{"id":94,"date":"2012-11-24T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T02:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/?p=94"},"modified":"2012-11-24T12:43:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T02:43:42","slug":"94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/2012\/11\/24\/94\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting our Gifts from God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving in Connecticut this year with some of Beth\u2019s family was so nice! After being overseas for the last few years on Thanksgiving, we really enjoyed being home with family this year! And of course there was lots of yummy food\u2026 turkey, mashed potatoes and the works\u2026 we especially enjoyed making all natural apple pies this year with fresh apples and no sugar. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This year we read a book called \u201cA Thousand Gifts\u201d by Ann Voskamp. It was an eye opening time thinking about daily gifts that God has given us, things we don\u2019t even think about as we go through each day. Sometimes we pray for things yet when God answers we spend less time thanking Him then we did praying for it. Our focus is definitely a little bit skewed. So now we\u2019d like to take a few minutes to list a few of the gifts God has given us in the last few months that makes us very thankful:<\/p>\n

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  1. Three years of a wonderful marriage<\/li>\n
  2. Baby boy due in February<\/li>\n
  3. Safe travels from church to church<\/li>\n
  4. Encouraging time speaking at churches<\/li>\n
  5. Thanksgiving with family<\/li>\n
  6. Turkey and organic apple pie<\/li>\n
  7. Beautiful fall weather, especially on Thanksgiving<\/li>\n
  8. Provision of a dependable car<\/li>\n
  9. Lovely apartment close to Beth\u2019s parents<\/li>\n
  10. Insurance and midwife care for mom & baby<\/li>\n
  11. Healthy baby and mom at 7 months<\/li>\n
  12. God\u2019s moment by moment provisions for our needs<\/li>\n
  13. A personal God work lives within us and works through us<\/li>\n
  14. Being a part of all God is doing at Interface in PNG<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We left Nova Scotia at the end of October and enjoyed a bit of time in New Brunswick sharing at the New Brunswick Bible Institute and Jacksontown Baptist Church. And we got to see some friends before heading south into the windy storm, Sandy. But we were thankful that we just missed it, arriving in MA a day after the brunt of it. We have also enjoyed settling into our apartment here in MA just a 5 minute drive from Beth\u2019s parents. Although we haven\u2019t had much time in our apartment yet because we\u2019ve been out and about speaking at a couple churches in NY and CT, attending Beth\u2019s cousins wedding in CT, visiting former co-workers at Wayumi (short-term missions) in PA as well as Jacob\u2019s brother and sister-in-law in PA. But now we are finally able to settle in completely to our home here in MA. We look forward to preparing for the baby\u2019s arrival and attending our home church.<\/p>\n

    We also want to thank all of you for your many prayers and support over the last months, as we have been traveling and speaking and visiting supporters. We\u2019d appreciate your continued prayers as we continue to share at churches and small groups in this area. (Be sure to let us know if you would like us to share about our ministry in your church, home group or personally!) And of course us as we prepare to become parents and for the little one as he comes into this world. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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    Thanksgiving in Connecticut this year with some of Beth\u2019s family was so nice! After being overseas for the last few years on Thanksgiving, we really enjoyed being home with family this year! And of course there was lots of yummy food\u2026 turkey, mashed potatoes and the works\u2026 we especially enjoyed making all natural apple pies […]<\/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-94","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\/94","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=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jacob-devine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}