News & Upates from TEM
September 17, 2008
It Looked Doubtful But God Made A Way Bill and I got up around 6 a.m. and Dottie, of Dottie's Guest House, fixed us a great breakfast to get us started. A Haitian friend of mine picked us up around 7:30 a.m and we headed...
September 16, 2008 Preparing to take food to Z’Orangé
Bill Chambless and I arrived this afternoon to find, not to our surprise, the cost of everything has risen. It isn't as bad in Port-au-Prince as it is in the Northwest of Haiti. The cost of a gallon of gasoline in Port is...
September 7, 2008 TEM Van
Thanks to the Lord and Will Tiller, TEM has a van now. We have needed one for a long time. It was very helpful during the recent Bargain Sale, and we use it almost daily to help others. It was also a great help in carrying...
September 2, 2008
Providing Food After Hurricane Gustav TEM teamed up with Salvation Ministries (Chris Hughes, founder) to take food over to the Biloxi, MS area after Hurricane Gustav hit just west of there. They were unable to get into the...
August 30, 2008 TEM Bargain Sale at Wright Baptist Church
Report from Brother Chuck The seniors of Wright Baptist Church did it again. They worked relentlessly for three days moving and tagging items in preparation for the Bargain Sale. The funds from this sale were earmarked to...
August 13, 2008 JADA
Bro. Chuck had another great time with the men of JADA. Bro. Chuck shared with them about the teaching that TEM was able to do in the voodoo village of Haiti. Bro. Chuck also shared with them that wherever we are we are in...
June 27, 2008
We made it into Port-au-Prince and took Gabriel out to Love A Child. Then we had to go by a supply house to pay for the cement that I had sent up to Z'Orange. We left about 8 a.m. and arrived at our place to stay around 2...
June 26, 2008
What a wonderful day in the Lord! After breakfast we went to Daniel's village and I started teaching Chapter 17 of the Gospel of John, with Will following me with Chapter 18 and then Pastor John Renell and Pastor Fanelis...
June 25, 2008
"For where two or more are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20 As we sat around and listened to each other teach the voodoo priests and the people of the village this passage kept...
June 24, 2008
Another wonderful day with our Lord; His mercies are renewed each day, praise God! We had a night of rain, which made it cooler, which made it sleeping weather. Even the rats came in and slept right above us (only in...
June 23, 2008
As usual we got up early and got our hot cup of coffee to get the day started. After some hot oatmeal for breakfast we headed for the voodoo village of Daniel for the first voodoo bible study that we have ever been a part...
June 22, 2008
Got up early this morning, after about 10 hours of sleep, and had a hearty breakfast of cereal with some juice. Then we went to church, where Will preached and afterwards several people came forward. When we got back to our...
June 21, 2008
We arrived today about 4 p.m. after a typical morning in Port-au-Prince of waiting on things, followed by getting a flat tire fixed. We were able to buy around $2,000.00 of food for the valley of Z'Orangé and order 200...
June 20, 2008
Another day of getting supplies for the trip. I ordered 200 bags of cement for the Jerusalem II Church. Cement costs $6.70 per bag and gas has just gone up again to $5.73/gallon. We complain about costs in America, and this...
June 19, 2008
Today was a great day, and God got done everything He wanted to get done. After breakfast, we exchanged some U.S. money for Haitian money and headed up to the village of Z'Orangé. We meet with Pastor Dorleon and discussed...
May 21, 2008
Needs for the June 18-28 Mission Trip to Z'Orangé, Haiti The needs for this mission trip can be broken into three areas: 1. Preaching, teaching and evangelizing Meeting with Voodoo Priests and Mambos in the mornings...
April 30, 2008 JADA
Report from Brother Chuck I had another opportunity to speak at JADA, which is a Christian organization working with alcohol and drug additions. They adopted me many years ago as their missionary. Don Mount is the founder,...
April 20, 2008
Youth Group Mission Team Speaks at Shalimar Baptist Church Brother Chuck was invited to Shalimar Baptist Church to speak about the Youth Group mission trip that we went on March 29 - April 5, 2008. The mission team included...
April 19, 2008 TEM Bargain Sale at Wright Baptist Church
Report from Brother Chuck God has blessed us again with another successful bargain sale. And as usual, the Seniors of Wright Baptist Church spearheaded the sale. I try to stay up with them but they wear me out. God blessed...
April 10, 2008 Brother Chuck Speaks at Rocky Bayou Christian School
James Riches, from Rocky Bayou Christian School, asked me to come and share about Haiti with his class, as he has done for the last couple of years. I always enjoy sharing my experiences in Haiti with young boys and girls....
April 9, 2008 Brother Chuck Speaks at Fort Walton Beach High School
Report from Brother Chuck I was invited by Christa Whittaker to speak at the premiere of the musical, Joseph, at Fort Walton Beach High School. She had asked me before I went to Haiti and I said I would but I really didn't...
March 18 – April 4, 2008
Voodoo Drums & Artwork These are voodoo drums belonging to Daniel, the voodoo priest, who has allowed teams to visit each time. He allowed us to take photos of his art work which adorns his voodoo temple. View...
April 4, 2008
It seems sometimes that we have been here for a long time and at the same time it seems so short. I have heard that all things must come to an end but I believe that this is just the beginning for most people on this trip....
April 3, 2008
A typical early morning in the village of Z'Orangé with roosters crowing, people singing in the church (starting about 5 a.m. every morning), dogs barking, donkeys and mules making whatever that sound is and children...
April 2, 2008
It is so hard to believe that the days here just keep getting better. There is nothing like being in His will day by day. He blessed us with a beautiful day of hiking up the mountain with a cool breeze all the way. It took...