That is the theme that Mrs. Momita Biswas weaves through her story as she recalls her time working with GNCEM. Mrs. Biswas is the principal of the Daspara School. The Daspara School is the largest GNCEM school and hosts both a Bengali Medium and English Primary school. In total, she is responsible for over 300 children. The children greet her every morning with a hearty “good morning Miss!” and she smiles at each and every one. She is kind and always available for teachers and students alike.
Momita has been working with GNCEM since 1998. For a while, she was an assistant teacher, then worked in the GNCEM offices for several years before teaching at Panthershesh and Daspara. At Daspara she taught Bengali to grades 9 and 10. She then took the position of principal in 2008.
Her husband worked as a pastor and she worked along side him in ministry and in mission schools. This was her passion and she saw a position with GNCEM as an extension of that ministry. Momita’s husband passed away from a massive heart attack in 2007. She speaks of him fondly, remembering him as kind and welcoming to all.
Looking out over the school campus, she reflects on the creation of the school when the staff would pray every afternoon for a building. When they got one, they kept praying for electricity and the means to operate. God answered every prayer in abundance.
She smiles when she says the children are her favorite part of her job. She has no children of her own and said that God knew she wanted children and He gave me so many at the school to look after. She emphasizes the difficulty in ministering to children out in the community and says having them all at the school gives her the chance to minister and preach God’s love. She takes great pride seeing the children grow in their love for God.
She asks that we pray fervently for the children. Pray that the students at Daspara will learn to love Jesus and take him as their Savior. Pray that they continue their relationship with Christ even after school and that it would spread to their families. Pray for protection for children from poor families who are left alone most of the day until their parents return from work.
She quotes Deuteronomy 31:6, “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” and says she prays that verse for each child, knowing that God’s grace will always be sufficient.