We are the Heath Family
WE WORK WITH GREATER EUROPE MISSION AND SERVE ON THEIR WELLESS TEAM
Our desire is to come alongside missionary families, supporting & encouraging missionary kids.
WHO WE SERVE
and WHAT WE DO
MKs
& TCKs
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, COUNSEL & MENTOR:
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Missionary Kids (MKs)
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Kids of GEM Employees (GEMKs)
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Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
YOUNG
LEADERS
LEAD THE GEM-K TEAM
RECRUIT & DEVELOP
NEW LEADERS
LEAD & ORGANIZE
CAMPS & EVENTS
SUMMER & WINTER
CAMPS
MISSIONARY DEBRIEF EVENTS
RETREATS FOR
GEM WOMEN
GATHER
RESOURCES for FAMILIES
IN TIMES OF TRANSITION
IN TIMES OF CRISIS
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER MISSION ORGANIZATIONS
JOIN OUR TEAM
EMAIL OR CALL
LETS CHAT
We love to hear about the ways that God is at work in your life, and if you're interested in serving alongside us, there are a ton of opportunities both in Europe and in America. Specifically, we are always looking for people to join our service teams for GEM-K winter and summer camps.
ABOUT US
We met in Cannon Beach, Oregon (1985) at the annual Village Missions pastors conference, and became friends in middle school. We dated throughout university, and were married on August 5, 2006. We both have a BA in Bible and Theology, and Micah is completing a MA in Counseling and a MA in Theology at Denver Seminary. We have two boys, who were both born in France.
We've been with Greater Europe Mission (GEM) since 2009, living in both Grenoble, France and Frankfurt, Germany. In August 2020, we moved to Colorado to take a position at GEM's US headquarters. We have a passion for missionary kids, and it's an honor to be on GEM's Member Care team, encouraging teenagers and supporting missionary families throughout Europe.
Our story is not unlike the teens that we serve, as we both grew up as pastor's kids. We've always been very familiar with Christian values, traditions and Bible stories that we learned growing up. However, the process of connecting the things that we knew in our heads to our hearts, and making the faith of our parents, a faith of our own, has not always been as easy some may assume.
As our GEM-K team connects with MKs relationally, cares for them emotionally and challenges them spiritually, we help them to develop resiliency. When teenagers make their own decision to wholeheartedly follow Jesus, and when families are thriving on the field, it's incredible to see the things God can do in and through them.