Nabeel gets bicycle

“Nabeel Basheer passed his matriculation exam last year from Holy Shepherd and received a scholarship to go to college. He was very happy to be able to continue his studies. His ambition is to be a Chartered Accountant which he believes he can easily achieve with the support of a Starfish Asia scholarship.

He walks 45 minutes each way to go for tuitions in the evening because his father can’t afford to pay for transport. I offered to buy him a bicycle. Nabeel said he had never ridden a bicycle but was willing to learn. He has got his bicycle!”

 

Please continue to pray for our ministry, as you know there are many others who need the support to continue in their run to win and develop.

more photos @ https://picasaweb.google.com/100939867440585217458

 

New Admission Process

Yesterday was the first phase of New Admissions in school. It was a busy day of dealing a huge crowde of people and it shows the conrfidence and trust of people on school.

We got 60 new candidates and Thanks Lord we are able to facilitate Each and every candidate who applied for admission.

For more photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/100939867440585217458/RegistrationDay2012 

Japanese grant for vocational training

KARACHI, Feb 20: The consulate of Japan signed an agreement with a non-governmental organisation on Monday to help it construct a vocational training centre in SITE.

via Japanese grant for vocational training.

Class Room Decoration Competition 2012

Extra curricular activities are the part of the education, that help children to not only enjoy their time in school or class room but, to develop their mental ability.

keeping that in mind, we had announced “ Class Rooms Decoration Competition” last week. All the children were happy to spend almost a week decorating their class rooms with different themes. Like, Spring, Environment, Pakistani Culture, Universe, gravity, water cycle, peace and harmony.

Yesterday, a team of friends from Ireland, visited the school, who were assigned the responsibility of Judges, they visited the class rooms and announced the result.

Class V, was awarded the first prize and class X with 2nd position, and distributed medals among one outstanding students during competition from all the classes.

Today, we had award distribution ceremony, in which the Class teachers has been awarded with one shield and Rs. 500/ cash prizes.

for more photos please click the link bellow:

https://picasaweb.google.com/100939867440585217458/DecorationCompetition2012#

Christmas Program 2011

Today we arranged a Christmas program for school children.

It was a program with prayers, songs, drama, and other performances, with children taking part in activities and enjoying the program. Mr. Taichi Arioka, an official from the Japanese Embassy, was the special guest in our program.

In our program, we delivered a lesson entitled “Helping the Poor during Christmas”. Thanks be to God, we were able to find some money not only to arrange this program, but also to distribute sweets to the children.

We had arranged 25 parcels of food items (flour, sugar, tea, cooking oil, etc) to give to our school’s orphan children and to some widows who haveno children attending our school. At the end of the program, we cut a Christmas cake.

Thanks be to God, because of a big gift, I was able to give a Rs. 2000/ gift to each staff member.

I am working on arranging a Christmas lunch at a Christian-Muslim get-together on 27 December 2011. Please pray.

Please click here for more photos of our Christmas program.

Reflection – Fatima Obaid

Mr. Anser, what I am writing here is what I wanted to share today in school but time did not permit it.

A school is recognized by the way the school community behaves and interacts with each other and with other people. On entering the school premisis we were greeted very warmly first by a group of girls who were sitting under the shade next to the gate. They all got up and came forward to greet us. As we moved towards the school building a group of smartly dressed boys greeted us. For me this welcoming gesture did it all. It also conveyed the kind of values that are imparted in the students. Though our group did not interact with the students’ group, but I am sure and from what our colleagues tell us, they must be full of enthusiasm, energy yet composed.

It was the teachers group that we were working with. And yes, the teachers too, reflected the same composure and attitude of compassion as yourself. What was more important for our group was that they were all eager, to learn something new. They were confident as they were sharing their teaching experiences with us and involved in the workshop. It was a pleasure to be in your school and believe me that the two hours and 15 minutes that we were in your school seemed like 2 minutes. This happens when people are having fun or are totally engaged in an activity. Hearing you speak about your challenges and sucess stories was an experience in it self. The work you are doing is commendable and only people with great strenght can carry on the way you are continuing to bring about a positive difference in the society.

I wish you good luck and want to thank you on behalf of my colleagues on giving us this opportunity to work with your teachers.

Regards,

Fatima Obaid

Mike’s Operation Update

Dear Friends,

I have just come from the hospital. The operation went well according to the nurses. Mike was still on a ventilator and fast asleep so he didn’t know I was there. Tomorrow he will be awake and I will send another message after I have seen him. It will be evening time Pakistani time.

Thank you for your prayers.

In Christ

Kerstin Mike

Mike’s Operation

Thank you, all of you who have expressed your concern (and assured us of your prayers) concerning my heart operation. I will go into hospital on Sunday and hope the operation will take place sometime on Monday, 14th November. It is a normal heart valve replacement and I expect to be in hospital for not more than a week.

Please do not phone to us next week — Kerstin will send you a brief email after the operation to tell you what happened. After I come home I expect to spend about a month to recover, though I hope to be back to work fairly quickly.

We have just prepared and sent out a new newsletter about our hopes for Starfish Asia in the coming year. You may like to look at it on the website. Please pray for this too, as we will need a lot more money to do all that we hope to do next year.

http://www.starfishasia.com/images/2012.pdf

As ever,
in Christ,
 Mike Wakely

Isn’t This A Miracle?

Ismaeel was awarded a medal for his faithful services in our school for 10 years.

Thank you for your precious prayers. Ismaeel has been discharged from the hospital and prescribed medicines for one month. He has to visit the doctor again on 18 November.

When I reached the emergency room that day after giving Ismaeel the first aid medication, the doctor on duty said to me that angioplasty would be the ideal treatment. He said this after examining Ismaeel.

However, now the doctor discharged him without advising any angioplasty or other treatment! Isn’t this a miracle? Praise God! Let’s rejoice in the Lord! He is faithful to answer the cry of His people.

Thank you once again for your prayers.

Ismaeel Bhatti – School Worker

Dear Friends

Ismaeel Bhatti (age 65+) has been working very hard with us over the past 10 years. He has been an honest, faithful worker. At 3 am this morning, Ismaeel had a heart attack. He is now in Cardiac Hospital. His doctor told me that it was a severe attack. Ismaeel faces one of the following options after blood reports and medication within 2 days:

1. Pacemaker
2. Heart battery
3. Angioplasty
4. Angiography

Ismaeel works in our school’s kitchen. His wife runs a shop in the school. They earn some money from school, while Ismaeel gets some pension money from his previous organization. He has five sons; all but one are drug addicts. No one supports him to meet the needs of his house. He has one daughter, whom he is planning to marry off.

Please continue to pray for Ismaeel. Pray for the resources I would need to help him and his family financially, ethically, and emotionally.