We rejoice in the fact that God is using POPUP as an instrument to reach people who might never hear the message of Salvation. We are also excited about the new learners who recently attended the March Life Skills Programme. Below are three of the learner's testimonies. To date, 1 585 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour since January 2006.
Mohammed Lateef: I was a Muslim before I came to POPUP, but since I came here I came to understand that knowing God is the best and only way for human life. I also now understand my purpose for life,
POPUP has embarked on a second phase in skills development at Edendale which is in the north eastern part of Pretoria, approximately 37 kilometres from its existing premises in Salvokop. The second phase development will focus primarily on hard skills (building constructions skills) and we initially aim to present six building trades, which we plan to expand in time to come. The identified trades are currently among some of the identified skills on the national critical and scarce skills needed in South Africa.
The centre will be developed in different phases. POPUP is currently in the process of developing a
The Makhulong Child & Youth Care Centres currently consists of two homes, namely the Jabulani home for high school children and the Shalom home for primary school children. The homes are situated on the Edendale farm on the Zambesi/Cullinan road. It is our aim to create a normal home environment for the children that are part of this programme.
In 2009 we were able to refurbish the Shalom home with the help of generous men and woman from the construction industry, with the help of partners from the Doxa Deo North Campus. We dream to do the same for the Jabulani
on the 3rd of May POPUP hosted a breakfast for 24 pastors from different fraternals all over the Tshwane region.
The purpose of the breakfast was to introduce the pastors to POPUP, so that they can in turn introduce members of their congregations to POPUP and to especially make them aware of the opportunities that will become available at our second phase training centre later this year. In this way we hope to make more people in Tshwane aware of our services and to reach more people in need.
Pastor David and Alistair Westcott (POPUP Ministry Coordinator) will conduct visits to each
