Author: Jacob and Beth Devine

First day of 2nd Grade and 6th Grade! Building forts with friends using papaya tree and sago branches          Driving our solar goft cart-brakes fixed!      Enjoying a coconut at campfire Jonathan is back at Tang Soo Do with Jacob but misses his friends     Beth and her grandma (now with Jesus) a few years ago at the […]

Sarah went to be with Jesus on May 25, 2024         Celebrating Naomi’s birthday with family in October 2021.                                   Heading back to the US. My sister, Ruth, and I                                                                                      Me, Mom and Dad                                                 A Memorial for Sarah at Pathways (where she hung out) Chens and Devines and a few Tanguat people                                                  Resting after […]

Dear Friends and Family, We are shocked and deeply saddened by the news of my sister Sarah’s passing. Words cannot express all of our emotions right now. Sarah was taken by her Savior to her heavenly home on May 25, 2024, after a very short battle with lung cancer. She has completed this earthly race, […]

Jacob getting help from a guest Chemist to help test our water’s chlorine level. Happy 11th Birthday Jonathan! Naomi’s reading festival results – Naomi was the winner for her class! Each cent represented a minute of reading! Making 200 chocolate chip cookies for our conference day! We are excited to know that this year around […]

Happy Independence day!       Jacob building new cupboards and metal counter top Cooking for Conference  First Grade Pet Show Jonathan with friends, Henry and Aaron, on School Spirit Day                                                                                                                    Dear Friends and Family, Fourteen years! That is how many years we have now been married. We are thankful for all God has done! And […]

Airplanes & Airports, Brisbane, Boston, Buses, Boats & Busyness, Cousins & Clarinets, Church & Community, Cooking in Canada, Delicious Food & Dynamic Shopping, Family & Friends, Grandmas & Grandpas, Incredible Acts of God & Ice Cream, Larabars & Lakes, MRI & Mammogram, Medical & Mission Meetings, Memories & Maple Syrup, Nathan & Norwex, Playgrounds & […]

Photos: Happy Mother’s Day! Georgie, Rumbi and Fiona – Guesthouse workers, Welcoming Dad home from POM, Driving Lessons, Fun Play Dates! Raphael building a bathroom vanity with Jacob’s help This month marks a year since we have been back in the manager role at the Guesthouse here on our centre. It is hard to believe it has […]

Remembering this weekends’ events many years ago is hard to comprehend and let sink in… but we know that God sent his Son to die for our sins. And then He rose again so that we can be His children, that’s just an amazing act. We can’t really fully understand how much love, mercy and […]

“There an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth… A right time to plant and another to reap… A right time to destroy and another to construct, A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer… A right time to […]