Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Helping people is her mission

Erin Templer in Honduras.
Erin Templer in Honduras.

“I like to help out with people and try to make people happy,” said Erin Templer. “It’s hard to explain, but I just like helping people.”

The Flower Mound High School sophomore has been on two mission trips within the last year and is involved in a couple of service groups within the Flower Mound community.

Templer is a member of the Riverside Church of Christ in Coppell, and made a mission trip to the Dominican Republic over Christmas break where they gave school supplies, toys and clothes to the children at the school. She also completed a mission trip to Honduras over the summer.

Templer said she enjoys doing what she does because it gives her a sense of fulfillment.

“At my church, we have things thing call the Magi project,” Templer said. “We take boxes and fill them with items for children of a certain gender and age and then we filled all the boxes and shipped them to the Dominican. Then we took it to a school, and did a Christmas drop there.”

Templer is also a member of the JV volleyball team and part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

She is also a member of an organization called I Am Second.

“It’s a small group thing on Fridays before school,” Templer said. “It’s like a study thing. It’s a devotional. We just go to the fieldhouse and one of our coaches leads us in a devotional.”

She would like to work in the medical field when she grows up and said she thinks the biggest issue confronting society today is pretty serious.

“Right now, I think it is the poverty everywhere,” Templer said. “It’s good people are helping.”

Templer’s grade point average is 4.2 and is ranked 302 in a class of 959.

Templer’s Favorites
Favorite Athlete: Misty May-Treanor
Favorite Sports Team: Texas Rangers
Favorite Subject: Math
Favorite Food: Macaroni
Favorite Movie: The Blind Side
Favorite TV Show: Gray’s Anatomy
Last Book Read: Side Effects May Vary
Favorite Musical Group or Performer: 21 Pilots

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