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<p>On Monday we picked up a team of Family Hope International members who work in Africa’s largest slum, Kibera. We had a beautiful week with them. We spent a lot of time sitting with families in the townships of Blantyre and in the villages 2 hours from the city. We spent time laughing in between<a class="more-link" href="https://theakpis.com/2025/07/06/entering-in-to-the-unknown/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Entering in to the&nbsp;unknown&#8221

<p>What is ministry anyways? What is being a missionary? Some view it as going door to door evangelizing, or planting a church, holding Sunday school classes for children. For as long as I can remember (besides my nasty teenage years) I have felt my purpose was to love and be loved, following the greatest commandment<a class="more-link" href="https://theakpis.com/2025/05/22/being/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Being&#8221;</span></a></p>

<p>Do the best traits about your significant other sometimes bother you? Kossi meticulously takes care of his car. If he hears the slightest sound he will have his mechanic over before the sun sets-because yes, in Malawi mechanics come to the house. Sometimes taking care of a car in Malawi feels like a part time<a class="more-link" href="https://theakpis.com/2025/02/04/car-problems/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Car problems&#8221;</span></a></p>