Trip Itinerary

June 9- June 11
Head to Garden Valley, Texas for your trip’s beginning. Over the next three days you will meet your leaders and team, be trained and prepared for ministry in Botswana, hear some great speakers that will challenge you in your own spiritual walk, and draw close to God through incredible Praise and Worship. You won’t want to forget to call home to let your parents know how everything is going – especially to tell them about Commissioning Night!

June 12
Depart Garden Valley, Texas… you are off to Africa!

June 13
You will fly from Dallas, Texas to Johannesburg, South Africa. After arriving in Johannesburg on the evening of the 13th, you will catch your next flight straight into Lusaka.

June 14
Arrive in Lusaka, set up camp and be ready to hit the town with the gospel after meeting our global partners and getting the last bit of training.

June 15
We will be focusing on some evangelism efforts in town as well as doing some much need work projects on some of the orphan homes.

June 16
Sunday we will attend a local church in Lusaka. Following church, your project will conclude country orientation and perhaps even have a couple hours of free time in the afternoon.

June 17-23
Now hang on as you start your first week of Bible Camp with hundreds of orphans. You and your team will be camp counselors and share the gospel in creative ways through out the week. Your love and investment into this lost generation will change your life and theirs for eternity.

June 24
We have just a short time to recover and to take in some fun activities in town before we gear up for the next wave of orphan students.

June 25
Your leaders will have church with you and cover some life changing subjects that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. We will then have a bit of free time and pack up and drive to our next campsite in Livingstone for our next camp.

June 26 - June 27
Our second week of camp we will be with a new group of orphans and put to work the lessons you learned from the first week.

June 28
Today you will have some time to debrief as a team and country before heading out to travel to your African Safari.

June 29
Get ready for some great viewing of African wild life as you head out to one of the best game parks in Southern Africa.

June 30 - July 1
We have a few days to enjoy the wonders of Africa. Of course, we have to take some time for shopping (animal carvings make excellent gifts and abound in Africa). We will take an overnight Authentic African Safari as well – see lions, giraffes, and much more in their native Africa. Game drive with BBQ lunch and dinner-- What could be better? We will also take some time that evening to reflect on our experiences and share stories and testimonies. That's better.





July 12
We will start with some time with your Global Partners learning some details about ministry and then head out for your first day of ministry right after lunch. That evening your leaders will continue with more equipping to make sure you are ready for the next week.

July 13
You all will attend a local African church and be apart of an energetic worship service that you won’t easily forget. That afternoon we will be back on the base, and maybe do some laundry or enjoy some free time.

July 14-18
Now, you will start your first full week of ministry in your designated informal settlement. There you will see first had the hard core issues facing millions of Africans. Two teams will head out of town to a smaller village for the week and see the more rural side of Africa. Each team we will also have a chance to help do some fun children’s ministry. We will be targeting a section of this massive settlement. A large majority of people are unemployed, so we can expect almost everyone to be around and they will be anxious to visit with us through our translators. We will visit some of the same homes over several days as we truly develop relationships with the people.

July 19
Today we will have some fun time taking in some of the unique African culture and a bit of shopping for those special souvenirs.

July 20
We will attend a local church in the area where we have been working. Our invited friends will be there and we will introduce them to the church pastor and cell group leaders. These new believers will be grounded in the Word and discipled in love as they join this part of the Body and continue in their new life with the Lord. Also bring your camera this day you may get to wrestle with some lion cubs and feed a giraffe.

July 21-26
Now the other teams will head out for some time in the smaller villages while teams based in Joberg continue the home to home and children’s ministry in some of the worst squatter camps in Joberg.

July 27
Again we will attend a local church in the area where we have been working. Our invited friends will be there and we will introduce them to the church pastor and cell group leaders. These new believers will also be grounded in the Word and discipled in love as they join this part of the Body and continue in their new life with the Lord.

July 28
All teams will be focusing on making a lasting impact on our community for our last day of ministry. We will continue to help the local church through follow up and discipleship.


July 29
We have a few days to enjoy the wonders of Africa before we head back to the United States. Of course, we have to take some time for shopping (animal carvings make excellent gifts and abound in Africa). However, before we leave we will want to take an overnight Authentic African Safari as well – see lions, giraffes, and much more in their native Africa. Game drive with BBQ lunch and dinner-- What could be better? We will also take some time that evening to reflect on our experiences and share stories and testimonies. That's better. (Note: Please don't forget to bring $100.00 mandatory for the all-inclusive Safari tour).

July 30
Say good bye to South Africa, but we know many of you will leave your heart there and hopefully return soon. Depart in the afternoon for your flight back to Garden Valley.

July 31-August 1
You will arrive back in Texas for a couple days of debriefing. Enjoy your last few days with your team in Garden Valley as you debrief from this wonderful expedition in Africa.

August 2
Head home on a mission to continue living out your faith everyday; share good stories with your friends and family; and show them all of your cool photos.