks for all your prayers. Sorry, finally got a chance to do the email. I attached a prayer journal. Hope it will help you understand the prayer and praises so far. Thanks for your continual prayers for us," wrote Mike Lei from Taipei, Taiwan.*4

"Shalom! Tony & Judy: ��һ��Ͼ��յ��ˌ��ϾW퓵ĺ��Ϣ, ��@? WBTI ��Ѹ��I, ��Ҳ��ˌ��ӡ��,�c�ҵ�ͬ��, �҂��d�^, �ˌ��Ǒ��C��鳬��. Ҳ�x�x�ゃ�o�ҙC��c�ゃһ?��з��ȵĔUչ! Belinda," wrote Mrs. Belinda M. Liu early in the morning today to Washington Business and Technology Institute.*5

In her speech to the Women Conference in the morning on September 22, 2006, Mrs. Belinda M. Liu dilivered an amazing testimony. "Two weeks ago in my Sunday School, I met with an elder and wise man (Dr. Tony Lei). He told me that WBTI (Washington Business and Technology Institute) was interested in opening a special section for me which would emphasize the educational and spiritual value. As I read his business card, praise Lord! he's the President. I was quite excited and scared. I was worry not being able to answer him appoximately. I told him that I had no formal education from a bible college. As you know I've been eager to enhance my teaching in Bible with a special website for many years. Now, an angel has been sent from God for me. Just this Monday (9/18/06), I clicked on the Section ("Belinda Liu's Spiritual World" at
http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti) and I found a wonderful performance of my many years accomplishments with nice pictures has been implemented. Hallelujah! (The daily website is established and supported by the largest English newspaper in Nevada, Las Vegas Review-Journal). Through the publication of searching leaders each every seven days, the potential visitors from Internet are more than a million." *6

With sicerely love to God, nothing is impossible!

On a previous Sunday, Mr. David Whitney prayed, announced news, and introduced Mr. John Lei to present the Togo Mission through video. John spoke that, "Enthusiastic responses were shown by the people of the several villages that we visited. In one of them, we had more than thirty of them baptized. During the trip, we hsd more than 40 of them surrendered to believe God. The whole mission was very blessed. They were so joyful. Praise God! God worked with us during the mission through our glorification in His name." The video and presentation were very nice.

"We need and thank sincerely your presence and effort to join River of Life Christian Church's world missions in order to glorify our God," pointed out John.

The 2006 9/10-11/12 Sunday School was held by Mrs. Belinda M. Liu the sixth week on October 15, 2006. The subject was on the advanced part in the chapter of "Numbers" of the Bible. Many enthusiatic individuals attended the Class.*7

Belinda and his husband Rev. Tong Liu, Senior Pastor of River of Life Christian Church, had worked for this church for more than ten years. She is also the founder of Double-Portion Ministries ("��·��"):

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The Women Conference was held in Septmber 21-23, 2006 at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, California. Mrs. Belinda M. Liu was one of the most important three Speakers. Thank you for your prayers for the Women Confernce starting the way that Spirit God would move in meetings and would use every speaker to release His messages to transform the lives of those who come.

"��뵽��Ү�d��ϕr, ��ĸ��, �t��, �s��, �K��f: ��, ��ҵ��ҲҪ��, �K��Ҫ��@��¡�( �s��14��12��)�� , ÿ�Ξ��˶\��r�� ǳ��ڴ��, ��Ȼ�ܰl��҂��g�� x��,�@Щ��,�ڞ��˶\��r, �ͽ��v��Ү�d, ��w�ļ��t��, ��`��,��ˏĹ��е�ጷš� ��ұ��}�`��M�Ĳ�ͬ�A��c�v�̣�춾Ŷ��Ҳ�_ʼ�˷��½��Â��ı��·��ģ�ʮ��Ҋ�S��Ľ��ۜI��gЦ��ҵ��Լ��Ľ�ɫ�c�rֵ��Ԓ�Z��ˣ��Ěv��ɞ�ף��Ĺܵ��·��Ƕ��ć��ǂ��Ϣ�ċDŮ��ٱ����ν��ñ��죬�ɞ��@�r��ɾ͵��£��Ů��o�l��ӡ��" said Mrs. Belinda M. Liu.*10

