Now that October is with us, I have a varied programme of activities to occupy my time. I wear two "hats" in my missions involvement (the King's Kids ministry and the Leadership Development ministry) and sometimes these two roles bring a list of duties and deadlines together at the same time. This October will be one of those times. I'm working on the preparation of our KKI national leaders' gathering that will be held in Torremolinos during the last week of November; people are registering now for the conference, and the deposit needs to be paid to the hotel by the end of this month. I'm also proof reading/editing a new KKI publication that will be printed before the end of this year. Alongside these KKI roles, I am working with the applications for three upcoming leadership courses: the Strategic Leadership Course (SLC) which will be held here in Alhaurín during the first three weeks of November, an intensive coaching seminar in January, and the Leadership Development Course (LDC) which will be held here next spring. I'm also working on registering the SLC and the LDC with the University, and over the coming weeks, I'll be putting together a students' handbook for the SLC. And, just to add a little variety, in my local church role, I'll be leading three weeks of creative discipleship programmes with a group of girls aged 10 - 13 (which means I'll be preparing a range of Bible worksheets in both Spanish and English.) So there are certainly plenty of things to keep me occupied this October.
This week, however, I'll start the month by being involved full time in the annual meetings of YWAM's Western Europe Leadership Team (WELT) where I represent the work of KKI throughout Europe. Meeting concurrently with the WELT this year is an eldership group of long term missionaries called the "Barnabas Network." The Barnabas people are coming to serve the Western Europe leaders by praying for them this week or being available for counsel. A few of us, including myself, are in the Barnabas Network, as well as in the Western Europe Leadership Team, so we will have a dual role this week.
Meanwhile, both my Dad and I are still waiting for news of our hospital appointments: mine to see an arthritis specialist about my feet, and Dad to have the surgery that will remove the cancer in his colon. It's been almost seven weeks since his diagnosis, and things are beginning to drag a bit, so we're praying that he'll get a date for the operation very soon. Thanks for standing with us in prayer.
