Tel em tenki, tel em. Tel Papa God tenki!!!

On January 31st, we left Tenerife for our sail to Togo, West Africa. The sail started out on some very rough seas…which didn’t sit well with my tummy! This time around, we were teaching in our classrooms during the sail. It made for some very interesting lessons when we would be mid-topic and all of the sudden, the desks would be clear of any books, pencils, markers, scissors, Kleenex boxes etc. that had previously been there! One morning I woke up to find my ‘secured’ classroom in absolutely disarray!

I’ve always heard that ‘flexibility’ is an important trait to have in the teaching profession…teaching on a sailing ship really brings this to light! When the speaker system sounds and we hear “dolphins on port side”, we can’t help but run (or walk quickly) from wherever we are to spot the dolphins!

On February 3, we arrived in Togo!! We were greeted by a crowd of singing, dancing and cheering Togolese people!! What a beautiful welcoming! I had chills as we all sang the familiar songs they played that we had missed so much during our time away from Africa! Our first night here, a group of us went on a walk on the solid ground of Togo. It took a lot of concentration to switch back to French as we’ve been speaking Spanish for the last month! Our Gracias’ become Merci’s and our Hola’s become Bonjours! The people here seem lovely and very friendly. Thankfully the port has been incredible accommodating and has given us a section of the port blocked off from zooming traffic and cranes with swinging containers! It has already been taken advantage of by the crew, doing sports and jogs and a lot of other fun activities.



Please keep this outreach in prayer as we begin surgeries in the coming week! Also, on February 28, there will be a presidential election in Togo. Please pray that this will be a calm and peaceful election and that everyone will be kept safe during this time. How cool is it that God would bring in 400 extra Christians to pray (and to have teams of people praying behind them all over the world!) during a time like this!