Warm Greetings from Sunny Florida!
Hello, and thanks for thinking of us!
We have had an eventful month of March.
Our big even happened March 11 when our sweet Granddaughter #2 arrived. Liliana (Lily) Valerie Chapman made her debut, weighing in at 7 lb 5 ounces. She is such a sweet baby and big sister, Chloe, loves her and says that Lily is her “best friend”. So sweet! Linda was able to spend a week helping out with the girls and cooking for the Chapman family while the Heckman’s got along ok without mom’s cooking!
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We praise the Lord we were able to get our taxes done already! This is an early finish for us! PTL! Each year gets a bit more complicated, and we try to make it easier by using better bookkeeping methods and software. Pray with us as we are still learning the new system. We have a friend helping us with “Quickbooks”, and she has been a huge blessing!
Youth Group is doing well. We had a big group of 45 or so last week for a special missionary speaker. We thank Chad Mankins for the great job he did sharing about the TOBO people in the Madang region of Papua New Guinea.
We are encouraging some of our younger kids to get involved in the leadership as well ad learning to play guitar to lead our singing. It is always fun to see who the Lord raises up to lead our group as a new bunch graduates and goes off to Bible School each year. We are sending off about 5 of our key kids this Fall.
Member Services is keeping busy with changes in policies and tracking our missionaries as they come off the field and return to the field. We are seeing new folks heading to the field for the first time every month and it is a blessing to see them beginning their trek to take the Gospel to all the world. We are thankful we can be a part of their team in serving them as they go. Often we write a letter for our members to take with them as they travel, stating they are doing the work of NTM. Last month we helped a gal get all of her paperwork certified and legalized to be ready for her to take to Brazil with her. We heard recently that she has received each paper back for the two different consulates we had sent them to. She is ready to go! Each one of our missionary family who goes begins a world of new adventures! Thanks for remembering these dear ones in prayer.
We are so thankful for your prayers for our ministry. We are trusting the Lord to continue to provide for us as we serve Him here. We see His hand at work as we seek His will for us in ministry each day. We are convinced He has us here, and we are thankful to be a part of the NTM Member Services Team. Please pray that we would stay focused on Him, and attentive to His leading.
Beka is finishing up her 2nd semester of Paramedic training. She is now also an employee of the county EVAC team. She loves this, and is learning a lot. She helped save a man’s life in church a couple of weeks ago, as he was going in to cardiac arrest. How thankful we are she has had the training to deal calmly with the issues she faces. Please pray for her to have safety as she drives to Daytona Beach for classes and work. Last Friday night she was run off the freeway by a semi-truck. We are so thankful that she was protected. She missed the guardrail, trees and bridge abutment. We also are thankful that her car was ok after the drive on the center median!
She will be going to Mexico for a visit with Amy during her class break in April. Pray for safety and a fun trip! Thanks!
Amy is doing well. She is very involved in her ministries in Chihuahua. During the next year in Language and Culture Study she hopes to be forming a team, and team strategy for a tribal allocation. Please pray with her for wisdom about her next steps, and her relationship with Hector, as he still needs to take the Missions training course.
Linda is trying her hand at a new venture. She is leading the little choir at our church for an Easter Program. Please join us in prayer for our little group to pull it all together and present a program which is honoring to the Lord.
George is looking for new business ideas, and is refining our current book business. This is a long term job including training others as well as listing new materials. We thank the Lord for the ways He is using this business, not only to provide for us, but for several others in NTM, as well as MK teens in High School and in Bible School.
Thank you, again, much for your continued prayers and for your faithful support. We are so thankful for the support team God has given us. We couldn’t serve here without you! Thank you.
You are a blessing!
Much love and appreciation,
George and Linda and Family
George and Linda Heckman
New Tribes Mission
1000 E 1st St
Sanford, FL 32771
www.ntm.org/george_heckman
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