Misty Graveley

Training with New Tribes Mission

November Update

Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2009 | Discuss This Post

The Dobu Way!


Mena Japawena,” we call out as we arrive and the area where our village helper lives. “Mena,” comes the reply from Mwedi.

Mwedi is a Dobu tribal person (a teacher Rhonda here at the school). She lives on an island in Papua New Guinea.  We visit her at her manena’s house twice a week to learn the language and culture of the Dobu people. We are in teams of  5 to 6, and we are here to practice the things we have learned so far.

On the Dobu island they think very different than we do, and they do not like people outside of their clan. So we had to come in and try to make friends with our helper.  It was not too hard to become friends with our helper thankfully.

Names are important to them so you call them by something, like a nickname. Our helper wanted to be called “Witni Huston”. :)

We learned a lot  about ourselves and the way we learn  during this class. I know that I will take with me the things that I have learned in this class to the field.

On the last day of class we found out that our helper Mwedi was dying. We only got to talk to her for a while before she asked us to go. It was so real, and we could not tell her about God and the way of salvation.

How true to real life. How important to be there giving your all for the chance that they might hear about the Cross and to have a relationship with the one who died on it.

Just Life


In all truth, “just” does not describe my life here. I volunteer at  a youth program called Young Life which is about 6 to 10 hours a week. I co-teach the 3rd to 6th graders for Sunday School. I work in the front office 7.5 hours a week, and go to classes. Somehow with all of this going on I still find time to read a book, and I can even get bored. I know … crazy, huh?

Classes here are really good and I have truly loved those that I have taken and am currently in. I cannot wait to talk to you more in person about those classes.

I will be graduating on Dec. 18, 2009. And after grad. I will be heading home to visit family and friends.

I will be heading back to the Training Center in Jan. to work in the Tech. Center to learn more about the technology that we use on the field. I will also be helping out in Childcare.

After that, Lord willing, I am heading to Brazil in the fall of 2010.

Prayer and Praise


  • Pray:
  • For the time I spend training in the Tech. Center, and working in Childcare.
  • For more people to start supporting me as I will be heading out to the field as soon as I have the support needed.
  • That I finish well the task set before me.
  • Praise:
  • For all that God is doing in my life.
  • For the people God put in my life as a huge  blessing.

Heath and Wellness.

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009 | Discuss This Post

Getting ready to give a shot!!!

Hello Friends and Family,
Classes started again, and what a heavy load. We started with Child Protection And then jumped right into Health and Wellness. From there we started into Student teaching, I was one of the first to speak, then into Church principles 2, and Tech tips of missionaries on the field.

Heath and Wellness!

  • You might be asking yourself “What in the world is she doing?” Well that is a good question. I am getting ready to give my partner a shot. We are learning to care for basic needs while in the tribe.

And Some was Hands On!!

  • We also learned basic skills to first aide, to care for wounds, check for common tropical deceases. The type of things that are going to keep you safe because you are aware of them, and their symptoms, and can also help the tribe people live longer lives. It was a really interesting class. A nurse named Faye came just for the week to teach us.
  • The things that we are learning right now are practical things for survival out on the field. So classes are really interesting. They are also adding in some classes for teaching and what a church is to look like, so that we have a good balance of different types of learning.

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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2008 | Discuss This Post

Graveley News

Hello Friends and Family,

Thank you all very much for your prayers and your support. I could not be here without you on my team.

As many of you know I am in Roach Missouri. I am in training at the Missions Training Center with New Tribes Mission. I will be here for a year and a half to two years depending on my linguistics abilities.

I am in classes to help in language study, culture study and how to teach the Bible Chronologically. All of these things will help me to be a more effective Missionary in the future.

I have fully settled in, and classes are in full swing. I am living in a very nice and cozy apartment with my old Bible school roommate Deanna Castillo. It has a big room (living, dinning and kitchen)two bedrooms and a ½ bath. The shower house is only a couple blocks away. We are both artsy and have done a lot to make it home.

I am getting to know many people, and making new friends every day. One important family right now is the Sharps. Christi Sharp is my E-Linc advisor. We get to together every week and discuss what is going on in classes and life. If I have any questions or problems we talk through them together.

I also have a work detail here on campus. It is HTR. Which stands for Hold the Ropes. My team, consisting of one other student and a staff lady to guide us, have 20 minutes a day to bring forth prayer request from missionaries all over the world. Three days a week we read through the e-mails sent in by NTM missionaries, about 30 a day. We take information and put special events on a calendar and then print off all the letters for individual prayer time. We put really big things on a slide to present to the class. It does not sound like a lot of work but we are very busy.

I also am involved in an outreach program. Mine outreach is Young Life. It is a center for teens to come and hang out on Wednesday nights. My group gets together and just hangs out with the kids there. Many of them are on drugs, smoke, and drink. We are trying to make a difference in their lives by showing that we care for them. We do this with the hope that they will one day want to hang out one-on-one outside of the center. These kids really have a rough life, and we hope to bring them to the Lord.

Well that is about it on this end.

Prayer and Praise:

Pray for my outreach group, that we will be a tool that God uses to reach these kids.

Pray that I am getting all that the Lord would have me to get out of classes.

Praise that my year is paid for. It is a huge relief not to have to worry about it.

Praise for the time that I am down here with this incredible group of people.

Thank you all for your prayers.

Complete in Christ,
Misty Graveley

PS. I am also updating my prayer card in the fall (around Nov. here).