thanks for you prayers. phys training instructor course went really well. past 2 weeks ago then went to mallorca on hols. unfortunately not everyone got through. an ex para from my unit was one of them. hope he's ok about it. 
anyway could see God was doing stuff with some of the soldiers. seems to be a relatively unexposed (previously to the gospel i mean) but very hungry culture, particularly on this course among so many driven characters. this girl on the course ended up recommitting her life to God and praying loads. in a barrage of differnt ways God seemed to be appealling to her heart and mind, trying to get through to her the last months to reassert her value- does that make any sense- i mean she'd been battered around, used and rejected by guys and had been in depression for months until june, when things started to look up. i didnt make a move on her but left the room when things could have got funky and at first that pissed her off but when i told her i's a crispo and wanted to honour what God thought about her worth that errupted into a flurry of searching questions. very sweetly, (and luckily for me!!), she said our chats about God just came at the right time. Pls pray for her. her name's Zoe and she's from bristol area. 
going to put a wash on and have a cup of tea.