Finally home after my longest trip of the year to Europe over November. Great time with our northern Spain CS contacts in Gijon, visiting Shane and Ruth Sparks and Hiucif and family, and some sweet waves! I then passed through Barcelona and got to catch up with CS Spain director Marc for the first time there. What a challenge for him stepping out full time. Then onto the CS Holland national conference with Kock and the team where I was joined by CS Europe RC Phil Williams. It was my first time in Holland and great to see and share with some 40 key contacts and appreciate the dedication of Dutch surfers in howling onshore, cold, dribbly beachbreaks. Their enthusiasm was unfazed. Flying then to Casablanca, Morocco I had my first experience in this Islamic nation and the 5:30am call to prayer outside my bedroom window. Our contact there has great connections in surfing and wants a stronger affiliation with CS that I was able to help negotiate. Flying back to the UK it was onto a CSI fundraiser in Wales with Johnny Hillman and some quality time with Phil Williams, our UK director and European RC. I was glad to be home after a 16 day tour and will not travel again till 2014. God is on the move in Europe with new models of mission as they are well into their post-Christian era.
