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.
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:
As a disaster relief volunteer, you can:
Texans on Mission is uniquely experienced and equipped to respond to physical and spiritual needs around the world because of our decades of work closer to home.
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Texans on Mission experience and expertise providing disaster relief in the United States translates well into helping others in may countries. When we respond to international need, we carry out Jesus' calling to reach the ends of the earth in His name.
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LaNoue and his wife, Kaywin, spent three months in New York City following the attacks, coordinating a massive disaster response that fed 150 volunteers each day, cleaned out 750 ash-filled apartments free of charge for residents and distributed more than 22,000 teddy bears to comfort family members of loved ones lost.
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Volunteers are serving homeowners in communities using chainsaws, skid steers and more to remove fallen and damaged trees from homes and properties like White’s. The work is helping residents address some of the most immediate and costly effects of the storm while volunteers also spread Christ's love.
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Roads don’t reach Napakiak, a remote Alaskan village of fewer than 400 people accessible only by plane or boat. Isolated from the outside world, the village has long relied on its own resources, but the damage caused by Typhoon Halong in October required Napakiak’s residents to seek help. Thankfully, news of Napakiak’s need led Texans on Mission volunteers to continue recovery work in the village this July.
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As water spread across the floor of Janett Holcomb’s home, she clutched a Bible and rosary, asking God to spare her family. She didn’t know it, but even in the midst of the flood, God was answering her prayers. Texans on Mission volunteers — who arrived in Kerrville only days after the flood — showed up on Holcomb’s doorstep, ready to help.
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In the disheartening aftermath of the Uvalde flood, Suzanne Padilla couldn't yet see that another journey had begun years before hers — one that would quietly meet her in the wreckage of her living room.
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Hector’s daughter, Elissa, said her father’s name means “protector,” and that’s exactly what he’s been doing for Uvalde. In caring for his community following a flood that blindsided and devastated so many residents, Hector has hardly had a moment to address the damage sustained to his own home. So, TXM is stepping up to care for Uvalde's leader and protector, among many others nearby.
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