A user visiting a Web page also may be able to download files from an FTP site and send messages to other users via e-mail by using links on the Web page. That didn't help much, did it. There are maybe 5 people in the whole congregation that could read this paragraph and understand all of what it said. But every year, the percentage of people who use the internet and communicate with other people via e-mail is increasing. I started using the internet and e-mail communication when my children started going off to college.
Every college student gets an e-mail address as a part of their enrollment.
It makes communication infinitely easier and faster. In the 10 years my children have spent away at college, I have received maybe 2 letters. As many of you know, our son, Adam, is presently teaching in China. Because of the World Wide Web, we know more about Adam's life in China than we did about his life at St. Olaf. He has shared over a hundred pictures of sights they've seen in China, a map of the campus they're teaching at, and recipes they've learned from their students.