Our Prayer Focus
We want to provide you with up-to-date information about one of our projects each month so that you can pray into the work that we are doing in Malawi and become more aware of what is happening throughout the year. We hope you find these informative and a useful tool for prayer.
December 2025
Dear Friends,
“Pray without ceasing”
This month we would like to invite you to pray for our staff team in the Malawi office.
They are hard at work both in the office and around the projects each week.
They are crucial to the running of the work in country.
Please pray for:
Bornwell - Operations Manager
God to guide him and give him wisdom as he oversees many aspects of the work under the guidance of Emmanuel in the UK.
The Lord to enable him to establish good relationships with the project managers, labourers, construction managers and all those who he has regular contact with.
His leading of the community feeding programme team that he can advise and enthuse the communities in good farming methods to allow for a sustainable crop.
Hancy - Secondary School Sponsorship officer
Good relationships with students and teachers as she heads up the secondary school sponsorship programme.
Wisdom as she deals with hundreds of student letters and visits to schools and dealing with students in the Starfish office.
Good communication and dialogue with Fiona, the UK student sponsorship officer.
Charity - Gateway Officer, Schools Linking Office and Admin
A good work balance as she heads up the Gateway programme but also does several administrative roles in the office.
Discernment and encouragement as she visits the sewing groups and distributes Gateway kits to schools.
Strength as she visits many schools in her schools linking officer role conducting live links and encouraging teachers and students to be involved with the programme.
Esther - Finance Officer
Diligence and ability in her bookkeeping role in the office.
An ordered approach to her work so that deadlines can be managed.
Guidance as she deals with many areas of finance.
Nelson - responsible for Christian Resources Libraries, Children’s club and Cherish and Courage
His work among the pastors and the resource libraries, that he can encourage them and help them to borrow useful books.
Connecting with the leaders of the Children’s clubs to provide good training in teaching the children and to encourage them.
That God will give him guidance to develop the Cherish and Courage programme so that more boys and girls can benefit from it.
Wiseman - Bible Explorer Coordinator/Facilitator
Guidance and direction as he leads the Bible Explorer team of 16, who teach the Bible in 81 schools.
Diligence in preparation of the material and wisdom in teaching in the classroom.
Safety in travelling, in many cases over rough terrain on bicycles.
Tionge, Agnes and George – Bible Explorer Facilitators
For wisdom as they teach other trainers
For God to enable them to understand the course material and teach it well
For good relationships with the team and the students they teach.
For all the office staff to have a good rapport with each other and be willing to help each other when needed and for God’s peace and calm to be with them all as they work.
Starfish was born to create a world of difference, one by one!
“Without prayer, we can do nothing, for God provides for us and
those we seek to serve”
Peter Bell, Head of Fundraising & Marketing
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We also want to share with you of the sad news that Mark Aldrich has died suddenly of a stroke.
He was our Trusts and Grants Officer and has been part of the Starfish team for many years. He will be sadly missed by us all.
Please pray for his parents and his brother and family at this sad time.
