News & Upates from TEM

Haiti Update February 24, 2011

This morning I had to go down to a little town called Cabaret, which is about 30 minutes from Z'Orange, to pick up some cement, rebar and other materials for the Haitian bosses. This was the first time I had really gone...

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Haiti Update February 23, 2011

I didn't get a chance to take pictures or write for the 22nd; I had to go to Port-au-Prince to pick up materials for the mission house. This took all day, naturally, and the van gave us problems all day; as we started up...

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Haiti Update February 21, 2011

We woke up today with the sun coming up, ready to begin our day. Ralphy started it out with the devotion, and afterward we had breakfast. It was a very simple breakfast with cereal, pop tarts and some milk and, naturally,...

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Haiti Update February 20, 2011

We got up this morning and had breakfast, then we had a great devotion headed by Karl. As you will see by the pictures, it was a beautiful day and what a great way to start it out sharing the Word of the Lord with brothers....

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Haiti Update February 19, 2011

It was amazing that the whole team made it to Haiti today. We had people flying in from Chicago, New York, Fort Walton Beach, Pensacola, and St. Louis. It was snowing in Chicago, and for the last two days there has been fog...

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Update from India February 12, 2011

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ, Greetings! By the grace of God we are doing fine and hope the same with you all. God is good and His mercy endureth for ever. We are so grateful for the fact that God had blessed our...

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TEM Bargain Sale, February 5, 2011

Report from Brother Chuck I got home about 12:30 a.m. Friday to Fort Walton Beach, FL. The seniors at Wright Baptist Church had already begun moving things from our storage area to the activities building at church. The...

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Haiti Update February 3, 2011

The team started stirring around 5 a.m. today, doing their last minute packing. As they were having breakfast, I took my morning walk down to get Gabriel so I could take them to the airport. My flight wasn't until 1:25...

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Haiti Update February 2, 2011

Hallelujah!!!! The work team got all the tin put on the roof, and there was enough. We were concerned the whole time that there wasn't enough tin. We had already priced the tin to see how much it cost. This is not the first...

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Haiti Update February 1, 2011

Today was a restful day for me and I think I needed it. I'm sure some other team members feel the same way. Just riding on these rough roads every day to work and back is hard enough, not counting the work in the heat. Karl...

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Haiti Update January 31, 2011

This morning was a beautiful morning as I walked down to the Chapel to get Gabriel, praying and talking to the Lord all the way. I checked Gabriel's brake fluid as usual, and as usual, it was low so I added a little. Then I...

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Haiti Update January 30, 2011

We had a wonderful Sunday. It started out with a light breakfast and then a truck ride to Z'Orange. It was nice to take the team somewhere else so they could see a little of Haiti. We arrived in Z'Orange about 10:30 and...

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Haiti Update January 29, 2011

Report from Annette Meyer and Michele Quillo Day 6 on the worksite brought completion of two major projects. The "pew crew", comprised of 7 Americans and 2 Haitians working in shifts, constructed 40 - 12 ft pews in 3 days....

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Haiti Update January 28, 2011

Report on children's program by: Annette Meyer, Jackie Doss and Michele Quillo Each afternoon after school, we've had a children's program under the mango tree just inside the church compound, we sang songs (in Creole),...

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Haiti Update January 27, 2011

Karl and I took the team down to the work site this morning and we got there a little earlier today because the traffic wasn't so bad; we arrived at 8:30. We helped a little but we had to go to Eko Depot and Batimet to make...

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Haiti Update January 26, 2011

Today was a busy day from the time we got up. We had to stop at Eko Depot on the way to the work site and give them some money for materials for Z'Orange, which took longer than I expected, which put us in the morning...

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Haiti Update January 25, 2011

Karl and I had a long day today on the roads of Port-au-Prince. We first took the team to the work site, and then we had to go to the hardware/lumber company to find out why all our material had not been delivered. It was...

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Haiti Update January 24, 2011

Today was the first day with the team, so everything was trial and error. I walked down to the chapel where we keep Gabriel and drove it back to Dottie's to pick up the team. Karl took part of the team and I took the other...

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Haiti Update January 23, 2011

Today was a day of rest—sorry, no pictures. Everybody went to a little church down the street, but I stayed behind to spend a little alone time with the Lord. I knew for the next 9 or 10 days I would be around a lot of...

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Haiti Update January 22, 2011

We had a great breakfast this morning of sausage and eggs, toast, fruit, juices and milk. You can actually gain weight here if you don't watch it. This morning when Simon showed up, we went to see Luke, a Haitian friend of...

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Haiti Update January 21, 2011

Brother Chuck had issues with his camera so the photos are photos of photos 🙂 What a day! Karl and I are really worn out. We worked on the van all day. We changed the oil and oil filter, cleaned the air filter, changed the...

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Haiti Update January 20, 2011

Not much to write about today but it was a peaceful day with the Lord. We first went by Pastor Harry's church and met with Boss T-Crab, the job foreman. He wanted our approval on something he was doing. He is always trying...

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Haiti Update January 19, 2011

This was an easy day. We had a lot of shopping to do for the mission house. We are trying to get everything we think we need up to the mission house for the work team in February. We got prices on commodes, sinks and...

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Haiti Update January 18, 2011

What a wonderful feeling I had today as Karl and I steadily did the tasks at hand! I don't know why but the Lord was reminding me where I came from and what He had done for me, my family and His ministry (TEM). As I was...

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Haiti Update January 17, 2011

(Sorry, no photos - they got deleted) Today was a very good day considering we had trouble with the van most of the day. I asked Ron about how many times we had to stop and let the van take a break and his guess was about...

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