Pretoria-Centurion
2025 Mission Pretoria
SOUTH AFRICA
Teams of at least 10 people
Mission Duration: 16 days, 15 Nights
$4950 p/p
Online Application and Liability Waiver
Trip payments and donations can be made here: Support Mission Scholarship Fund
Includes international economy airfare and all transport, housing and meals in South Africa.
Shorter or longer tours will be priced individually.
Friday March 14 – Sunday March 30
Team Itinerary
Friday
15:00: Depart from Melbourne (MLB)
16h30: Arrive Atlanta (ATL)
21h30: Depart ATL for OR Thambo Johannesburg (JNB)
16h30: Arrive Atlanta (ATL)
21h30: Depart ATL for OR Thambo Johannesburg (JNB)
Saturday
19h00: Arrive JNB
20h00: Hein and Dan Van Wyk of experienceMission – Transport from JNB to EM Base, Pretoria.
22h00: Small dinner
20h00: Hein and Dan Van Wyk of experienceMission – Transport from JNB to EM Base, Pretoria.
22h00: Small dinner
Sunday
09h00: Leave for Doxa Deo, Raslouw
10h00: Attend Worship Service at Doxa Deo, Raslouw
12h00: Lunch
13h00: Worldview & Cultural Orientation at EM Base In this session we will examine how God has blessed the continent of Africa. Then we will turn to a paradox: Why, if Africa is the wealthiest continent on the face of the earth in terms of her natural resources, is she also the most impoverished? What lies at the root of this quandary? We will also look at the concept of worldview. In addition to seeing how worldview works, this session also explores the fundamental building blocks of culture. Satan lies not only to individuals, but also to nations. We look specifically at how he uses two wrong worldviews – secularism and animism – to lead whole cultures down the pathway of bondage, underdevelopment, poverty and destruction. He replaces Kingdom building blocks of culture with his counterfeit building blocks, resulting in the impoverishment and enslavement of nations.
18h00: Dinner
10h00: Attend Worship Service at Doxa Deo, Raslouw
12h00: Lunch
13h00: Worldview & Cultural Orientation at EM Base In this session we will examine how God has blessed the continent of Africa. Then we will turn to a paradox: Why, if Africa is the wealthiest continent on the face of the earth in terms of her natural resources, is she also the most impoverished? What lies at the root of this quandary? We will also look at the concept of worldview. In addition to seeing how worldview works, this session also explores the fundamental building blocks of culture. Satan lies not only to individuals, but also to nations. We look specifically at how he uses two wrong worldviews – secularism and animism – to lead whole cultures down the pathway of bondage, underdevelopment, poverty and destruction. He replaces Kingdom building blocks of culture with his counterfeit building blocks, resulting in the impoverishment and enslavement of nations.
18h00: Dinner
Monday & Tuesday
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Depart for Pretoria West
08h30: Visit Kairos / Food Parcels / Affies Kitchen / Beterskap Old Age Home / Afterschool Program Kairos originated because of an eye surgeon that did an operation on a learner from Laerskool Generaal Nicolaas Smit. The surgeon put it into words by saying: “We must thank GOD for this and that HE deserves all the glory as this was a KAIROS moment where GOD touched lives and changed them forever.” Kairos has many different projects, but our Primary purpose is not only to change a life but a whole posterity. Kairos was started in 2016 with the idea of supporting children from pre-school, primary school and high school to develop their full potential. At Kairos Changing Lives we believe that poverty can be broken by education and qualifications. In the West of Pretoria where Kairos Changing Lives is located, poverty, homelessness, hunger and even drug use is a huge problem. Kairos help with relocation of children at risk by placing them in a safe, supportive environment. Kairos also supports about 450 families per month by providing them with food parcels. Kairos also receives clothing donations, which we also give to our 450 families and/or people in need.
