{"id":103,"date":"2013-02-16T06:08:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/?p=103"},"modified":"2013-02-16T06:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:09:36","slug":"our-family-had-grown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/2013\/02\/16\/our-family-had-grown\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Family had Grown!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are enjoying the great pleasures of a newborn in our lives! \ud83d\ude42 Our son, Jonathan Dennis Devine, was born on February 2nd<\/sup> 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 being born as a miniature us.\u00a0 Many people have said that he looks like Jacob\u2026 but we aren\u2019t sure why the red hair entered the picture! We laugh at his many facial expressions that sometimes change by the second. \ud83d\ude42 And we are in amazement that he has the ability to make so many dirty diapers! He is a great little chap who loves to eat and sleep. We are very thankful that he doesn\u2019t cry too much and he usually is a pretty good sleeper. (Although sometimes he grunts in his sleep and keeps his nervous new parents up wondering if those noises are normal for babies.:) )<\/p>\n

We are so thankful that; it worked out for us to have Jonathan on our home assignment. We are working on getting his passport and everything he needs to live in Papua New Guinea. We are also available to share at your home churches, small groups or Bible studies. We are always excited to talk about all that God is doing in Papua New Guinea through Interface! If you are interested in hearing about our ministry, please contact us via email or phone!<\/p>\n

We hope to be able to travel back to Nova Scotia at the end of March or beginning of April, depending on the progress of Jonathan\u2019s paperwork. We look forward to spending a month in Nova Scotia speaking at churches and introducing Jonathan to all his family. \ud83d\ude42 Then we would like to return to Papua New Guinea by early May so we would appreciate your prayers about this. It will be exciting to start a new chapter of our lives in Papua New Guinea with our son. We are looking forward to showing all our tribal friends our Jonathan and they are looking forward to seeing him!<\/p>\n

Praises!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Labor and delivery of Jonathan went well! Mom and baby got through it. \ud83d\ude42 And Dad didn\u2019t faint. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Health baby boy\u2026 healthy mom and dad!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God\u2019s continued provision for our needs moment by moment!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Encouraging words and deeds from many friends and family!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God\u2019s provisions for us as we adjust to a little one in the house!<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wisdom and guidance as we learn to take care of Jonathan.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Transition of our family of two into a family of three!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pray that God would raise our support level to the amount needed for a family with one child.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smooth and fast process as we apply for the baby\u2019s passport, visa and Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That we would be able to get to know our supporters and home churches better.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ability to focus on God daily for His infused strength.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pray for the Bena church to continue to grow in their understanding of God.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pray for God to raise up many students for our Interface program this summer.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d appreciate your continued prayers as we adjust to life of parenthood and prayers for continued health for Jonathan . \ud83d\ude42 And don\u2019t forget be sure to let us know if you would like us to share about our ministry in your church, home group or personally!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are enjoying the great pleasures of a newborn in our lives! \ud83d\ude42 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}