Reaching The Unreached For Jesus
Meet The Hegemans
Bill and Linda Hegeman began their missionary work decades ago as team members to their friends, Pastor Sam Austin and his Milan Tennessee Assembly of God Church where they passionately shared the gospel, while building furniture for churches in Mexico. When their travels to Mexico ceased, the Hegeman’s began believing God to provide the means for them to return to the missionary field.
The Door of Opportunity
As he often does, God indeed provided the way and in a way much greater than they asked or could ever imagine. Eph 3:20 The way came by that of a man who visited the Hegeman’s local church, Bell’s Chapel Assembly of God. This visit was by an appointee of the Assemblies of God, who assisted the LACC (Latin America Child Care) schools of Costa Rica, and he came to tell of the many great needs in Central America as he sought out volunteers to help.
Bill and Linda knew that this was what they had been believing God for and joined without hesitation. Soon afterwards, they discovered that not only were the needs of the people in Central America great but so was their hunger for God’s word. They seized the opportunity to use the need of the people as a vessel to promote the gospel and before long they were part of a missionary group that traveled to Costa Rica almost every three months to complete new and seemingly continuous projects.
The Hegeman’s were honored to assist in God’s vast plans for Costa Rica. Their missionary group helped in mighty ways by building numerous churches, restoring Christian schools, building sidewalks, developing water and sewer systems, feeding multitudes of people, supplying free medical care to literally thousands and most importantly, assisting in the salvation of souls also numbering in the thousands. In addition to building churches, they equipped the people to continue God’s work by conducting Pastoral Seminars, distributing hundreds of bibles and providing resources to hundreds for the teaching of the gospel.
It was evident that God’s hand was on the missionary work being completed in Central America. The Hegeman’s praised God for the miracles and movement of the Holy Spirit through the land. They knew that they were doing their duty to spread God’s word and to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the indigenous people of Central America. God soon began to reveal why he placed them in Costa Rica. God needed someone faithful, steadfast and willing to step in to finish the work that was promised to the people and He had chosen Bill and Linda.
A church had been promised to the people and Bill and Linda stepped in to complete it. That is when the larger plan that God had for them in the missionary field became abundantly clear. In 2004, Hegeman Ministries was officially formed. In 2005, a board of directors was organized and Hegeman Ministries International Foundation (HMIF) was approved. On March 21, 2006, HMIF received approval for a 501C-3 nonprofit status in the United States and became a source to aid in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ to the indigenous people of Central America. Much work has been done to glorify God and to make Christ known to all men since their ministry began and there is much work still to be done.
Over the years Hegeman Ministries International Foundation has continued to be faithful in taking the message of hope and love of our Heavenly Father throughout Costa Rica, expanding into Nicaragua in 2011 and most recently in 2018 they began His work in Peru.
Meet Some of Our Faithful Volunteers
Danny Knick
Peggy Foster
Lee & Karen Hegeman Leichty
