Local
Thousand Hills seeks to reach out to our local community through service both by individuals and by the church community.
Global mission
Thousand Hills supports a number of different global missionaries and we welcome you to add to our support.
Wim and Sonja Odendaal – Suriname
The Odendaals are involved in building orphanages called Houses of Hope for children and teenagers who have been abused and neglected. These houses not only provide a home, but they also provide education and a loving family atmosphere. For more information about their mission, visit www.hoh-suriname.com.
Annabelle Plaza – Philippines
Born and raised in Surigao del Norte in the Philippines, Annabelle Plaza has a passion to tell unreached and remote indigenous tribes about the love and hope of Jesus Christ. Annabelle has been serving in Surigao del Norte as a missionary through Youth With A Mission since October 1989. She runs the small YWAM Center in Surigao City, hosts outreach teams, oversees the different ministries, teaches locals about having a personal relationship with Jesus, and mobilises and networks with local churches. Since 2003, she has been the coordinator of the Students Sponsorship Programme of Surigao, which helps poor students afford an education and attend school. You can reach Annabelle via our contact page or follow her on Facebook.
Dagnaldo – Brazil
Dagnaldo has been working in a restricted-access country for six years but was recently deported back to Brazil. In February 2011 he was married and he and his wife now teach in churches and schools around Brazil challenging people to go into mission in the Muslim world. Their desire is to soon be able to return to the middle east
Richard and Pita Zevenbergen – Brazil
The Zevenbergen family has been missionaries in Brazil since 2005. Richard is an ordained Pastor of the VPE and of the Brazilian Assemblies of God. Pita is a medical doctor by profession but works now as missionary and mother of their three kids (Rafael 11 yrs, Christoph 8 yrs and Michael 7 yrs old.)
In 2007 they started an international mission training school where dozens of Brazilians have been trained and sent out as cross-cultural missionaries across the world. They have also planted a church in Joinville through which many have come to Christ and been discipled. Richard is now vice president of Chi Alpha (campus ministry) in Brazil and is involved in evangelistic student ministry as well as preaching in churches, seminars and congresses.
Dorien Kip
Dorien recently moved to South Africa to work with Monte Christo Ministries in the township of Paarl near Capetown. Dorien is involved in community care for those who are poor, homeless, unemployed and sick. She is also involved in a ministry to young women trapped in prostitution. This growing project offers care, food, fun through movie nights, and teaches the women new skills.
