Hope House is a small orphanage located in Harrismith that we’ve partnered with over the last year. With about 33 kids living there, there is plenty of opportunity and need for discipleship and love. Our goal is to spend time at Hope House each week so that we can impart knowledge of the Bible, inspire love for Christ, and demonstrate love for each other.

Each week our ten interns go to the orphanage ready to teach a Bible lesson, lead a craft, and spend time playing with the kids. We hope you enjoy the video.

We get lots of questions from people interested in our 1-year internship about what they’ll do as an intern. Will I get to teach in a village? How involved am I in the ministry? Will I get to work with orphans? Well, hopefully this video will help answer some those questions as we let our interns share about what they’ve been up to so far this year.

As we start our second decade of ministry, we’ve been reminiscing about all that God has done in the past ten years. Back in 2003—less than a year after we bought our property–a wildfire broke out and burned over 800 acres of our mission base. It was definitely a challenging time, filled with uncertainty and a lot of questions, but we pressed on. In spite of the setbacks, the vision God gave us to reach South Africa grew even stronger in our hearts.

We thought you might enjoy seeing the the video we’d made shortly after the fire—a glimpse into years-gone-by here at Thrive.

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Africans love to dance! And what better way to spend a lunch break.

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Learn more about what’s it like bringing a team to Thrive Africa.

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