Things have been going well here - both in the PCYM school, and also at other venues where I've been asked to speak. The students have been very open, the participation in class has been good, and we've had encouraging feedback about how they plan to apply what they've been learning. I also taught this week (and again next Tuesday before I leave for the airport) at a discipleship class that a local YWAMer is running for young people aged 20 - 30. Most of them are university students, so we've been covering topics like how to discern God's will for your life and how to be faithful in implementing vision. Today, Friday, I'll also be interviewed on the radio. It's the largest Christian station in Togo and the broadcasts are picked up even across the border in Ghana, so it's quite a privilege to have the opportunity to share with a large audience about the character and faithfulness of God.
My French was a bit rusty in the beginning. I kept putting Spanish words into my sentences, and asking questions that ended with también instead of aussi! But it's warmed up a bit now, and I've surprised myself by being able to do big chunks of the teaching in French, with only occasional recourse to my translator for the more specialised vocabulary. (One of my topics this week was Biblical Christian Worldview.)
My parents just got news that my Dad has to go back to the hospital next Tuesday; they want to check that his heart is strong enough for the surgery, so he'll have to have his heart monitored while he's on an exercise bike. If everything is okay, that probably means that his surgery will happen shortly after that - when I am back in Spain again.
