News & Upates from TEM

Haiti June 8, 2014
I returned to Haiti on Thursday, June 5, to prepare for the Wright Baptist Church team (my home church) and found things normal - chaotic . . . it’s Haiti - if it were any different I would think I had landed on the wrong...

Pakistan June 1, 2014
As most everyone familiar with TEM knows, we have been working in Pakistan for the last 3 years. We are blessed to work with Pastor Suhail and 9 other pastors who risk their lives every day preaching and teaching the...

Haiti April 19, 2014
We got up about 4:45 this morning to grab a quick breakfast before making the trip down the mountain. Gabriel took most of the team, and the rest rode in the Ford with me. It was dark when we left, so we got to see a...

Haiti April 18, 2014
Day 7 Philip: Today is our last day in Z’orange. It has been a great week worshiping and working with my Haitian brothers and sisters. God has been visibly working here, and I’m thankful to be a part of the work He is...

Haiti April 17, 2014
Day 6 Cat: Wednesday was the second day of the ladies conference. I did not sleep well the night before because I was still having some pain in my eyes. I am not a fan of wearing glasses, so it has been frustrating wearing...

Haiti April 16, 2014
Day 5 Philip: This morning at 6:30 some members of the team - Jeff, Cat, Lance, Samantha, Vonda and I, and our interpreter Paritan - hiked up the mountain to visit Jerusalem II church. This was a trip I have been looking...

Haiti April 15, 2014
Day 4 Cat: Waking at 5 a.m. hearing people praise the Lord is a pretty amazing experience; the roosters crow along with the singing. In America, we take our worship for granted. Often, we make excuses for not going to...

Haiti April 14, 2014
Last night we went up to Jerusalem IV in Gabriel and brought 2 truckloads of people down to Jerusalem I. Then we had an exciting time. You'll see in the photos that everyone was up on their feet singing and dancing - even...

Haiti April 13, 2014
(Lance & Sam’s entries start from the beginning of the mission trip) Lance, Day 1: Today’s events in my life were very interesting and will be remembered for a lifetime. It started out waking up in the Days Inn in Fort...

Haiti April 12, 2014
The team from First Baptist Church of Walterboro SC had a safe trip to Haiti and up the mountain to the mission house today. We had a delicious dinner prepared for us by Ginette, and now the team is outside playing...

Haiti April 11, 2014
This entry is just to let the people back home know that the work force has arrived. We picked up Joe, Bill and Andy from the airport this afternoon and made it up the mountain safely. We quickly put Andy to work...

Haiti April 10, 2014
What a beautiful day it is in Haiti today! Last night a much-needed rain made sleeping easy as it fell on the tin roof of the mission house. Today is market day. The market is near us, and I took Simon, Blanco and Madame Do...

7th Annual Pastors Conference
It's that time of year again – time for our Annual Pastors Conference in Z'Orange, Haiti! This year it will be held April 14-17. We will have attendance by pastors, deacons and workers in the churches. The Haitians will...

Haiti Bargain-Bake Sale March 2014
The Haiti Bargain-Bake Sale last weekend was a great success, in spite of the stormy weather! The Seniors of Wright Baptist Church host these sales, along with the help of many others, and this one blessed TEM with...

Haiti March 23, 2014
What a wonderful week we have had here in Z'Orange. We taught Bible stories to hundreds of school kids, kids in the local villages and in Daniel's voodoo village. There is no way to explain the joy that we received as we...

Haiti March 22, 2014
Report by Pastor Lonnie Happy Saturday! Most Americans can appreciate a good walk…especially on a Saturday morning. Now, I don't know about yours, but our Saturday has been blessed with a walk of a different nature…much...

Haiti March 21, 2014
We had a very relaxing day today. After breakfast we helped Ginette sweep and mop the mission house. The dust here is unbelievable; you can dust and then watch the dust settle before you even leave the room. When the group...

Haiti March 20, 2014
Report by Ken Lawrence It has been a fantastic week so far, and today was no different. It was so refreshing to wake to the sound of chickens and donkeys rather than my alarm clock. For me this week has been all about...

Haiti March 19, 2014
Last night we went to Daniel’s voodoo village to show the Jesus film. As you can see by the photos we had well over 100 people. This makes several times they have seen the film, but they just keep asking to see it again....

Haiti March 18, 2014
Another beautiful morning in Haiti with the roosters starting to crow around 12:30 a.m., donkeys heehawing, dogs barking, babies crying, and around 5 a.m. the church is full of people singing praises to the Lord! After...

Haiti March 17, 2014
Today has been a very busy day. We got up around 7 a.m. and had breakfast - French toast - at 7:30. Afterward the team got ready for the first VBS here at Jerusalem Baptist Church. At the first session we had over 30...

Haiti March 16, 2014
The team from Greater Little Rock Baptist Church of Pensacola has arrived in Haiti!

Haiti March 15, 2014
We got up early this morning around 5:30 and started stripping beds and loading the suitcases on Gabriel. Within an hour everyone had grabbed a little breakfast and was on Gabriel ready to go. We had a non-eventful trip to...

Haiti March 14, 2014
Report by Team Leader Lisa Terrell Thursday evening's devotion time was bittersweet as we knew it would be our last "devo" where our Haitian translators would be with us (they left to go home to Port today after our final...

Haiti March 13, 2014
Report by Hailey Elder Awaken my soul, come awake To hunger, to seek, to thirst Awaken first love, come awake, To do as you did at first Spirit of the Living God come fall afresh on me, Come wake me from my sleep Blow...