This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We live in Papua New Guinea and are working to see lives transformed by the living Word of God through Bible translation. Gavin is a helicopter pilot. Carrie, who has her degree in Public Health, works in the lab at our busy rural clinic. Our son, Isaac, was born in 2004 and our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, were born in 2012.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. The you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:3-6

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Time-sensitive prayer request for Carrie

Hi friends and family, 

 Ever since Carrie had COVID a couple of months ago she's had increasingly debilitating sleep issues, specifically not breathing during sleep and waking up desperately air hungry. It fits a number of different possible diagnoses, but after a couple of appointments and various unsuccessful treatments/medications, our missionary doctors here say the next step is to get a sleep study. We tried to book weeks ago through one hospital in Australia, but they were really backed up. Just this week, after a particularly scary night for Carrie, the Lord provided an alternate sleep clinic and specialist to see her in Cairns THIS COMING WEEKEND. Please pray for all of this to come together if it's the Lord's will. Traveling during COVID is complicated! Even though the borders have opened there are so many more boxes to tick and ducks to get in a row. We deeply appreciate prayer that the sleep study and follow up appointment with the sleep specialist doctor will yield answers and solutions. We also appreciate prayer for Gavin as he stays with the kids and is in one of the busiest seasons of heli flying he's ever had. Life is already fairly overwhelming (though we both LOVE our jobs/ministry/community here!) as the end of the school year approaches. Please pray for peace and joy for the kids, and patience with each other and their dad. :)
Isaac MC'ing the high school talent show. How is our baby now the Master of Ceremonies?!
Seth in real Civil War reenactment uniform thanks to "Uncle" Daniel
Sunrise service on Easter
Doing a line dance at school just to embarrass the kids!
Michael Harrar, a friend from way back in Colombia days and now again in PNG, drawing for the crowds while using the heli skids or a canoe as his bench. Gavin and he had a whirlwind trip all last week visiting many ongoing language, translation and Scripture use projects!


Traditional outrigger canoe at sunset
The only thing Gavin likes less than coffee: hot clam juice!

And just for fun - Isaac photo-bombing poor Marcie and Mom with a goofy face.
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