13h00: Lunch
13h45: Leave for the After School Program
14h00: Visit and serve at the After School Program at General Nicholaas Smith Primary School 16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
08h00: Depart for Pretoria West
08h30: Visit Kairos / Food Parcels / Affies Kitchen / Beterskap Old Age Home / Afterschool Program Kairos originated because of an eye surgeon that did an operation on a learner from Laerskool Generaal Nicolaas Smit. The surgeon put it into words by saying: “We must thank GOD for this and that HE deserves all the glory as this was a KAIROS moment where GOD touched lives and changed them forever.” Kairos has many different projects, but our Primary purpose is not only to change a life but a whole posterity. Kairos was started in 2016 with the idea of supporting children from pre-school, primary school and high school to develop their full potential. At Kairos Changing Lives we believe that poverty can be broken by education and qualifications. In the West of Pretoria where Kairos Changing Lives is located, poverty, homelessness, hunger and even drug use is a huge problem. Kairos help with relocation of children at risk by placing them in a safe, supportive environment. Kairos also supports about 450 families per month by providing them with food parcels. Kairos also receives clothing donations, which we also give to our 450 families and/or people in need.
13h00: Lunch
13h45: Leave for the After School Program
14h00: Visit and serve at the After School Program at General Nicholaas Smith Primary School 16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
Wednesday & Thursday
07h00: Breakfast 08h00: Leave for Pretoria West
09h00: Visit and Serve at Betlehem Mission Centre / Lucy’s Place of Safety The Betlehem Mission Centre provides accommodation, food and clothing for the destitute in a Christ-centred environment where individuals participate in agricultural projects which cultivate food for the Mission Centre, Soup Kitchens and other destitute individuals in the area.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to serve at Betlehem Mission Centre / Lucy’s Place of Safety
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
09h00: Visit and Serve at Betlehem Mission Centre / Lucy’s Place of Safety The Betlehem Mission Centre provides accommodation, food and clothing for the destitute in a Christ-centred environment where individuals participate in agricultural projects which cultivate food for the Mission Centre, Soup Kitchens and other destitute individuals in the area.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to serve at Betlehem Mission Centre / Lucy’s Place of Safety
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
Friday
05h30: Breakfast
06h15: Leave for Jacob’s Well
07h00: Serve at Jacob’s Well / Vegetable tunnels / Skills development / Disability Centre Basileia Patria is a Christian non-profit organisation that initiates and establishes community activities like skills development, poverty relief and aid to the destitute. These activities are orchestrated through volunteers who are inspired to become involved. These activities include street showers, packing of food, entrepreneurship and skills training, vegetable production, etc.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to Serve at Jacob’s Well
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
06h15: Leave for Jacob’s Well
07h00: Serve at Jacob’s Well / Vegetable tunnels / Skills development / Disability Centre Basileia Patria is a Christian non-profit organisation that initiates and establishes community activities like skills development, poverty relief and aid to the destitute. These activities are orchestrated through volunteers who are inspired to become involved. These activities include street showers, packing of food, entrepreneurship and skills training, vegetable production, etc.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to Serve at Jacob’s Well
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
Saturday
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Leave for Safari at Rhino & Lion Park Krugersdorp
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue at Rhino and Lion Park
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
08h00: Leave for Safari at Rhino & Lion Park Krugersdorp
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue at Rhino and Lion Park
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
Sunday
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Leave for Doxa Deo, Hartbeespoortdam
10h00: Attend Worship Service at Doxa Deo, Hartbeespoortdam
12h00: Lunch
14h00: Shopping Souvenirs at African Market
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
08h00: Leave for Doxa Deo, Hartbeespoortdam
10h00: Attend Worship Service at Doxa Deo, Hartbeespoortdam
12h00: Lunch
14h00: Shopping Souvenirs at African Market
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
Monday & Tuesday
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Depart for Vastfontein 09h00: Visit and Serve at Vastfontein Community Transformation / Batho Pele School / Recycle Initiative Transformation through Christian Education, Skills Development, Training and Mentorship are what Vastfontein Transformation Initiative, and the Batho Pele Christian School is all about. They exist to glorify God by fostering spiritual, social and intellectual maturity enabling learners for employability.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to Serve at Vastfontein Community Transformation / Batho Pele School
16h00: Return to EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
