{"id":507,"date":"2019-05-11T22:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/?p=507"},"modified":"2019-05-11T22:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:22:54","slug":"praises-update-on-naomis-health-and-png-work-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/2019\/05\/11\/praises-update-on-naomis-health-and-png-work-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Praises! Update on Naomi’s Health and PNG Work Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we enjoyed a day at the Koala Sanctuary enjoying God\u2019s\ncreation and reflecting on our amazing God who we can trust for our daily life!\nGod made koalas, kangaroos and platypuses so they can survive and thrive in\ntheir environments, so he will definitely enable us to do the same!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for praying!! We are so thankful to be able to\ntell you that Naomi\u2019s MRI, ophthalmologist, dermatologist and neurologist\nappointments went very well last week. The neurologist said that the MRI showed\nno change of the melanin in her brain, so she recommended another MRI in 2\nyears instead of annually! We are excited about this! The ophthalmologist and\ndermatologist also saw no changes in the vision or birthmarks and recommended\nanother review in a years\u2019 time. Naomi continues to grow healthy and develop\nnormally at 2 \u00bd years old and we are so very thankful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I wanted to thank you for praying for our work visa\nsituation\u2026 there were some big meetings at the end of April that we wanted to\nupdate you about\u2026 NTM with representatives from 8 other mission organizations,\nmet with 3 members of the Port Moresby Labour Dept and 3 members from the local\nGoroka Labour office at the NTM Centre in Goroka. Overall, the meetings were\nvery positive. Verbal assent was given to all<\/strong> of our proposed changes,\nalbeit some with stronger affirmation than others. The best news of the first\nmeeting was that we were given strong assurance that two job categories in\nparticular, Teachers and Nurses, were definitely going to be put back onto the\n\u201copen for Expat\u201d list. The \u201cproof will be in the pudding\u201d as to whether this\nMissionary Volunteer category will be in the final draft of the work permit\nclassifications. Keep praying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another meeting about 15 of our citizen workers were\nasked about what training they had received from being part of NTM. For two\nhours, our workers talked about all the things they have learned how to do\nsince becoming part of NTM. Several of them who now hold positions of great\nresponsibility told of how they started here with very little formal education\nand very few skills. Simply put, the Labour Department officials were floored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for your prayers, God continues to work is so many\nways! And we are thankful that we get to be a part of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praises!<\/p>\n\n\n\n