Mission Trip 2020 Overview and Details
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Below, you can read and get an idea of the process of planning and booking your visit to Bulembu. I will guide you through the steps you will need to take to book your trip. I will attempt to give you an understanding of our trip's content, deadlines and prices.
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Below, you can read and get an idea of the process of planning and booking your visit to Bulembu. I will guide you through the steps you will need to take to book your trip. I will attempt to give you an understanding of our trip's content, deadlines and prices.
Understanding the BASIC Mission Trip Package without any side trips or excursions...
High Level Summary:
Fly Non-stop on Delta to Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, January 27, 2019, Departs around 8 pm.
Stay in a nice hotel near the airport, the City Lodge, the first night. We all eat supper together and get our Rand.
On Wednesday, Travel to Mbabane and stay in the Mountain Inn
Settle in and have lunch
After lunch we will visit one of the ICBC sites called Pine Valley
ICBC — In Community by Community — A site where a starter orphanage is beginning to take shape
On Thursday, Tour the headquarters of Challenge Ministries, Potters Wheel Church
You will learn how all of the ICBC sites and Bulembu got started
Lunch at Mountain Inn and then off to Bulembu, Swaziland — now formally called Eswatini
We will drive about two hours over some interesting terrain and roads to reach Bulembu
We will check in the Bulembu Lodge, watch a movie about the history of Bulembu's beginning as a mining town and have Dinner at the Lodge
On Friday, we will the day with Breakfast in the Lodge and then a half day work project.
We will have a chance to meet the kids at their supper time in the main dining hall of Dvudvusi
Stay 6 nights in the Bulembu Country Lodge
Work days at Home Renovation and other jobs as needed at the time we visit,
Spend time with the Orphans
On Sunday, we will attend church for about 1 1/2 hours and will have free time afterwards.
On Wednesday, we will check out and head to the Hippo Hollow Lodge for the next two nights
On Thursday, we will leave really early for an eight hour photo taking safari
Friday will be check out time and a leisurely drive to the Joburg airport
The Flight back home is late in the afternoon so we will not be rushed to get back.
Costs per person:
Airfare about $1500 or less
Check your airfare at this link anytime: Fly out Monday January 27 and Fly back February 6
Rooms, meals, Van transport, Safari, Tips and Misc. Cost: about $1,200 per person
NOTE: Costs shown in red are estimates and as the airfare fluctuates it is recommended you follow the cost of the airfare and book when you feel it is at it's lowest. I first paid over $2,000 on my first trip, then in 2015 I got the fare at $1,283. This was a Co-Inky-Dink also, which I explain on the web page called... wait for it... Co-Inky-Dinks!
Fly Non-stop on Delta to Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, January 27, 2019, Departs around 8 pm.
Stay in a nice hotel near the airport, the City Lodge, the first night. We all eat supper together and get our Rand.
On Wednesday, Travel to Mbabane and stay in the Mountain Inn
Settle in and have lunch
After lunch we will visit one of the ICBC sites called Pine Valley
ICBC — In Community by Community — A site where a starter orphanage is beginning to take shape
On Thursday, Tour the headquarters of Challenge Ministries, Potters Wheel Church
You will learn how all of the ICBC sites and Bulembu got started
Lunch at Mountain Inn and then off to Bulembu, Swaziland — now formally called Eswatini
We will drive about two hours over some interesting terrain and roads to reach Bulembu
We will check in the Bulembu Lodge, watch a movie about the history of Bulembu's beginning as a mining town and have Dinner at the Lodge
On Friday, we will the day with Breakfast in the Lodge and then a half day work project.
We will have a chance to meet the kids at their supper time in the main dining hall of Dvudvusi
Stay 6 nights in the Bulembu Country Lodge
Work days at Home Renovation and other jobs as needed at the time we visit,
Spend time with the Orphans
On Sunday, we will attend church for about 1 1/2 hours and will have free time afterwards.
On Wednesday, we will check out and head to the Hippo Hollow Lodge for the next two nights
On Thursday, we will leave really early for an eight hour photo taking safari
Friday will be check out time and a leisurely drive to the Joburg airport
The Flight back home is late in the afternoon so we will not be rushed to get back.
Costs per person:
Airfare about $1500 or less
Check your airfare at this link anytime: Fly out Monday January 27 and Fly back February 6
Rooms, meals, Van transport, Safari, Tips and Misc. Cost: about $1,200 per person
NOTE: Costs shown in red are estimates and as the airfare fluctuates it is recommended you follow the cost of the airfare and book when you feel it is at it's lowest. I first paid over $2,000 on my first trip, then in 2015 I got the fare at $1,283. This was a Co-Inky-Dink also, which I explain on the web page called... wait for it... Co-Inky-Dinks!
Understanding the Mission Trip Deadlines
The final dates have been confirmed by Bulembu Ministries Swaziland, now the Tour Van Company has to be hired and a final head count of how many mission volunteers are going. We will make room reservations for everywhere except the first night at the City Lodge in Joburg.
Here are the major mile stones that lay before all of us:
1. Deadline to commit to go on the Mission Trip, including $600 deposit due at that time: October 1, 2019
2. Deadline to Book your room in City Lodge on Barbara Road for January 28th: October 15, 2019 or sooner.
Book City Lodge Via Expedia or Book on the Hotel's Web Site.
Make sure you book City Lodge Barbara Road for January 28th, 2020
3. Deadline to go on line and pay $20 for a police background check requested by BMS: January 3, 2019
NOTE: An email will be sent out with a web link to a web portal to request the background check.
4. Deadline to sign and email Childcare Policy and BMS Liability Release: January 13, 2019 Watch for an email.
5. Deadline to pay the final deposit amount due: Januarry 13, 2019.
6. Packing list and other details
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Here are the major mile stones that lay before all of us:
1. Deadline to commit to go on the Mission Trip, including $600 deposit due at that time: October 1, 2019
2. Deadline to Book your room in City Lodge on Barbara Road for January 28th: October 15, 2019 or sooner.
Book City Lodge Via Expedia or Book on the Hotel's Web Site.
Make sure you book City Lodge Barbara Road for January 28th, 2020
3. Deadline to go on line and pay $20 for a police background check requested by BMS: January 3, 2019
NOTE: An email will be sent out with a web link to a web portal to request the background check.
4. Deadline to sign and email Childcare Policy and BMS Liability Release: January 13, 2019 Watch for an email.
5. Deadline to pay the final deposit amount due: Januarry 13, 2019.
6. Packing list and other details
Click here to get on my mailing list for updates and more information on the next trip to Bulembu...