the big and little adventures of Chris & Ashley
Gideon Manda, the dean of students at CAPA, told us an African story the other day. An elephant and a rabbit walked crossed a bridge together, which shook as they crossed it. The rabbit raised his hands and said, “We are making the bridge shake!” That is how we felt as we saw the students …
Chris' birthday was a few weeks ago. I love buying gifts but without malls, Amazon and easy ways to take things home in a few months, a regular gift didn't seem like the best idea. And after all, Chris isn't really a "gift" guy and would prefer an experience to a new "thing" (unless, …
We (by “we” I mean Chris and all the professors at CAPA) are gearing up for Module 3 that starts next Tuesday. It’s been a very busy few months for everyone here and the Kopp’s decided to take a “day off” and go to the lake (Lake Malawi) to celebrate Malawian Mother’s Day that happened …
Thank you for praying for us this week! Chris worked long hours to prepare for class each day this week and finished well! I (Ashley) got to sit in on class for a few hours and was encouraged to hear the men say things like “The dust is shaking off!” (from their last Hebrew class …
Life in Malawi is very different from what we were used to and even, I think, what we expected. It's hard, sweet, good and sometimes overwhelming. But we love it. More than ever, we need prayer! Please see our Prayer Requests page for how to pray for us specifically. I'll give a few here that …
Hello again from Malawi, Africa! I am writing this from the couch in our apartment. Our counter-parts, Sam & Amanda left earlier this week so we have officially taken over their car, home and some responsibilities at CAPA. It was wonderful to be able to have a week for Chris to get the official DL …
So. How are we? We’ve been getting that question a lot. It’s a loaded question, of course, how are we doing physically, how are we doing emotionally, how are we doing spiritually, how are we doing with our transitions, how are we doing with packing, how are we doing with raising support? Well, let me …
Watch the video below from student Alfred Goliath to hear how the original languages have helped him to preach (about 2 min in). For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12 With one month until we board a …
I do want to share some of the things that have been happening. My purpose for sharing is so that you will know how to pray, so that God may be glorified in our endurance with faith and so that others facing trials may be encouraged as well.
I am going to the Central African Preaching Academy to teach pastors how to use Hebrew when preaching God’s Word from the Old Testament. How does that work? Let me see if I can illustrate it for you. Let’s look at Psalm 23:1 in a couple English translations. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall …
