We write this as 2018 draws to a close. We thank God for the year gone by.

A record 53 students have been sent out into church leadership since January (although we are slightly down on student numbers as a result now!) and we are already hearing wonderful reports of the energetic and God-glorifying ministry they are engaged in. I (Chris) have run 21 bible studies and taught over 240 hours of lectures on many topics from youth ministry to doctrine, from Genesis to Epistles. We’ve run three marriage conferences for students and spouses to get some training and support, hosted four visiting teams who have done some wonderful ministry with us here and learnt so much, sold over 150 subsidised Christian books (many of them wonderfully written by African authors) to students, and we’ve spent countless hours in meetings with students about stomach ulcers, financial problems and everything in between.