"Shalom Tony & Judy: �x�x��N�Ą��Ԓ�Z, ʹ��@��,��Ҫ͸�^�Wվ, ��Uչ��ؓ��, �ٴα��, �@Щ��,��Ǹе��Ժ��, ��С�Ҿ��һ��ƽ��Ҳ��ε��, Ҳ�o��ČW�v, ֻ��һ��ĸ��СС��, �ܿ��ܷ��, �]�뵽�@ ��L, ��з��ĔU��. ��WBTI�ľW�, ��̫�S��, һ��߀��! �@��L��æ춽��ؕ��ĻI��x, ��^��ؕ��, �ҿ��Ҫ�ټ��[�˾Wվ. ��Ȍ��ҵ�һ�c��, ��֪��m�c��? Ո��֪, �ҿ��һЩ�A��. �ǳ��x�x��ד�p�c��ٵ��M, ϣ��´��ҵĄ��Ҳ�ܿ�Щ,��㿴�R. Ҳ��σɱ��ҵĕ�(��ՌW�r), Ոָ��! �䌍�Ҹ��J��ゃ, ��׸��@�N��ă��, ��ľ��, Ҳ�ǽ̕��ٵ��Ƶĺ�ͬ��, ʹ�҂��ɸ�! ��n��ゃ��еĹ��M��s��! ��÷�َ�ĸ," wrote Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to President Dr. Tony Lei of WBTI and his wife Judy. Praise God!*11

Two books entitled ��Ů�˵��{�cף��and ��麢�ӵČ��`Ʒ��\�桹, written by Mrs. Senior Pastor Belinda M. Liu, were signed with good wishes and given by her to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei. They are best sellers and famous. They will become one of the valuable collections of Washinton Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).

You are on Google! The searching leaders published our last Sunday's feature article. Just type your name (like "Belinda Liu wbti", "Belinda Liu's Spiritual World", "Miss Prudy Yu", "��÷�َ�ĸ wbti", "Miss Orchid Soh wbti", or "Tong Liu wbti") to the searching box of Google.cn, Google.com, Aol.com, and among others, and you will find it starting from the first line of their first page. Hallelujah!

By the act of love itself, we are enriched. Love in action is service above self. Make service a part of our character and experience the abundant reward that comes from serving others. The Bible teaches: "... let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth ( 1 John 3:18)." District ( Family ) Court Judge Cheryl Moss wrote Dr. Tony Lei that, "I am delighted and honored to be appointed by you as an Associate Fellow of the Public Administration Institution of Washington Business and Technology Institute. Thank you for this opportunity for me to serve, and I hope to gain more knowledge, insight, and awareness about public service and community issues through your prestigious institution. I remain dedicated to helping the community, and I am inspired by your leadership, wisdom, and guaidance. I am also fortunate to have met you and your wife, Judy, because you are both active and dynamic individuals in the community. Your accomplishment and achievement have demonstrated that taking part in the community does make a difference. Best wishes and thank you again for your unselfish kindness, support, and encouragement." *12

The spirit of both the innovation and entreprenuership has also motivated United States to be a leading and prosperous country. With its high-speed capability, Fiber Optics can convey mass quantity of images and voice information. It is because that the broadband technology such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) has been more and more developed. Moreover, because of the popular building of radio communication networks, wireless techniques may access important information from the web and condense it to be appeared on the small web connecting machines such as a hand-held screen. The open free software LINUX operating system can even connect various stations very easilly. All these advancement in science and technology, should be used to inspire the promotion of the quality of our daily life. In this new era of information and web works, we should add humanity concern into our thinking structures. God created the world. Everything can be decided by Him. As the value of the fellowship of Public Administration Institution of WBTI growing, we the people with intelligence and knowledge in administration, technology, science should enjoy a valuable and joyful life to serve our community and society with our efforts and wisdom.*13

Asking about how to open the file sent us by Pastor Hing-Chai Cheng, Ms. Jenny Long (Ms. Tao Long) wrote on August 23, 2006 that, "I can read all the articles and messages on your website. Maybe you will show me the file when we meet at the church." "I did click through the links on the site that you sent to me. I can open and read all the files there," wrote Jenny on August 22, 2006. In Proverbs 15 : 23 of the Bible, it stated that, "A man finds joy in giving an apt reply --- and how good is a timely word!" Jenny's enthusiastic concern and effort to WBTI have been highly appreciated.

