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The recent floods have now impacted many communities – Kerrville, Ingram, Hunt, Menard and San Angelo, just to name a few. The physical impact is significant, and the challenges are many.
Yesterday, I was in Kerrville. The air in the Hill Country remains particularly heavy, the memories of those lives lost or missing weighing on the hearts and minds of the community. Reminders are commonplace here. Green ribbons are on nearly every tree. Piles of brush lie here and there. First responders are scattered across the region.
This is where your Texans on Mission teams are working. More importantly, this is where they're ministering.
You started down the street. Then next door. Now, you're at my house.
Rob had never heard of Texans on Mission. But someone down his street had.
He saw the team of volunteers cleaning out a flooded home two doors down the street. Then they were at his neighbor's house. Sure enough, they knocked on his door too.
Most if not all the houses on Bug's street were flooded. Like many others, Bug wasn't sure how he'd clean up the mess left behind.
With the help of your Texans on Mission Disaster Relief volunteers, he doesn't have to worry about this step in the recovery process.
"Without you, this would've taken me three days I'm guessing," he said. "You guys did it in a couple of hours."
You're there for first responders.
First responders are carrying a particularly heavy load in the aftermath of the flooding. Working 12-hour shifts of search and rescue along the Guadalupe River, the effort is taxing mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Your Texans on Mission teams are ministering to them too.
They often have no one to talk to about what they're finding or express the emotions that they're going through. Texans on Mission chaplains provide that outlet. They listened as one firefighter had just recovered an infant. They prayed with a first responder who overcome with the loss of life. They offered a hug when it was most needed. They served as the hands and feet of Christ.
Texans on Mission is also providing help to these public servants by washing, drying and folding their clothes. They're ministering to roughly 160 first responders from Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Before the laundry team arrived, the first responders were wearing their uniforms for days on end.
Because of you, we're ministering for the long haul.
Already, some groups are leaving the Hill Country. Others will soon join them.
But not us. This is home.
Thanks to you, we'll be serving after these floods for a long time. Your prayer and financial support make it possible for us to continue to be the first group in and the last group to leave.
Together, we will continue meeting needs. We will continue sharing God's love. We will continuing impacting lives.
Recovery is a long process, but thanks to your support, TXM volunteers are helping survivors take their first steps toward it. Thank you for living on mission to bring help, hope and healing in Christ's.
Sincerely,
Mickey Lenamon
Chief Executive Officer
Texans on Mission