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

Monday, November 8, 2021

And now they're 9!

APOLOGIES to everyone who actually still checks this blog (those of you on a mailing list I don't feel so badly about, ha ha). I thought I had published this way back in August. Instead I'm publishing in NOVEMBER - the month of their due date when they were expected to be only one baby! 😁 Forgive me! I don't know what happened to my brain. Blame it on having 5 very busy nine-year-olds or COVID coming (finally) to our area and requiring me to work way, way, way more than usual. Both of those is probably true. But the Lord is good, and we're on the other side of this wave (I trust/hope/pray), so here's the birthday post, at long last!!

August 9th:

God is so good, keeps going through my head. How far we've come! How kind He's been! How much we love these kids He's blessed us with!

Portraits by a very dear friend; clothes from our dear Aunt Mickey 💞:

Will Edward
David Stephen

Seth Jared
Marcie Jane


Grace Elise




We didn't want Isaac to be the odd man out! This photo is so perfect for his personality and silliness towards his siblings. They LOVE when he plays with them. He graduates in 18 months! 😫💙



With a brother from another mother (the photographer)! He fits right in! 😍

This was the birthday of the LEGOs for everyone except Marcie, who's our glamour girl! She got a fancy, long, sparkly dress. 





This girl loves her dress-up!








We had a waterslide party with all their friends. When the kids asked for How to Train Your Dragon cakes I had to enlist this lovely colleague to do it for me. These were not only amazing to look at but DELICIOUS: dark chocolate ganache and white chocolate peppermint!


Isaac is amused, Gavin mildly so, but the dog is NOT.



And a cool extra photo of the helicopter on Mt. Wilhelm. (Gavin was giving high altitude training to our newer pilots who are also great friends. We thank God for sending them!)








Thursday, July 29, 2021

Summertime, and the living was easy (and fun!)

It's a joy to live on a beautiful, rugged island in the Pacific Ocean. Although we're in the Southern Hemisphere and should think of this time of year as "winter," we still call it summer break. Old habits die hard.

We drove to the beach and swam in a pool back in June:
Chicken fights between Will and David on Kori's shoulders and Marcie and Seth on Isaac's shoulders!

David loves hamburgers, and we all love eating by the water with palm trees.
We took a boat ride to a nearby tiny island.
We drank a lot of soda. (Marcie) It was hot there!
A gorgeous location for photos, but I think this was a former WWII battery.
If I recall correctly, there used to be gun mounts and stone walls to hide behind.

A friend of Isaac's explains storm clouds to Will. 



The kids loved kayaking in the bay!
Seth at our "campout" just down the hill from our house
Special friends, then and now, at the town nearby



And now everyone is happily back to school, but we sure enjoyed our fun "summertime" as a family! Thanks to the Lord for His kindness and provision of the rest and recharge we needed!

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Gavin, Carrie, Isaac, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, & Grace Jones

Gavin, Carrie, Isaac, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, & Grace Jones

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