Updated MARCH 1, 2024

March 2024 Prayer Requests:

“Let the little children come to me, do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”  – Luke 18:16

Many little ones learn of Jesus’ love for them when they watch The Story of Jesus for Children.


Thank you Lord . . .

  • For the funds that enabled SAFE to provide a cash transfer to 687 of the most vulnerable gogos (grandmothers) to buy maize to eat during the “hungry time”. They had run out of food mostly due to Cyclone Freddy damaging their harvest last year 

  • For the 5-day Leadership Empowerment Training Mary Phiri, Brenda, and Michael (SAFE staff) are facilitating for village community leaders in all our sponsored areas this month. Everything from biblical parenting, child development, assets for income generating, servant leadership, and workshops to make play and learning materials for their CBCCs (preschools) and young children in their communities.

  • For the local carpenters who cut hundreds of wooden blocks for SAFE’s CBCCs (preschools) and for those who sanded and painted them for the children. Also, the treadle sewing machines that we supplied years ago that have found a new use --making cloth dolls for the children in the CBCCs.

  • For 2 Belgium universities awarding Senior Chief Kachindamoto a joint honorary degree for championing women's and children's rights in her area. She is challenging traditional norms such as initiation ceremonies and is bringing about real change by stopping child-marriage and promoting girl’s education in her area.

  • For Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Dedza who said, “My chiefs must not be left behind!" (when it comes to evangelism and discipleship) This resulted in chiefs and their spouses attending meetings set up by Michael (SAFE’s coordinator for Dedza) in order to know their powers and abilities to bring change in their villages -- to Love God and begin a good relationship with God who gave them the great honor to be a Chief. In one meeting 108 Chiefs and 62 of their spouses accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Then in a second meeting 235 chiefs and their wives attended and 159 gave their lives to Christ. They asked for Bibles and have promised to be in one of the 16 chiefs’ Bible study groups being set up.

  • For the Evangelism and Discipleship Groups who are praying and sharing and learning wonderful things, like the 4 Spiritual Laws, so they can share their faith effectively.

  • For transformed lives from SAFE’s afterschool Why Wait? Clubs and Bible Mailbox Clubs where students are finding Jesus and growing in their faith and character.

  • For being able to align SAFE’s local Kwacha currency to the United States Dollar following the 44% devaluation of the local currency. This is helping our staff, caregivers, cooks, and coordinators in villages better weather the storm of inflation in Malawi.

  • Ongoing praise for the faithful SAFE/Gogo groups, churches and supporterswho 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 rain as some parts of Malawi are hit by a dry spell, which if prolonged will affect the crop harvests. Rain is needed for the survival of the crops which are almost dying in the affected areas.

  • Pray for the good contractor, Mwai Mbayani, who has overseen building the 35 Gogo homes destroyed in the cyclone. The last 3 are almost done but finishing later than planned because his little two-year-old son became ill and died of malaria a few weeks ago! SAFE staff have been encouraging him.

  • Pray for the protection and good health of the 2,500+ preschool children, 44 cooks and 92 caregivers.

  • Pray for our SAFE Haven children to do well in their studies and continue growing in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

  • Pray an assistant for Cathy Cheonga (Coordinator for Why Wait?). The recruitment is on this month for the person God has already prepared for this role. Pray as Why Wait? expands to 11 more schools and 145 teachers are being selected to be trained in April.

  • Pray God will grant wisdom, knowledge and understanding in preparing for the Why Wait? Teacher Training Workshops which begin in April. They take place in Zomba and Kachindamoto.

    Pray the head-teachers will give us the right teachers with a heart to help the students in their schools.

  • Pray for the 5-day Leadership Empowerment Training that has started and will continue through March for the rest of SAFE’s sponsored village communities.

  • Pray for the Salvation of the school children as SAFE will continue to show The Story of Jesus for Children film in the schools this month.

  • Pray for the Muslim children who are coming to Christ through the Bible Mailbox Clubs. Please pray for Silvia Pilo, a member of a club at her primary school. She is a 14-year-old from a Muslim background -- but now a Christian. Her teacher reported that Silvia's parents are against her. They are even denying her school necessities and even soap. She believes that one day God will deliver her from all she is going through and her whole family will believe she serves the Living God.

  • Pray for Happiness Magombo, the daughter-in-law of Elizabeth our Coordinator at Kawiya. Happiness was involved in a road accident coming from South Africa with her husband Chisomo. Chisomo survived but both hands and shoulder are affected. Pray they both recover from their injuries.

  • Pray for the Bible Mailbox Club training planned to take place at Domasi, Mikuyu 1 & 2 Prisons during March. Pray for a speedy positive response from Malawi Prison authorities to allow us to renew our annual prison visitation mandate for 2024.

  • Pray that God will help the Evangelism and Discipleship teams along with the newly trained chiefs become part of fulfilling the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ in their village areas.

  • Pray for the monitoring visits in primary and secondary schools this month. Pray that God will use these visits to mentor the WHY WAIT? Truth for Youth Life Skills teachers who will be equipped to further impact their students.

  • Pray for SAFE’s 2024/25 SAFE Annual Work Plan and Budget planning taking place March 5-8.

Ongoing Prayer Items . . .

  • Continue praying for God’s will about the MOU between the Zomba City Council and SAFE. SAFE would be able to further develop this area and reach more kids for Christ.

  • Praying for our SAFE staff and volunteers who faithfully teach, love, and serve the young and old in Jesus’ name in the villages, schools, prisons and at SAFE Haven.

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!