Disaster Relief

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.


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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. 

 

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Lake Charles, La.: Disaster Relief volunteers see joy after storms

LAKE CHARLES, La. – After two hurricanes, an ice storm and now a flood, a soaked ceiling hung precariously in the kitchen. The homeowner was waiting for it to fall any moment.

 

A TBM flood recovery team from Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy wasn’t about to let that happen. They cut away the drywall and made the area safe again.

 

When the homeowner saw it, she was overwhelmed with joy: “Oh Lord Jesus, that is so beautiful.”

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Moments like this were as emotional for TBM volunteers as they were for homeowners.

 

“The homeowners that we helped pretty much humbled us,” said Phil Clasen, who led the Katy TBM team. “They’re obviously bummed, but their joy is pretty incredible. We had the opportunity to serve them and the Lord, but they blessed us greatly.”

 

Similar scenes happened again and again as three TBM flood recovery teams served in the disaster-battered city. Hurricane Laura and Delta slammed the region in the fall. An ice storm hit earlier this year. Recently, Lake Charles was drenched by heavy rain.

 

Moving from home to home, the teams removed soaked flooring, furniture and drywall for free. The ministry jump started the recovery process for families, launching a family far beyond what it could do on its own.

 

“We get them to a place where they can start the rebuild.,” said Sam Yates, who led the Waco Regional Baptist Association TBM team. “Their spirits are a lot higher. We try to minister to them and comfort them. They are very appreciative.”

 

The sea of yellow-shirted TBM volunteers as well as Baptist disaster relief volunteers from across the country have become a continuous site in the community for months. As a result, volunteers and residents have bonded. They are traveling the recovery journey together.

 

Because of the kinship, Lake Charles residents are opening up to volunteers. They are praying together. They are crying together. They are celebrating together. More than 425 people, including 9 last week, have professed Christ as Lord for the first time as a result of Baptist disaster relief ministry.

 

“We want to minister to them, let them know that God has a plan for them,” Yates said. “People are crying. They don’t know what the next move is. We have several chaplains. They’ve done a great job ministering to people.”