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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.

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.

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.

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.

When Texans and Ugandans on Mission first set foot in the Omoro District in July 2021, their goal was simple: drill new wells and fix broken ones so that families could finally stop drinking dirty water. Now, after five years of dedication to well-drilling and spreading the Gospel, the ministry was honored with a certificate of recognition at a recent Omoro District council session. 

Five children in Brownsville went to sleep in sturdy, framed beds last weekend. The hands that so carefully built, delivered and assembled these bed frames were those of seven Texans on Mission volunteers who traveled hundreds of miles to bring help, hope and healing to low-income families in and around Brownsville. 
 

Texans on Mission will now lead youth-group disaster recovery trips for Texas Baptists, expanding opportunities for churches to send students on mission trips following disasters in Texas and beyond.

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.

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. 

Throughout the week, the team led vacation Bible school for approximately 280 students at three schools in different areas of Lima and Cajamarca. Students shared the Gospel through Bible lessons, crafts, games and Gold-to-Gold bracelets. They taught children the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, emphasizing that Jesus knows each person by name and loves them.

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.

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.