News & Stories
Together, Texans on Mission goes where God calls.
God calls His people to serve locally, across the nation and to the ends of the earth. Featured below are stories of how Texans on Mission volunteers answered God's call to deliver help, hope and healing to thousands of people all over the globe.
20 boys accept Christ on Royal Ambassador ministry trip to Mexico
Just across the border in Ojinaga, Mexico, a dedicated team of 14 Texans on Mission volunteers and Royal Ambassadors leaders ministered to 34 boys and young men last weekend. As a result, 20 of the boys made decisions for Christ, leaving them full of hope and forever changed.
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First-time deployers reflect on answering the call to Uvalde
Following the flooding in the Hill Country this July, new Yellow Caps Todd Vician and Ann Avera headed to Uvalde for their first disaster relief deployment with Texans on Mission. We spoke with Vician and Avera about how they got involved, what it was like stepping onto a job site for the first time and why they continue to serve with TXM today.
Starting new in Amuru: Ugandan pastor feeds growing faith in new district
For years, Amone has served as a church leader at St. Stephen Musalaba Church of Uganda in the Amuru District. But before that, he was stationed in the Omoro District, where Texans and Ugandans on Mission first began its work. There, he became a member of a Bible study group, and what he experienced changed the way he viewed ministry forever.
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Texans on Mission hosts 2026 convention in San Antonio
Texans on Mission gathered ministry leaders, board members and supporters at the Estancia Del Norte hotel on Sept. 22 for its 2026 convention, celebrating a year of expanding disaster relief and long-term recovery efforts, global water projects and growing God’s kingdom by providing help, hope and healing.
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High altitude, higher purpose: TXM Builders construct cabins at Aspendale camp
Aspendale Mountain Retreat has long benefited from a special relationship with Texans on Mission. Years ago, TXM volunteers built the camp’s large dining hall. In August, TXM Builders made the 700-mile trek back to Aspendale for the third year in a row to continue that tradition of service, tackling critical repairs on existing cabins and building a few new ones.
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TXM brings essential care, distributing 500 hygiene kits in Nepal
After a catastrophic flash flood and landslide occurred near the Nepal-China border on Aug. 26, Texans on Mission volunteers deployed to the area to bring help and comfort to the hurt and devastated Nepali people — physically, emotionally and spiritually.
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800 loads and counting: Laundry volunteers keep Ross firefighters rested, ready
Since Aug. 30, Texans on Mission volunteers have washed 807 loads of laundry for first responders in Palo Pinto and Mineral Wells. This service helps exhausted crews avoid long trips into town and lines at laundromats, giving them more time to rest and recover for the next shift.
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25 years later, former TXM leader shares legacy of hope from ashes of 9/11
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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'I thank God for y'all': Chainsaw teams clear fallen trees in Illinois, Indiana
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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After a year of housing TXM, Trinity Baptist Church gets a helping hand
For more than a year, Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville has been a place of refuge, recovery and service for families affected by flooding — and a home base for Texans on Mission volunteers working to rebuild the community. So when flooding damaged the church’s children’s wing in July, TXM had an opportunity to give back to a church that had given so much.
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Baylor students put faith into action on Jamaica’s rooftops
Students from Baylor University’s BearAid disaster relief program took to rooftops last week, replacing damaged tin and rebuilding homes for people recovering from Hurricane Melissa.
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