| 2024 has been an awesome year so far, and the Bridgford household is quite busy with two kids in the mix. We’ve attached some pictures of John (6 months) and Evie (2 years) here so you all can see how they’ve grown. John is just the happiest guy around, and Evie is talking a lot and running around everywhere. It has been a very sweet season so far. |
    Here are a few highlight updates for you: We had an awesome Spring semester internship class of twelve individuals! We saw so much growth in each of them, and loved getting to mentor them in missions and life. Since John was born in January, it was great having our two new internship staff members, Bailey and Kyle, here in Africa helping us out now.  We had two great camps, and I (Ryan) had the pleasure of preaching some to the highschool students that we got to facilitate. I am getting more involved in Impact Students at Impact Africa (our high school ministry department). My role here expanded at the beginning of the year and I work with big picture planning, scheduling, and national staff and volunteer training.   We are in our summer internship right now, and have had fourteen interns here this summer! It has been a pleasure pouring into their lives as well. Summer is busy season for Impact Africa, and these interns have been doing so well helping us lead teams.    Kindle’s parents and youngest brother were just here on a missions trip with their church Blue Ridge Bible Church. It was a very special time. We loved hosting them! God moved and many people got saved through the ministry that happened. We love hosting missions trips as the communities get an even greater saturation of the Gospel in these months with more boots on the ground. Here are some pictures for you to get a peek at our time!        And currently, we are gearing up for our Fall semester internship! We’ll have a class of twenty – one of our biggest yet(answer to prayer!!)! We are excited for the increase, and so blessed to be a part of what God is doing out here in South Africa.Now that we’re back into the swing of life, we’ll be getting regular newsletters out again. We love you all! Love you all! We are so grateful for your support! |
The Bridgfords in South Africa 