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“Heaven, once attained, will work backwards.” –C.S. Lewis Sometimes I tend to think that  when God says that all things work together for good, in Romans 8, He just means that He takes the bad things in our lives and makes them result in good. This is because I think that I will never, ever […]

Two weeks ago, we arrived here at the supply center for the Sepik region in Papua New Guinea! Three days later the Interface team arrived and life got even busier for us! But now we are feeling a bit settled in our new home. Thanks so much for all your prayers! We enjoyed our many […]

Beth’s visa approval has come! And now in just a few days we are heading to Papua New Guinea! Friday we fly out of Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, MA. We are excited to see Beth’s mom in Boston for a few hours before we board the plane to Phoenix, AZ to visit Beth’s sister […]

Yesterday we received Jonathan’s passport in the mail with a Papua New Guinea visa inside! Thank you for praying! Now we are just waiting for Beth’s visa approval. We were able to ask the PNG Embassy in Washington DC to send Beth’s passport back to us in Massachusetts so that we could travel to Canada. […]

God has definitely brought us through some unexpected decisions in the last couple of weeks as we found ourselves in need of a new ministry. We didn’t expect that the Interface program would move to the Madang Region while we were on Home Assignment this year. This also means that we are no longer needed […]

Our Jonathan will be 1 month old on Saturday! Wow… what a great responsibility, privilege and honor it is that God has given us a son… we are enjoying the miracle of a newborn… and learning a lot about diaper changing, crying, feeding and sleeping… the daily life of our Jonathan… we are learning a […]

We are enjoying the great pleasures of a newborn in our lives! 🙂 Our son, Jonathan Dennis Devine, was born on February 2nd at 2:29 am weighing 7 lbs, 8 oz. He is a happy and healthy baby! We are still in awe of the miracle of our son being formed in the womb and […]

Just 5 more weeks until our little guy enters the world! We are getting very excited, looking forward to God’s amazing miracle of birth. In the meantime, we enjoyed a Christmas week this year at home in Massachusetts with our families… celebrating with Jacob’s family, Beth’s family, Beth’s sister & family visiting from Phoenix and […]

Thanksgiving in Connecticut this year with some of Beth’s family was so nice! After being overseas for the last few years on Thanksgiving, we really enjoyed being home with family this year! And of course there was lots of yummy food… turkey, mashed potatoes and the works… we especially enjoyed making all natural apple pies […]

Dear Friends and Family, Our time in Nova Scotia has come to an end, very sad. But we have enjoyed the last 5 weeks of home assignment in the Nova Scotian culture. God has given us many opportunities to share about all He is doing through Interface in Papua New Guinea. We’ve spoke at different […]