36 Hours

May 11, 2017

Last Monday, at 12:30 a.m., our family began the 36-hour journey from Manila, Philippines, to Byron Center, Michigan. How did we pass the 36 hours? How did we survive the three flights and 11 hours of layovers? Let us answer these questions through pictures. We want to thank you all for your prayers during […]

Our Life at a Glance: Travel to Our Village Works

May 10, 2017

A majority of our travel is visiting people out in our village works. We work on the field of West Africa which means that we have people in 5 different countries and we are working among 17 different people groups. Because our field is spread out so much and some of the groups we work […]

May 8, 2017

Dear Praying Friends, As we celebrate 75 years since New Tribes Mission was founded, we’re excited at what God has done and continues to do in missions around the world. In our last letter, we mentioned a couple of upcoming New Tribes Mission Organizational changes and these two changes have taken […]

Heckman’s News May 2017

May 8, 2017

Heckman Update May 2017 Warm greetings from Central Florida. We are excited to share this news update from PNG with you. These folks will soon be hearing of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (In the next week or two.) Please join us in praying for many souls to understand and accept Jesus […]

NTM has a new name!

May 8, 2017

If you haven’t heard yet… New Tribes Mission USA has changed its name to Ethnos360! It’s a project my team has been working on for the past many months: preparing new partnership materials, planning how to communicate the change, co-ordinating with outside vendors, rewriting website text, preparing for events and creating a couple of videos. […]

Naomi, Our Unique Baby Girl!

May 7, 2017

We have been here in Brisbane for 10 days and it has been full of ups and downs… but mostly good news as we went from doctor to doctor with Naomi. The MRI was a long appointment, but all went well and they were able to get a very clear MRI of Naomi’s brain and […]

“he who has ears to hear, let him hear”

May 7, 2017

Spreading seeds and trusting God to do the growing is what we’ve been about for quite a few years. Sometimes it’s tempting to try to make the seeds grow or to try to figure out what kinds of soil we’re working with. But we know our part is spreading the seeds wherever we are and […]

The Kims update (May,2017)

May 7, 2017

Two Faces of the island in AP AP in the island has preserved the pure beauty of nature – the clean sky, the fresh air, clear oceans and beaches, etc. Behind the innocent face, however, a sad, dark face is hidden. Alcohol, drugs, violence, sexual immorality, and so forth. Especially the HIV rate here is […]

Why Brazil? A list of 8 reasons

May 5, 2017

Life is full of possibilities. How is it that I have chosen to go to Brazil? 1. A personal need to serve Jesus told all His disciples to go and make more disciples. Each person had unique character traits and gifts that equipped them to carry out their commission in a uniquely effective way. Peter’s […]

From rascal to redeemed – Koppa’s testimony

May 5, 2017

New outreach in Soi As you know earlier this year a new church was born in Soi. The first round of evangelistic teaching finished on December 25 and he is currently busy teaching through Acts. Here is Koppas’ story: “I grew up in a small village far away from here. I never knew my mom and […]