"How do I go about contributing to your website? Must I create a new user-ID & then sign in? Cheers," asked Miss Orchid Soh by e-mail. Orchid was thanked and answered by WBTI that some writing or pictures through the e-mail to us would be highly welcomed.

***** Knowing how to live one's life with Jesus is a great art; and knowing how to hold him fast is the peak of wisdom. ---Thomas A. Kempis (1380-1471)

To serve our brothers and sisters with article writing, WBTI used to inform them the draft and asked them for modification or comment. After the draft of an article (on 8/24/06) was informed to John, he replied with an e-mail that, "This is wonderful! Now more people will be blessed. Thank you!"

[[[How to acquire knowledge?]]]: The desire to persuit knowledge is for everybody. A wise man is always open to and looks for new ideas. One of the most precious human resource is the desire to improve. People can learn much by doing.

We are pleased to quote the following five short but meaningful ones:

***** It may be all right to be content with what you have; never with what you are. ---B. C. Forbes
***** "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." ---Socrates
***** It's not where you are today that counts. It's where you are headed. ---Arthur F. Lenehan
***** Dicovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different. ---Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
***** The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. ---Mark Twain

It's our pleasure to post a short story and quotation from "Speaker's Source Book" by Glenn Van Ekeren.

A young, devoted follower of Socrates pleaded with him to share the secret of acquired knowledge. Socrates willingly consented and led the young man to a river. "This is how," Socrates stated as he pushed the young man into the river, and then jumping in himself, he held the young man's head underwater. The young man struggled frantically to free himself, but Socrates held him tight and kept his head submerged.
Finally, after the young man scratched, clawed, and fought with every ounce of his being, he was able to break loose and emerge from the water. Socrates then asked him, "When you thought you were drowning, what one thing did you want most of all?"
Still grasping for breath, the young man exclaimed, "I wanted air!" Socrates smiled and then wisely commented, "When you want knowledge as much as you wanted air, then you will get it!"

Usually, change and growth will come at the time when we take a conscious step forward out of the anxiety and into activity. We are not a being to stand still. We are a being in the process of becoming. The more we enable us to become, the more we fulfill our true missions.*14

"It's a pleasure meeting you on this Sunday afternoon again at the River of Life Christian Church. I greatly enjoy our conversation. I'm happy to hear that you had attended the Evangelism Class that I'm teaching on Sunday mornings. The WBTI's website is valuable for its infomative and knowledgeable articles and reports. Thank you for your kind commands and your interest in having me contribute to the information on the WBTI's website," said Kevin Gordon, Esq., in the Fellowship of English Service on August 20, 2006.

Praise God! It's important to receive a thoughtful response soon after last article was updated. The following is an e-mail from Miss Esther Huang to us on August 18, 2006: Thank you Dr. Lei for updating us on the Togo mission trip! As John stated "Glory be to God" they have completed their mission work with success.

Highly blessed by God, the English Service of River of Life Christian Church was growing. The specific charater of the event has been highlighted by the Coffee/Tea Fellowship. During the past several Sundays in 2006, we had Rev. Tong Liu, Rev. Hing-Chai Cheng, Rev. Victor Quon, Mr. Kevin Gordon (Kevin Gordon, Esq.), Pastor Doris Lin (Miss Doris Lin), Mr. Henry Hu, Mr. John Lei, Mrs. Jessica Wong, Mr. Walter Wong, Mr. Patrick Nolan, Ms. Lynn Ling Yang, Miss Vivian Chao, Miss Frances Chang, Miss Mariany Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Anothny Tsai, Ms. Cathy Tsai, Miss Christina (Ping) Tsai, Mr. Victor Luo, Miss Tine Lo, Mr. Gino Ko, Miss Angel Ku, Miss Prudy Yu, Miss Orchid Soh, Mr. Meung Kim, Miss Esther Huang, Miss Vera Suherman, Miss Nicole Ying, Miss Emily Ho, Miss Heidi Hsu, Mr. Arthur Quach, Mr. Yee Tuck Yong, Miss Merry Xiao, Ms. Tao Long, Mr. and Mrs. John Perrott, Mr. Roland On, Mrs. Jennie Quon, Ms. Cindy Chien, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wu, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Komashko, Ms. Anna Wen, Ms. Abby Komashko, Miss Christine Tsai, Mr. and Mrs. David Whitney, Ms. Merreyl Whitney, Ms. Jenny Long, Ms. Cindy Barnes, Ms. Elaine Tran, Miss Sandy Pei, Ms. Jocelyn Huang, Ms. Miao Chun, Miss Susan Dai, Dr. and Mrs. Tony Tung-tien Lei, and among others (names in random). The atmosphere of the Fellowship was pleasent and friendly. Hallelujah!