08h00: Depart for Vastfontein 09h00: Visit and Serve at Vastfontein Community Transformation / Batho Pele School / Recycle Initiative Transformation through Christian Education, Skills Development, Training and Mentorship are what Vastfontein Transformation Initiative, and the Batho Pele Christian School is all about. They exist to glorify God by fostering spiritual, social and intellectual maturity enabling learners for employability.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to Serve at Vastfontein Community Transformation / Batho Pele School
16h00: Return to EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
Wednesday & Thursday
Hervormde Kerk, Hermanstad
Reformed Church
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Leave for Pretoria West
09h00: Bread Baking and Soup Kitchen at Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church), Hermanstad / Holy Cross House The Bread Baking is serving several schools and sustain the Soup Kitchen for Homeless People through selling bread products to the community in the area. Holy Cross Home is a residential frail care center based in Suiderberg, Pretoria, South Africa. The Home is owned and managed by the Holy Cross Sisters. It caters for all racial groups and denominations. Holy Cross Home as a Health Care Centre was established in 1932 in a tin shack clinic that served Lady Selborne township and surrounding areas in the West of Pretoria. It developed into the well-known Holy Cross Nursing Home, a maternity hospital where thousands of Pretorians were born and cared for. Pretoria University obstetrician students as well as midwives from all over South Africa and beyond the borders were trained at Holy Cross Nursing Home. Holy Cross Home was established in 1984 with the closure of the Holy Cross Nursing Home (Maternity Hospital). The establishment of Holy Cross Home came as a response to the need for an old age home for the Holy Cross Sisters, however, from the onset Holy Cross Home has been a home to many lay elderly, sick and destitute people. In 1994, being true to the Gospel, the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the spirit of our Founders, the Home opened its doors to all those who needed our services, irrespective of colour, culture or religious beliefs. The Home changed from being an old aged home to being a Frail Care Centre.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to serve at Bread Baking and Soup Kitchen at Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church), Hermanstad / Holy Cross House
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
08h00: Leave for Pretoria West
09h00: Bread Baking and Soup Kitchen at Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church), Hermanstad / Holy Cross House The Bread Baking is serving several schools and sustain the Soup Kitchen for Homeless People through selling bread products to the community in the area. Holy Cross Home is a residential frail care center based in Suiderberg, Pretoria, South Africa. The Home is owned and managed by the Holy Cross Sisters. It caters for all racial groups and denominations. Holy Cross Home as a Health Care Centre was established in 1932 in a tin shack clinic that served Lady Selborne township and surrounding areas in the West of Pretoria. It developed into the well-known Holy Cross Nursing Home, a maternity hospital where thousands of Pretorians were born and cared for. Pretoria University obstetrician students as well as midwives from all over South Africa and beyond the borders were trained at Holy Cross Nursing Home. Holy Cross Home was established in 1984 with the closure of the Holy Cross Nursing Home (Maternity Hospital). The establishment of Holy Cross Home came as a response to the need for an old age home for the Holy Cross Sisters, however, from the onset Holy Cross Home has been a home to many lay elderly, sick and destitute people. In 1994, being true to the Gospel, the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the spirit of our Founders, the Home opened its doors to all those who needed our services, irrespective of colour, culture or religious beliefs. The Home changed from being an old aged home to being a Frail Care Centre.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Continue to serve at Bread Baking and Soup Kitchen at Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church), Hermanstad / Holy Cross House
16h00: Return to the EM base
18h30: Dinner
19h30: Debrief
05h30: Breakfast
06h15: Leave for Jacob’s Well / Basileia Patria
07h00: Serve at Jacob’s Well / Basileia Patria Basileia Patria is a Christian non-profit organisation that initiates and establishes community activities like skills development, poverty relief and aid to the destitute. These activities are orchestrated through volunteers who are inspired to become involved. These activities include street showers, packing of food, entrepreneurship and skills training, vegetable production, etc.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Walk with Elephants
18h00: Dinner at Harties
19h30: Return to EM Base
06h15: Leave for Jacob’s Well / Basileia Patria
07h00: Serve at Jacob’s Well / Basileia Patria Basileia Patria is a Christian non-profit organisation that initiates and establishes community activities like skills development, poverty relief and aid to the destitute. These activities are orchestrated through volunteers who are inspired to become involved. These activities include street showers, packing of food, entrepreneurship and skills training, vegetable production, etc.
13h00: Lunch
14h00: Walk with Elephants
18h00: Dinner at Harties
19h30: Return to EM Base
Saturday
07h00: Breakfast
08h00: Leave for Voortrekker monument
13h00: Lunch
15h00: Leave for JNB Airport
21h30: Depart JNB to ATL
08h00: Leave for Voortrekker monument
13h00: Lunch
15h00: Leave for JNB Airport
21h30: Depart JNB to ATL
Sunday
08h10: Arrive ATL
12h00: Depart for MLB
13h30: Arrive MLB
12h00: Depart for MLB
13h30: Arrive MLB