Deliver help, hope and healing in the name of Christ to those suffering after a disaster. 

Texans on Mission has responded to every natural disaster in Texas since 1967 and many beyond it, including the Southeast Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Through a diverse array of ministries, Texans on Mission has provided the calm after the storm for millions.


Go on Mission

You can deliver help, hope and healing after a disaster by becoming a member of a Texans on Mission Disaster Relief team. Through Texans on Mission Disaster Relief teams, you can:

  • Provide practical help during tragedies by serving hot, nutritious meals and providing access to shower and laundry services.
  • Be part of a chainsaw team that moves debris and fallen and damaged trees.
  • Clean out and repair homes damaged by floods and fire.
  • Pray with and encourage survivors, offering hope for better days after the storm.

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Be the calm in the storm

As a disaster relief volunteer, you can: 

  • Assess damage
  • Distribute boxes and packing supplies
  • Chainsaw fallen trees
  • Install temporary roofs
  • Manage large-scale relief efforts
  • Minister as a chaplain
  • Mud out damaged homes
  • Offer free shower and laundry services
  • Provide child care
  • Serve warm, nutritious meals

 

Share your faith and meet human need through international relief with Texans on Mission

 

Texans on Mission is uniquely experienced and equipped to respond to physical and spiritual needs around the wrold because of our decades of work closer to home.

 

We stepped up when:

  • An earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria.
  • War came to Uikraine.
  • A train derailed in India. 
  • War came to Israel.

Texans on Mission experience and expertise providing disaster relief in the United States translates well into helping others in may countries. When we respod to international need, we carry out Jesus' callig to reach the ends of the earth in His name. 

 

Explore your calling to international relief

 

 

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Hurricane Laura devastation: ‘It hurts you emotionally.’

Ryan Chandler has a long road ahead of him. He may have been more than 300 miles away when Hurricane Laura hit, but he sees its impact daily. The pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Orange doesn’t even have to leave his own house.

The storm toppled trees around his house, including one that punctured his roof. He doesn’t have electricity and his ceiling leaks.

“It hurts you emotionally,” he said. “We cried a little bit, but we realized how fortunate we were. It could have been much worse.”

The first wave of help came when area residents returned to their homes after mandatory evacuations. Among them was church member and TBM volunteer Rocky Mize. He rallied a few other TBM volunteers, they grabbed their chainsaws and went to work. One of their first stops was their pastor’s house.

“As soon as they heard I had a tree in my house, they said, ‘We’re on the way,’” Chandler said. “‘We’re coming. We’ll be there first chance we get.’”

One of many

Though Texas didn't take the brunt of the hurricane's force, Deep Southeast Texas has been affected significantly. Electricity remains out in many places. Fuel is scarce. Some cities still do not have clean water to drink. People are searching for help.

“As we drive around, Orange is littered with trees all over the place,” Chandler said. “It’s amazing that had they fallen five feet this way or another way, it could have been much, much worse.”

Four TBM chainsaw teams, four assessor teams, a feeding team, a shower/laundry team, an incident management team and chaplains are serving in and around Orange.

“The days ahead will be challenging,” TBM Chief Executive Officer Mickey Lenamon said. “But these are the kinds of days in which God calls TBM to serve. Volunteers will lift spirits as they lift limbs. They will help people do what they could not do on their own. And at each house, God will work in small moments to transform lives.”

The need is so great, TBM is opening an additional site at East Texas Baptist Encampment in Newton County that will allow teams to serve a wider area.

“We have a month’s worth of work here,” TBM Interim Director of Disaster Relief David Wells said. “After a few days, we have 265 work orders just in Orange. That typically doesn’t happen until later in this process. TBM volunteers are working hard. Their spirit is strong, and they’re ready to serve the Lord.”

In the past few hours, parts of Orange are now running again, even if powered by generators. Grocery stores are opening. Progress is being made.

At Chandler’s house, the pastor is thankful for all the help. TBM teams are helping his church members as well as helping him connect with people in the community. Those meetings lay the groundwork for future outreach. By first meeting needs, people across the region are more receptive to hearing the gospel.

"Our main purpose is not just to come cut the trees," Mize told a radio station recently. "We come to share the message of Jesus with people. We come to offer help and healing."

TBM Disaster Relief is made possible by support from people like you. 100 percent of gifts made for TBM Disaster Relief support disaster relief ministry.

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