Ecuador Missions

Wheelbarrow Art

Charles — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:50:25 +0000

As your driving down the main street that runs through Puyo, in the median is this wheelbarrow cemented to a big rock. Why? I have no idea. Art? Possibly. What do you think?

2012 USA Tour Schedule

Charles — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:57:05 +0000

Yes, we’re getting ready for another U.S. Tour! Susan and I (Charles) are excited to be bringing the Word of God and sharing what He has done here in Ecuador to many of our supporting churches in the States this year. Unlike previous years, the rest of the Templet Family will not be joining us on this tour. However, we (Susan and Charles) will still be singing those Templet Family tunes you love to hear, preaching the Word of God with anointing, speaking about our mission work in Ecuador and “bringin’ the house down” as usual! We hope that you will come be in service with us.

2012 USA Tour Schedule:

Friday, May 4, Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic, Adairville, KY, 7pm
Sunday, May 6, Alexandria Valley Church of God, Alexandria Valley, AL, 5pm
Wednesday, May 9, Pentecostal Lighthouse Church, Greenville MS, 7pm
Wednesday, May 16, Pentecostal Lighthouse Church, Livingston, TX, 7pm
Sunday, May 20, Our Fathers House, Mount Juliet, TN, 6:30pm
Wednesday, May 23, The Church at Bethel, Thorsby, AL, 7pm
Friday, May 25, Wind of Pentecost Apostolic Church, Brush Creek, TN, 7pm
Sunday, May 27, Victory Assembly Church, Portland, TN, 10am
Tuesday, May 29, Christ Apostolic of Hillsboro, TN, 7pm
Wednesday, May 30, Christ Apostolic Church, Portland, TN, 7pm
Friday, June 1, Christ Apostolic Church, Portland, TN, 7pm
Sunday, June 3, The Fireplace Fellowship, Gallatin, TN, 10am
Wednesday, June 6, First Pentecostal Church, Livingston, LA, 7pm
Friday, June 8, Jesus’ Place Church, Springfield, LA, 7pm
Saturday, June 9, Maurepas Full Gospel, Maurepas, LA, 6pm – Missions/Singing
Sunday, June 10, Maurepas Full Gospel, Maurepas, LA, 6pm – Preaching
Wednesday, June 13, Redeeming Life Ministries, Walker, LA, 7pm
Friday, June 15, Living Waters Tabernacle, LeCompte, LA, 7pm
Sunday, June 17, Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Shreveport, LA, 10am
Wednesday, June 20, Faith Apostolic Church, Holden, LA, 7pm

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Yantana Childrens Class – Video

Charles — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:56:49 +0000

Susan teaching the children of Yantana the Word of God, learning the alphabet, and getting candy.

Tree, Thy Shall Be Moved!!

Susan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:31:04 +0000

Charles was not well today, so I went to Puyupungo by myself, advising him to stay home and recover. Our church in Puyupungo is not far, only an hour away. So, after a wonderful service with our youth and dropping everyone off at their homes, I headed back to Puyo. About 15 mintues into my drive back, it started pouring rain. Here, that always means there’s a chance of a mudslide. And sure enough, a little further down the road, there was a mudslide, not too serious, though. Only thing was, it had made a big tree fall right into the road, covering the whole entire road and blocking me from passing completely. I had to figure out how to get around this tree. Fortunately the trunk was not too huge, but the tree was very long. I had no other option than to move the tree.

As I made this decision, I could almost hear my brother, in my mind, teasing me, reminding me how much of a ‘girl’ I am everytime we do hard physcial labor. But I also heard Jesus reminding me that “I can do all things through Him who strengtheneth me”;-) So I stepped out into the pouring rain and with all my ‘girl’ might, I grabbed a good size branch and pulled as hard as I could! (I’m sure I made some grunting noises as I was doing it, too!) And the tree started moving!! After much panting and nearly falling down a few times, I managed to get it pulled almost completely off the road, so I could pass through.

As I returned to my truck, totally drenched and muddy now, too, I had a smile on my face and a skip in my step! For you see, here in the Amazon jungle, we do whatever it takes, wherever we are, to accomplish the will of God, to bring the glorious message of salvation to the Indians. And today, that meant moving a big tree out of the road in pouring down rain. And it made me so happy to do it! Because this is the life of a jungle missionary, and that is WHO I am:-)!!

The little Things Really Do Matter

Susan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:17:30 +0000

I love Snickers bars! So rich and chocolatey and with caramel and nouget and peanuts. Just delicious. Well, here they cost about $1.30 each. An Ecuadorian chocolate bar costs 35 cents ( but they do NOT taste like a SNICKERS). Obviously, though, we don’t buy Snickers here. We spend our money wisely, and a $1.30 Snickers is not too wise:-).

Saturday at our Talin church, we talked with Patricio and Gloria after service. We know Patricio’s dad has been sick and he’s been travelling by bus every week to go see him. Because of that he has little opportunity to work, only being at home 2 days a week or so, and with what little money he does have, he and his sister are paying their dad’s doctor bills. So his children have been without food in the house. Now, Patricio is a very hard worker and follows the Word of God to take care of his family. So for him to confess to us that his children were hungry and accept our help was quite humbling. So we came back to Puyo that night and went straight to the grocery store to buy this family some food!

We ‘racked’ up for them, getting all kinds of foods; rice, noodles, oil, sugar, butter, beans, popcorn, soups, and also toilet paper, soap, toothpaste. Lots of good things for them. As we were paying for the groceries, the owners wife said ‘hello’ ( they’re very nice people) and we conversed with her about our work here and about their new baby that’s due any day. We paid for the groceries and as we were about to leave, she comes over and gives us a small gift. She says it’s for being such good clients. We thank her and go out to the truck with all of our purchases. As we get in, we take a look at the gift she has given us and with great joy, I exclaim in a loud voice to Charles, “It’s a SNICKERS bar!!!!” And then Charles and I start thanking Jesus that the small things do matter to Him. The fact that we like Snickers bars is important to Him and as we were buying for someone else that night, to bless them, Jesus wanted to bless us, too, so He used that store owner to give us a wonderful blessing. I’m sure she has no idea how much that Snickers meant to us. But Jesus knows! You see, the little things really do matter to Him!!!!!