Author Archives: thebridgfords

It is hard to believe that we are celebrating four years in South Africa this year! To God be the glory!! Thanks to your prayers and support, we have truly settled in here and consider South Africa our home. We are so honored to serve with such great fellow staff members at Impact Africa, and hearing allContinue reading “September 2025”

We made it back from the States a month ago, and were just in time for me (Ryan), to debrief our outgoing class of 15 interns! That was a huge blessing and answer to prayer because the majority of the internship class had been with us for around nine months.  Debrief is one of ourContinue reading “June 2025”

It has been a while since our last newsletter, and we are sorry for our absence! 2024 and 2025 have been tough due to the passing of Kindle’s younger brother, Janson, and some health problems within the family. That being said, you can start expecting monthly newsletters from us here again, along with regular social media updates. You canContinue reading “April 2025 Newsletter”

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 lotContinue reading “July 2024 Newsletter”

We have had an amazing year here serving in South Africa, and as we reflect we cannot help but feel overwhelmed by the ways God has moved in our lives, and how He is moving in South Africa! Thousands of hours of quality ministry happened, countless lives were touched through Impact Africa’s outreaches and ministries,Continue reading “December 2023 Newsletter”

Hello Friends and Family!It has been an amazing summer (winter here in South Africa)! It is our busy season with teams coming through on short-term mission trips, and we had quite a few churches, colleges, and youth groups join us this year. Our Summer Internship has a strong leadership focus, and it is great toContinue reading “August 2023 Newsletter”

Hey Friends and Family, We have exciting news! We are expecting our first child in early August! We are beyond thrilled to be walking this new journey in life, and are so happy we get to start our family here in South Africa. All of the appointments have been going very well, and Kindle and the babyContinue reading “Exciting News! January 2022”

Happy New Year from South Africa! We pray that God blesses you in every way during 2022, and that you walk in the fullness of His will for your lives! 2021 was an amazing year to start our career in missions, and though we have only been out here since August, we have seen God tangiblyContinue reading “Happy New Year – December 2021”

It had been a long afternoon of doing student outreach in a local highschool Impact Africa ministers to here in Johannesburg. The interns and I(Kindle) had just gotten approval from the principal to connect with students in the courtyard of the school, and find classrooms to minister in whose teachers had not shown up to workContinue reading “October 2021”

Kindle and I have been experiencing powerful things in the communities when we are out doing ministry, so I thought it would be fun to share what an entire day of community outreach looked like for us last Wednesday! Kindle and I got out of our vehicle to do ministry together, walked about a hundredContinue reading “A Day in Ministry – September 2021”