Author: Jacob and Beth Devine

We have been spending time this Christmas season unpacking our crates and being thankful for all that God has allowed us to be a part of here in Papua New Guinea over the years. Now we get to settle into the guesthouse ministry here in Goroka! We have also had time this Christmas to think […]

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Weekend from Papua New Guinea! We hope you all are enjoying blessings from God with family and friends! We just celebrated yesterday with a good friend by eating some delicious food! We even enjoyed a turkey this year along with sweet potato, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans with bacon, steamed […]

Thank you all for praying for our crates to arrive safely. As far as we know they are safely in Lae. And now they are waiting for a truck to take them up the mountains to Goroka. We are excited to get them any day! Please keep praying for their safe arrival! Since we are […]

We have packed our crates and our house is empty! Jacob and Stanley just dropped off our two crates at the wharf and they will head out on a ship called “Blue Ocean” on Oct 22nd. Thank you for your prayers in this daunting task! Now we wait… they will be shipped to Lae and […]

Thank you for praying as we dove into a new ministry here at the Guesthouse at the NTM PNG Home Office. We have enjoyed it! It has been so neat to see how God has put so many things into place for us in this ministry. We are excited to say that we feel God […]

“Hello”, one last time from the Sepik! I hope that everyone had a fun celebration of Canada Day or Independence Day! We celebrated both days by doing a lot of packing as we get ready to move to the Highlands of PNG next week!! On July 4th Jacob’s 4-wheeler flew up to the Highlands on […]

Today we enjoyed a day at the Koala Sanctuary enjoying God’s creation and reflecting on our amazing God who we can trust for our daily life! God made koalas, kangaroos and platypuses so they can survive and thrive in their environments, so he will definitely enable us to do the same! Thank you for praying!! […]

We are thankful for a Savior who died and rose again for us, despite our inability to love and serve Him perfectly! We are thankful for a Savior who accepts us, his children, just as He made us. We are thankful that He is so patient with us as He teaches us and grows us […]

Thank you all for your prayers for Naomi and Jacob as their broken legs heal! Jacob can now work full time, as long as he doesn’t do too much strenuous work. He still has pain towards the end of a work week but the physical therapist said it would take a whole year to feel […]

Just one day after we sent out our latest newsletter, talking about the “Surprises of Life” that God takes us through, we had another one come our way… Naomi fell and broke her leg too! Yes, it is true! For those following us on Facebook, thank you for all your prayers! Naomi was just walking […]