Keep on walking\u2026<\/p>\n
Hello!\u00a0 Lately \u00a0I find myself <\/em>dealing with a \u201cfull plate!\u201d\u00a0 I say, \u201cLord, I have taken \u2018stuff\u2019 off my plate, why is it still so full?!\u201d\u00a0 Not sure If I am slowing down, or the momentum of the world around me is speeding up more and more.\u00a0 But, regardless of what is going on-we will keep going<\/span>!\u00a0 I have been listening to an old song by a gospel group lately that says, \u201cKeep on walking, you don\u2019t know how far you\u2019ve come.\u00a0 Keep on walking, for all you know you might be done; and the Father, may be standing up right now to give the call, and end it all, so keep on walking!\u201d Happy New Year!\u00a0 Wait, what?\u00a0 The ground hog came out last week!?\u00a0 Whoa!\u00a0 Anybody else out there feeling these things, or is it just me? “Keep on walking!”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0What a joy to walk with our wonderful Savior!\u00a0\u00a0 He promised to never leave us or forsake us!\u00a0 We can walk with Him daily! J<\/p>\n We have finished the processing for 32 new members who will begin their walk in \u201cpartnership development\u201d and then heading out to their fields of service.\u00a0 That is very exciting!\u00a0 Always good to have more people coming on the team to take the Gospel to the unreached!<\/p>\n We spent our \u201cNew Year\u2019s holiday\u201d with George\u2019s family in South Florida.\u00a0 It\u2019s always great to have family time, and it is extra fun with the Grand-kids around.\u00a0 The \u201cboys\u201d had a deep sea fishing adventure the first week of January.\u00a0 They had varied reactions.\u00a0 George decided he is a \u201clandlubber\u201d!<\/p>\n Amy and Hector are back in Mexico, and finishing up his application and paperwork for a green card. We are praying this will be granted in time for them to travel this summer and visit supporters before beginning the missionary training in Missouri.\u00a0 Amy\u2019s birthday is this month!\u00a0 Judah is growing and beginning to wave.\u00a0 So cute!\u00a0 They all have been sick since returning to Mexico in January.<\/p>\n Debby and Brett and girls have been traveling since early January.\u00a0 They are up in the COLD states, and Chloe and Lily have had their first experience with snow!\u00a0 Debby has some cute pictures on Facebook, (if you ever get there!)\u00a0 They will still be traveling for a couple more months, as they are connecting with churches to raise support so they can go to Nicaraugua.\u00a0 Chloe has some more intense dental work ahead of her this month.\u00a0 Please pray for her-she really does not like this at all! (3 visits during the time frame of February 10 to 20th).\u00a0 Please pray for peace and calmness–for Debby and Chloe.<\/p>\n Beka and Cody are doing well.\u00a0 Beka is still writing songs.\u00a0 They both participated in the last concert that Beka did with brother, David too!\u00a0 They have a couple more concerts coming up soon.\u00a0 Cody still enjoys his job with the airplane mechanical \u201cstuff\u201d (sorry, I am not exactly sure what he is doing-but he is doing well).\u00a0 They are praying about when they should go to Missionary Training;\u00a0 August 2014 or August 2015.\u00a0 Please pray for the Lord\u2019s direction in their lives.<\/p>\n David is praying about what to do for work this summer.\u00a0 It looks like the fishing in Alaska will be a short time-3 weeks, not 6.\u00a0 He will continue shipping books for us, and working for NTM in their remodeling projects for the time being.\u00a0 He has enjoyed singing and playing with Beka at her concerts, and they have a couple more concerts booked in February and March.\u00a0 David is also leading music one Sunday a month at the church George and I attend.\u00a0 He recently had an incident while biking and sprained his wrist.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t been working at NTM this week due to that.<\/p>\n Tim is doing well in Waukesha.\u00a0 He gets some time off work, so he is looking for another job, and sometimes has time for an extra \u201cGreen Letters\u201d Bible Study.\u00a0 Good teaching, there.\u00a0 His job at Golden Corral is fine, but he would like to be able to save up some money for next year\u2019s school bill, and other things that may come up.\u00a0 We trust he is \u00a0learning a lot during his time at the Bible School. \u00a0\u00a0His birthday is this month as well. \u00a0(How can he be turning 20?!)<\/p>\n George and I continue in Member Services, serving our NTM family any way we can.\u00a0 We both answer the phone and write letters of verification of employment among other types of letters for our folks.\u00a0 We help our folks as they work through the retirement process, and help them to comply with the NTM policies.\u00a0 We encourage them to keep working as long as they would like, in fellowship with their leadership, just don\u2019t work 40 hours a week!\u00a0 Most folks retiring come back later and tell us that they don\u2019t know how they had time to work before, because they are so busy now!\u00a0 How thankful we are to be able to encourage our folks to take this step and trust God to show them how He will use them for the next chapter of their lives!\u00a0 They, too, need to keep on walking closely to their Savior.<\/p>\n George and I also continue helping our NTM families who have lost a loved one.\u00a0 It seems like we have several each month who have lost a loved one to death.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t such an encouraging job for us, but we are thankful to be able to be there and pray for our NTM family members when they walk through a time of loss.\u00a0 Recently, one of our former students serving in Asia Pacific passed away leaving his wife and 3 kids.\u00a0 Please pray for Nicky and her family as they walk through this tough time.\u00a0 These are rough days.\u00a0 We don\u2019t always see how God is working right away, but trust that His ways are best for us.\u00a0 We need to remember that we never walk alone<\/span>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you, dear friends for your faithfulness to the Lord.\u00a0 Your care for our lives, our family, and our ministries has been an encouragement to us as we have served the Lord for these almost 28 years in New Tribes Mission, and for the years before we came on the NTM team.\u00a0 We thank the Lord for you and trust He will encourage all of our hearts as we continue to KEEP ON WALKING!!!<\/p>\n George and Linda Heckman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NTM US\u2014Member Services Team Keep on walking\u2026 Hello!\u00a0 Lately \u00a0I find myself dealing with a \u201cfull plate!\u201d\u00a0 I say, \u201cLord, I have taken \u2018stuff\u2019 off my plate, why is it still so full?!\u201d\u00a0 Not sure If I am slowing down, or the momentum of the world around me is speeding up more and more.\u00a0 But, regardless of what is 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\n<\/em>This has been a good exhortation for my heart!<\/p>\n
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