Whoa! How'd That Happen?

Not a single entry for this blog so far in 2010, but that's ok, because I think I've found a new use for it.

Breaking news here in the Heying house: We're in the process of adding a new resident, and I'm not talking about a third cat.

Teresa and I are having a baby!

These home tests don't lie. It took all of 30 seconds for this word to pop up. The most exciting aspect of this for Teresa was that she had a $3 off coupon for the home pregnancy test. You can take the girl out of the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the girl.

Dr. Bradley is going to see us through this joyful process and that's pretty great. Dr. Bradley was already a personal friend of ours and having him helping us and answering the thousands of questions these first-time parents have is a relief. The only drawback? Having a Kansas State alum deliver our first-born. I suppose I'll let it slide.

Teresa always said she wanted twins. About a year from now, I guarantee you she's going be saying "Thanks God we didn't have twins."

Here are the answers to the obvious questions you all have:

1. No, we won't find out if it's a boy or a girl.

2. Arrival time is latter half of September

3. Yes. I am the father.

4. We haven't picked names. But bids on naming rights begin at $50,000.

5. Yes. We're elated.

Big Night

Despite my constant worrying no one would show up, last night's premier of my first-ever documentary "The Miracle of Father Kapaun" went off wonderfully.

Fifteen minutes before showtime, the auditorium was starting to fill up fast.

The Bishop of the Diocese of Wichita, Michael Jackels, jokes with Chase Kear, one of the main subjects of the documentary.

Wendy Lewis, a local artists who painted a beautiful mural of Father Kapaun that was featured in the documentary, exchanges information with Chase afterwards.

Me and the star.

There was a second showing immediately after the first. It was mostly populated by students from Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. Don't ask me to explain the partial roulette wheel above the screen. Guess it was sign to the crowd that they were taking a real gamble on whether it was worth their time to come.

Probably Not Gonna Have A Red Carpet

Drove to Kansas City Friday morning to pick up five boxes that looked like this:

In those 5 boxes were 1000 of these.

So the DVD is done and for sale. Here's the link to order online

Now I just gotta hope somebody watches it.

Time To Put A Fork In This Sucka

The master of audio engineering, Carter Green, masters the audio for my documentary Wednesday morning at Greenjeans Studios in Wellington, Kansas.

This was really the last major step that needed to be done to finish this thing up. As of 9 p.m. on December 2, I think I'm finished. I'm about one day ahead of my self-imposed deadline.

BTW... first viewing for the public is on Dec. 13 at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School in Wichita at 7 p.m.

Kapaun Documentary Trailer #2

Here's the second trailer for the documentary I'm working on.

Kapaun documentary trailer #2 from Travis Heying on Vimeo.

This Proves I've Really Been Working

My first teaser trailer for my first documentary. Pass the word along, will ya?

Kapaun documentary trailer from Travis Heying on Vimeo.

Praying For His Intercession

Last summer I began work on documentary about the life and actions of Fr. Emil Kapaun.

Kapaun, who was ordained a priest in Wichita in 1940, went on to do extraordinary things while serving as an Army Chaplain during the Korean War. Kapaun died while being held in a North Korean POW camp in May of 1951.

Kapaun's actions in the camp, and on the battlefield, helped save the lives of dozens of men. Earlier this month, the Secretary of the Army concluded that Kapaun was deserving of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

In addition, the Vatican is investigating incidents that have happened in Wichita where people prayed for the intercession of Fr. Kapaun to help heal sick loved ones. The Vatican has come to Wichita to look at two possible miracles involving people praying to Kapaun. Read about one of those incidents here.

Right now I feel like I could use an intercession to help finish this documentary. This is new territory for me. Frightening and exciting all at the same time. I have to be finish around the first week of December. I'll post trailers here and what not in the coming weeks.