"The Gospel of Jesus Christ; How to Become a Christian" and "How to Receive Jesus Christ as Your Savior and Thus Become a Christian" written by Kevin P. Gordon, Esq., were posted in this section on August 8-9, 2006. "I will leave for Togo, Africa tomorrow afternoon for a mission trip" written by John K. Lei and Jennifer Kung was also posted the next day.

Brothers and Sisters from the English Service responded with applauses:

"Dear Dr. and Mrs. Lei, It was very nice meeting you on last Sunday afternoon at church. I appreciate your and John��s contributions to the Coffee/Tea Fellowship of English service. Thank you for your loving heart to each brother and sister. I will continue praying for John's mission trip at Togo. I'm sure the more he preaches the Gospel the more he will receive from God; with your support and love, this trip will be more meaningful and joyful to John," wrote Miss Merry Xiao on August 17, 2006. "Thank you for introducing me Kevin's articles. Actually I'm attending his Evangelism class on Sunday school. These articles are good notes for me . He is a great teacher for this class. His teachings are not only from the Bible and books but also from his experiences and testimonies in preaching the Gospel. I was impressed by his knowledge about the Bible and his passion on proclaiming the Gospel. May many people will be blessed by God through you. See you this Sunday."

"Dear Dr. Lei, It was very nice talking with you on Sunday at River of Life Christian Church. Thank you for your and your wife for providing food for the reception after the church service. I have attached the final versions of the two papers that I have written. They are both on the topic of how someone can receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and thus become a Christian. One is a two page version and one is a longer eight page version. Thank you for all of your help," wrote Kevin Gordon, Esq. After the articles were posted, he wrote again that "Thank you for posting my articles on the WBTI's website."

"Thanks. Here is the power point for last Sunday sermon. God bless you," wrote Pastor Hing-Chai Cheng.

"Thank you for passing this web. Yes, it is very nice to have you and auntie in this fellowship. And, your serving heart," wrote Miss Mariany Lee.

"Thank you for the information that you sent to me. I would like to write something to supporting our brothers and sister in the media, but my english writing is very bad. So let me learn more first than I would write in the media. Thanks God that you and Mrs. Lei joining our church and have participation in the serving God. May God bless all your family," wrote Miss Tine Lo.

"Thanks a lot for your message. The WBTI website is very nice. It contains a huge amount of information. Great!" wrote an e-mail from Ms. Lynn Ling Yang to us.

After taking a look at the WBTI's website, Ms. Savina Kao wrote to us that "It is great to get to know you and your wife on Sunday. Now I know why John becomes such an outstanding young man. :) It's also wonderful to know that your organization has been serving the community and our country. I hope we will get a chance to chat again on Sundays."

"A man finds joy in giving an apt reply --- and how good is a timely word!" --- Proverbs 15 : 23 of the Bible

***** Nothing good or great can be done in the absence of enthusiasm. ---Tom Peters

Jesus said, "Everyone who bears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." --- Matthew 7:24-25 of the "Bible"

Our knowledge, wisdom, and professionalism are all achieved by our sincere love to God!" said President Dr. Tony Lei of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).*15

It is our pleasure to post the address of River of Life Christian Church's website:

rolcc.net

"I have to thank my parents for never giving up on me and for all the rentless prayers that they had prayed for me. I look back and realize that it's been almost 5 years that my mom has been interceding for me," wrote Miss Frances Liu, Berlinda's daughter.*16 It is quoted from one of the prefaces of the book "��麢�ӵČ��`Ʒ��\�桹". The book was written by Mrs. Belinda M. Liu.

