This past week, Adie and I drove 7.5 hours down to Aneho which is a town on the southern border of Togo and Benin. We met up with nine national pastors and their wives as well as two other missionaries for a Pastor's conference to teach on the topic of Spiritual Leadership. This subject covered many issues that are very relevant for these men and women. Most of them all knew each other from training in the same Bible institute that was held up in our town of Kara. But this was the first time they had all gotten together since the last time we held a conference in 2009.
The pastors and their wives traveled from all over Togo. One couple traveled nearly 12 hours to make the conference and most of them had a drive similar in length to ours. The conference ended up being a great experience! It was an opportunity, where for 2.5 days we ate meals together, had four-two hour sessions each day on various topics and even had some sports time; it was quite amusing to see the pastors and even some wives playing soccer in the sand!
The conference was a huge success and we thank God for all that was accomplished during those few days. It was an encouragement to all that attended and it was challenging for us who were teaching. The goal now is to schedule a conference like this one about once a year with varous relevant spiritual topics to challenge and encourage these pastors and their families.
