{"id":443,"date":"2018-05-29T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/?p=443"},"modified":"2018-05-29T21:02:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:02:06","slug":"god-is-in-the-little-things-and-the-big-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/2018\/05\/29\/god-is-in-the-little-things-and-the-big-things\/","title":{"rendered":"God is in the Little Things and the Big Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJonathan trying out Dad\u2019s work boots\tHappy Mother\u2019s Day!If Jacob is using his computer, Naomi will always get hers too!\t<\/p>\n

Our days consist of many things\u2026ocean breeze, sweat, refreshing smoothies, laughing children, grilled fish, crying children, sweat, ocean view, mosquito bites, chatting with friends, working alongside co-workers, surprise cheesecake, buying fresh fruit at the town market and packages from home\u2026 each day is similar to the next but unique at the same time as many things happen here that would not happen at home\u2026<\/p>\n

Because then we add in our work day\u2026 broken water pipes, 12\u201d by 8\u201d round wasp hive, answering emails from around the world, forms sent to departing missionaries, renovating a bathroom, 3 foot termite nest, building countertops for a bush house, bank runs, hardware store runs, and the ever present cultural differences we experience here. Recently a missionary was in the bush cutting down trees to build a house. A tribal person walked up to him and said it was ready to fall. Then the tribal man began yelling at the tree to scare it and make it fall. Of course in our western minds, this doesn\u2019t make sense. The irony of it all is that the tree actually did fall down, as he was yelling at it. And, I guess technically trees are alive, but can they get scared? Why do they get scared? Does the tree have a spirit? It makes you realize what a profound change takes place in their basic everyday life once they shift their understanding to what the true God did for them and how He has structured the world.<\/p>\n

We are happy to find God in the little things of daily life and thankful that He is working all around us and through us each day! As we prepare for our trip to Brisbane on Saturday for Naomi\u2019s annual MRI and medical checkups, we are also thankful that God orchestrates the big and difficult things in our lives too. And so thankful that Naomi is developing normally despite her NCM condition. Naomi has NCM (Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis), a complication of multiple congenital nevi (multiple birthmarks), a very rare condition. The MRI last year showed two very small spots of extra melanin on the brain, and a possible extra spot behind the optic nerve. Please pray with us as she will be sedated again for an MRI of her brain on Monday, May 28th. She will not be able to eat breakfast when she wakes up the day of the MRI and will not be able to drink water after 6:30 am. Her appointment is at 9:30 am. She LOVES to eat and drink so this will be very difficult for her. Pray also that all the tests and doctor\u2019s appointments go well and nothing new and worrisome is found. Thanks for praying!<\/p>\n

We always enjoying hearing about all that God is doing in our six bush locations. Today we\u2019d like to highlight the Pei tribe\u2026 The missionaries have finished learning the language and culture! And now the Rees family and Candace Swift are teaching the people how to read! And writing lessons and translating portions of the Bible for the future teaching of God\u2019s Word in the people\u2019s own language! The Jones family are also a part of the Pei team but they are currently at home in the US due to a very bad cut and infection in Chris Jones\u2019 foot, he is talking with a doctor about Achilles tendon surgery soon. Please pray for complete healing for Chris\u2019s foot.<\/p>\n

Praises!
\n-Update on Maliyali tribe \u2013 Progress is being made on Chad and Martha Earl\u2019s house! Emily Rimestad is doing better and able to control the pain with diet! No serious medical issues!
\n-Christopher and Lilli Meyer & family have decided to join our team here at the supply center for the Sepik region for a few months working in Tribal Supply, buying and shipping supplies into the bush locations for our missionaries!
\n-Opportunity to head to Brisbane on Saturday for Naomi\u2019s MRI & Medical checkups plus have some down time in civilization!
\n-Opportunity to stay at the Ronald McDonald House right across the street from the Children\u2019s Hospital!
\n-God provided the finances needed for Jacob and Jonathan\u2019s tickets to Brisbane for our medical trip!
\n-Naomi, is now 1 \u00bd years old, she is healthy and walking everywhere! No side effects from her NCM condition!
\n-Opportunity to be involved in all that God is doing in the Sepik region of PNG!
\n-A God who sent His Son to die for our sins and rose him up so that we could have daily life abundantly and REST in Him!
\n-God\u2019s continued provision for our needs moment by moment!<\/p>\n

Prayer requests:
\n-Chen family, as Gail Chen battles cancer.
\n-Maliyali team \u2013 language and culture study continue for Rimestads; Muellers headed home for home assignment; Earls as they continue to build their house.
\n-Ischy family, our former tribal supply buyers, as they transition from life in PNG to life at home in Texas.
\n-The Buser family, our former neighbors, as they just left for their 1 year home assignment, pray as they transition especially with 2 little ones that have never been to America before!
\n-For all the Sepik missionaries involved in language and culture learning, literacy, Bible lesson preparation and Bible Translation.
\n-The Jones family, part of the Pei team, but they are currently at home in the US due to a very bad cut and infection in Chris Jones\u2019 foot, he is scheduled for Achilles tendon surgery soon.
\n-The Meyer family as they are praying about joining an existing work.
\n-Jacob at work\u2026 ability to balance work with rest, and prioritizing all that needs to be done.
\n-Beth\u2019s mom as she had to postpone her trip to visit us in Brisbane, due to her heart and pacemaker issues. Pray she will be back up to full health and be able to visit us in September in the Highlands of PNG.
\n-Smooth connecting flights to Brisbane and Naomi as she endures an MRI and many doctor\u2019s appointments.
\n-That we would remember that God holds everything together including us! And He is working all around us!
\n-Rest in God as we enjoy being parents of two children!
\n-God would continue to raise up more missionaries to come to the Sepik and bring the Gospel to those who have never heard it their own heart language.
\n-More laborers to minister to the Bena people.
\n-David Lee and Heti (Bena believer) are teaching chronologically through the Bible to the Bena in Upper Bena, where David and Wendy Lee used to live, pray for more Bena brothers and sisters in Christ!<\/p>\n

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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