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References

*1. Liu, Belinda M. '�x�x�ゃÿ�εķ��g!' "An e-mail from Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (October 1, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: Double-Portion Ministries.
*2. Lei, Mike. 'Great job Dad! I'm very impressed,' "An e-mail from Mr. Mike Lei to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei," (September 25, 2006), Dallas, Texas: Mike Lei's Residence.
*3. Lei, John. 'God's love is for everybody,' "An e-mail from Mr. John Lei to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (September 30, 2006), San Jose, California: John Lei's Residence.
*4. Lei, Mike. 'Thanks for all your prayers,' "An e-mail from Mr. Mike Lei to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (October 1, 2006), Taipei, Taiwan: Mike Lei's Mission in Taiwan.
*5. Liu, Belinda M. '��յ��ˌ��ϾW퓵ĺ��Ϣ,' "An e-mail from Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (September 24, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: Double-Portion Ministries.
*6. Kung, Jennifer. 'Mrs. Belinda Liu dilivered a wonderful speech today!' "Section of 'Belinda Liu's Spiritual World' on the WBTI website," (October 14, 2006), Las Vegas, Nevada: Communitylink of LVRJ.
*7. Liu, Belinda M. 'Numbers,' "A printout of Mrs. Belinda M. Liu on 'Numbers of the Bible'," (October 15, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: ROLCC.
*8. ROLCC's website. "A profile,' "A search of ROLCC's website on the Internet," (October 13, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: ROLCC.
*9. Ibid.
*10. Ibid.
*11. Liu, Belinda M. '��WBTI�ľW�, ��̫�S��,' "An e-mail from Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei," (September 17, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: Senior Pastor Liu's Residence.
*12. Chang, Tiffany. 'A theme of the event and dinner party to pay a special tribute to the Supreme Court Justice Nancy Becker ---Growing Value of the Fellowship of Public Administration Institution of WBTI (Nancy Becker is now the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court),' "A search of 'Nancy Becker, Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court' on the Google.com," (October 15, 2006), Mountain View, California: Google.com.
*13. Ibid.
*14. Ekeren, Glenn Van. "Speaker's Source Book II," (1994), Prentice Hall Press, Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Press.
*15. WBTI. 'Message from the President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) for the 2002 New Year,' "The section of 'Message from the President' of the WBTI website," (October 12, 2006), Las Vegas, Nevada: Communitylink of Las Vegas Review-Journal.
*16. Liu, Frances. 'When God is in the picture,' "��麢�ӵČ��`Ʒ��\�桹", (February 2006), Taipei, Taiwan: Graceph Publishing Co.
*17. Douglas, Michael; Walsh, Jessie; and PAI of WBTI. 'Dr. Tony T. Lei enriches the lives of many in our community of Clark County and Nevada,' "A search of 'Business - WBTI' on the Google.cn," (October 14, 2006), Mountain View, California: Google.cn.
*18. Douglas, Michael; Weber, Valerie; Moss, Cheryl; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Brilliant, Google answers our people, community, and world!' "A search of 'Elaine Chao, U. S. Secretary of Labor' on the google.com," (October 15, 2006), Mountain View, California: Google.com.
*19. Moss, Cheryl. 'Here are a few pictures from my trip to the Philippines,' "An e-mail from District Court Judge Cheryl Moss of Nevada to President Dr. Tony Lei of Washington Business and Technology Institute and his wife Judy," (October 10, 2006)), Cheryl Moss's District Court Office..
*20. Dai, Susan. 'Thanks,' "An e-mail from Miss Susan Dai to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (October 10, 2006), San Jose, California: Miss Susan Dai's Residence.
*21. Liu, Belinda M. '�ҬF��֙n��; (녲��g��w��10/1st/06),' "An e-mail from Mrs. Belinda M. Liu to Washington Business and Technology Institute," (October 15, 2006), Santa Clara, Califonia: Double-Portion Ministries.

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