Updated May 1, 2024

May 2024 Prayer Requests:

“You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.” -- 2 Timothy 2:2

Thank you Lord . . .

• The successful Term 2 assessment of the little children in all 20 SAFE CBCCs (Preschools) went well.

• The good turnout of CBCC children for the 3rd term of the Malawi school calendar!

• Despite their poor harvest, gogos have started contributing maize for the feeding program at the CBCCs.

• The School Ministry through which SAFE can reach out to the children in public schools. Many children in primary schools have accepted Jesus into their hearts as their Savior during the last few months through the showings of the Story of Jesus for Children film.

• A successful Why Wait? training which took place in Kachindamoto. Twenty-two new teachers were trained to teach the Why Wait? Biblical Life Skills Curriculum in their schools!

• The 3 new interns, God has given SAFE Haven. Aaron believes the Lord will use them to mentor the children and youth. We expect them to be very instrumental in facilitating tutoring sessions, art, devotions, sports, and games. Their names are Steinberg, Regina, and Patience.

• SAFE was permitted to conduct Evangelism training workshops at Mikuyu 1, Mikuyu 2 and Domasi Prisons in Zomba District. 

• The salvation of Mphatso Missi, an inmate at Mikuyu 1 Prison. He is the leader of all the inmates and is from a Muslim family. He gave his life to the Lord during the traihning workshops.

• The blessing of our LOVE WINS Malawi Walkabouts that are helping spread the love of Jesus to thousands of needy children in SAFE preschools and helping provide fertilizer for over 2,300 gogos’ gardens!

• Ongoing praise for the faithful SAFE/Gogo groups, churches and supporters who pray for the SAFE ministries in Malawi and give to support SAFE's mission to change lives in vulnerable communities as they share God's love and truth in words and action.

Praying for. . .

• Pray for the gogos giving back maize from their small harvests for the feeding programs in their village CBCCs (preschools). Pray for God to protect them and provide what they also need for food at home.

• Pray for SAFE Haven’s development plans to be worked out with the Zomba City Council which accepted SAFE's proposal to develop the park as part of SAFE Haven’s expansion to reach more kids for Christ.

• Pray for all our Why Wait? teachers in this last term of the academic year to teach Why Wait? diligently in both primary and secondary schools. Pray that the Holy Spirit will be their true teacher all the time.

• Pray for the students SAFE works with who will be writing their Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations in May. Also pray for the provision of school fees and other necessities for students in secondary schools, universities, and colleges who have studied hard and desire to follow Jesus Christ.

• Pray for the Discipleship Training Workshop in May for the teachers who are leading the after-school Bible Mailbox Clubs in primary schools.

• Keep praying for Silvia Pilo a student at Chilanga Primary School who attends a Bible Mailbox Club. She is a Christian but from a Muslim family and is being discriminated against by her parents because of her faith in Jesus Christ.

• Pray for the Children’s Camp which has been organized by the Scripture Union of Malawi. It will take place in July. Most of our Bible Mailbox Club pupils will attend the function. Pray for God’s wisdom and guidance for the organizers.

• Pray for the availability of funds for Leadership Empowerment Trainings to be conducted in the rest of SAFE’s sponsored village communities. (Lake Chilwa, Kachindamoto, Luzi, Thowolo and Chipayika). This trains village/community leaders in everything from biblical parenting, child development, assets for income generating, servant leadership, and workshops to make play and learning materials for the children in their CBCCs (preschools).

Ongoing Prayer Items . . .

• Continue to pray for an assistant for Cathy Cheonga (Coordinator for Why Wait?). The recruitment process is ongoing to find the person God has prepared for this role.

• Continue to pray for Malawi. 23 out of 28 districts were hit hard by drought, wiping out over 700,000 hectares of maize, the staple food. Pray for the poor who will need food during the “hungry time” which normally starts in October but may start as early as July this year.

• There are also high prospects of La Nina this year with a heightened risk of flooding from June – August (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs update). That could result in a significant humanitarian impact, especially where the resilience of affected communities has been weakened by the drought. We pray that God’s sufficient grace will take people through these difficult times.

Pray for the SAFE staff and their families in Malawi…

• Benjamin Khoswe, Executive Director and Director of Finance

• Mary Phiri, Director of ECD & Gogo Grandmothers

• Precious Ntibula, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

• Catherine Cheonga, Regional Why Wait? Education Coordinator

• Lameck Kananji, Jesus Film Coordinator

• Aaron Gondwe, SAFE Haven Supervisor

• Brenda Lisimba, Community Supervisor-Zomba

• Michael Mvundula Khumalo, Community Supervisor-Kachindamoto

• Timaleni Biswick, Accounts Assistant

• Sydney Kapindu, Driver/mechanic

• Gloria Gama, Community Supervisor for the Northern Region

thank you for your prayers that HELP his love win!