2 Haiti 4 Him

The Heckman family serving the Lord in Haiti at Emmaus Biblical Seminary

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Summer 2016

So we started out our summer with a road trip around the United States! We began our 10 day long adventure in Florida, stopping in Tampa to pick up our dear Rosa. 

Then we drove through the night until we reached Nashville, Tennessee so that Ethan could check out Belmont University!


After some more road-tripping we landed ourselves in Sabetha, Kansas and stayed with the wonderful Ackermans for a couple days!

We had a blast boating and tubing out on the lake!




And I had a great time with my friends there!

Next stop was Denver, Colorado where we stayed with friends for a night!



We went out to ice-cream with the team (the Lifetree team that came right before we left for the US) in downtown Denver which was great!

Then we drove up to Gillette, Wyoming to visit a supporting church! We had so much fun attending church, visiting with friends and hanging out for a few days!







Then for Ethan's birthday we visited Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse!


After Wyoming we visited Calvery United Methodist Church in Illinois! It was great re-connecting with them (they are the team that visited in May)! So thankful for the time we spent with them. We spent the night and got right back on the road the next morning! 




Then we stopped in Indiana and visited with good missionary friends of ours the Gross family! We spent the night with our dear friend Charles Lake who has been so great to our family.




And last stop our home in New Jersey! 








 Ethan got his permit! We were a little worried but he did great :)






Our family took a little vacation in Florida right before we came back to Haiti!

Well that's all for now!

We are safely home at Emmaus and are loving life :)


Stay tuned



Sunday, July 3, 2016

Lifetree team!

Wow. This year has gone by so fast. Can you believe we just had our last team for the summer? 

So speaking of our last team, we just hosted our third Lifetree team at Emmaus!
It was such a great week. So many new friends made, so many things accomplished.

They finished painting the men's dorm...


They beautified the solar project...




And by the end of each day, just about all of us looked like this...

In the evenings we hung out around campus, and one afternoon we chopped up coconuts to drink!

One of the things we did with the team was take them up to the Citadel!


I loved all the sweaty pictures we took throughout the week...

View from the top...

I love walking through the corridors of that big fort...

The Palace... gorgeous as ever 

My Momma and me...

What a beautiful place.

We did a VBS at a local orphanage called Streethearts (do you remember me mentioning them before?) and it was a blast!

We did skits, played sports, made crafts, and giggled with the wonderful kids there...

Showing off the crafts they made...



My adorable little friend...

These kids are so easy to love...

Making crafts...

Ethan and his buddy...

Natalie and her's...

Me and mine...

After Streethearts we took a tour of the local clinic...

Being silly as always...


Accidentally matching is always fun

What a great week. 
Thank you guys for blessing us with your joyful presence on our campus!


So one of the things that I have enjoyed doing so much has been managing our Emmaus Giftshop! 

For an update on Pepper... He is still adorable and a great friend...

He may be short but he sure is feisty...

As most of you know, we are heading back to the States for the summer! 
I love my Haiti home, and I am gonna miss never wearing shoes :)
...but I'm so excited to see family and friends!

Bye-bye beautiful mountain... see you in August!


Please keep us in your prayers as we make our way through the U.S.!