One of our Bible Teacher’s has mouth cancer

October 9, 2017

Maria, Wero, Boni, Martin We have some sad news to share from here in the Dom. One of our dear friends, Christian brother and Bible teacher, Martin has been diagnosed with mouth cancer. It is somewhere between stage 2 and 3. He came to us some weeks ago about sores on his tongue that would […]

On the road again…

October 4, 2017

Take a look at this picture. The Higaunon living in this village used to live in fear! They used to live in bondage, worshiping their ancestors and sacrificing pigs and chickens to appease the spirits. Today, the Higaunon are no longer living in fear. As a result of their ministry, there are churches in over […]

Travels and trials

October 3, 2017

Wow! October 2017 is history already! Travels: Our last update was written prior to our trip to Wisconsin and Michigan to see ministry partners and to speak in the two Ethnos360 Bible Institutes. Praise God with us for a great trip, wonderful fellowship and hopefully some lives challenged for future missionary careers! Thank you for […]

Tony

October 2, 2017

Tony is an old man. By U.S. standards he’s getting up there and by Nahuatl standards he’s ancient. We went to visit him a few weeks ago and he began to reminisce about life. He is by far the oldest individual in this community and asked us if we knew why some people last longer […]

Surgery update

September 19, 2017

Thank you for praying for Lance before, during and since his surgery.

The Best Terrible News from Home

August 12, 2017

We’ve been back in the States for a few weeks now and it’s been awhile since we’ve heard from anybody in the church in Patpatar. One of the elders of the church named Tokiung called me from a small town almost an hour from the village. He was waiting there with his family and all […]

Studying in August 2017

August 1, 2017

What are you studying? In Senegal, this month, there are some young men and women who are studying 60 lessons on God’s story from eternity to eternity (sometimes referred to as Creation to Christ). Our Vision Integral missionary teammates are teaching this as a 3-week course, the third module in training Africans to be equipped […]

Five languages in 6 weeks

July 26, 2017

First stop – Ecuador, South America Soon we head out to the country of Ecuador. Ecuador is named after the equator which runs through the country. We found it interesting that the “Panama hat” is actually from Ecuador. Straw hats were woven in Ecuador and taken to Panama to be sold to canal workers. Spanish […]

News From the Heckmans-Warm Summer Greetings!

July 11, 2017

Summer is a busy busy time! Hope you are having a good one! Here’s our update. Dear Friends, Thank you for your support for our family and ministries. We thank the Lord for you upon every remembrance of your kindnesses. We would like to ask you to pray for a friend from days we were […]

Hala and 22Q-Long Version

May 12, 2017

Many of you have heard our story of 22Q but many don’t. We want to share with you about our journey with Hala and 22Q and what the future looks like for her and our family. Hala was born January 9, 1999, right on her due date. We were between our Junior and Senior semesters […]