The latest news....

I've arrived safely in Togo, and am now back in the capital city of Lomé, after spending a couple of days in another town, Kpalimé, where we have just finished a seminar with around 50 participants - on the topic of how to plan and run creative programmes for reaching unchurched kids. Those who attended the seminar learned a lot, and actually prepared a full programme of workshops, games, songs, memory verse, stories, application, etc, that they presented one afternoon in a local neighbourhood. Around 160 children and a good number of curious parents turned up that afternoon - even though the event had not been announced in any way. (They just heard the music when we started up.) As is common in Africa, we had all ages present: from tiny preschoolers to young teenagers. 


Internet access has been almost non-existent, so you may not hear much from me over the next week. I couldn't access the internet at all from Kpalimé, and had to phone home to Scotland to find out how things had gone with my Dad at the hospital on Thursday. Everything had gone smoothly and now they are waiting to hear the date for his surgery (see previous posting) which is likely to be fairly soon. Thanks for your continued prayers.

This Sunday, I'll be speaking at a special meeting for King's Kids (15 - 21 year olds) who were on a camp together in the summer and who are getting ready to go back to school and college, and also at a monthly worship service that is held at the YWAM centre in Lomé and attended by people from different local churches.

Then on Monday, we'll start up with the PCYM school again. I'll be teaching on different subjects about how to see children and teenagers from God's perspective, and how to be more effective in motivating and discipling them. I'll be teaching every morning, and some afternoons and evenings too, so it's going to be a full week. As mentioned above, I may not be able to be in touch much... but thank you for your prayers.