Island Girl

I  am pleased to present to you an interview of one of the soon to be missionaries to Ebeye, Mrs. Vatreisha A. Nyemba.  Vatreisha has only two days left here at home in the good ole' U S of A.  She will soon fly off to a night in Honolulu Hawaii and then to her final destination...EBEYE (yeah!!!). 

 

 

A:  My husband and I have felt that we were called to Nations, but we never thought that we would go to Ebeye.  My husband is from Africa and we thought that we would eventually go to Africa and serve in various capacities and also launch into impacting Nations.  Our pastor asked us to pray about going to Ebeye and we prayed about it.  To make a long story short, God revealed to us that  it is an opportunity to sow and to serve into the lives of the wonderful people that we have heard about and into our destiny that reaches far beyond our time on Ebeye. 

 

 

A:  When is leaving to go halfway across the world and leaving your life ever convenient?   Convenient is not a word I would use.  Although I wouldn't say that the timing is convenient, the timing of God is always perfect: where we are in life, what we have to give.  What better gift to have than a seed to sow into our future. 

 

 

A:  Let's start with expectations:  My most dominant expectation is in the faithfulness of God, meaning more than on any person, God has taken me here and is going to provide for me in every every.  I have talked to God about it and he  will meet me there.  He will exceed all expectations that I could have because he has encouraged me to trust Him.

 

 

 

 

For more about Vatreisha and her upcoming mission, you can contact her via email: vatreishanyemba@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

Well, we're here... we're really here.  We're home to stay after three years on the mission field.  Wow!  What a wonderful experience, what an awesome adventure.  I praise God for my time on Ebeye.  It was truly life changing in all positive ways.  The people of the RMI are wonderful... God bless the RMI! 

 

The school is going strong and in Good hands with our principal, new secretary, and teachers.  The new teachers that will be going are all excited and preparing to make the move.  I personally know all of the people that will be going and I am excited about all of the awesome places that they will be taking the school.  I'm so sure that God is going to use them all MIGHTILY.

 

Settling in has been quite graceful.  I have two potential job offers that I am excited about pursuing.  The great thing about it is that both offers sorta came to me and I didn't have to go looking.  They were already here waiting for me.  They are both really awesome possibilities and I should be settling into one of them before the end of the summer.  In the mean time, I'm looking forward to spending some fun times in the sun with my family and friends and being in church every time the doors open.

 

Belinda is doing great as well.  She just got a new place which she is enjoying.  She too has been in every service.  Man, as much as we loved the mission field, there is truly no place like home.  I'll probably continue to blog over the summer to keep you all posted on our smooth transiton, but will let the new teachers take it from there.  Thanks everyone for your support.

 

To Pastor Christ and the New York church, please forgive us for not doing a better job of getting pics and fun updates to you all.  We thought about you all a lot, but just didn't make it happen.  We'll get some pics to you soon and hopefully the new people will do a better job of this.

 

Having much fun,

Dana

 

 

 

We have 10 days until we fly home!  Only 10 days!  Oh my gosh... SO much to do...w can do it in Jesus' Name!  Pray for us.  thanks.  Wow, 10

Greetings from Ebeye!  Of course, as I always say, there is so much to tell you about.  I'll just get right to the details.  SCHOOL IS GOING GREAT!!  The Kindergarteners are spelling machines, they are learning letter sounds, and are sight reading.  They are also learning simple addition concepts.  Mrs. Twyla and the teacher's aides are doing exceptionally well with the class.  I am looking forward to this year's Kindergarten graduation.  The First grade class is also doing very well.  They have been working on reading phonetically and are doing great.  They are telling time, learning math facts, and counting money.  They are also maturing and becoming responsible young people.  We are proud of them!  The Second grade class is developing as well.  They are learning Geometrical shapes, money concepts, sentence structure, nouns, verbs, family history, etc.  The Third grade class (my kiddies) are also doing very well.  We are a small class (15) but strong.  I can honestly say that each and every one of my students has shown remarkable progress over this school year.  Especially in the areas of Reading and English comprehension.  They are also developing socially.  I hardly ever have to remind them that we do not speak Marshallese in school because they all enjoy speaking English and try their best.  ALL IS WELL.

 

We recently celebrated Education Week.  We had an island wide spelling bee and our school did very well.  Each school was allowed to enter two spellers per grade level.  Our Kinder garten students won 1st and 2nd place, Our First graders won 1st and 3rd place, and our 3rd graders won 2nd and 3rd place.  This was very exciting for us.  Our Second grade students did very well also, but they did have some very challenging words.

 

Next week, my Third Grade class will take our very first standardized test.  The Marshall Islands Standardized Achievement Test (MISAT I) will be given to all 3rd, 6th, and 8th grade students in the Marshall Islands and will show whether or not our school meets the benchmark set by the Ministry of Education and how our school compares with all other schools in the country.  I am so excited about the test, but I'm also... umm...well, just really wanting them to do their best.  I am sure that they will and no matter what our scores, I will be very proud of them because they have been working so hard to prepare.

 

Let's see, what else?  Oh yeah, the end of the year is drawing near and the time will soon come for us to go home.  And this time, it is final.  Yes, I am saying that we will not be returning for the next school year.  Amy, Belinda and I will be going home at the end of the year and a whole new batch of teachers will come for the next school year.  I am sure that this will be a very wet goodbye for me and I am certain that I will never forget my experience here in the Marshall Islands and my students will always be with me (in my heart). 

 

Okay, enough of that, I don't want to start crying too early.  I'll be in touch soon (I really will) to update you on our test and more.  This weekend has been an awesome one and I'll tell you about it soon.

Thanks for listening.  Be a blessing!

Dana

 

 

Yokwe eveyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!  WoW... 2009 is here!  I am very excited to be living in the greateset time that has ever existed!  God is good to me and I am learning more about Him and His ways and getting to know Him more than before.  This is exciting stuff people!

 

Okay, let's see... Here are a few things that have happend with Ebeye Gem Christian School in the year 2008.