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How did last week go?

How did last week go?

How did last week go? It went great! Thanks for asking. We started off the week with a visit from Evelin from Germany. Evelin is on a short-term mission trip to help our mission organize our various library resources. She decided to take a break from the books and come and add a bit of […]
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Update on Erick

Update on Erick

Erick Update Erick, a young man from our village, was in an accident last Monday night here in the Philippines.  He was taken to the local hospital where a CT scan was done.  The doctors noticed a bleed in his brain and wanted him moved to a bigger hospital with more experienced doctors.  Thankfully our […]
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Open Tabs

Open Tabs

Does your brain ever feel like there is so much going on that you have a hard time keeping things straight?  How about keeping the worry at bay when it’s so busy?  My brain has felt like a computer screen with many browser windows open or a book with many bookmarks.  The above picture is […]
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Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas! Emmanuel: God with us! What an amazing thing to realize that God became man to take upon Himself the sin of the world. We were sharing this truth with a young man in the store just the other day. Please pray for Dylan. He was very receptive to the things we had to […]
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Forward Steps

Forward Steps

So in my last post I talked about God’s Global Purpose for Israel in the Old Testament.  This time let’s look at the last instructions Jesus gave His disciples in the New Testament- The Great Commission: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the […]
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Merry Christmas and Warm Seasons Greetings!

Merry Christmas and Warm Seasons Greetings!

Dear Friends,   Happy Holiday greetings from George and Linda Heckman. We are so thankful this Thanksgiving to remember the MANY blessings the Lord has given us this year. We have two new granddaughters-Elena (25 February to Amy & Hector) and Amelia (3 August to Tim and Charity). We welcomed Brett and Debby Home from […]
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Heavy Legs

Heavy Legs

Amdu friends of ours left the village one day on a long journey only to return later the same afternoon despite their intentions to be gone for two weeks. They said their legs got heavy and so they came home. In the Amdu universe when a person goes on a journey and their legs get […]
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Special Family Time

Special Family Time

Family time has been precious to us during our home assignment. We were privileged to spend three weeks with Walter’s family in southern Africa in October. We saw a lot of wildlife out in the open, spent a lot of time in vehicles traveling, and saw where Walter’s brother, Mark, and his wife, Deb live […]
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Grandpartners

Grandpartners

We would like to take this opportunity to finally introduce you to our new partners, Darryl and Becky, Stephen’s parents.   They moved into our village this past March and are settled into being grandparents and partners in the ministry. As grandparents, they enjoy spending time with our kids, playing ping-pong and going on bike […]
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Answered Prayers

Answered Prayers

Here are 3 amazing things God did during Joel’s time down in Guinea… Driving The first challenge was the drive to the village.   The drive on the whole went better than they thought, but there was one part that was definitely sketchy.  Work is being done for a bridge, but it is not close to […]
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