"I love the sense of satisfaction that I get when I’ve done a swimming workout or race, and know that I gave my whole being and heart to God in every moment of the swim. It’s the best worship I can offer him."
2013 Visit
Stuart was in Togo in December 2013. As well as sporting the girls' football team and taking some equipment, he was able to meet members of the Olympic Committee.
Some of the equipment for the girls
Some of the girls came to welcome Stuart - dressed in FA jackets
They played a game which Stuart was able to watch. Note the England kit, kindly donated by the FA and brought last time by Stuart.
Final instructions from coach Aime
Action from the game
Buying balls with coach (Oumar) and chaplain, Magloire
Stuart was also in contact with the Olympic Committee, having dinner with the Chef de Mission and with the former President, General Nabede, as well as being received by the new President Auguste Dogbo.
In the office of the president of the Togo Olympic Committee with the 2012 Chef de Mission
Meeting the president
2012 Olympic Attache with the new President, chef de Mission and Chaplain
Speaking to the Swallows' players, the Togo basketball club champions
Note the simple but clever scoreboard on the left. Seven pieces of wood on hinges make the number 8. By folding back some of the pieces of wood any other figure can be created.
With the players
Presenting one of the Ball Project balls to the coach
At the wedding meal, bride in white
The President of the Olympic Committee showing Stuart how the palm wine is extracted from the tree
Stuart and the President - and a banana tree
Presenting a team kit, courtesy of the FA, to a church youth football team
Presenting one of the Ball Project balls to a church youth football team
Presenting one of the Ball Project balls to Better, on behalf of the Amis du Monde football team
With Magloire and the top goalkeeper in the Togo Football First Division
They decided to make me a chief of a non-existent village!
With some of the church boys' team - note the England kit, supplied by FA, and brought last year.
A last dinner with all my main ministry contacts