So much of our focus thus far has been on the attendees, and rightly so. But we volunteers have been exposed to opportunities for radical change as well. We’ve been interacting with the same group of amazing women, been hearing the same teachings,...

The attendees have departed. The volunteers are all that’s left of the retreat, having joyfully poured ourselves out—and been poured into. 

Thrive longs for each global woman to find transformational change when she attends a Thrive retreat. 

It might come as a surprise to know that member care is something fairly new to some global workers. Not that the need is new—global workers have always required holistic, compassionate care. Rather, what’s new is that more sending agencies, churc...